Wolfe, W. C. "Sketches of Washingtonians; containing brief histories of men of
the state of Washington engaged in professional and political life, in
manufacture, commerce, finance and religion; with a summary of the cities of the
state containing upwards of 5,000 population." Seattle, WA, W. C. Wolfe, 1906.
Dewey # B.0 Sk29W.  p. 124.

BURDICK, Henry P. -Lawyer; born in Warren County, Pa. in 1849; educated in the
public schools of Wisconsin.  Served in the Union Army as a member of the First
Minnesota Heavy Artillery from November, 1864, until October, 1865.  After the
war he returned to his home in Wisconsin and assisted his father in the lumber
and sawmill business.  He subsequently studied law, was admitted to the bar in
Polk County, Wis.; in 1880, after which he practiced law in Osceola for
twenty-two years.  He was a member of the board of county commissioners of Polk
County, 1880-1882; district attorney, 1884-1887; elected member of the state
assembly in 1892, and re-elected in 1894;  was president of the village of
Osceola for eight years; president of the school board for ten years and
chairman of a  board of special commissioners appointed to supervise the
construction of $50,000 court house for Polk county.   He removed to Tacoma in
1902 and has since been engaged in the practice of law in that city.  Is a
member of the law firme of DENNIS & BURDICK and of the G.A.R., Maccabees and the
Masonic Fraternity.  Married in 1876 to Miss Angelia GOULD.  Residence; 3123
South Eight St.  Business address:  313-314 Bernice Bldg., Tacoma.


Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in June 2005 by Taryn Hopey.

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