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Alton Burgum and Dorothy (Williams) Burgum
(The following is an extract from "One Hundred Years with Arthur, 1882-1982").
BURGUM, ALTON and DOROTHY. Alton, son of A.T. and Jessamine Burgum, was born on June 7, 1907. He attended grade school and high school in Arthur, and one year at the University of North Dakota. In 1926 he began a 55-year career with Arthur Farmers Elevator. Currently he is presiedent of that company. In 1935, Alton married Dorothy Williams, daughter of Emma and James Williams of Arthur. Dorothy attended public school in Arthur and Moorhead Sate University.
Through the years, Alton served on the Arthur School Board, City Council, United Methodist Board, First State Bank Board, and the Good Samaritan Society Board. Dorothy has been active in church activities, Arthur Town Homemakers, and St Lukes Hospital Auxiliary. They have one son, Frederick (Rick) Williams Burgum.
Arthur Farmers Elevator Company
(The following is an extract from "One Hundred Years with Arthur, 1882-1982").
Arthur Farmers Elevator filed for incorporation February 21, 1906 and was officially incorporated February 23, 1906. Capital stock was set at $25,000.00. At fifty dollars per share, the subscriptions were equal to $6750.00. J.E. Sommerfield was president; T.O. Burgum, secretary; and T.C. Hockridge, Charles Viestenz, G.B. Farnham, M.E. Schafer, A.J. Schur, and Emil Boettcher became the first board of directors of this fledgling company. As is true of all beginning businesses, the financial difficulies were not few. In 1910, numerous repairs and purchases, such as a new cleaner, installing a telephone, erecting coal sheds and repairing the flat house, forced the young company to authorize a levy of an assessment of $40.00 per share on the capital stock. At that same meeting, a motion was made to sell the elevator, but it was defeated 48 to 28.
In July of 1910, Joe A. Burgum was asked to become secretary-treasurer of the Farmers Elevator. Only seven months later, he was involved in the delicate task of collection $40.00 per share assessment and, in addition, each director was required to put up $1000.00 to improve the cash flow. It was under this financial pressure that R.S. Parsons declined the job as manager for a second year and Joe Burgum accepted the job as manager in 1911. During the period of assessment shares of stock many local people began to sell and Joe Burgum started purchasing and, by 1923, possessed the controlling percentage. These share have been passed on to Joe A. Burgum's descendants where they have stayed since 1923. In March 1915 the elevator board moved to install an electric lighting plant which consisted of two diesel engines plus a generator and batteries in the form of glass jars and copper wires which were used to store electricity for tits use at night.
The plant was built to take care of the electrical needs of the elevator and the city. It was not usual to find a grain elevator producing electricity for an entire community, but it is amazing that a community with less than 150 people was one of the first communities of its size in the state to receive electrical lights. In September 1925 the board agreed to purchase electricity Ottertail Power Company by building a line at a cost of $725.00 per mile from Amenia to Arthur in order to furnish a 2300 volt current at a rate of 6.25 cents per kilowatt. In October 1925, Joseph Arthur Burgum, manager, passed away.
Since 1925 descendants of Joe A. Burgum have been active in the business: Alton Burgum, 1925 to date; Joe B. Burgum, 1940-1971, (except four years in the Navy during World War II); Leland Burgum, 1926-1933; Rick Burgum, 1970 to date.
The company has expanded since 1925 by purchasing the Monach Elevator (Middle Elevator) in 1927; St. Anthony (North Elevator) in 1945; Erie Elevator (in Erie) in 1965; Ayr Elevator (in Ayr) in 1968; half share of InterstateSeed Inc. (at Fargo, North Dakota) in 1971; and the Harvey Elevator (at Harvey, North dakota) in 1981. In addition, fertilizer facilities have been developed at the elevator locations to serve the needs of the surrounding area. The elevator remains a family instiiitution in 1982.
A.T Burgum -Warranty Deed
This Indenture, made this sixteenth day of December in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighty six between Edward J. Hodgson and Mary S. Hodgson his wife, of the County of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, parties of the first part and A.T. Bergum, the County of Cass and Territory of Dakota, party of the second part, WITNESSETH, That the said parties of the first part, in consideration of the sum Thirteen Thosand Dollars there in hand paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, does hereby GRANT, BARGAIN, SELL and CONVEY unto the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns, FOREVER, all that part or parcel of land lying and being in the County of Cass, and Territory of Dakota, described as follows, to-wit: All of section number thirty-one (31) in township number one hundred and forty-two (142) north of range number fifty-one (51) west, and containing six hundred and fifty and 16/100 (600 16/100) acres, in accordance with the United States Government Survey.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD THE SAME, together with all the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in anyway pertaining to the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns, FOREVER. And the said Edward J. Hodgson one of the parties of the first part, for his heirs, executors and administrators do covenant with the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns, that he well seized in fee of the lands and premises aforesaid, and have good to sell and convey the same in manner and form aforesaid; that the same are free from all encumbrances:
The above bargained and granted lands and premises in the quiet and peaceful possession of the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns, against all persons lawfully claiming or to claim the whole or any part thereof, the said parties of the first part will WARRANT AND DEFEND.
(The above Warrenty Deed was for the purchase of land in Gunkel Township by A.T.Burgum from Hodgson and Hodgson, as found on Book 34 of Deeds, page 60. The original Patent was between the U.S.A. and the Northern Pacific Railroad Co.. The Railroad Co. then sold to Hodgson and Hodgson). "FF" family tree.
A.T Burgum - Biographical Extract
(The following is an extract from "History of Montgomery County" - State of Iowa, USA).
BURGUM, A. T., section 31, P. O., Villisca; born in Herefordshire, England, October 21 1834, where he lived until 1871, following farming for the time. In 1871 he came to this country, locating in Villisca, Iowa; remained but a short time, then moved to Arlington; there he remained until March 1875, when he located on the farm where he now resides.
Owns a well improved and well watered farm, with good buildings, good young orchard, etc. He was married 29th 1858 to Mrs Anarfer (sic) Bradley, a native of England. They are the parents of seven children, six of whom are living: William H., Josepeh A., Thomas O., Annie Louisa, Edith E., and Clara J; one dead, Annie.
A.T Burgum - Biographical Extract
(The following is an extract from "One Hundred Years with Arthur, 1882-1982").
A.T. BURGUM, ELIZABETH HALL and FAMILY. Elizabeth Hall Burgum, daughter of Samuel W. Hall, came to the site of Arthur, North Dakota in 1881. Samuel W. Hall and his family had moved progressively westward from Massachusetts and prior to his reaching Dakota Territory, had lived in Illinois, Kansas and Iowa. When in Illinois, as a young man, he and his four brothers enlisted in the Illinois Volunteers during the Civil War. His four brothers were killed and Samuel Hall suffered a bullet wound in the neck and, according to his daughter Elizabeth, the bullet was never removed. Elizabeth said that Arthur began with a carload of lumber being dropped off a frieght car. Her father, Samuel Hall, converted the lumber into a general store and living quarters. This store eventually became the Arthur Mercantile Company.
Elizabeth Hall was married to Anthony T. Burgum, a gentleman farmer in the Arthur area, in 1884. They had three daughters, Zana, Elizabeth and Frances, who grew up and went to schools in the Arthur-Hunter area. A.T. Burgum farmed Section 31 in Webster Township until his retirement when he then built a house in town. A.T. Burgum took an active part in the advancement and building of the M. E. Church of Arthur and he also filled various school and township offices during his long residence in the area.
Zana Burgum married I.A. MacAdam and moved to Minnesota, Arizona and then later, after the death of her husband, back to Arthur. In 1945 she moved to El Centro, California and then to Anaheim, California where she lived until her death. They had four children - Angus Burgum McaAdam, James F. MacAdam, Joseph A. MacAdam and Peggy Elizabeth MacAdam. Angus MacAdam has retired from the Lockheed Corporation and is currently living in Encinitas, California. He divides his time between ocean fishing and the construction business in which he is a partner with his brother-in-law.
James MacAdam is living in San Francisco with his wife, Ileene. He has been retired for several years from government service as an electronics engineer, working primarily in the field of electronics weapons development. He has several patents to his credit which are used by the Navy Department. He now spends his time travelling and working with electronic equipment for a San Francisco College.
Joe MacAdam lives in Palmdale, California and is a retired FAA Supervisory Air Traffic Controller. He is very busy, working with his wife, Raedell, as a real estate broker, travelling and being involved in six or seven Masonic organizations. Peggy MacAdam Anderson lives in Encinitas, California with her husband, Robert, and their two daughters, Bobbie and Sandy. Peggy keeps very busy running the office of Anderson Construction Company and the mini-ranch complete with thirteen head of horses and ponies. She also keeps up with and supports their daughters' activities which include working, painting, musi and above all - horses. The girls have rooms filled with trophies from California horse shows and compete in the Quarter Horse, Arabian and Hackney fine harness divisions. They evidently inherited their love of fine horses from their mother, their grandfather, I.A. MacAdam, and their great-grandfather, A. T. Burgum.
Elizabeth Burgum married A. K. Scott and lived in the Minnesota, Montana and Arthur areas. After his death, she became postmistress in Arthur until she retired and moved to Redwood Falls, Minnesota where she lived with her son Sandy. While in Arthur, she was very active in civic and school affairs and the Methodist Church. In 1969, she and her son moved to Encinitas, California. Elizabeth and Alex had two sons, A.K. (Sandy) Scott and Robert James Scott. Sandy Scott is retired from the Federal Aviation Administration and Postal Service. He is leading a very active life, travelling, fishing, amateur radio (hamming) and always has six or seven projects cooking. One of his current projects is making a solar system for his home. Robert Scott is still working as an electronic engineer for the Navy in San Diego and is frequently being flown to various parts of the world as one of the Navy's top trouble shooters working with highly classified weapons and navigation systems. Robert and his wife, Jeanine, live in San Diego with their four children, Nancy, Randy, Richard and Pamela.
Frances Burgum married Ted McConichie and after her marriage lived in Minnesota and the Dakotas. They had two sons, Robert and Gordon. Robert McConichie is currently in England representing IBM for a two year stint. He nad his wife, Joyce, and several of their children are enjoying researching family and historical events, also going to school (the children) and visiting Europe when possible. Gordon McConichie and family live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he is the administrator of a hospital.
A.T Burgum - Certifiacte of Death
The following Certificate of Death was issued by the State of North Dakota, Bureau of Vital Statistics (Registered No. 0618).
Place of Death Arthur, Cass County.
Full Name Anthony T. Burgum
Sex Male
Color White
Date of Birth October 21st 1834
Age 78 years, 5 months, 3 days.
Status Married
Age at marriage 23
Parent of 12 children, of whom 9 are living
Birthplace England
Name of Father William Burgum
Birthplace of Father England
Maiden name of Mother Edith E. Bowery
Birthplace of Mother England
Occupation Retired Farmer
Informant J.A. Burgum, Arthur, North Dakota
Date of Death March 24th 1913
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That I attended the deceased from March 4th 1913, to March 24th 1913, that I last saw him alive on March 24th 1913, and that death occurred on the date stated above, at 3.30PM. The CAUSE OF DEATH was as follows... Cerebral Embolisim (Duration 6 hours).
Signed T. Campbell, Arthur, N.D.
Filed March 28th 1913 "FF" family tree.
Anthony T. Burgum, in the matter of his Estate. Petition for Letters of Administration, by J.A. Burgum. STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, COUNTY OF CASS: In County Court, before Hon. A.G.Hanson, JUDGE,
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ANTHONY T. BURGUM, DECEASED. March 10th 1915
J.A. Burgum....................Petitioner,
Vs.
Elizabeth Ellen Burgum, William Henry Burgum, Anna Louisa Bayard, Zena Burgum McAdams, Tom Owen Burgum, Edith Elizabeth Farnham, Clara Jane See, Elizabeth Harper Burgum, and Frances Burgum.....Respondents.
To the Honorable, A.G. Hanson, Judge of the County Court, within and for the County of Cass in the State of North Dakota:
The Petition of J.A. Burgum, of the village of Arthur, in the County of Cass and State of North Dakota, respectfully represents:
That Anthony T. Burgum died at the village of Arthur, in the County of Cass and State of North Dakota,on the 24th day March, A.D. 1913, and was at the time of his death a resident of said village in said County and Sate as aforesaid. That he left a last Will and Testament; that thereafter to-wit: on the 8th day of May, A.D. 1913, the Hon. A.G. Hanson, Judge of said County Court, did appoint W.C. Gamble, Executor of the Estate of A.T. Burgum, deceased. That the said executor did manage and conduct the affairs of said estate, and thereafter, to-wit: on the 13th day of February, A.D. 1915, filed his first or annual report, and did give due and legal notice thereof to the responents, as by law required; and said matter came for hearing on the 25th day of February, A.D. 1915; that on the day of said hearing, the said W.C. Gamble, Executor of the said estate died at the Village of Arthur, in the County of Cass and State of North Dakota. Your petitioner is a son of said deceased and is entitled to Letters of Administration.
WHEREFORE, Your petitioner prays that he may be appointed Administrator, with Will annexed of said estate of deceased, and that notice of the time and place of hearing said Petition be given to all of the heirs at law, next of kin and all persons interest in the estate of said deceased.
Dated at Fargo, North Dakota, this day of March, A.D. 1915
Signed J. A. Burgum
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, COUNTY OF CASS:
On this 12th day March, A.D. 1915, before me personally appeared the above named petitioner, and made oath that he has heard, read the above and foregoing petition, subscribed by him and knows the contents thereof, and that the same is true of his own knowledge, except as to the matters which are ther in stated to be on his own information and belief, and as to those matters he believes it to be true.
Signed J. A. Burgum
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of March, A.D. 1915.
Notary, Cass Co, ND
My commission expires Aug 26, 1920.
Gordon Burgum
(The following is an extract from "One Hundred Years with Arthur, 1882-1982").
Gordon Burgum attended the Arthur School and later St Thomas College in St Paul, Minnesota. He returned to Arthur from St Paul and became manager of an elevator at Arthur. In 1910 Gordon married Olga Schur, the daughter of Mr and Mrs A. J. Schur of Arthur. In 1917 Mr and Mrs Burgum and their daughter, Margaret, went to Washburn to make their home and care for Gordon's grandmother, Mrs A.C. Ranard as his brother, Leslie entered the service. Gordon was employed in a bank in Washburn for several years and then became the rural mail carrier there until he retired at the age of seventy. Gordon Burgum and his wife had three daughters and two sons, Margaret, (Mrs Chet Plasterer) Washburn, Marian (Mrs Kenyon Stevens) Underwood, North Dakota, Edith (Mrs Ray Sheldon) Washburn, John, Bismarck and James, Larimore, North Dakota. Mrs Gordon Burgum died in the fall of 1965 and Mr Burgum in 1977 at the age of eighty-nine.
Joseph Arthur Burgum, Jessamine Slaughter Burgum and Family
(The following is an extract from "One Hundred Years with Arthur, 1882-1982").
Joseph Arthur Burgum and his wife, Jessamine Slaughter Burgum, were early settlers in North Dakota. Joseph Burgum's parents came from England in 1872 and farmed in Iowa until the spring of 1882 when they came to Arthur, North Dakota. Anthony Thomas Burgum, father of Joseph Burgum, bought land in Gunkel Township southeast of Arthur for $2.00 an acre at that time. Jessamine Burgum's parents were Major B.F. Slaughter, a doctor who with his wife, Linda Slaughter, came up the Missouri River with Custer's Army, and located at Fort Lincoln, near Bismarck, North Dakota.
Joseph Burgum homesteaded in the spring of 1884 along the Missouri River near Washburn, North Dakota. He met his wife at Washburn, and he and Jessamine were married in Bismarck in 1894. Before marriage, Mrs Burgum taught school at Painted Woods, near Washburn. She would sometimes ride her pony side saddle to Bismarck, a distance of about 40 miles, and then ride back the same way on Sundays. In 1893 she was one of the first four students to attend what was the North Dakota Agricultural College, now North Dakota State University, at Fargo. Later she was honoured by having a dormitory, Burgum Hall, at North Dakota State University named for her. She also received the Alumni Achievement Award.
Mr & Mrs Burgum made their home at Washburn until 1900 when they returned to Arthur. While living at Washburn, two children were born to them: Arthur C. and Marjorie Lee. Returning to Arthur, Mr Burgum became the manager of the Northwestern Elevator Company and later of the Arthur Farmers Elevator Company. Three sons were born to them: Leland S., Alton T., and Joseph B. Mr Burgum served on the Arthur Town Board and was also president of the Arthur Scool Board when it was a four-room school which replaced the one-room school. In April 1902 on Arbor Day, Mr Burgum and the teacher, Olive Bogue (Mrs Louis Bettschen), planted a small elm tree near the school. This beautiful shade tree, after 80 years, is still standing just north of the Arthur United Methodist Church. The tree has sheltered hundreds of students who attendeed the Arthur School and is still sheltering those who now attend Dakota School in Arthur.
Marjorie Burgum was graduated from Hunter High School, then went on to Mayville State College at Mayville, North Dakota. She taught the primary grades at Arthur for two years, and then went to the University of North Dakota at Grand Forks, where she graduated in 1922. She taught in the high schools at Dickinson, Casselton, and Jamestown, before her marriage in 1928 to Joseph C. Peltier of Hancock, Michigan. They were parents of two children, Joseph Charles and Janice Jessamine, born while they were living in Bismarck.
The Peltier family later moved to Bozeman, Montana, and Minneapolis, Minnesota. The family returned to Arthur later where Joe and Janice were graduated from the Arthur High School. Joe continued his studies at North Dakota State University, Fargo, from which he graduated. He married Norma Skunes of Grandin. They are the parents of four children, Keith, Jeffrey, Suzette, and Betty Jo. Janice Peltier was graduated from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks. She was married to Robert Samuelson of Devils Lake, North Dakota. They have four children, Mark, Margaret (Peggy), Jim and John. The Samuelson family live in Ames, Iowa, where Mr Samuelson is on the State Staff of the Iowa Highway Department. Marjorie Peltier was employed for several years as the bookkeeper at the Arthur Farmers Elevator Company, and now, retired, makes her home in the Village Apartments in Arthur.
Joseph B. Burgum, Katherine Burgum and Family
(The following is an extract from "One Hundred Years with Arthur, 1882-1982").
Joe Burgum was born on September 2, 1917, in Arthur, the youngest son of J.A. and Jessamine Burgum. Joey, as he was known then, attended school in Arthur and graduated from high school in 1934. Following high school, he attended North dakota State University, in Fargo and the University of Minnesota School of Law in Minneapolis. Joe enlisted in the U.S. Navy in January of 1942. He served as an officer on a destroyer in the Pacific. While in the Navy, on April 8, 1944, he married a former NDSU classmate, Katherine Kilbourne. She was teaching home economics at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan at that time. Joe and Katherine returned to Arthur in 1947 to continue his work with the Arthur Farmers Elevator Company. The business had been in the Burgum family since 1906, and Joe had been helping his older brothers, Lee and Al, at the elevator since an early age. Joe assumed the responsibilities for managing the elevator in 1962, a position he held until his death on January 31, 1971.
During their years in Arthur, both Joe and Kay were active in many community organizations. Joe also served as clerk for the village board and as treasurer for the Methodist church for most of those years. Katherine was active with the local Republican Party, Homemakers, and school board and served on the building committees for the Methodist church and parsonage. The Burgums had three children, bradley Joseph born in 1952, Barbara Kay born in 1953, and Douglas James born in 1956. Following high school, Bradley attended North Dakota State University and the University of North Dakota School of Law graduating in 1977. He married Julie Opp of Napolean, North Dakota in 1976 and currently resides in Casselton, North Dakota where he practices law. In addition to his legal work, Bradley is active in managing the family farm interests and serves as a director of the Arthur Farmers Elevator Company. Bradley and Julie have a son, James, who was born in 1980.
Joe and Katherine's daughter, Barbara, is also a graduate of North Dakota State University. She currently lives in Bloomington, Minnesota. Barb works as a manager for Bachmann's European Flower Markets in the Minneapolis area. Douglas became the fifth member of his family and another of the third generation of Burgums to graduate from NDSU in 1978. He continued his education at Stanford University where he received his Master's Degree in Business Administration in 1980. Now living in Chicago, Illinois, Douglas works as a management consultant for McKinsey and Company.
Katherine has continued her activities on the local, state and national level in both the political and community service fields, serving as Republican National Committeewoman from North Dakota and on several national and state boards and commissions. In 1972, she assumed the responsibilities of Dean of the College of Home Economics at North Dakota State University. She held this position, in addition to a number of home economics administration and educational assignments on the national level until her retirement in 1980. Katherine currently serves on the board of directors for Western States Life Insurance Company, The Neurological Institute, and the Arthur Farmers Elevator Company.