Burwell, Julius H.

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In 1884, Jule H. BURWELL (1846-1927) owned an agricultural firm in St Paul, Minnesota that specialized in farm machinery, implements and carriages.

In 1886 he is listed as a vice-president for the Rabbit Mountain silver mine, near Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay), Ontario, in which Major Bell was also owned shares.

Burwell was deemed to be a prominent St. Paul businessman, and in 1892 he was elected president of the State Agricultural Society. However, a year later he was also involved with a $50,000 embezzlement scandal, which resulted in his resignation from the firm of Mast, Buford and Burwell Carriage Company. There is no indication on the outcome of this charge. However, Burwell moved out of his brand new luxury house in St. Paul in 1894.

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SOURCES:

• Photo: "St. Paul Daily Globe", Oct. 2, 1892, p. 12

• Burwell’s house on Summet Avenue, in St. Paul, 1904

• "History of St. Paul and Vicinity", by Henry A. Castle, 1912, p. 428

• "History of the Minnesota State Agricultural Society", by Darwin S. Hall and R.I. Holcombe,

• "Grand Opening of the Northern Pacific Railway celebration at St. Paul, Minnesota, the Eastern Terminus - Sept. 3, 1883", compiled by J.H. Hanson, p. 30

• "Indianapolis News", Sept. 23, 1893, p. 8 – Burwell embezzlement charge details

• Rabbit Mountain Silver Mine

• http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Burwell-668
  

RESEARCH BY:
Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Sask. and Frank Korvemaker, Regina, Sask.

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