Title	Mr.
Last Name	Burgess
First Name	Frank
Middle Name	E.
Maiden Name
Nick Name
Place of Birth	Dover, ME
Date of Birth	1857-01-15
Place of Death	Dexter, ME
Date of Death	1938-10-23
Publication	The Eastern Gazette 10-27-1938, p.8
Obituary	Dr. Frank E. Burgess The funeral of Dr. Frank E. Burgess widely known. clairvoyant physician, who died at his home on Pleasant street Sunday morning after a three weeks' illness, was held at the home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock conducted by Mary Drake Jenne of Camp Etna. Honorary bearers were Harry E. Hale, Nathan Daggett, A. L. Davis and W. E. Brewster, Carroll Hugh and Lauris Burgess, John and Dwight Demeritt, Frank and Harold Bailey, all nephews of the deceased served as active bearers. Floral tributes were in profusion. Burial was in the family lot at Mount Pleasant cemetery. Dr. Burgess had been a practicing physician in Dexter for forty-six years. Born in Dover, Maine, January 15, 1857, son of John O. and Betsy Merrill Burgess, he attended the public schools of Dover, becoming a teacher in the schools in this vicinity. He later studied the machinist trade and followed that occupation in Dexter and Hyde Park, Mass. until 1892 when he returned to Dexter and entered the office of Dr. H. E. Field. Four years later he opened an office of his own and has continued the practice ever since. For several years he carried on an office both in Dexter and Guilford. In 1889 he married Mary Haseltine Young of this town who died in January 1930. He was a trustee of the Camp Etna Spiritualist association and a member of the Piscataquis Spiritualist association. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Mary L. Demeritt of Orono and Mrs. Minnie Bailey of Sangerville; a brother, Walter H. Burgess of Dover-Foxcroft; a step-grandson, Reynold F. Thompson, and two step-great grandsons, Robert and Dean Thompson of Dexter, also several nieces and nephews.