The Idaho Post, Moscow, Idaho, March 7, 1919: "Word was received here by telephone this morning that C.F. Burr, well-known pioneer of Genesee, died there this morning of paralysis, from which he had been a sufferer for the past two years. Mr. Burr was one of the best-known pioneers of Latah county and had lived at Genesee for more than 30 years. He is survived by four sons and three daughters. He had a wide circle of friends and acquaintances to whom his death will be a shock."
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"Charles F. Burr. Prominent among the active, prosperous and influential business men of Latah county, Idaho, is Charles F. Burr, of Genesee, whose twenty-five years of residence and business activity there as a real estate dealer, dating back to the territorial year of 1887 entitles him to mention among the pioneer promoters of Idaho. His interest and activities in the upbuilding of this section of the state have not been narrowed to his business operations, but in different relations to society he has given effectively his force and influence toward the development of one of the most progressive commonwealths of the Union.
"A native of Illinois, he was born in the town of Momence, March 31, 1857, a son of Rev. Samuel P. Burr and Almira J. Burr, the former of whom was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is the fifth of the eight children of these parents. Until sixteen years of age his home continued in Illinois, during which time he secured a common and high school education. There also he gained his first business experience and gave evidence of that business ability which has characterized his activities in his later career. At the age of twelve he began working in a seed garden, his wages being fifty cents per day for the first year and seventy-five cents per day for the second year. The third year his services commanded and he received fifty dollars per month, he having been made foreman over a working force of fifty people. He was then but fifteen years of age. The next year he took up farming independently but only continued it one year there, as he then accompanied his parents to Madison county, Nebraska, where he resumed the vocation of farming and followed it about four years. In 1877 he went to Portland, Oregon, where he remained one year occupied in various kinds of employment; then he returned to Nebraska and engaged in farming about three years. Responding once more to the call of the West, he returned to Oregon, where he had been employed about two years in various ways, when he again returned to Nebraska, this time to close up the estate of his father. In 1887 he turned his way westward for the third time, locating this time in Latah county, Idaho, where has remained his home to the present, a period of twenty-five years. He was the first postmaster at Genesee, serving four years, and now a quarter of a century later his son, Daniel C. Burr, is filling the same office. On his location here he entered into the real estate business and has been engaged during the whole period of his residence here in a general real estate, loan and insurance business, being one of the most successful men in this line in this section of the state. In Madison county, Nebraska, on November 30, 1876, he was united in marriage to Mary E. Wigg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Wigg, of that state and county. Of a family of six sons and five daughters born to this union, eight are living and are as follows: Roy B., who is married and resides at Portland, Oregon; Samuel P., married and a resident of Montana; William W, a resident of Genesee, Idaho; Daniel C, married and previously referred to as the present efficient postmaster at Genesee; Fannie G., who is now Mrs. Cecil G. Crawford and resides at Spokane, Washington; and Dora B., Alta M., and Mary A., all at the parental home.
"In religious views Mr. Burr leans toward the Methodist faith, while Mrs. Burr affiliates as a member of the Congregational church. Fraternally Mr. Burr is a prominent figure in the circles of both the Masonic order and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in this state and is also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a thirtysecond degree Scottist Rite Mason, is a past master of his blue lodge and has been its secretary for two years. He is also a past patron of the auxiliary branch of this order, the Order of the Eastern Star, of which Mrs. Burr also is a member and a past matron. In the Independent Order of Odd Fellows he has filled all the "chairs" in the subordinate lodge and local encampment, the grand encampment of the state, and is a past grand representative of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Both he and Mrs. Burr are members of the Daughters of Rebekah. In political affairs Mr. Burr is actively interested in the work of the Republican party and in an official way has served as postmaster, as previously mentioned; as a member of the school board twenty-one years, first in Nebraska and then in Genesee; was the first city clerk of Genesee and served in that capacity over ten years, and is now city clerk and police judge. He has been a justice of the peace twenty-three years and served one year as clerk of the district court. There can be no question of Mr. Burr's loyalty to Idaho, for in every way that has offered he has improved the opportunity to add to its growth and development and his name well deserves a place on the roster of Idaho's builders". [History of Idaho: a narrative account of its historical progress..., Volume 3 by Hiram Taylor French (1914)]
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"Charles F. Burr. Prominent among the active, prosperous and influential business men of Latah county, Idaho, is Charles F. Burr, of Genesee, whose twenty-five years of residence and business activity there as a real estate dealer, dating back to the territorial year of 1887 entitles him to mention among the pioneer promoters of Idaho. His interest and activities in the upbuilding of this section of the state have not been narrowed to his business operations, but in different relations to society he has given effectively his force and influence toward the development of one of the most progressive commonwealths of the Union.
"A native of Illinois, he was born in the town of Momence, March 31, 1857, a son of Rev. Samuel P. Burr and Almira J. Burr, the former of whom was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is the fifth of the eight children of these parents. Until sixteen years of age his home continued in Illinois, during which time he secured a common and high school education. There also he gained his first business experience and gave evidence of that business ability which has characterized his activities in his later career. At the age of twelve he began working in a seed garden, his wages being fifty cents per day for the first year and seventy-five cents per day for the second year. The third year his services commanded and he received fifty dollars per month, he having been made foreman over a working force of fifty people. He was then but fifteen years of age. The next year he took up farming independently but only continued it one year there, as he then accompanied his parents to Madison county, Nebraska, where he resumed the vocation of farming and followed it about four years. In 1877 he went to Portland, Oregon, where he remained one year occupied in various kinds of employment; then he returned to Nebraska and engaged in farming about three years. Responding once more to the call of the West, he returned to Oregon, where he had been employed about two years in various ways, when he again returned to Nebraska, this time to close up the estate of his father. In 1887 he turned his way westward for the third time, locating this time in Latah county, Idaho, where has remained his home to the present, a period of twenty-five years. He was the first postmaster at Genesee, serving four years, and now a quarter of a century later his son, Daniel C. Burr, is filling the same office. On his location here he entered into the real estate business and has been engaged during the whole period of his residence here in a general real estate, loan and insurance business, being one of the most successful men in this line in this section of the state. In Madison county, Nebraska, on November 30, 1876, he was united in marriage to Mary E. Wigg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Wigg, of that state and county. Of a family of six sons and five daughters born to this union, eight are living and are as follows: Roy B., who is married and resides at Portland, Oregon; Samuel P., married and a resident of Montana; William W, a resident of Genesee, Idaho; Daniel C, married and previously referred to as the present efficient postmaster at Genesee; Fannie G., who is now Mrs. Cecil G. Crawford and resides at Spokane, Washington; and Dora B., Alta M., and Mary A., all at the parental home.
"In religious views Mr. Burr leans toward the Methodist faith, while Mrs. Burr affiliates as a member of the Congregational church. Fraternally Mr. Burr is a prominent figure in the circles of both the Masonic order and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in this state and is also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a thirtysecond degree Scottist Rite Mason, is a past master of his blue lodge and has been its secretary for two years. He is also a past patron of the auxiliary branch of this order, the Order of the Eastern Star, of which Mrs. Burr also is a member and a past matron. In the Independent Order of Odd Fellows he has filled all the "chairs" in the subordinate lodge and local encampment, the grand encampment of the state, and is a past grand representative of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Both he and Mrs. Burr are members of the Daughters of Rebekah. In political affairs Mr. Burr is actively interested in the work of the Republican party and in an official way has served as postmaster, as previously mentioned; as a member of the school board twenty-one years, first in Nebraska and then in Genesee; was the first city clerk of Genesee and served in that capacity over ten years, and is now city clerk and police judge. He has been a justice of the peace twenty-three years and served one year as clerk of the district court. There can be no question of Mr. Burr's loyalty to Idaho, for in every way that has offered he has improved the opportunity to add to its growth and development and his name well deserves a place on the roster of Idaho's builders". [History of Idaho: a narrative account of its historical progress..., Volume 3 by Hiram Taylor French (1914)]
The Idaho Post, Moscow, Idaho, March 7, 1919: "Word was received here by telephone this morning that C.F. Burr, well-known pioneer of Genesee, died there this morning of paralysis, from which he had been a sufferer for the past two years. Mr. Burr was one of the best-known pioneers of Latah county and had lived at Genesee for more than 30 years. He is survived by four sons and three daughters. He had a wide circle of friends and acquaintances to whom his death will be a shock."
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"Charles F. Burr. Prominent among the active, prosperous and influential business men of Latah county, Idaho, is Charles F. Burr, of Genesee, whose twenty-five years of residence and business activity there as a real estate dealer, dating back to the territorial year of 1887 entitles him to mention among the pioneer promoters of Idaho. His interest and activities in the upbuilding of this section of the state have not been narrowed to his business operations, but in different relations to society he has given effectively his force and influence toward the development of one of the most progressive commonwealths of the Union.
"A native of Illinois, he was born in the town of Momence, March 31, 1857, a son of Rev. Samuel P. Burr and Almira J. Burr, the former of whom was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is the fifth of the eight children of these parents. Until sixteen years of age his home continued in Illinois, during which time he secured a common and high school education. There also he gained his first business experience and gave evidence of that business ability which has characterized his activities in his later career. At the age of twelve he began working in a seed garden, his wages being fifty cents per day for the first year and seventy-five cents per day for the second year. The third year his services commanded and he received fifty dollars per month, he having been made foreman over a working force of fifty people. He was then but fifteen years of age. The next year he took up farming independently but only continued it one year there, as he then accompanied his parents to Madison county, Nebraska, where he resumed the vocation of farming and followed it about four years. In 1877 he went to Portland, Oregon, where he remained one year occupied in various kinds of employment; then he returned to Nebraska and engaged in farming about three years. Responding once more to the call of the West, he returned to Oregon, where he had been employed about two years in various ways, when he again returned to Nebraska, this time to close up the estate of his father. In 1887 he turned his way westward for the third time, locating this time in Latah county, Idaho, where has remained his home to the present, a period of twenty-five years. He was the first postmaster at Genesee, serving four years, and now a quarter of a century later his son, Daniel C. Burr, is filling the same office. On his location here he entered into the real estate business and has been engaged during the whole period of his residence here in a general real estate, loan and insurance business, being one of the most successful men in this line in this section of the state. In Madison county, Nebraska, on November 30, 1876, he was united in marriage to Mary E. Wigg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Wigg, of that state and county. Of a family of six sons and five daughters born to this union, eight are living and are as follows: Roy B., who is married and resides at Portland, Oregon; Samuel P., married and a resident of Montana; William W, a resident of Genesee, Idaho; Daniel C, married and previously referred to as the present efficient postmaster at Genesee; Fannie G., who is now Mrs. Cecil G. Crawford and resides at Spokane, Washington; and Dora B., Alta M., and Mary A., all at the parental home.
"In religious views Mr. Burr leans toward the Methodist faith, while Mrs. Burr affiliates as a member of the Congregational church. Fraternally Mr. Burr is a prominent figure in the circles of both the Masonic order and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in this state and is also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a thirtysecond degree Scottist Rite Mason, is a past master of his blue lodge and has been its secretary for two years. He is also a past patron of the auxiliary branch of this order, the Order of the Eastern Star, of which Mrs. Burr also is a member and a past matron. In the Independent Order of Odd Fellows he has filled all the "chairs" in the subordinate lodge and local encampment, the grand encampment of the state, and is a past grand representative of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Both he and Mrs. Burr are members of the Daughters of Rebekah. In political affairs Mr. Burr is actively interested in the work of the Republican party and in an official way has served as postmaster, as previously mentioned; as a member of the school board twenty-one years, first in Nebraska and then in Genesee; was the first city clerk of Genesee and served in that capacity over ten years, and is now city clerk and police judge. He has been a justice of the peace twenty-three years and served one year as clerk of the district court. There can be no question of Mr. Burr's loyalty to Idaho, for in every way that has offered he has improved the opportunity to add to its growth and development and his name well deserves a place on the roster of Idaho's builders". [History of Idaho: a narrative account of its historical progress..., Volume 3 by Hiram Taylor French (1914)]
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"Charles F. Burr. Prominent among the active, prosperous and influential business men of Latah county, Idaho, is Charles F. Burr, of Genesee, whose twenty-five years of residence and business activity there as a real estate dealer, dating back to the territorial year of 1887 entitles him to mention among the pioneer promoters of Idaho. His interest and activities in the upbuilding of this section of the state have not been narrowed to his business operations, but in different relations to society he has given effectively his force and influence toward the development of one of the most progressive commonwealths of the Union.
"A native of Illinois, he was born in the town of Momence, March 31, 1857, a son of Rev. Samuel P. Burr and Almira J. Burr, the former of whom was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is the fifth of the eight children of these parents. Until sixteen years of age his home continued in Illinois, during which time he secured a common and high school education. There also he gained his first business experience and gave evidence of that business ability which has characterized his activities in his later career. At the age of twelve he began working in a seed garden, his wages being fifty cents per day for the first year and seventy-five cents per day for the second year. The third year his services commanded and he received fifty dollars per month, he having been made foreman over a working force of fifty people. He was then but fifteen years of age. The next year he took up farming independently but only continued it one year there, as he then accompanied his parents to Madison county, Nebraska, where he resumed the vocation of farming and followed it about four years. In 1877 he went to Portland, Oregon, where he remained one year occupied in various kinds of employment; then he returned to Nebraska and engaged in farming about three years. Responding once more to the call of the West, he returned to Oregon, where he had been employed about two years in various ways, when he again returned to Nebraska, this time to close up the estate of his father. In 1887 he turned his way westward for the third time, locating this time in Latah county, Idaho, where has remained his home to the present, a period of twenty-five years. He was the first postmaster at Genesee, serving four years, and now a quarter of a century later his son, Daniel C. Burr, is filling the same office. On his location here he entered into the real estate business and has been engaged during the whole period of his residence here in a general real estate, loan and insurance business, being one of the most successful men in this line in this section of the state. In Madison county, Nebraska, on November 30, 1876, he was united in marriage to Mary E. Wigg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Wigg, of that state and county. Of a family of six sons and five daughters born to this union, eight are living and are as follows: Roy B., who is married and resides at Portland, Oregon; Samuel P., married and a resident of Montana; William W, a resident of Genesee, Idaho; Daniel C, married and previously referred to as the present efficient postmaster at Genesee; Fannie G., who is now Mrs. Cecil G. Crawford and resides at Spokane, Washington; and Dora B., Alta M., and Mary A., all at the parental home.
"In religious views Mr. Burr leans toward the Methodist faith, while Mrs. Burr affiliates as a member of the Congregational church. Fraternally Mr. Burr is a prominent figure in the circles of both the Masonic order and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in this state and is also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a thirtysecond degree Scottist Rite Mason, is a past master of his blue lodge and has been its secretary for two years. He is also a past patron of the auxiliary branch of this order, the Order of the Eastern Star, of which Mrs. Burr also is a member and a past matron. In the Independent Order of Odd Fellows he has filled all the "chairs" in the subordinate lodge and local encampment, the grand encampment of the state, and is a past grand representative of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Both he and Mrs. Burr are members of the Daughters of Rebekah. In political affairs Mr. Burr is actively interested in the work of the Republican party and in an official way has served as postmaster, as previously mentioned; as a member of the school board twenty-one years, first in Nebraska and then in Genesee; was the first city clerk of Genesee and served in that capacity over ten years, and is now city clerk and police judge. He has been a justice of the peace twenty-three years and served one year as clerk of the district court. There can be no question of Mr. Burr's loyalty to Idaho, for in every way that has offered he has improved the opportunity to add to its growth and development and his name well deserves a place on the roster of Idaho's builders". [History of Idaho: a narrative account of its historical progress..., Volume 3 by Hiram Taylor French (1914)]
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