Eveline Allen Burgess
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Eveline Allen Burgess of Lamoni, Iowa
Lamoni, Iowa
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,444 people, 818 households, and 428 families residing in the city. The population density was 761.1 people per square mile . There were 904 housing units at an average density of 281.5 per square mile...

 was the American women's chess champion
U.S. Women's Chess Championship
The U.S. Women's Chess Championship tournament is to determine the woman chess champion of the United States.-List of U.S. Women's Chess Champions:*1937 Adele Rivero*1938 Mona May Karff*1940 Adele Rivero*1941 Mona May Karff*1942 Mona May Karff...

 from 1907 to 1920.

Biography

She was born as Eveline Allen on September 19, 1856 in Ogden, Utah
Ogden, Utah
Ogden is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States. Ogden serves as the county seat of Weber County. The population was 82,825 according to the 2010 Census. The city served as a major railway hub through much of its history, and still handles a great deal of freight rail traffic which makes it a...

 to James T. Allen, and Elizabeth Pidd. She married Samuel Rostron Burgess (1851–1918) on July 4, 1876. She won her chess title in a match with Mrs. Clarence Frey in 1907. She taught her grandson, Walter Richard Evans, to play chess. She died on July 10, 1936, in Independence, Missouri
Independence, Missouri
Independence is the fourth largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri, and is contained within the counties of Jackson and Clay. It is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area...

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