Mary Victoria BOALS^{[1, 2]}

1842 - 1928  (85 years)

• Name	Mary Victoria BOALS
  Born	30 Sep 1842	Christian County, Missouri, United States   [1, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Died	27 Jan 1928	Grand Prairie, Tarrant, Texas, United States   [2, 3]
  Buried	Tarrant County, Texas, United States   [3]
  	Address: Minters Chapel Cemetery
  Person ID	I9697	Pickel_Bartlett
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2013

  
  

  Family	Henry Amos BURGOON,   b. 17 Jun 1834, Sandusky County, Ohio, United States ,   d. 16 May 1911, Grapevine, Tarrant, Texas, United States  (Age 76 years)
  Married	Apr 1862  [3]
  Children	1. Effie M BURGOON,   b. 2 Oct 1863, Estelle, Dallas, Texas, United States ,   d. 1 Aug 1899, Mesquite, Dallas, Texas, United States  (Age 35 years)   2. Edward Milford BURGOON,   b. 23 Jun 1865, Texas ,   d. 11 Aug 1895, Texas  (Age 30 years)   3. Mary Idellia BURGOON,   b. Abt 1867, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Henry Theodore BURGOON,   b. 23 Jan 1869, Estelle, Dallas, Texas, United States ,   d. 30 Mar 1915, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States  (Age 46 years)   5. Oscar Lee BURGOON,   b. 25 Dec 1870, Texas ,   d. 29 Apr 1935, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States  (Age 64 years)   6. Charles E BURGOON,   b. 1872, Texas ,   d. 1936  (Age 64 years)   7. Anna Florence BURGOON,   b. 1876, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Jesse E BURGOON,   b. 15 Jun 1878, Texas ,   d. 5 Jul 1931, Texas  (Age 53 years)   9. Rosser Inman BURGOON,   b. 2 Feb 1881, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States ,   d. 25 Jun 1937, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States  (Age 56 years)   10. Homer T BURGOON,   b. 24 Apr 1883, Texas ,   d. 28 Feb 1900, Texas  (Age 16 years)
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2020
  Family ID	F2784	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Mary Victoria Boals Burgoon (1842 - 1928)

  
  

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  Henry and Mary Victoria Burgoon Henry (1834 - 1911) Mary Victoria (1842 - 1928)

  
  

• Notes

  Married Henry Burgoon about September 1862. Children  Milford BURGOON (1866-????)  Mary Idellia BURGOON (1867-????)  Henry Theodore BURGOON (1869-1915)  Oscar L BURGOON (1870-????)  Charles E BURGOON (1872-1936)  Anna Florence BURGOON (1876-????)  MRS. BURGOON DIED AT THE HOME OF DAUGHTER IN THIS CITY LAST FRIDAY Mary V. Burgoon, 85 years of age and a resident of Texas for about 65 years, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry M. Lucas, in this city, last Friday morning following a short illness. Funeral services were held from the Methodist Church on Monday afternoon and burial followed at the Minter Cemetery near Grapevine. Mrs. Burgoon, whose maiden name was Mary V. Boals, was born in Christian County, Missouri, Sept. 30, 1842 where she was reared to womanhood. Sixty five years ago, she was married to Mr. Burgoon, and they settled near the place of nativity, where they resided a few years when they came to Texas. They settled on Grapevine Prairie, some twelve miles north west of this city, where they resided continuously. Mr. Burgoon soon after coming to this state preempted land, and engaged in farming and stock raising, and was eminently successful. He accumulated quite a ranch which he managed until his death some seventeen years ago. A few years before his death he established a community store at Estelle, which he conducted and for a few years as postmaster. Mr. and Mrs. Burgoon were pioneers in this community and they were always active in community interests. When the war clouds of the early sixties hovered over this country, Mr. Burgoon joined a company organized in his community under the command of Capt. Quales, and served in the Confederate army. Following the death of her husband, Mrs. Burgoon assumed the management of the affairs, remaining on the home place until her health failed some three years ago. She then came to Grand Prairie and has made her home with Mrs. Lucas. She has always led an active outdoor life, and has enjoyed remarkably good [health] for a person of her age, and was ill for only a short time previous to her death, which came peacefully, as if falling asleep. She was truly a Christian woman. During her early life she professed faith in her Master and united with the Methodist Episcopal church. She was active in church work all of her life. She was never too busy, nor too weary to obey the call of her Master, her pastor or her church organizations.. In the early days church edifices were few in number and it was difficult at times to secure the necessary funds for their erection and their support. There was no edifice in her community, so she personally donated ground and financed the erection of the church building in Estelle, which at the time was known as Grapevine Prairie. Mrs. Burgoon was the mother of ten children, six of whom survive. They are Mrs. M. Goodfellow, Hoover Gray County; Mrs. H. M. Lucas of this city; C. E. Burgoon, Hollywood, Fla.; O. L. Burgoon, Dallas; and R. I. and J. E. Burgoon of Estelle. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Ann Cates of Justin and one brother, Eulin Boals of Rogers, Mo. Twenty-six grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild also survive. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in this city Monday afternoon. Rev. J. C. Marshall, local pastor, assisted by Rev. W. C. Dennis read the service. Special music for the occasion was rendered by the choir, which included a solo "Some Day" by the choir director J. T. Yeager. The many beautiful floral offerings which surrounded the casket, attested the love and esteem in which Mrs. Burgoon was held by her neighbors and friends. -------------------- Original Source: - "The Grand Prairie Texan." Friday, February 3, 1928, p. 1. (contributed by Chuck Licari)

  
  

• Sources

  [S99] Family Search (Church of Latter Day Saints), Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDF1-FR6 : accessed 28 Jul 2013), Oscar Lee Burgoon, 29 Apr 1935. [S102] Cer, Apr2012. [S109] Find-a-Grave website, Memorial# 20677739.