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SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	ADDRESS	OCCUPATION/BIOGRAPHY/NOTES
Baird	James G.	317 S. Boundary
Baird	Rev. W. F.	615 S. 12th
Baird	W. H.	615 S. 12th
Baker	J. M.	res. 705 West
Baker	Henry	817 North	Mason
Baker	Jacob	1211 N. 9th	Teamster
Baldwin	W. W.	1211 Aetna	Attorney
Bane	John	1137 Franklin	Engineer
Bangs	C.	600 Lynn	Sawyer
Bantleon	George	518 S. Main res. 504 S. Main	Saloon
Barden	C. F.	Bassett	Laborer
Barger	S. R.	221 N. Front res. 702 N. 7th	Mfr. of trunks
Barhydt	Theodore Wells		President Merchants' National Bank. Born in Newark, N.J., April 10, 1835, but brought up in Schcnectady, N.Y., being there educated at the Lyceum; he is a descendant from the old Knickerbockers, known as the first and wealthiest families of the Hudson River, N.Y., who were among the first and at the front to struggle for the independence of America; during the war of the Revolution; his grandfather was active in the service, and, during the war of 1812, was in the Quartermaster's Department; his father was a boot and shoe manufacturer in Schenectady, N.Y.; Mr. Barhydt left his home of youth to enter upon the cares of life and the scenes of personal and telling activity, in March, 1855; locating at Burlington, he acted as Assistant Postmaster for some time; in 1859, Mr. Barhydt started in the retail boot and shoe business, and, warranted by success, commenced wholesale trade in 1800; this he still continues; however, as his time is entirely occupied by business, which has come into prominence through his untiring efforts, the boot and shoe business has been placed under the supervision of his partner, H. A. Brown. He has been twice elected Alderman of the 5th Ward, and is a hard-money Democrat; he was a Director and member of the Executive Committee of the B.C.R.&M.R.R. for several years, until the new company organized; elected during his absence from home, without his knowledge, he is now a Director of the Burlington & Northwestern Narrow-Gauge R.R.; through the long-continued exertions of Judge Mason, Messrs. Barhydt, Patterson, McKell and others, the Burlington Water Works came into existence; Mr. Barhydt is a Director of the Burlington Water Company; assisted by others, he organized the Merchants' National Bank in 1870, was elected its first President, and, owing to his superior financial ability, has been continued in that position ever since; although yet a young man, Mr. Barhydt has for many years been, and is now, prominently identified with the general public enterprises of Burlington. To no one man does the present attractive city owe more for its public improvements and erection of fine business buildings, than to T. W. Barhydt; he is the owner of some of the most valuable property in Burlington, including one of the blocks most prominently located in the city, corner of Jefferson and Main streets; also the Gorham House, now undergoing great improvements and embellishments, which will make it one of the most popular hotels in the State. Mr. Barhydt married Miss Eleanor C. Christiancy. descended from the same race as himself, and who it may be said has virtually grown up with him. They are both members of the First Presbyterian Church; Mr. Barhydt's parents were strict adherents to the religious faith of the same denomination.
Barker	Charles I.		Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., N.H., June 4, 1826; his parents were Benjamin Barker and Abigail Babbitt Barker; he was the youngest of thirteen children, ten boys and three girls, all born in the old homestead, on a hill farm back some three miles from the Connecticut River; this large family lived to be men and women, and nine are still living (1879), showing moral habits and vigorous constitutions, not only reflecting credit upon parents, but speaking well for their representative children; the girls grew to be wives and mothers respected by all, and the boys to citizens of various localities, and all have received manifestations of confidence by their fellow citizens in many ways in being selected representatives in the New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts Legislatures, county officers, members of the city government of Boston and Worcester, Mass., Government officers under Pierce and Buchanan's administrations, regimental officers in the last war, etc. These facts are mentioned as much in honor of parents as children. The subject of this sketch was left at the age of 3 years without a father; but in this misfortune he was spared a mother possessed of those Spartan qualities that did not allow her to sink under the weight of the many cares falling upon her, but who resolutely determined to keep her family together and provide for them a home, aided by the older children, until all were prepared to go forth into the world with habits of morality, industry and economy fully formed; she died at the good old age of 82 years, in March, 1870. In 1845, he left the old homestead, and the first point he made was to secure two terms at two different academies as a little finishing touch to his district-school education back on the rough hills of New Hampshire, obtained only in the winter months; in the winter of 1845-16, he taught school, and, in the spring, went into a printing office in Keene, N.H., and there and at Newport of the same State, he served two years as an apprentice to that business; late in 1847, he started out as a journeyman and worked at Barre and Worcester, Mass., until September, 1849, when he left the old Worcester Spy office for the West; he visited Detroit, Milwaukee, Racine, Chicago and other points, and arrived at , La Fayette, Ind., late in October, where he at once took charge of the Daily Courier office as foreman, and I remained there about fourteen months, the four last of which he published the paper for the estate of its late owner, who died during the summer; he made his arrangements to buy the office at administrator's sale, and would have done so but for the treachery of one who ought to have been a friend; from La Fayette he went to Nashville, Tenn., to Washington, D. C., where he spent a winter, and then to Cincinnati, in the spring of 1852, where he soon became foreman of the Gazette office, which office he left in July, 1853, to go to Hamilton, Ohio, where he became editor and part proprietor of the Telegraph, the Democratic paper of Butler Co.; at the close of 1855, he sold out his interest in the paper and at once went to Bloomington, Ill., where he purchased the National Flag, a Democratic paper, and edited it during the canvass of 1856, which resulted in the election of Mr. Buchanan to the Presidency; after the election, he sold out and went to Indianapolis and took charge of the State printing; in the fall of 1857, he purchased the Democratic Standard, at Anderson, Ind., which he edited until 1863, when he sold out and went into the boot and shoe trade, which he sold out in 1864, and purchased a large flock of sheep and came to Iowa, into Polk Co., and went into the real estate business at Des Moines; in 1865, he disposed of his sheep and went to Memphis, Tenn., and remained two years, connected with the press of that city; but in the summer of 1867, he came to Burlington, Iowa, and went into the Daily Gazette as part proprietor and one of its editors; shortly afterward, he purchased the entire office, and conducted the paper until late in 1874, when he sold out, and at once purchased a steam book and job office, and added a bindery, which establishment he is conducting at the present time (spring of 1879). In 1862, he was candidate for Secretary of State before the Democratic State Convention of Indiana and secured a solid Congressional vote with several counties outside for that office, by which vote he felt flattered; in 1872, he was a delegate from the First District of Iowa to the Baltimore Convention, which nominated Horace Greeley for the Presidency; in 1875, was elected a member of the Council of Burlington, leading all other candidates by a handsome vote; he has been modest in liis aspirations for office; he has been an earnest, active and consistent member of the Democratic party always. His life has been an active and earnest one, keeping up the habits of his earliest boyhood days, which have been so regular that he has scarcely ever lost a meal on account of sickness; his tastes run in the line of newspaper life, to which profession he proposes to return at the first favorable opportunity, if life and health be spared. On February 19, 1856, he married Hannah M. Bell, at Hamilton, Ohio, while publishing his paper in Illinois; she was the daughter of Hon. Daniel S. Bell, formery a prominent lawyer of Urbana, Ohio, where she was born Feb. 10, 1838; after the death of her father in 1849, she lived with her uncle, Geo. P. Bell, a retired merchant, at whose residence she was married; another uncle, Hiram Bell, represented the Greenville, Ohio, District in Congress early in 1850; she is still living, and has been the mother of four children two boys and two girls the baby boys dying, one in 1859, the other in 1876 the former 18 and the latter 1 month old; Bell Corwin and Abbie Florence, the former 18 and the latter 9 years old, are left to their parents, and are members of the flourishing high school of Burlington, and have every promise of becoming ornaments of society and a comfort to their parents in their declining years.
Barnes	J. W.	res. 809 N. 7th	Contractor & broker
Barnickel	Paul	1117 S. 10th	Engineer
Barret	Dr. R. A.		Born in Green Co., Ky., June 22, 1835, and spent his early youth in Illinois, principally at Springfield. At this time, Mr. Barret's father, Richard F. Barret, was Fund Commissioner of the State of Illinois. The elder Barret was a heavy land-owner in Illinois and Iowa. Dr. Barret was a pupil in Judge Samuel Treat's private school at St. Louis, Mo.; he also attended the St. Louis University, and was privately instructed by Chester Harding, who, in 1849, accompanied him East, where he was, by the latter, placed in Phillips' Exeter Academy, in New Hampshire; there remained three years preparing for college, which he commenced in 1852; the degree of M.D. was conferred upon him in 1854, and that of Master of Arts in 1856. In the latter year, he went to Europe and graduated at Heidelberg University, where he received the degree of Ph,D.; for a time, he acted as Secretary of Legation to Mason (of Mason & Slidell notoriety), who was then Minister from the United States to France, and located at Paris. At the expiration of his sojourn of three years in Europe he returned to St. Louis; there he studied law with his uncle, Aylett Buckner; was admitted to the bar in the fall of 1859, and became his uncle's partner. In 1861, he was appointed Attorney for the United States Government, and installed in the office of Gen. B. G. Farar, General Supervisor of confiscated and contraband property, remaining until June, 1864, at which time he was transferred to the office of Gen. E. B. Alexander, Provost Marshal General United States, for that District, acting as his Chief Clerk and Private Secretary until April, 1866; then Dr. Barret came to Burlington to settle up the estate of his father; in August, 1867, he purchased the Burlington Gazette, which paper he edited and managed until 1869; from 1869 to 1872, he was editor-in-chief of the St. Louis Dispatch; in 1874, he was commercial and city editor of the St. Louis Times; subsequently, private secretary to his brother, then Mayor of St. Louis. After his brother's death in April, 1875, he continued in his former position of Secretary to James H. Britton, Mayor, until the spring of 1876. From April until December, 1877, he conducted the Barret House. Mr. Barret married Miss Mary Finney, daughter of the late William Finney, one of the earliest settlers and most prominent citizens of St. Louis. Of late years, the subject of our sketch has been principally engaged in the practice of law in St. Louis, spending, however, much of his time in Burlington, in the attention of his property.
Barrett	B. F.	1321 Osborn street	Meat market. Born in Belmont Co., Ohio; came to Burlington in 1870; enlisted in the 2d Mo.V.C. in 1864, and served till the close of the war. Married in 1868 Belle Carnes; they have two children living Freddie L. and Harry. Democrat.
Bartruff	H. S.	125 S. 5th	Cabinet-maker
Bauer	Fred	1106 Chalfant	Cigar mfr.
Bauer	Fred	400 S. Main	Teamster
Bauer	Henry	114 S. 7th	Cigar mfr.
Bauerback	Aug.	401 Leebrick	Dry goods & groceries
Baumberger	Fred	204 N. Main	Porter
Bauman	Chas.	res. 213 S. 9th	Surveyor
Baumgartner	A.	1521 Bodeman	Laborer
Baumgartner	F.	1507 Thul	Clerk
Bean	J. V., M.D.	off. 321 Jefferson	Member of Des Moines County Medical Society; a native of Crawford Co., Penn.; was educated at Conueautville, Ohio, and a graduate from the Bellevue Medical Hospital, New York City, in the Class of 1868; came to Iowa in 1870, located in Apparoose Co. for practice, and came to Burlington in 1873; held a position as Contract Surgeon in the United States Army from 1868 to 1870, serving in the Department of Dakota; is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and Vice President of the Y.M.C.A. of this city.
Beard	Hiram		Of the firm of Beard, Mahlinger & Co., wholesale liquor dealers. Born in Montgomery Co., Ohio; came to Burlington in 1851; engaged in the dry goods business until 1876; since September, 1877, he has been engaged in his present business.
Beardsley	Charles	219 7th
Beck	Andrew	106 S. Adams	Stone-mason
Beck	J. W.	212 N. 3d res. 1115 Rhein	Bookseller
Beck	Jacob	1600 Mt. Pleasant	Carpenter
Beck	Jacob	106 S. Adams	Barber
Beck	John	1504 Mt. Pleasant	Dealer in groceries & provisions. Born in May, 1811, in Germany; came to Burlington in 1855; he married iu 1831 Zitonia Beck; they have three children Vincent, born Jan. 27, 1840; Philip, Sept. 23, 1843; Mary, Dec. 12, 1845. All members of St. John's Church; he is a Republican.
Beck	Vincent	Gorham House res. 101 N. Gunnison	Barber-shop
Begemann	Fred	700 S. 10th
Beckenbach	Fred	518 Jefferson res. 600 Gertrude	Harness-shop
Bell	William	420 S. Main
Bell	Wm. M.	res. 1109 S. 14th	Laborer
Bender	George	231 S. 10th	Carpenter
Benedict	B.	res. 611 George
Benne	Edward	1318 N. 9th	Carpenter
Benner	Philip	res. 808 8th
Bennett & Frantz		factory, 418 N. 3d	Carriage mfrs.
Berens	Peter	113 S. Main	Restaurant and wholesale dealer in oysters. Born in Duckwiler, Germany, in 1826; came to Burlington in 1857; started present business in 1872. Married Miss W. Hawmes in 1860; she was born in Duckwiler, also, in 1836; they have three children Constantine, Mary and Peter. Mr. Bernes is a member of the Germania Society; members of the Catholic Church; Democrat.
Bergantzelle	S.	1218 Gnahn	Night-watch
Berges	H.	1301 Corse	Foreman Gas Works
Bergman	Wm.	1216 Doemland	Machinist
Berkenstadt	John	1018 N. 10th	Night-watch
Bernard	Cornelius	north of Ash	Farmer
Bernet	F.	801 S. Main	Grocer
Berry	William	res. 319 S. 7th	Supt. saw-mill
Berry & Co.			G. L. B. & H. H. G., lumber manufacturers, near Cascade
Berthold & Dupuis		cor. Front & Court	City Mills
Betzinger	Jacob	408 N. 6th	Laborer
Biesenbruck	J. H.	200 S. 6th	Farmer
Biklen	Charles H.	413 Jefferson res. 523 S. 7th	Confectioneries
Biklen	L. H.	314 Division res. 312 S. 7th	Shoeing-shop
Biklen, Winzer & Co.		110 N. Main	Wholesale grocers
Bingham	Y. W.	res. Madison
Bird	Curtis	829 N. 4th	Book-keeper
Bischoff	George	227 N. Boundary res. 903 Jefferson	Wagon-maker
Bistorias	Christ.	301 Summer	Mason
Bittner	Julius	211 S. Main	Cigar-maker
Blake	M. K.	307 Jefferson res. cor. Miller & Darwin	Attorney at law
Blake	William Edgar		Born in Morning Sun, Preble Co., Ohio, June 27, 1844; came to Louisa Co., Iowa, in 1845; graduated at Monmouth College, Illinois, in 1867, then studied law in the law department of the Iowa State University, Iowa City, Iowa, where he graduated in 1869; he came to Burlington, in August of the same year, and has since been engaged in the practice of law; the firm was styled Newman & Blake until September, 1874, when it was changed to Blake & Hammack, Jan. 1, 1879; Mr. Blake again associated himself with Judge Newman. He was married July 4, 1867, to Miss Sarah Lucretia Hurd, of Morning Sun, Iowa. Photo: History of Des Moines County, Iowa, Volume 1,by Augustine M. Antrobus.
Blake	Wilson Wilberforce		Editor-in-chief Burlington Gazette. Born in a farm house near Morning Sun, Louisa Co., Iowa, Oct. 26, 1850, his parents having removed from Ohio to this State four years previously he led the life of a farmer's boy until the age of 16, when he entered Monmouth College; being obliged to suspend his studies for a time, he edited a country newspaper (the Morning Sun Free Press); taught school and farmed during the interval of sixteen months, while yet a minor, and finally graduated with honor from the institution, June 20, 1872. He married Aug. 31, 1871, Miss Maria S. Aecheson, of Monmonth, Ill.; three children girls, are the fruit of this union. He removed from Morning Sun to Burlington, in the fall of 1872, to accept a position on the City Department of the Daily Hawk-Eye; he was soon promoted to be City and News Editor of that paper, which position he retained until the 1st of August, 1874; failing health , caused by the exacting duties of morning newspaper work led to his resignation; the proprietor of the Hawk-Eye, on his retirement, presented him with an elegant silver-headed cane as an expression of esteem; he sought the much-needed rest of a few weeks in the country, but soon returned to the ranks of journalism; and, Sept. 24, 1874, he in conjunction with Messrs. W. H. Finch and Charles H. Playter, bought the Evening Gazette, and organized a stock company; Mr. Blake was at first city editor of the paper and afterwards business manager; in the month of December, 1870, he became the editor-in-chief, and has reigned supreme in the sanctum ever since that time.
Blaul	John		Wholesale grocer. Born in Germany, Dec. 18, 1826; came to United States in 1850; lived in the Eastern States four years, then came to Burlington; he worked at machinist's trade for two years, and, in 1856, he engaged in retail grocery business, which he continued until he engaged in wholesale business in 1874; his business amounts to about $250,000 per annum; his sales are principally in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri. Mr. Blaul is Treasurer of the Mutual Aid Association of this city.
Bliss	Gilbert	res. 300 S. Marietta	Asst. Eng. Fire Department
Bliss	L. M.	513 Jefferson res. 201 Augusta	Stoves & tinware
Blodgett	S. W.	312 Jefferson res. 1703 Potts	Attorney at law
Bloom	C. M.	110 N. Pond	Tinner
Bloom	George	106 N. Pond	Laborer
Bloomer	Ferris	1802 Madison	Carpenter
Blythe	Joseph W.		Attorney. Native of New Jersey; came to Burlington in December, 1874, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession
Bock	J.	Madison Av	Nurseryman
Boeck	G.	210 & 212 N. 5th	Dealer in all kinds of fresh and salt meats. Born in Germany; came to America and Burlington in 1857. Enlisted in Co G, 4th Missouri Cavalry; served the term of his enlistment, and was muctered out. Married, October, 1863, Hannah Roth; they have five children Anna, Katie, George, Edward and Albert.
Boecklin	Warner	614 Locust
Boesch, C. F. & J.		322 Jefferson	Dry goods, etc.
Boesch	C. L. Sr.	1201 Boundary
Bokencamp	D.	res. 562 S. Boundary	Carpenter
Bollman	Rev. W. J.	res. 304 S. Pond	Teacher
Bolslinger	E.	1413 Valley	Switchman
Bomaster	Henry	S.W. cor. Locust & Summer	Wagon mfr. Born June 29, 1829, in Germany; moved to America and to Burlignton in December 1844. Elected, in 1871, Alderman of the City Council, and served five years. Married, Nov. 6 1851, Mary A. Zerber, who was born in Dauphin Co., Penn.; they have four children living Youtichey, Nellie, Lizzie and Belle. Republican.
Bomaster	H. B.	cor. Locust & Summer res. 910 S. 14th	Wagon-shop
Bomberger	Louis	Sunny Side	Farmer
Bomgardner	George	res. 812 S. 7th
Bongert	William	1225 Angular	Mason
Bonitz	H.	220 Washington	Dealer in early vegetables, groceries and provisions. Born in Saxony, Germany, Dec, 21, 1842; came to America in 1862, and to Burlington in 1864. Married, Oct. 9, 1867, Frederica Dewein; she was born in Burlington; they have five children Alwina, Nettie, Nanna, Robert and infant. Republican.
Bonn	Jacob	426 Lewis	Ice dlr.
Bonn	P.	117 S. Main	Butcher. Of the firm of Bonn Bros., butchers. Born in Burlington in 1854; started in present business in 1876.
Bonnell	J. C.	res. 1610 South	Sec'y C.B.&Q. Land Office
Boorman	James	401 N. Main res. 214 S. 10th	Mfr. wigs, etc.
Boquet	Peter	cor. Front & Court res. 406 N. 6th	Cooper-shop
Bosch	Adolph		Brewery
Bosch Brothers		B.&M.R., north of Mt. Pleasant	Brewers
Bosch	Charles G.	Central Block res. Western Brewery (in rear)	Bottler of lager beer, ale and porter
Bosch	J. G.	852 Washington	Saloon
Boshard	Henry	820 Jefferson	Box-maker
Bosse	Henry	414 S. 6th	Clerk
Bossier	F. G.	1226 N. 7th	Upholsterer
Bossmeyer	A.	res. West Av	Clerk
Bossmeyer	H.	res. West Av	Clerk
Bott	G. J.	314 W. 3d st.	Boot & shoe mfr. Born in Muskingum Co., Ohio, Oct. 22, 1850; moved to Burlington in 1869. Married, November, 1875, Carrie Smith. Enlisted in Co. G, 160th O.V.I., March, 1864; served till the close of war. Democrat.
Bouquet	N. S.		Born near Landau, in the kingdom of Bavaria, Nov. 14, 1842; left Germany at the age of 15 years for America, landing in New York; from here he went to St. Louis, where he learned the cooper trade; in the spring of 1860, he came to Burlington and worked at his trade until 1861, when he enlisted in the 1st I.V.I., for three months, being actively engaged under Generals Lyon and Seigel at the battle of Wilson's Creek, after which he was discharged and re-enlisted July 5, 1862, in the 25th I.V.I., 1st Division, 2d Brigade, 15th Corps, commanded by Gen. John A. Logan; Mr. Boquet was appointed 2d Sergeant of Company E; they went from St. Louis to Helena, Kan., thence shipped to Young's Point, and were engaged at the siege of Vicksburg and the surrounding battles; came to Memphis, and from Resaca, Tenn., engaged for the Atlanta campaign and were all through Sherman's march to Georgia; he was at Goldsborou, N. C., the deciding battle of the late war; his regiment, the 25th Iowa, fought as skirmish line on the right of the corps, for forty-eight hours, which gave them the prominent position of the army; the regiment was reduced by 147 men killed and wounded; after the capture of Johnson's army, they went to Richmond and Washington; the 15th Corps was in advance of the army, the division in advance of the corps, the brigade in advance of the division, the regiment in advance of the brigade, and the 25th Iowa had the right at the grand review; N. S. Boquet, was the left guide; the 25th Iowa went to Davenport, Iowa, where the respective companies were disbanded; during the ceremonies of disbanding, the brigade at Davenport, Sergeant Boquet was presented by Brig. Gen. Geo. A. Stone, former Colonel of the 25th Iowa, with the colors of the regiment for safe-keeping, in honor of the bravery and heroism displayed in serving his country; coming home to Burlington, Companies E, D and G disbanded and retired to private life in 1865. In 1873, Mr. Boquet was appointed Deputy City Marshal, and served till March 1, 1874; he then went to California, where he engaged in prospecting, spending the main part of his time on or near Lone Star Mountain; some of his hunting exploits in the Far West, are of an interesting character; in 1876, he returned to Burlington, and has since been on the police force.
Bowersock	Israel	512 Jefferson res. 512 Amelia	Auction & com. mer.
Boyer	William	res. 1209 Smith	Police
Boyle	Patrick	318 Shields	Teamster
Brack	M.	1013 N. Boundary	Blacksmith
Brady	John	713 N. Main	Contractor
Brand	Win.	res. Gertrude St	Tinner
Brandebury	W. F.	427 Adams	Carpenter
Braun	G. H.	608 S. Boundary	Machinist
Braun	Henry	608 S. Boundary	Carpenter
Braunberger	Adam	312 N. 3d	Saloon
Braunberger	John	318 N. 3d res. 837 Arch	Mfr. of cigars
Braunberger & Trau		301 Division, cor. 3d	Grocers
Breen	William	119 S. 4th	Contractor
Bremmerman	J. H.		Attorney at law. Born in Frederick Co., Md., Nov. 4, 1851; in 1860, he removed with his parents to Harper's Ferry, and, in 1862, to Washington, D. C.; he was educated at the Columbia University, in that city, and received the degree of A.M. in 1872, and, after two years' further study, graduated from the law department of the same institution; he then entered upon the practice of his profession in Burlington. He was married to Miss Lillie A. Bangs, of Washington, Sept. 14, 1875
Brendell	George	308 N. Main res. 934 N. 5th	Iron, steel & heavy hardware
Bresser	Henry	1105 Corse	Cooper
Bringer	Henry	res. 705 S. 10th	Laborer
Broadwell	James M.		Printer. Born in Calhoun Co., Ill., June 27, 1821; lived there and in Morgan Co., Ill., until 1837; then came to Ft. Madison, Iowa; came to Burlington in November, 1838; this has been his home ever since.
Brocker	Louis	1217 Linden	Carpenter
Brown	Henry A.	217 N. Main res. 1109 N. 5th	Wholesale. & retail dlr. in boots and shoes. Mr. Brown was born in Dunkirk, N. Y., March 27, 1841; lived in New York State until the fall of 1857, when he came to Burlington; engaged in clerking most of the time until July, 1862, when he became connected with the Suttlers' Department of the United States army, where he remained until the fall of 1865. The firm of H. A. Brown & Co., retail dealers in boots and shoes, was established in January, 1866; in July, 1874, Mr. Brown became a member of the firm of T. W. Barhydt & Co., wholesale dealers in boots and shoes; this firm is well known for its reliability, and is doing a large trade in Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Northwestern Kansas and in a portion of Illinois; their annual sales are about $250,000.
Brown	John L.	1003 N. Fifth	Farmer
Brown	Nathaniel	1001 Mt. Pleasant	Plasterer
Browning	H. O.		Attorney at law and Police Judge. Born in Burlington Jan. 1, 1841; he was educated in Kentucky, admitted to the bar Jan. 22, 1863, and has been engaged in practice here ever since; he was Justice of the Peace from 1872 until Jan. 9, 1878, when he was appointed Police Judge to fill vacancy, and, March 4, 1878, was elected to that office.
Browning	M. D. Jr.	306 N. 3d res. 805 N. 5th	Attorney at law
Brucker	Joseph	res. 806 Court
Brugge	J. H. & Son		Merchant tailors and dyers. Proprietors of the Burlington Steam Dye-House, 304 N. 3d St., opposite the Barret House. Wm. J. Brugge, junior partner of the firm, has been in the business with his father for a number of years. J. H. Brugge, the senior partner, commenced in this city in a small way, and has built up a fine business. He was born in Prussia; came to America in 1840, and to Burlington in 1857, and permanently located here. Married April 6, 1842, Anna M. Akamp; they had seven children Henry J., Joseph B., P. W., William J., Anton, Philomena, Wilhelmina (P. W., Anton and Philomena, deceased, and Mrs. Brugge died June 29, 1872). All members of St. John's Catholic Church.
Bryan	Sylvester T.		Photographer. Born near Newcastle, Penn., Jan. 18, 1833; removed with parents to Henderson Co., Ill., in 1839; lived there until 1859; then he went to California, engaged in mining there for a year and a half, then returned to Illinois, and was mustered into the United States service, in Co. G 118th I.V.I., Sept. 16, 1862, served until close of the war, and was mustered out Oct. 13, 1865; he was principal musician of his regiment; after leaving the army, he came to Macomb, Ill., where he remained about two years and removed to Kirkville, where he lived until he came to Burlington, in 1874. Mr. Bryan has been engaged in his present business twelve years. He married Josephine Pearson, May 2, 1857; she was born in Centerville, Penn.; they have four children living Amy, Minnie, Willard and Josephine; lost one son, Edgar, who died in June, 1861, aged 18 months.
Brydolf	Fabian	905 Summer	Artist
Bucklew	John	629 S. 6th	Carpenter
Buell	John	800 N. 6th
Buettner	Charles	520 Jefferson res. 841 Arch	Furniture
Buffington & Forney		factory 1029 Osborn	Wagon mfrs.
Bullock	V. W. & Co.	200 Valley res. 423 S. 3d	Grain dlrs.
Burdette	John W.	res. 1317 N. 7th	Attorney at law and City Auditor
Burdette	Robert J.		The Burlington humorist. Born at Greensboro, Greene Co., Penn., July 30, 1844; his parents removed to Cincinnati, and thence in 1852, to Peoria, Ill., where Burdette was raised and received an education such as the place afforded, graduating from the high school. In 1872, he enlisted in the 47th Reg. Ill. V., and served three years in the ranks; at the close of the war. he returned to Peoria, and, After engaging in several mercantile pursuits, all of which proved distasteful to him, he entered the editorial rooms of the Peoria Transcript, as night editor; he was soon promoted to the city editorship, and, soon afterward, embarked in an independent enterprise, which proved a financial failure, but made his reputation as a humorist; he then accepted the position on the staff of the Burlington Hawk-Eye with which he is still connected, and which his humor has made famous; although that characteristic has attracted the widest attention, Burdette's literary ability is not confined to making fun; as a political writer, he has few equals, and can do a greater quantity and a greater variety of literary work, in a given time, than could reasonably he expected of two men; as a lecturer, he is no less successful than in the editorial room. Burdette married March 4, 1870, Miss Carrie S. Garrett, a daughter of a prominent Peoria merchant.
Burg, John & Sons		1015 Osborn	Wagon mfrs.
Burg	John Sr.	res. 1017 N. 8th
Burges	J. H.	res. 1301 Corse	Foreman of City Gas Works. Born in Germany, in 1829; came to Burlington in 1854. Married Miss A. C. L. Valdorf in 1854; they have six children H. H. C. (the oldest is fireman in the Gas Works, has held that position for the past two years), John H., Christine L., Mary M., Minnie, Eddie. Mr. and Mrs. B. are members of the Evangelical Church; Liberal.
Burhans	A. H.	res. 1201 Division	Patentee. Burhans patent merchandise car.
Burhans	C. N.	1116 Osborn
Burnham	J. F.	res. 827 High	Foreman Oil-Mills
Burnham	J. R.		Of the firm of J. R. Burnham & Co., proprietors of the Pioneer Linseed-Oil Mills. Born March 22, 1857, in Burlington, Iowa
Burnham	J. R.	800 Osborn	Mfr. of linseed oil
Burns	George	res. 1214 Patterson	Carriage-maker
Burrus	E. S.	Sec. 35, P.O. Franklin Mills	Deputy County Treasurer. Born in Franklin Tp., Des Moines Co., May 31, 1840, and educated at the Burlington University; until 1875, he was engaged in farming and teaching school; served as Assessor of Franklin Tp. during 1872 and 1873; in 1870, Mr. Burrus was appointed Postmaster at Franklin Mills, which position he held until Jan. 1, 1879; in 1875, he was elected County Superintendent of Schools, serving in that capacity one term. April 11, 1871, Mr. Burrus married Joanna Weirman, a native of Gettysburg, Adams Co., Penn.; they have three children Charles R., Thornton and an infant son.
Burt	N. J. & Co.	213 N. Front	Seeds
Burton	A.	704 N. Main	Trimmer
Buser	Charles	bds. 800 Valley
Buser	Henry	Starr Av	Blacksmith
Butler	Thomas	938 Warren	Machinist
Buttles	John A.	920 7th

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