Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of James N. Burnes
Entry/Object ID
L9999.595.17032
Description
Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of James N. Burnes ( a Representative from Missouri) are euglogies delivered by those is the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate after the death of Burnes during the second session of the 50th Congress, February 23, 1889. Burnes was from St. Joseph, MO.
Burnes, born in Indiana, was raised in Platte County, MO. A graduate of Harvard law school, he belonged to St. Joseph fraternal organizations . He was the organizer and first presidentof the Western & Atchison Railroad Company and was part of the development of the Chicago & Southwestern Railway from Leavenworth, KS to Ottumwa, IA . He dealt principally in the construction of the bridge across the Missouri River at Atchison completed in 1875.
His funeral was in St. Joseph.
124/Hardbound/Photograph
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U.S. Congress, House of Representatives, Missouri History, Missouri Members of U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, Eulogy
