Burgess, J. J. H. - 1908

Name: Elizabeth [Burgess] Buford

Occupation: educator
Born: Cornersville, Tennessee, April, 1860

Daughter of J. J. H. and Elizabeth R. (Chambliss) Burgess.

Education: Bachelor of Arts, The Athenaeum, Columbia, Tennessee.

Married: Clarksville, Tennessee, 1882, Elbridge Gerry Buford

Studied voice, piano, art and language at Columbia University.  Identified for a number of years with prominent educational institutions of the South.  Founder and regent Buford College, Nashville, Tennessee.  Member Confederate Veterans’ Association.

Religion: Protestant

Club:  Shakespeare (director)
Address: Nashville, Tennessee

~ Who's Who in America, 1908-1909, Copyright 1908, by Albert Nelson Marquis, Page xxviii. (Received too late for insertion in the regular order in the body of the book.)

You can visit the memorial page for J. J. H. Burgess.