1835 born in Grafton, Vermont
1850 entered West Point
1852 became a cadet
1854 admitted to the Seamen’s Mission hospital in London, with scurvy. Able Seaman, 2 years service in Merchant Navy
1858 married Elizabeth Sarah Chase in Vermont. Merchant.
1860s in Yokohama, meat importing business
1866 October – departed Yokohama for San Francisco with the Tetsuwari troupe on British brig Alert.
Burgess share of Tetsuwari bought out by Thomas Maguire to be his “left wing”.
1867 March – on the Hermann from San Francisco to Yokohama with Baldwin, Blekman, Brower, Marshall
1867 September – on the Colorado from Yokohama to San Francisco with Brower, Da Roza, Baldwin, Hayatake troupe. Capt GW Burgess – for New York.
1868 August – with Marshall and Doyle and Mikado troupe
1870 – married Sophia Carey?
1872 died in Yokohama – buried in foreign cemetery – Freemasonry symbol on gravestone
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