Person:Burgess Hansbrough (1)

373. BURGESS BALL HANSBROUGH: (301 John) Born probably in 1833-34. On July 11, 1847, Dr. B. S. Herndon, of Fredricksburg, wrote in his diary:- "Burgess Hansbrough is here in Leesburg. He and Brod (the doctor's son, born 1834) seem very attached to each other. Bird is a remarkably fine boy." "Bird" evidently was a contraction of Burgess. He seems to have been known by that name later, for in 1861-65 "Byrd Hansbrough" was serving as a private in Peyton's Battery, later Fry's-Cutshaw's Battalion.

1. ↑ John W. Hansborough. History and Genealogy of the Hansborough - Hansbrough Family. (Name: Name: 1981, John W. Hansborough;;)
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   373. BURGESS BALL HANSBROUGH: (301 John) Born probably in 1833-34. On July 11, 1847, Dr. B. S. Herndon, of Fredricksburg, wrote in his diary:- "Burgess Hansbrough is here in Leesburg. He and Brod (th e doctor's son, born 1834) seem very attached to each other. Bird is a remarkably fine boy." "Bird" evidently was a contraction of Burgess. He seems to have been known by that name later, for in 1861- 65 "Byrd Hansbrough" was serving as a private in Peyton's Battery, later Fry's-Cutshaw's Battalion.