Biography - CARL S. BURGETT
Carl
S. Burgett was born in Sargent township, Douglas county, Illinois, July 2,
1867, and is a son of I. W. Burgett, whose death occurred in 1884 and whose
sketch is found elsewhere. After leaving the common schools Mr. Burgett
attended high school at Greenfield, Iowa, and the Commercial College at
Terre Haute, Indiana. In 1891 he located in Newman and has heen engaged in
buying and selling broom corn and the manufacturing of brooms; he is also
engaged in the fire insurance business and buying and shipping stock.
In 1894 Mr. Burgett was wedded to Miss Emma Gillogly, a daughter of James
Gillogly, of Newman. To them have been born three children: Lois V., Carl
Stanton and Gladys. Besides his business interests in Newman Mr. Burgett
owns one hundred and twenty acres of land in Sargent township. He is a Mason
and belongs to the Melita Commandery of Knights Templar of Tuscola. Mr.
Burgett has for several years past taken an active and influential part in
the councils of his party and was elected as a Republican to the lower house
of the General Assembly of Illinois in the fall of 1898. While a member of
this body he was conscientious in his work and was seldom absent at
roll-call. He served on the committees on agriculture, appropriations, banks
and banking, labor and industrial affairs, penal and reformatories and
railroads. It was largely due to his efficiency as a law maker that his
party in the recent primaries gave him the renomination without opposition
for re-election to the same office. Socially Carl S. Burgett is one of the
most companionable of fellows and thoroughly appreciates the confidence and
esteem placed in him by the general public.
Extracted 09 Jun 2019 by Norma Hass from the Historical and Biographical Record of Douglas County, Illinois, published in 1900, page 214.
