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nal organizations: Woodmen of the World; Modern Woodmen of America; Ancient Order of United Workmen; and Royal Highlanders.

He is a member of the University Club, the Lincoln Country Club, the Lincoln Auto Club, and the Shrine Club. His hobby is reading. Mr. Burkett has been a resident of Nebraska for the past 40 years. Residence: Lincoln. (Photograph on Page 189).

Elmer Burkholder

Elmer Burkholder, farmer, was born at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, August 23, 1883, son of Peter and Martha (Keller) Burkholder. Peter Burkholder was a farmer, born at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, August 26, 1845, and who died at Octavia, Nebraska, May 23, 1919. His ancestors were Swiss, coming to America early in the sixteenth century. Martha Burkholder was born at Ephrata, Pennsylvania, March 28, 1853. Her ancestors, also Swiss, came to this country early in the seventeenth century.

On May 30, 1918, he was married to Susie Mable Rothrock, at Davenport, Nebraska. She was born December 4, 1884, at Davenport. To this union were born five children: Robert Elmer, born January 11, 1921; Helen Aileen, born December 5, 1922; John Henry, born July 11, 1925; Donald Lyman, born January 19, 1927; and Wendell Eugene, born June 24, 1928.

Mr. Burkholder is a Republican, and has been a resident of Nebraska his entire life. He has served on local boards and as secretary of his local telephone company, and during the World War was a supporter of the various loan drives and relief activities. A Protestant, he is a member of the Octavia Church of the Brethren.

He is now a member of The Nebraskana Society, Parent-Teachers' Association, has been secretary of the board of education since 1927, and is a member of the Red Cross. His pastime is reading. Residence: Octavia.

William Mawer Burkitt

William Mawer Burkitt, merchant, was born at Alford, England, January 12, 1841, and came to America with his parents in 1851. His father, William Burkitt, was born in South Lincolnshire, England, and died at Lyndon, Illinois, in 1875 or 1876. He was a baker. His wife, Eleanor Mawer, also born in South Lincolnshire, died at Lyndon in 1875 or 1876.

Mr. Burkitt attended public school in Alford, England, and Plover, Wisconsin. he was a farmer in Lyndon for about 10 years, from 1860, and afterward a clerk in a grocery store in Amboy, Illinois, for about a year. He then entered the mercantile business in Lyndon, continuing until 1879. For about two years he was a farmer near Mapleton, Iowa. He was a hardware merchant in the same town for about the same length of time, and a furniture dealer in Pierce, Nebraska, from 1884 until 1886. Since 1887 he has been in the general merchandise business in Whitney.

He is a member of Warring Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, (charter member), a charter member of the Masonic Lodge at Lyndon, Illinois, and from 1917 until 1921, was a member of the Red Cross.

On January 2, 1866, Mr. Burkitt was married to Delia Semanthe Deming at Lyndon, Illinois. She was born in New York, July 6, 1833, and died at Mapleton, Iowa, September 6, 1881. Her English and French ancestors came to America in 1630.

There are five children of this marriage, Eleanor A., born December 22, 1868, who married William Sherman Gillan; Delia M., December 22, 1868; William Deming, born August 31, 1871, who married Susan O. Thomas; John Mawer, born July 18, 1874, who died September 21, 1882; and Joseph Alfred, born September 12, 1876, who died March 26, 1879. On December 16, 1882, Mr. Burkitt was married to Hannah M. Deming, who died February 17, 1912. Residence: Whitney.

Francis Joseph Burkley

Francis Joseph Burkley was born at Omaha, October 24, 1857. He is the son of Vincent and Theresa (Stelzerj Burkley, the former of whom was born in Germany, on April 5, 1818. Vincent Burkley came to America in 1837 and for many years was connected with the Omaha Herald, the Omaha World and the Omaha World-Herald. He also served as collector of customs at Omaha, under President Cleveland. Until his death in 1898 he was an outstanding citizen of Omaha. His wife, Theresa Burkley, was born in Germany, June 6, 1824, and died at Omaha, April 27, 1909.

Mr. Burkley received his education in the Omaha public schools and later entered the newspaper business. He afterward became one of the incorporators and publishers of the Omaha World and Omaha World-Herald. He was married at Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1888. Mrs. Burkley died at Omaha, in 1903, leaving two children, Agnes, who married J. M. Harding and Mary, who married Lawrence Brinker.

A Democrat, Mr. Burkley began his political career as member of the Omaha city council from 1894-1903. From 1885 to 1892 he was business manager of the World and of the World Herald. He is president of the Burkley Envelope and Printing Company, and past chairman of the board of directors of the Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha. He is a member of the board of regents of Creighton University, and a member of the board of directors of the U. S. National Bank. He has been active in the civic, political and business life of Omaha for more than 50 years.

He is a member of St. Cecilia's Cathedral. During the World War he was active on Red Cross, Liberty loan and other drives. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Omaha Country Clubs. Residence: Omaha.

Harry Vincent Burkley

Harry Vincent Burkley, who was born in Omaha, on May 8, 1865, is the son of Vincent Burkley who was born in Germany, April 5, 1818, and who came to America in 1837, settling first in Columbus, Ohio.

Vincent Burkley came to Omaha in 1855, and brought his family in 1856. He was the first clothing merchant, later engaging in the newspaper business, and in 1856 was one of the incorporators of Columbus, Nebraska. He died at Omaha, July 4, 1898.

Mr. Burkley was educated in the public schools of Omaha, and attended Creighton University. On September 30, 1896, he was married to Angela Wickham, at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Mrs. Burkley was born at Council Bluffs, December 9, 1871, and died in Omaha, February 8, 1920. There are four children: Harry, born February 24, 1899; Robert, born January 20, 1901, who married Martha R. Bradford; Eleanor, born April 26, 1902, married Daniel F. McCarthy; and Francis, born February 16, 1910.

Mr. Burkley is a life resident of Omaha, and has been engaged as a manufacturer and printer most of his life. He is now vice president of the Burkley Envelope and Printing Co. A Catholic, he is a member of St. Cecilia's Cathedral. He is a Democrat, a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and the Knights of Columbus. His clubs are the Omaha Club and the Omaha Country Club. Residence: Omaha.

Paul Christopher Burmeister

Paul C. Burmeister was born at Yutan, Nebraska, August 24, 1893, the son of Charles and Mary (Karloff) Burmeister. His father, who was a farmer, was born in Germany, September 29, 1862. His mother, whose ancestry is German, was born at Wakena, Illinois, December 16, 1873.

Mr. Burmeister attended the public schools at Yutan, and later was a student at Fremont Normal College for

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two terms. He served as rural mail carrier, was clerk in a store for a year, and was a hardware, furniture, and undertaking man for several years. He is now president of the Saunders County Finance Company, and is a member of the Burmeister Brothers Real Estate Loans and Insurance Company, in association with Karl J. Burmeister.

A Republican, he served in the county treasurer's office of Saunders County, 1917-26, and as county clerk, deputy, and treasurer. He holds membership in the Wahoo Chamber of Commerce, of which he is a director, and the Wahoo City Council. He is a member of the Nebraskana Society, the Wahoo Golf Club, and the Red Cross. His favorite sport is golfing.

Mr. Burmeister is affiliated with the Lutheran Church at Yutan, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He was married to Genevieve Theodora Swanson, daughter of John and Hannah (Johnson) Swanson, at Wahoo, October 21, 1921. Mrs. Burmeister, who was a graduate nurse at the Presbyterian Hospital at Omaha, Nebraska, before her marriage, was born at Weston, Saunders County, Nebraska, January 29, 1898. They have one son, Charles John, May 19, 1930. Residence: Wahoo.

Edgar Albert Burnett

Chancellor of the University of Nebraska since 1928, Edgar A. Burnett was born at Hartland, Michigan, October 17, 1865. He is the son of Ellsworth Solon and Eliza Mary (Crane) Burnett. On the paternal side the family is descended from Robert Belknap, who came from England in 1637. Jonathan, father of Ellsworth, was born in 1838. Ellsworth Burnett died in Shiawassee County, Michigan, February 2, 1895.

Eliza Crane was born at Skinnerville, New York in 1839, and died at Chicago, February 29, 1916. She is descended from the Crane family of colonial times, one of whom came from England about 1655.

Dr. Burnett attended district and high school in Michigan; in 1887 he received his B. Sc. from the Michigan State Agricultural College which also awarded him an honorary D. Sc. in 1917. He is a member of Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta and Gamma Sigma Delta, and recently was made an honorary member of Phi Beta Kappa.

On June 22, 1899, he was married to Nellie E. Folsom at Brookings, South Dakota. Mrs. Burnett is a native of Herman, New York. Their one child, Knox, was born on August 19, 1903. He is married to Lela Mae Randall, and is engaged in the practice of architecture.

Dr. Burnett has been a resident of Nebraska since 1899, when he became professor of animal husbandry at the state university. In 1909, he was made dean of the agricultural college, and in 1928 he was made chancellor. From 1901 to 1928 he was director of the Nebraska Agricultural Experimental Station. He is the author of various books and pamphlets on animal husbandry, etc. He is a director of the Federal Land Bank. During 1925-1926, he was president of the Association of Land-Grant Colleges.

During the World War he was a member of the American Educational Corps, in charge of agricultural lectures in First Army, A. E. F., University of Beaune, France. He is affiliated with the First Plymouth Congregational Church of Lincoln.

He holds membership in the following organizations: Sons of the American Revolution, National Educational Association, Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis Club, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Y. M. C. A. His social club is the University Club of Lincoln, and his favorite recreation is golf. Residence: Lincoln. (Photograph on Page 191).

Charles Edwin Burnham

On July 21, 1860, at West Troy, Walworth County Wisconsin, Charles E. Burnham was born, son of Charles Lansing and Amanda Malvina (Hicks) Burnham. His father, who was a merchant, was born at Oswego, New York, March 6, 1836, and died at Tilden, Madison County, Nebraska, November 3, 1902.

His mother was born in Oswego County, New York March 13, 1841, and died at Tilden, Nebraska, July 4, 1929.

At the age of 15 Mr. Burnham entered the employ of the S. C. & P. Railway, at Sioux City, as clerk. When the office of the company was moved to Missouri Valley, Iowa, he went with them remaining until 1881. At that time he became associated with the C. St. P. M. & O. Railway at St. Paul. He resigned in 1882 and removed to Burnett (now Tilden), Nebraska, and engaged in the mercantile business until 1887. Entering the banking business at Burnett, in 1904, he purchased an interest in the Norfolk State Bank. He is now president of the Norfolk National Bank and the Norfolk Savings Bank; a director of the Haskins State Bank, and of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.

An active member of various banking associations, he has served as president and member of the taxation committee of the Nebraska Bankers Association, and as member of the executive committee of the American Bankers Association.

He was married at Council Bluffs, Iowa, May 24, 1881 to Lona Adelaide Loper. Mrs. Burnham was born near Adel, Iowa, January 2, 1862. They have one daughter, Faie B., born October 2, 1882, who is married to Eugene G. White.

During the World War Mr. Burnham was chairman of the committee in charge of northeastern Nebraska loan drives. He is secretary of the committee for the relief and care of orphans. He is a member of the Episcopal church, the Y. M. C. A. and the Kiwanis Club.

Mr. Burnham is a Mason and served as grand master in 1904. He is a Republican. His hobby is reading. His home is at Norfolk.

Silas Henry Burnham

For the past fifty years Silas H. Burnham has been a resident of Nebraska, and during this time has been in the banking business. He was born at Harrison, Cumberland County, Maine, April 12, 1848, the son of Sumner and Christiana (Washburn) Burnham. His father, who was born at Harrison, was a farmer, and for many years was president of the Norway National Bank at Norway, Maine. He was of English descent. He died at Norway, in 1878. Silas Burnham's mother was born at Harrison, and died at Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, at the age of 99.

Mr. Burnham attended the public schools of Norway, and the Hebron Academy. He was graduated with the A. B. degree at Dartmouth College in 1874, where he was especially active in music and dramatics; he took part in various athletic affairs particularly football and baseball. He was elected to membership in Psi Upsilon.

He was admitted to the bar at Norway, in 1875, and for the next four years was engaged in the practice of law there. Since then he has been in the banking business. He is chairman of the board of the First National Bank and the First Trust Company of Lincoln. He is vice-president of the Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Company; and is vice-president of the Lincoln Telephone Securities Company.

He was united in marriage with Elizabeth Lewis at Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky, in 1876. Mrs. Burnham was born at Glasgow, in 1854. Her father was a gen-

eral in the Orphan Brigade of the Confederate Army in the Civil War. They have four children: Sayde, who married George W. Holmes of Lincoln; Joseph, who married Clara Watts of Carbondale, Pennsylvania; Louise, who married Willard S. Yates of Lincoln; and Silas Henry, who married Helen Chapin and later Alice Hallasey, of Los Angeles.

Mr. Burnham is a member of the American Bankers Association; the Nebraska Bankers Association; Lincoln Chamber of Commerce; and the Elks. He holds membership in the Nebraska State Historical Society and the Nebraska Society. He is a member of Lincoln Country Club and Lincoln University Club. He is interested in golf, football, and baseball. His hobby is bridge. He is a member of the First Plymouth Congregational Church of Lincoln- he is a Republican. Residence: Lincoln.

Sumner Burnham

Sumner Burnham, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Cass County, Nebraska, June 23, 1882, son of Horace and Elizabeth (Frost) Burnham. His father was a farmer born in Maine who died at Westerville, Nebraska, in March, 1903. His mother was also born in Maine, and died at Westerville in 1888.

In 1895 Mr. Burnham was graduated from rural school in Lancaster County, and the following two years attended the Lincoln Business College.

From 1898 until 1906 he was bookkeeper at the First National Bank of Lincoln, and the following two years was assistant cashier of the First National Bank at Scottsbluff. From 1909 until 1913 he was assistant cashier of the Scottsbluff National Bank, and from 1913 until 1918 was secretary-treasurer and manager of the York Brick and Tile Company. Since that time he has engaged exclusively in farming and stock raising.

His marriage to Jessie Pearl Dixon was solemnized at Lincoln, on July 15, 1905. Mrs. Burnham was born at Roachdale, Indiana, March 19, 1883. They have two daughters, Frances, born March 13, 1910, who is a teacher of Latin and English at Hay Springs High School and who has the Bachelor of Arts degree; and Margaret, born September 21, 1912, who is secretary to the superintendent of the Bayard City Schools.

Mr. Burnham is a Republican. He is affiliated with the Congregational Church, is a member of the Masons, and from 1918 until 1924 was a member of the local school board. Residence: Bayard.

Joseph Burns

Joseph Burns, contractor and hydraulic engineer, was born in County Roscommon, Ireland, the son of William and Mary Burns. William Burns, a farmer, brought his family to America in 1861, and died at Hartford, Connecticut in 1900. His wife, Mary, who was a native of Scotland, died in Ireland in 1851.

Self educated, Mr. Burns was engaged as a contractor and engineer from early manhood. He was married to Anna Carl at Meriden, Connecticut, on December 15, 1869. Mrs. Burns was born in Scotland on February 22, 1849, and died at Lincoln on January 4, 1922. To their marriage eight children were born: Howard, born June 1, 1873, who married Blanche McGinnis, and who died in 1924; Daisy, born February 22, 1876, who married William B. Taylor, and who died October 9, 1930; Deana, born April 13, 1878, who married William P. Heath and who died February 11, 1930; Charles, born August 1, 1880, who married Bessie Bixby; Nelle, born February 22, 1883, who married Alfred C. Goodwin; Mollie, born December 20, 1885, who married Fred R. Slade; George, born January 11, 1887, who married Lillian Wicks; Joseph, Jr., born December 11, 1892, who married Winnie Burns.

About forty-eight years ago Mr. Burns brought his family to Nebraska where he always resided. A Republican, he has been active in politics, and has held the following offices: city councilman 1890-91; state representative 1893-95; 1899-1905; state senator 1907.

Mr. Burns invented and patented the section well augur at Monticello, Iowa, in 1870, the tool which made it possible for the early Nebraska settlers to secure water at a small cost and which did more to settle the state of Nebraska than any other implement. With this augur it was possible for three men to bore and curb a well 125 feet deep in two days.

As the water in many sections of the state was more than 125 feet from the surface, the digging of these wells without this augur was a slow and very expensive process. Mr. Burns also introduced the battery of drove wells system in Nebraska, and drove and connected up to one pump eighty wells which furnished Lincoln with three and a half million gallons of water per day. This was in 1886, and was considered by the Scientific American and the Engineering News as a feat of engineering.

The same year Mr. Burns planned for the city of Hastings water plant six individual eight inch pipe wells from which he guaranteed one million gallons of water a day. With much ridicule from representatives of pump companies who declared it could not be done, he furnished a bond and completed the job which proved to be a great success.

Shortly after this, and with the use of the battery well system, the cities of Nebraska and railroad companies in the state abandoned the dug well plan. Mr. Burns introduced also what was known as tubular wells, and assisted Walker and Lockwood, wellmen, in introducing their rotary well method, now so generally in use over the United States. He was the first man west of the Alleghenys to introduce the Foley air lift now in extensive use.

He was the first man to introduce pumping for irrigation in 1893, and at the time of his recent death was actively engaged in the well contracting business.

His hobby was the public ownership of utilities. He was a member of the City Civic League, and had an enviable reputation for service to his city and state. (Photograph in Album).

Lyle Willis Burns

Lyle Willis Burns, life insurance executive, was born at Scribner, Nebraska, February 9, 1898, son of John Edward and Nellie (Burrows) Burns. John Edward Burns was born in New York State June 22, 1868, and now lives at Loveland, Colorado. His mother was born at Platte Center, Nebraska, January 29, 1872, and died at Longmont, Colorado, September 17, 1929. His father's ancestry was Scotch, tracing back to Robert Burns, and the mother's ancestry is English.

Mr. Burns attended public school, and in 1915 was graduated from Manual Training High School at Denver, Colorado.

He was married on March 31, 1919, to Clora Nica McCane at Denver. She was born in Kentucky, June 24, 1896, the daughter of Francis Marion and Margaret Helen (Kyle) McCane. The father was born in Bracken County, Kentucky, March 14th, 1860. Mother was born also in Bracken County, August 15th, 1860, and died at Denver, March 11, 1912. They have two children, John W., born April 1, 1920; and Frances McCane, born February 9, 1922.

From 1920 until 1928 Mr. Burns engaged in the mercantile business, at Lafayette, Colorado, one year, Mitchell, Nebraska, 5 years, and Gering, two years, and from 1928 until 1930 was city clerk at Gering. He became postal clerk in 1928, and since October of that year has been supervisor of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company for western Nebraska.

During the late war Mr. Burns served with the 338th Tank Corps in Company C. He is now a member of the American Legion. His hobbies are hunting and baseball. He is a Republican. Residence: Gering.

Melissa Elisabeth Burns

Melissa Elisabeth (Getter) Burns was born in Medina County, Ohio, July 24, 1838, of English, Irish, Dutch and German descent. A teacher in the rural schools of Indiana, she was married to Edward Clark Burns at Ovid, Michigan, October 15, 1865. Mr. Burns was born in Phelpstown, New York, November 13, 1838, son of John Flowers and Eunice (Noyes) Burns. His father was an axmaker, born in Philadelphia, of Scotch and English descent, and a descendant of Robert Burns, the Scottish poet. His mother was born in New Hampshire, September 27, 1810, and died at Scribner, March 10, 1894. She was of Scotch and English descent also.

To Edward and Melissa Burns were born ten children, seven boys and three girls, five of whom were teachers in Dodge County Schools. Frank O., who died in May, 1908, was born in Indiana, as were John E., Robert L., Mark G., Willis P., Birge E., Jesse C., Mary E. Elnora, and Dolly were born in Scribner. Robert L. and Birge E., were both railroad men, and reside in California. Mark G., who was a newspaper man in South Dakota, for many years, now owns a fruit farm in central California. Willis P., who was a volunteer with Company E, 3rd Nebraska Infantry, died of typhoid in Jacksonville, Florida. All her children are Republicans.

Mr. and Mrs. Burns came to Dodge County in June, 1869. He held many public offices, including justice of the peace four years, county commissioner six years, postmaster of Scribner, four years, member of the legislature one term, and deputy state oil inspector four years. He died in office. He was the author of the act giving a bounty to beet growers, and also of the act reducing county commissioners in rural counties to three.

Edward C. Burns was the first man to enlist for the Civil War in 1861, from Steuben County, Indiana. He held the rank of corporal in Company B, 4th Michigan Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps. He participated in the Battle of Bull Run (first battle), and at Gettysburg. His division was the one which repulsed Pickett at Little Round Top. He was captured and was a prisoner of war for one year, four months in Libbey Prison in Richmond, Virginia, and eight months in Andersonville Prison, Georgia. He was paroled and exchanged on February 8, 1865, having served four years and six months, but never regained his health fully after his suffering in southern prisons.

Mr. Burns was a member of the Masonic Order, and adjutant of the D. A. Woodbury Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and chairman of the town board of Scribner, for fourteen years. He died at his home in Scribner, Nebraska, after a long illness, on May 30, 1908.

William Wesley Burr

William W. Burr, prominent Nebraska educator, was born at Goodland, Jasper County, Indiana, March 26, 1880. His father, Elliott Remus Burr, who was a farmer and a Civil War veteran, was born at Cuba, Allegheny County, New York, August 2, 1842, and died at St. Cloud, Florida, March 27, 1918. He was of Scotch, Irish, and English descent. Sarah Jane (Vorheis) Burr, his mother, was born at Friendship, Allegheny County, New York, May 7, 1842, and died at Goodland, Indiana, September 17, 1887.

Professor Burr received his elementary education in the public schools of Indiana and Virginia. He was graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture in 1906, with the B. S. degree. He was a student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1899-1900. He was made a member of Alpha Zeta, Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta fraternities at the University of Nebraska.

From 1906 to 1912, he was assistant in dry land agriculture at North Platte Experiment Station; was assistant agronomist of the United States Department of Agriculture, 1913-16; was agronomist at the. University of Nebraska, 1916; was assistant director of the University of Nebraska Experiment Station, 1919-28; was acting dean of the College of Agriculture, 1927. Since 1928 has been dean of the College of Agriculture and director of the Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Nebraska.

He is the author of numerous experiment station bulletins, chiefly concerning dry-land agriculture. He is contributing editor of Book of Rural Life. He has lived in Nebraska for the past 27 years.

Professor Burr was married to Aurelia Marion Scott at Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, January 1, 1919. Mrs. Burr, whose ancestry is Scotch, was born at Taylor, Loup County, Nebraska, June 7, 1890. They have two children: Della Jean, born December 27, 1920; and William Wesley, Junior, born March 12, 1923.

Mr. Burr served as chairman of the federal and state seed committee during the World War. He is a member of the Nebraska State Teachers Association; the American Society of Agronomy; vice president, 1926-30, president, 1931; Nebraska Academy of Science; American Association for the Advancement of Science; and International Congress of Soil Science. He holds membership in the Red Cross; Community Chest; Chamber of Commerce, serving as director in 1931; and the Parent-Teachers' Association. He was a member of the board of directors and vice president of the Lincoln Kiwanis Club for two years; and holds membership in the Nebraskana Society and the Nebraska State Historical Society. He is a menber of the Masonic Blue Lodge, Scottish Rite (Knight Commander of Court of Honor), and Shrine.

His social clubs are the University Club, Polemic Club. and Shrine Country Club. He is a member of First Plymouth Congregational Church of Lincoln, and is a Republican. Residence: Lincoln.

John Wesley Burrows

John Wesley Burrows, executive, was born in Dows, Iowa, August 22, 1874, son of Chester William and Jane (Gurney) Burrows. The father and mother were born in England, and came to the United States in 1852, settling in Wisconsin. They later removed to Iowa and were prominent pioneer settlers.

Upon his graduation from high school Mr. Burrow: engaged in railroad work. Starting as a telegraph operator, he was time-keeper, accountant, ticket agent, cashier, chief clerk to the superintendent and conductor in 20 years of service. He was engaged in clerical work for the Central Colorado Power Company six months, and was in the United States Reclamation service for a year at Mitchell, Nebraska. He was in the hotel business at Greeley, Colorado, four years. The balance of his time has been spent in county work. A Republican, he has been county clerk of Seotts Bluff County since 1920. Mr. Burrows was deputy county clerk two years prior to his appointment as county clerk.

On March 20, 1917, he was married to Edith Mary (Comer) Funk, at Greeley, Colorado. Mrs. Burrows is a graduate of Greeley High School, and is the daughter of Robert W. and Hanna (Stevens) Comer. She has two children by a former marriage, Charles and AnnabeL She was born at Detroit, Michigan, August 12, 1884. Mr. and Mrs. Burrows have one daughter, Carol Rosalie, born February 28, 1922.

Mr. Burrows is a member of the Methodist Church, the Masons and Scottish Rite. Residence: Gering.

Oliver P. Burrows

Oliver P. Burrows, real estate, loan and insurance broker, was born at Dows, Iowa, August 26, 1871, son of Chester William and Jane (Gurney) Burrows. parents came to the United States from England in 1852.

In May, 1890, Mr. Burrows was graduated from the

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