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Note: Grandpa never used the name Emmanuel, besides his birth certificate andan early census record he was always known as Manuel.
Manuel married a very young Maude Hunter (not of legal age). After there marriage they ran away to Oregon where he ended up working as a lumberjack. In Oregon they had two children, Deloris and Louis Burgin. The family returned to the Kentucky area somewhere around 1915. Manuel and Maude were soon divorced after this.
Manuel remarried in 1922 to Nellie Phillips and owned some land around the Ringo area of Kentucky; it was at this time he was having problems with Maude's brother running hogs across his land. Manuel went to the law but they wouldn't do anything about it. Maude's brother thus became quite upset at Manuel and tried to have Manuel killed more than once, in fact Manuel died with buckshot still in his chest in 1963 from these attempts. One man took some shots at Manuel from inside the Post Office in Ringo, and Manuel shot back with a high powered rifle two or three times. The mans name was Richard Thomas "RT" King, a short time later Manuel rode his mule (gray mule named Bell) to RT's home place and called for him to come to the front porch during a rain storm. Once RT came to the front porch Manuel shot and killed him without getting off his mule and thus leaving no tracks (the pistol and the 3 shell casings still exist). Manuel was soon arrested for shooting up the post office in Ringo, and I believe for the murder of Mr. King (still looking for court records). Judge Tarter in Somerset, Kentucky (same judge who married Manuel and Nellie) presided at the trial. Mr. King's son was the only witness at the trial and couldn't 100% sure identify Manuel, thus Manuel was acquitted of murder but was sent to the chain gang for shooting up the post office. Manuel soon escaped from the chain gang with a Mr. Perry Chumley and fled to Illinois where Nellie soon joined him.
The obituary for RT King validates the flip side of this story:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35894896
Manuel settled in West Point, Indiana where he owned 30 acres of land and grew produce until the day he died. He was also known in the West Point area as "Apple Jack" He died in 1963 of a stroke..
1918 WWI Draft Registration Card
Burgin, Manuel 32 years old, born 19 Dec. 1885
living in Somerset, KY
Blacksmith for Pollak Sheet Company, Carthage??
Nearest relative is daughter Dolorse, of Somerset, KY
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1920 U.S. Census, Pulaski County, Kentucky
ED #205, Sheet # 5A
Burgin, Manuel 33 (Head) Divorced, and renting
Burgin, Deloris 7 (daughter) Born in OR
Burgin, Louis 5 (son) Born in KY
Burgin, Annie 57 (mother), Born in VA
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1930 U.S. Census, Boone County, Indiana
ED#6-5 Page 3B
Burgin, Manuel 44, Born in VA, (married at 35)
Burgin, Nellie 39 (should be 29), Born in KY (married at 30)
Burgin, Anna B 7, Born in IL
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1940 U.S. Census, Illinois, Iroquois, Beaver
*Lived in Boone County, Indiana in 1935*
Burgin, Manuel 54, Born in KY
Burgin, Nellie 39, Born in IL
Burgin, Anna 17, Born in IN
Burgin, Seaton 7, Born in IN
Burgin, Manuel Jr. 3, Born in IN
Newspaper Articles
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Somerset Journal 2 July, 1920
Ringgold. Nellie Phillips visited here Sunday.
Somerset Journal Friday, February 4, 1921
Marriage Licenses. Mannel Burgin, 35, to Nellie Phillips, 20
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