Andrew Faulk Burleigh, a lawyer of the Seattle bar, was born in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, on January 7, 1858.
His father, Walter A. Burleigh, was born October 25, 1820, at Waterville, Maine, where he was reared and educated to the medical profession. He went to California at the time of the gold excitement of 1849, going and returning by sailing vessel around Cape Horn. Returning east in 1852 he removed to Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where the subject of this sketch was born.
He practiced medicine until 1861, was prominently known in Pennsylvania as an earnest advocate of Republican principles, and took an active part in the organization of the Republican party.
In 1861 he was appointed Indian agent of the Yanktonais Indians of Dakota and held that position until 1865. In 1864, he was elected Delegate to Congress from Dakota and was re-elected in 1866, serving four years. He also served as a member of the upper house of the Dakota Legislature in 1877 and was President of that body. He took an active part in securing the enactment of the excellent code system of Dakota.
He was afterward, during a sojourn of some years in Montana, a member of the upper house of the Territorial Legislature, and was also a member of the constitutional convention of Montana, held in 1889. In 1892 he was elected and is now a member of the State Senate of South Dakota.
Andrew Jackson Faulk, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania in 1815. A followed a mercantile life until his removal to Dakota in 1866. He was appointed Governor of Dakota Territory by President Johnson, and Subsequently serves as Clerk of the district court for about ten years. In 1867 he was a member of the Indian Peace Commission, being associated with General Sherman, Hancock, Harvey and others of national reputation.
Andrew F. Burleigh received a liberal education. He entered upon the study of law in the office of the Honorable G.C. Moody, afterward United Statres senator from South Dakota. Later he took the regular law course at the University of Iowa, and was graduated and admitted to the bar, June 18, 1878.
He began practice at Yankton, Dakota, and after a few months removed to Deadwood in the Black Hills; to Miles City, Montana, in 1881; too Helena in 1887, and in 1889 to Seattle, Washington, where he has since resided.
In 1883-'84, he was District Attorney of the first judicial district of Montana. In 1883 he was elected one of the six delegates at large from the Territory to the constitiual convention which met in 1884. In that convention were gathered most of the men then and since prominent in the public affairs of Montana.
Mr. Burleigh has always been a lawyer, andin Seattle represents various important interests. he is general counsel of the Oregon Improvement Company, and also is local counsel for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. He is married and has three children.
Although he takes an active interest in politics and is an earnest Republican, he is not an office-seeker.
An Illustrated History of The State Of Washington - Hines- 1895
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Married Bertha Vertrees in Cascade County, Montana in 1888
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Andrew F Burleigh in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership
Applications, 1889-1970
Name: Andrew F Burleigh
Birth Date: 7 Jan 1858
Birth Place: Kittanning, Armstrong, Pennsylvania
SAR Membership: 9851
Role: Applicant
Application Date: 2 Feb 1897
Father: Walter A Burleigh
Mother: Caroline Faulk Burleigh
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Married Emily Dewey
His father, Walter A. Burleigh, was born October 25, 1820, at Waterville, Maine, where he was reared and educated to the medical profession. He went to California at the time of the gold excitement of 1849, going and returning by sailing vessel around Cape Horn. Returning east in 1852 he removed to Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where the subject of this sketch was born.
He practiced medicine until 1861, was prominently known in Pennsylvania as an earnest advocate of Republican principles, and took an active part in the organization of the Republican party.
In 1861 he was appointed Indian agent of the Yanktonais Indians of Dakota and held that position until 1865. In 1864, he was elected Delegate to Congress from Dakota and was re-elected in 1866, serving four years. He also served as a member of the upper house of the Dakota Legislature in 1877 and was President of that body. He took an active part in securing the enactment of the excellent code system of Dakota.
He was afterward, during a sojourn of some years in Montana, a member of the upper house of the Territorial Legislature, and was also a member of the constitutional convention of Montana, held in 1889. In 1892 he was elected and is now a member of the State Senate of South Dakota.
Andrew Jackson Faulk, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania in 1815. A followed a mercantile life until his removal to Dakota in 1866. He was appointed Governor of Dakota Territory by President Johnson, and Subsequently serves as Clerk of the district court for about ten years. In 1867 he was a member of the Indian Peace Commission, being associated with General Sherman, Hancock, Harvey and others of national reputation.
Andrew F. Burleigh received a liberal education. He entered upon the study of law in the office of the Honorable G.C. Moody, afterward United Statres senator from South Dakota. Later he took the regular law course at the University of Iowa, and was graduated and admitted to the bar, June 18, 1878.
He began practice at Yankton, Dakota, and after a few months removed to Deadwood in the Black Hills; to Miles City, Montana, in 1881; too Helena in 1887, and in 1889 to Seattle, Washington, where he has since resided.
In 1883-'84, he was District Attorney of the first judicial district of Montana. In 1883 he was elected one of the six delegates at large from the Territory to the constitiual convention which met in 1884. In that convention were gathered most of the men then and since prominent in the public affairs of Montana.
Mr. Burleigh has always been a lawyer, andin Seattle represents various important interests. he is general counsel of the Oregon Improvement Company, and also is local counsel for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. He is married and has three children.
Although he takes an active interest in politics and is an earnest Republican, he is not an office-seeker.
An Illustrated History of The State Of Washington - Hines- 1895
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Married Bertha Vertrees in Cascade County, Montana in 1888
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Andrew F Burleigh in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership
Applications, 1889-1970
Name: Andrew F Burleigh
Birth Date: 7 Jan 1858
Birth Place: Kittanning, Armstrong, Pennsylvania
SAR Membership: 9851
Role: Applicant
Application Date: 2 Feb 1897
Father: Walter A Burleigh
Mother: Caroline Faulk Burleigh
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Married Emily Dewey
Andrew Faulk Burleigh, a lawyer of the Seattle bar, was born in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, on January 7, 1858.
His father, Walter A. Burleigh, was born October 25, 1820, at Waterville, Maine, where he was reared and educated to the medical profession. He went to California at the time of the gold excitement of 1849, going and returning by sailing vessel around Cape Horn. Returning east in 1852 he removed to Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where the subject of this sketch was born.
He practiced medicine until 1861, was prominently known in Pennsylvania as an earnest advocate of Republican principles, and took an active part in the organization of the Republican party.
In 1861 he was appointed Indian agent of the Yanktonais Indians of Dakota and held that position until 1865. In 1864, he was elected Delegate to Congress from Dakota and was re-elected in 1866, serving four years. He also served as a member of the upper house of the Dakota Legislature in 1877 and was President of that body. He took an active part in securing the enactment of the excellent code system of Dakota.
He was afterward, during a sojourn of some years in Montana, a member of the upper house of the Territorial Legislature, and was also a member of the constitutional convention of Montana, held in 1889. In 1892 he was elected and is now a member of the State Senate of South Dakota.
Andrew Jackson Faulk, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania in 1815. A followed a mercantile life until his removal to Dakota in 1866. He was appointed Governor of Dakota Territory by President Johnson, and Subsequently serves as Clerk of the district court for about ten years. In 1867 he was a member of the Indian Peace Commission, being associated with General Sherman, Hancock, Harvey and others of national reputation.
Andrew F. Burleigh received a liberal education. He entered upon the study of law in the office of the Honorable G.C. Moody, afterward United Statres senator from South Dakota. Later he took the regular law course at the University of Iowa, and was graduated and admitted to the bar, June 18, 1878.
He began practice at Yankton, Dakota, and after a few months removed to Deadwood in the Black Hills; to Miles City, Montana, in 1881; too Helena in 1887, and in 1889 to Seattle, Washington, where he has since resided.
In 1883-'84, he was District Attorney of the first judicial district of Montana. In 1883 he was elected one of the six delegates at large from the Territory to the constitiual convention which met in 1884. In that convention were gathered most of the men then and since prominent in the public affairs of Montana.
Mr. Burleigh has always been a lawyer, andin Seattle represents various important interests. he is general counsel of the Oregon Improvement Company, and also is local counsel for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. He is married and has three children.
Although he takes an active interest in politics and is an earnest Republican, he is not an office-seeker.
An Illustrated History of The State Of Washington - Hines- 1895
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Married Bertha Vertrees in Cascade County, Montana in 1888
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Andrew F Burleigh in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership
Applications, 1889-1970
Name: Andrew F Burleigh
Birth Date: 7 Jan 1858
Birth Place: Kittanning, Armstrong, Pennsylvania
SAR Membership: 9851
Role: Applicant
Application Date: 2 Feb 1897
Father: Walter A Burleigh
Mother: Caroline Faulk Burleigh
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Married Emily Dewey
His father, Walter A. Burleigh, was born October 25, 1820, at Waterville, Maine, where he was reared and educated to the medical profession. He went to California at the time of the gold excitement of 1849, going and returning by sailing vessel around Cape Horn. Returning east in 1852 he removed to Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where the subject of this sketch was born.
He practiced medicine until 1861, was prominently known in Pennsylvania as an earnest advocate of Republican principles, and took an active part in the organization of the Republican party.
In 1861 he was appointed Indian agent of the Yanktonais Indians of Dakota and held that position until 1865. In 1864, he was elected Delegate to Congress from Dakota and was re-elected in 1866, serving four years. He also served as a member of the upper house of the Dakota Legislature in 1877 and was President of that body. He took an active part in securing the enactment of the excellent code system of Dakota.
He was afterward, during a sojourn of some years in Montana, a member of the upper house of the Territorial Legislature, and was also a member of the constitutional convention of Montana, held in 1889. In 1892 he was elected and is now a member of the State Senate of South Dakota.
Andrew Jackson Faulk, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania in 1815. A followed a mercantile life until his removal to Dakota in 1866. He was appointed Governor of Dakota Territory by President Johnson, and Subsequently serves as Clerk of the district court for about ten years. In 1867 he was a member of the Indian Peace Commission, being associated with General Sherman, Hancock, Harvey and others of national reputation.
Andrew F. Burleigh received a liberal education. He entered upon the study of law in the office of the Honorable G.C. Moody, afterward United Statres senator from South Dakota. Later he took the regular law course at the University of Iowa, and was graduated and admitted to the bar, June 18, 1878.
He began practice at Yankton, Dakota, and after a few months removed to Deadwood in the Black Hills; to Miles City, Montana, in 1881; too Helena in 1887, and in 1889 to Seattle, Washington, where he has since resided.
In 1883-'84, he was District Attorney of the first judicial district of Montana. In 1883 he was elected one of the six delegates at large from the Territory to the constitiual convention which met in 1884. In that convention were gathered most of the men then and since prominent in the public affairs of Montana.
Mr. Burleigh has always been a lawyer, andin Seattle represents various important interests. he is general counsel of the Oregon Improvement Company, and also is local counsel for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. He is married and has three children.
Although he takes an active interest in politics and is an earnest Republican, he is not an office-seeker.
An Illustrated History of The State Of Washington - Hines- 1895
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Married Bertha Vertrees in Cascade County, Montana in 1888
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Andrew F Burleigh in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership
Applications, 1889-1970
Name: Andrew F Burleigh
Birth Date: 7 Jan 1858
Birth Place: Kittanning, Armstrong, Pennsylvania
SAR Membership: 9851
Role: Applicant
Application Date: 2 Feb 1897
Father: Walter A Burleigh
Mother: Caroline Faulk Burleigh
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Married Emily Dewey
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