The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-19
HOlDOOUBLE GOLDENWEDDIRG
Notable Event Is to Be Held In Kenosha
and Racine County Pioneer Homes
on August 28th and It Arouses Great
Interest Among Pioneers

Many of the pioneer residents of
Kenosha county have lived to celebrate
their golden wedding anniversaries,
but it is a new thing even among the
pioneers of Kenosha county to have a
double golden wedding celebration.
Such a celebration is to take place out
in the western part of the county on
the 28th of this month when two mem
bers of the family of the late Lathrom
Burgess will lead to the altar again
brides which they promised to 11ove,
to cherish, and protect full half
century ago. On this date the Hon.
Dwight L. Burgess former representa-
tive of Kenosha county in the lower
house of the legislature, will celebrate
the half century anniversary of his
marriage to Miss Harriette Northway
and his brother, A. A. Burgess, of the
town Of Yorkville in Racine county,
will observe the anniversary of his
marriage to Miss Maria Dutton.
The marriage of D. Il. Burgess and
Miss Northway was celebrated at the
old Northway home in the town Of
Somers. Mrs. A. A. Burgess was a
daughter of the late Lyman Dutton,
one of the best known of the early
residents of the town of Paris and the
marriage took place at the Dutton
homestead. Both Of the Burgess homes
are to be opened in celebration of the
event. Over at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs A. A. Burgess in Yorkville the
members of the Burgess family will
gather in a family reunion on the morn
ing of the eventful day and after a
great family dinner the members of the
party will motor over to the home Of
I J, Burgess where the afternoon re
ception is to be held. It is expected
that there will be about seventy-f five
guests at each of the observances ar
ranged for the day.
The Burgess brothers have been
prominent in the two counties and both
are widely known. Their father,
Lathrom Burgess. was prominent among
the pioneers Of this section of the
state. He came west from Pennsyl-
vania in 1888 and settled in section 81
of the town of Brighton. The old
cabin home which he erected when he
reached the county and which proved
the birth place of the two Burgess
brothers is still standing as one Of the
most unique memories of the pioneer
days in that section of the county.
The Elder Burgess took very active
part in the political life of early Ke-
nosha county and he was twice elected
to represent Kenosha county in the
legislature. He also held many other
offices in the town and county.
Dwight L. Burgess and A. A. Bur
CESS both spent their early life in
Kenosha county and D. L. Burgess has
been a resident of the county since
birth. He followed in the footsteps
of his father and was most active
in the political life of the county,
representing Kenosha county in the
lower house of the legislature in 1889.
He was also chairman of the town
board Of supervisors for many years.
The homes of the two Burgess families
are known far and wide for their hos
pitality and this unique double golden
wedding will be the event of the sum-
mer among the people residing in the
western part Of the two counties. Both
Mr.. and Mrs. D. l.. Burgess and Mr..
and Mrs. A. A. Burgess are in excel
lent health