OTTA MAE BURGAN Student

Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 09: BIOGRAPHY – Students
Series 19: STUDENTS
Otta Mae Burgan, Student, 1941-1944
Otta Mae Burgan Perez (1927-2006)

Chapel. Students entering Chapel during Boarding School years, c. 1940s. [ii_chapel_0352f.jpg]

OTTA MAE BURGAN Student 1941-1944


TAGS: Otta Mae Burgan, Otta Mae Perez, , Wilma M. Burgan, Pine Mountain Settlement School, Harlan County KY, PMSS boarding students, settlement schools, education


Otta Mae Burgan was a student at Pine Mountain Settlement School when it was a boarding school. She attended from 1941-1944.

She was born Otta Mae Burgan in Harlan, Kentucky, on May 1, 1927, the daughter of Henry David Wright Burgan and Cora Belle (Noe) Burgan. She had at least three brothers (James Glenn, Charles Fain, and Woodrow Wilson) and at least nine sisters, (Grace, Elizabeth Irene, Wilma M., Hazel Frances, Lena, Betty J., Virginia Ann, Vera Opal, Barbara, and Geneva Grace). Wilma attended Pine Mountain Settlement School from 1941 to 1943.

According to the Ohio Death Index, Otta Mae had one year of college.

Around 1950, Otta Mae married Salvador Philip Perez, who was born in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, in 1925. He was well-known as an accomplished vocalist and avid thespian. Otta Mae and Salvador had three children: Douglas, Philip, and Linda Mae. Salvador Perez died in Cincinnati in 2008.

Otta Mae Perez died on October 24, 2006, in Cincinnati at the age of 79. According to her obituary in The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Memorials may be directed to the Pine Mountain Settlement School….”

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NOTE: Additional information will be added to this page as it is found in the Pine Mountain Settlement School Collections.


Title

Otta Mae Burgan 

Alt. Title

Otta Mae Burgan Perez ; Otta Mar Perez ;

Identifier

OTTA MAE BURGAN Student

Creator

Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY

Alt. Creator

Ann Angel Eberhardt ; Helen Hayes Wykle ;

Subject Keyword

Otta Mae Burgan Perez, Otta Mae Burgan, Otta Mae Perez, Mrs. Salvador Perez, Pine Mountain Settlement School ; Harlan, KY ; PMSS boarding students  ; settlement schools ; education ; Wilma M. Burgan ;

Subject LCSH

Perez, Otta Mae Burgan, — May 1, 1927 – October 24, 2006.
Pine Mountain Settlement School (Pine Mountain, Ky.) — History.
Harlan County (Ky.) — History.
Education — Kentucky — Harlan County.
Rural schools — Kentucky — History.
Schools — Appalachian Region, Southern.

Date

2017-09-28 hw

Publisher

Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY

Contributor

n/a

Type

Collections ; text ; image ;

Format

Original and copies of documents and correspondence in file folders in filing cabinet.

Source

Series 09: BIOGRAPHY – Students
Series 19: STUDENTS

Language

English

Relation

Is related to: Pine Mountain Settlement School Collections, Series 09: BIOGRAPHY – Students and Series 19: STUDENTS.

Coverage Temporal

1925 – 2008

Coverage Spatial

Pine Mountain, KY ; Harlan County, KY ; Harlan, KY ; Cincinnati, OH ; New Kensington, PA ;

Rights

Any display, publication, or public use must credit the Pine Mountain Settlement School. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Donor

n/a

Description

Core documents, correspondence, writings, and administrative papers of Otta Mae Burgan Perez ; clippings, photographs, books by or about Otta Mae Burgan Perez.

Acquisition

n/d

Citation

“[Identification of Item],” [Collection Name] [Series Number, if applicable]. Pine Mountain Settlement School Institutional Papers. Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY.

Processed By

Helen Hayes Wykle ; Ann Angel Eberhardt ;

Last Updated

Bibliography

Sources

BOARDING SCHOOL STUDENTS 1929-1949.” Series 09 BIOGRAPHY and Series 19 STUDENTS. Pine Mountain Settlement School Institutional Papers. Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY. Internet resource.

Family Tree on familysearch.org. Accessed 25 September 2022. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/9KBZ-863
Internet resource.

“Indiana, Harrison County, Index Cards to Corydon Democrat Newspaper Obituaries, 1861-2008”, database, FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSH3-9W3V-G?cc=2844322 : accessed 25 September 2022). Internet resource.

“Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKR1-5QM : accessed 04 October 2017), Otta Mae Perez, 24 Oct 2006; from “Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007,” database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing vol. 35493, certificate number 83675, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus; Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Columbus. Internet resource.

“Otta Perez Obituary.” Published by The Cincinnati Enquirer on October 25, 2006. Displayed on Legacy.com. Accessed 25 September 2022. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/cincinnati/name/otta-perez-obituary?pid=150214782 ; Internet resource.

“Salvador Perez Obituary.” Published by The Valley News Dispatch, New Kensington, PA, on Mar. 20, 2008. Displayed on Legacy.com. Accessed 25 September 2022. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/triblive-valley-news-dispatch/name/salvador-perez-obituary?pid=177559757 ; Internet resource.

WikiTree.com. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Leddington-3#Descendants. Accessed 25 September 2022. Internet resource.

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