J. A. BURLINGAME
Page 135

Mr. Burlingame was born in New York in 1819, May 25th, and in 1848 he removed west, locating in Bath, Illinois, where he has since resided. In 1846 he married Miss Harriet Taylor, in New York. On the first settlement of Mr. Burlingame in Bath he went into the employ of Messrs. Ruggles and Gatton, and then with Gatton and O'Neal. The confidence placed in him by these business firms may be inferred from the fact that he remained in their employ over twelve successive years. On the completion of the Peoria, Pekin and Jacksonville Railroad through Mason county, he was made station agent at Bath, a position he has since retained without a furlough, being the first and only agent at that town. Mr. Burlingame's make-up peculiarly qualifies him for the position he has so long and so satisfactorily occupied; satisfactorily no only to his employers, but to the public with whom he has to do. A pleasant, genial gentleman, kind and accommodating, whose strict integrity may be inferred from the positions he has so long occupied. His amiable lady is by no means his inferior in sociability.

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