1921 Duluth & St Louis County MN, Van Brunt.pdf - Garon.us

DULUTH AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY 803
erable note and held a high position in art circles. Mrs. Burgess is a
lady of culture and attractive qualities, and is an active member of a
number of societies in Duluth.
Two sons have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Burgess, George Harold
and William Carlyle, both of whom graduated from the high school
in Duluth. Harofd then went to the Case School of Applied Science,
graduating in the Electrical Engineering Department and is now
associated with his father in the Burgess Electrical Company. He
married Eve McDonough, of Worcester, ^Massachusetts, and one
daughter has been born to them, Elizabeth Mary. George Harold
pjurgess during the World war was connected with the government
in the naval department.
William Carlyle. after graduating from the Duluth High School,
attended the Case School of Applied Science, taking up mechanical
engineering, and then going to Wisconsin University at Madison,
where his studies were interrupted by the great war. He enlisted in
the navy, entering the Great Lakes Naval Station, was later sent to
Pelham Bay. thence to Columbia College to complete his training,
and after the signing of the armistice returned to Wisconsin University,
graduating therefrom in June, 1920. He always took great
interest in athletics, winning a gold medal in a four-oared crew in
Northwest Regatta, also in the National Regatta the same four-oared
crew won a gold medal at Springfield, ^Lissachusetts. He is now in
training with the senior eight-oared crew for the Regatta of 192L
While attending Wisconsin University the eight-oared crew of which
he was a member also carried ofif the honors.
William Morrison Burgess has attained to his present position
solely bv virtue of his own character and elYorts, the qualities of keen
discrimination, sound judgment and executive ability entering very
largely into his make-up and being contributing elements to the material
success which has come to him. He is essentially public spirited
and gives his earnest support to all movements or enterprises for the
advancement of the public welfare, and he enjoys a well-deserved
poinilarity throughout the community in which he lives.
EinvARD J. Larsen, who is engaged in the practice of his profession
in the city of Virginia, as one of the representative members of the
l)ar of St. Louis county, was born on a farm in Kandiyohi county,
IMinnesota, on the 30th of October, 1877, a date that indicates that he
is a scion of one of the pioneer families of that section of the state.
His parents, Edward C. and Johanna (Christiansen) Larsen, were
born and reared in Norway. Realizing in his young manhood the
success limitations of his native land, Edward C. Larsen manifested
alike his ambition and self-reliance by severing the home ties and
setting forth for America. His equipment comprised largely his sterling
attributes of character, his industry, his resolute purpose and his
willingness to face obstacles and adverse conditions if such a course
be recpiired in his eflforts to win indej^cndcnce and prosperity. In
the early '60s this strong and gallant young man of the fair Norseland
made his wav to Liver])ool. England, where he embarked on the
sailing vessel that thirteen weeks later landed him in the port of the
city of Quebec, Canada. Erom that ])lacc he made his way to Wisconsin,
where he joined an older brother who had come to this country
several years j^reviously. Within a year thereafter he came to Minnesota
and initiated his experience as a pioneer in Kandiyohi county.
There he took uj) 160 acres of government land, and his financial