HARRY M. BURNHAM.

HARRY M. BURNHAM.
Harry M. Burnham is prominently known in Uinta county as a representative of commercial interests, and is since February 1, 1918, manager of the Evanston Lumber Company which is owned by the Standard Timber Company. Formerly he was manager of the establishment of the Chrisman & Petrie Brothers Company at Granger. He was for many years identified with ranching and stock raising interests but since 1914 has been active in his present line and his continued advancement is attributable in large measure to his wise management and control. Mr. Burnham is a native of Michigan, his birth having occurred in Kalamazoo county on the 17th of April, 1873. His father, the late Homer A. Burnham, was a native of New York and was a representative of one of the old families of the Empire state of English descent. He became a successful farmer of Michigan, removing westward to that state at an early day. He drove across the country from New York with his parents, the journey being made with wagon and ox team, and his remaining days were passed in Kalamazoo county, where he died in 1877, at the age of thirty-three years. In early manhood he wedded Amelia Shoemaker, who was also a native of New York and became one of the early residents of Kane county, Illinois, where they were married. She survived her husband for more than two decades, passing away in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1898, at the age of fifty-two years. Harry M. Burnham was the third in order of birth in a family of five children. The public schools of Boone county, Iowa, accorded him his early educational opportunities and he later attended the State University of Iowa, thus becoming well qualified by liberal education for life’s practical and responsible duties. His youthful days were largely passed in Ogden, Iowa, and when still but a boy in years he became connected with mercantile lines, starting out to earn his living when eighteen years of age. In 1892 he sought the opportunities offered in the great and growing west and made his way to Rio Grande county, Colorado, where he was engaged in stock raising and ranching, devoting his attention to that business with marked success for seventeen years. He then disposed of his interests in that state and in 1909 removed to Lincoln county, Wyoming, settling forty miles north of Opal. Again he concentrated his efforts upon ranching and the raising of live stock, continuing in the business for four years, or until the early part of 1914, when he removed with his family to Granger to take charge of the business of the Chrisman & Petrie Brothers Company in the capacity of manager. In this he was successfully engaged for four years, the growing trade of the house being attributable in large measure to the enterprising methods which he instituted and to his sound business judgment. His services were then sought by the Evanston Lumber Company, Standard Timber Company owners. and he is now acting in that capacity at Evanston, Uinta county, where, as in his others business connections, he is making good. On the 9th of July, 1899, Mr. Burnham was united in marriage at Center, Colorado, to Miss Bertha Ickes, a native of Kansas and a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Ickes, who were representatives of an old Ohio family. Mr. and Mrs. Burnham have become the parents of four children: Wilda, who was born in Rio Grande county, Colorado; Robert and Maude, also born in Rio Grande county; and Clifford. Politically Mr. Burnham is an earnest republican, believing firmly in the principles of the party and doing all in his power to advance its interests. He is the present mayor of Granger, having been elected to the office in May, 1916, and reelected in May, 1917, his reelection coming to him as the endorsement of his first term’s service. He has always been interested in public affairs and recognizes the duties and obligations as well as the privileges of citizenship. He is a Mason, having become identified with the craft in Ogden, Iowa, and he has ever been one of its worthy followers, loyally adhering to its interests. He measures up to high standards of manhood and citizenship, enjoying the respect and goodwill of his fellow townsmen, who entertain for him warm regard by reason of his genuine worth.

Harry M. Burnham is prominently known in Uinta county as a representative of commercial interests, and is since February 1, 1918, manager of the Evanston Lumber Company which is owned by the Standard Timber Company. Formerly he was manager of the establishment of the Chrisman & Petrie Brothers Company at Granger. He was for many years identified with ranching and stock raising interests but since 1914 has been active in his present line and his continued advancement is attributable in large measure to his wise management and control. Mr. Burnham is a native of Michigan, his birth having occurred in Kalamazoo county on the 17th of April, 1873. His father, the late Homer A. Burnham, was a native of New York and was a representative of one of the old families of the Empire state of English descent. He became a successful farmer of Michigan, removing westward to that state at an early day. He drove across the country from New York with his parents, the journey being made with wagon and ox team, and his remaining days were passed in Kalamazoo county, where he died in 1877, at the age of thirty-three years. In early manhood he wedded Amelia Shoemaker, who was also a native of New York and became one of the early residents of Kane county, Illinois, where they were married. She survived her husband for more than two decades, passing away in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1898, at the age of fifty-two years.
Harry M. Burnham was the third in order of birth in a family of five children. The public schools of Boone county, Iowa, accorded him his early educational opportunities and he later attended the State University of Iowa, thus becoming well qualified by liberal education for life’s practical and responsible duties. His youthful days were largely passed in Ogden, Iowa, and when still but a boy in years he became connected with mercantile lines, starting out to earn his living when eighteen years of age. In 1892 he sought the opportunities offered in the great and growing west and made his way to Rio Grande county, Colorado, where he was engaged in stock raising and ranching, devoting his attention to that business with marked success for seventeen years. He then disposed of his interests in that state and in 1909 removed to Lincoln county, Wyoming, settling forty miles north of Opal. Again he concentrated his efforts upon ranching and the raising of live stock, continuing in the business for four years, or until the early part of 1914, when he removed with his family to Granger to take charge of the business of the Chrisman & Petrie Brothers Company in the capacity of manager. In this he was successfully engaged for four years, the growing trade of the house being attributable in large measure to the enterprising methods which he instituted and to his sound business judgment. His services were then sought by the Evanston Lumber Company, Standard Timber Company owners. and he is now acting in that capacity at Evanston, Uinta county, where, as in his others business connections, he is making good.
On the 9th of July, 1899, Mr. Burnham was united in marriage at Center, Colorado, to Miss Bertha Ickes, a native of Kansas and a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Ickes, who were representatives of an old Ohio family. Mr. and Mrs. Burnham have become the parents of four children: Wilda, who was born in Rio Grande county, Colorado; Robert and Maude, also born in Rio Grande county; and Clifford.
Politically Mr. Burnham is an earnest republican, believing firmly in the principles of the party and doing all in his power to advance its interests. He is the present mayor of Granger, having been elected to the office in May, 1916, and reelected in May, 1917, his reelection coming to him as the endorsement of his first term’s service. He has always been interested in public affairs and recognizes the duties and obligations as well as the privileges of citizenship. He is a Mason, having become identified with the craft in Ogden, Iowa, and he has ever been one of its worthy followers, loyally adhering to its interests. He measures up to high standards of manhood and citizenship, enjoying the respect and goodwill of his fellow townsmen, who entertain for him warm regard by reason of his genuine worth.