An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, pages 462-463 DR. JAMES M. BURT, a medical practitioner of Vancouver, was born in Ohio, June 5, 1832, a son of Munsel and Hannah (Mann) Burt. The father, a native of New Jersey, was a pioneer of Ohio and Illinois, having removed to Edgar county, Illinois, as early as. 1839. He was a blacksmith by occupation, and his death occurred December 25, 1865. His father, Benjamin Burt, was a patriot soldier during the Revolutionary war, and also a Captain in the Indian wars. The ancestors of our subject on both sides settled in this country in the early part of the seventeenth century, and were connected with the early history of New England. James M., the seventh in a family of eight children, in early life learned and followed the occupation of milling, but later, in 1862, began the study of medicine. He received his lectures in Ohio, in the winter of 1866-ë67, and first began his professional practice in Adair county, Missouri, remaining there five years. He next practiced in Grundy county, that State. Dr. Burt located in Battle Ground, Clarke county, Washington, in 1874, where he continued in practice until 1892, and in that year opened his office in Vancouver. He has built up a good practice, which is becoming constantly more extended in scope. The Doctor is a practitioner of the old or regular school, and is a man who keeps abreast of the times, as is attested by the large number of medical journals to be seen upon his office tables. He owns property in Louisville, Clarke county, and in Portland, Oregon. In political matters, he has always been active in the Republican party, and socially is a member of the I.O.O.F. and Patrons of Husbandry. Dr. Burt was married in Indiana, in 1853, to Zantippa Crall, a native of that State. They have two children, Hannah J., wife of Allen G. Hall, of Vancouver; and Francis M. The Doctor is a man of progressive views in all matters pertaining to the development of his city and county, and is a worthy and conscientious citizen. Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in October 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer * * * * Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Washington Biographies Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the individual featured in the biographies.