"Hardesty's Biographical Atlas of Tyler County West Virginia"
H. H. Hardesty, 1872

JAMES ANDREW BURGBACHER, son of Nathan and Mary Catherine (Cunningham) 
Burgbacher, was born in Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, December 17, 
1852. He became a resident of Tyler county in 1878, and his wedded life 
began in this county, Amanda Jane Smith becoming his wife at 
Middlebourne, May 23, 1881. In the home their marriage established there 
is one little daughter, Emma Amelia, born March 27, 1881. Amanda J. Smith 
was born in Middlebourne, March 15, 1859, and is the daughter of Israel 
and Mary Ann (Ankrom) Smith, both born in Tyler county. Mr. Burgbacher 
has three uncles, James, Thomas and Josephus Cunningham, who were 
soldiers through the years of the civil war. James. A. Burgbacher is 
prosperously established in business, conducting a merchant tailoring 
establishment at Middlebourne, Tyler county, West Virginia.

Submitted by Susie Koehrsen.