Burgess, Abigail M. (Abigail Moore), 1813-1853
Variant namesTeacher and missionary.
From the description of Papers, 1838-1849. (Lewis & Clark Library). WorldCat record id: 17734851
Abigail Moore was born on March 2, 1813 in New Marlboro, Massachusetts to Ariel Moore and Electa Lyon Moore, Mary Lyon's eldest sister. She graduated from Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1838 and taught there until 1846. She also served as associate principal in 1842-1846. In 1846, she married Reverand Ebenezer Burgess. In September of 1846, they left Boston, Massachusetts and sailed for Bombay, India to work as missionaries. The Burgesses were stationed in Ahmadnagar, northern India. Burgess had two daughters, Abbie Lyon and Mary P., both of whom graduated from Mount Holyoke. Abigail Moore Burgess died in Mahabaleshwar, India on April 26, 1853 at the age of forty.
From the guide to the Burgess papers MS 0513., 1838-1853., (Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections)
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| creatorOf | Burgess papers MS 0513., 1838-1853. | Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | Mary Lyon Collection MS 0500., ca. 1778- | Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | Guilford, L. T. (Linda Thayer). Guilford papers, 1845-1912. | Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library | |
| creatorOf | Burgess, Abigail M. (Abigail Moore), 1813-1853. Papers, 1838-1849. | Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library |
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| associatedWith | Burgess, Ebenezer, 1805-1870 | person |
| associatedWith | Farrar, Cynthia 1795-1862 | person |
| associatedWith | Guilford, L. T. (Linda Thayer) | person |
| associatedWith | Lyon, Mary, 1797-1849 | person |
| associatedWith | Moore family. | family |
| associatedWith | Mount Holyoke Female Seminary | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Mount Holyoke Female Seminary - History - Sources. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Porter, Hannah, 1797-1869 | person |
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| Ahmadnagar (India) - Description and travel. | |||
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| India - Social conditions. | |||
| Ahmadnagar (India) |
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| Missionaries |
| Missionaries |
| Missionaries |
| Mount Holyoke College |
| Mount Holyoke College |
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| Women missionaries |
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Person
Birth 1813
Death 1853
