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    Tristam Burgess

    Birth: 7-24-1817

    Death: 5-23-1863

    Alternate Surname: Burges

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Tristam Burgess Jr. was a state senator for Rhode Island, and then led Rhode Island troops as a Colonel during the Civil War. He died from battlefield wounds in 1863. He and his son Richard James Burgess are mentioned in a letter dated June 22nd 1861 from Francis Wayland to Frances Miller Seward. 

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Tristam Burgess Jr. was a state senator for Rhode Island, and then led Rhode Island troops as a Colonel during the Civil War. He died from battlefield wounds in 1863. He and his son Richard James Burgess are mentioned in a letter dated June 22nd 1861 from Francis Wayland to Frances Miller Seward.
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https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/195852:70671
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Rhode Island, U.S., Historical Cemetery Commission Index
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https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/9981968:8054?ssrc=pt&tid=20425873&pid=432279829402
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1850 United States Federal Census
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Rhode Island, U.S., Historical Cemetery Commission Index
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