East Palestine - Jesse L. (Smoke) Burgham, 86, died at 6.30pm Saturday at his home at the above address. A son of the late Thomas and Arvilla Wood Burgham, he was born in Lisbon, Dec 31 1872. He married Elizabeth Hopkins, Jan 19 1903. She died Oct 1, 1956.
A resident of the East Palastine area for 70 years, he was self-employed as a barber in East Palestine until his retirement 18 months ago when he moved to Columbiana. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs Lillian MacKinnon of Columbiana, with whom he resided. He was a member of the First presbyterian Church of Columbiana.
Funeral service will be Tuesday at 1.30pm at the Oliver Funeral Home with the Rev. H.J. Scheidemantle officiating. Burial will take place in Glenview Cemetery. Friends may call tonight at the funeral home.
(The Salem News, Salem, Ohio, Mon 26 Oct 1959).