Burges, Richard F.
August 20, 2026
Richard Fenner Burges (1873–1945) was a prominent El Paso lawyer, legislator, civic leader, and preservationist born in Seguin, Texas, who moved to El Paso in 1894 and was admitted to the Texas Bar that same year. He married Ethel Shelton in 1898 and raised their daughter, Jane, after her death in…
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