Background
Burgess, Gaven D. was born on November 5, 1835 in in Kentucky. Son of Henry D. and Evaline D. Burgess.
Burgess, Gaven D. was born on November 5, 1835 in in Kentucky. Son of Henry D. and Evaline D. Burgess.
Educated in schools of Fleming County, Kentucky.
Judge 11th and 12th Judicial Circuits of Missouri, 1874-1892. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, since 1892(chief justice, 1901-1903).
Married Cordelia Trimble.