Samuel Burkleo
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| office = Member of the Minnesota Territorial Council
| term_start = September 3, 1849
| term_end = January 6, 1852
| predecessor = Position established
| successor = George W. Farrington
| birth_date = {{birth date|1800|3|31}}
| birth_place = Kent County, Delaware
| death_date = {{circa|1874}}
| death_place = Lakeland, Minnesota
| party = Whig
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| occupation = Merchant
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Samuel Burkleo (March 31, 1800–{{circa|1874}}) was an American merchant and politician who served in the Minnesota Territorial Council from 1849 until 1852.
Biography
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Burkleo was born in Kent County, Delaware, on March 31, 1800. He settled along the St. Croix River around 1839 and was one of the original proprietors of the Marine Lumber Company. He then moved to Stillwater and became a merchant.{{cite book |title=Minnesota in Three Centuries, 1655-1908 |date=1908 |publisher=Publishing Society of Minnesota |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mGgLAQAAIAAJ |access-date=February 10, 2020}}
Burkleo was elected to the Minnesota Territorial Council in 1849 and served until 1852. Burkleo introduced a bill that would split the Territory into eight counties, though many of his proposed names were later changed. Burkleo was a Whig.{{Cite news|date=13 February 1851|title=Circular of the Whig Members of the Legislature in Relation to the Disposition of the Public Printing|work=The Minnesota Pioneer|url=https://www.mnhs.org/newspapers/lccn/sn83025241/1851-02-13/ed-1/seq-1|access-date=2 May 2020}}
In 1858, Burkleo moved to a farm in Lakeland, where he died sometime around 1864–1874.
He had a wife, Susanna.{{cite book |title=Minnesota Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Minnesota |date=1861 |publisher=Review Publishing Company |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZcoUAAAAYAAJ |access-date=February 11, 2021}} His Greek Revival house in Marine on St. Croix, built in 1848, is a contributing property to the historic district there. It was the first frame dwelling in Marine and was constructed by the Lumber Company.{{cite journal |last=Hackett |first=John J. |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Marine on St. Croix Historic District |url={{NRHP url|id=74001043}} |publisher=National Park Service |date=1974-04-08 |access-date=2015-12-06}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11501 Biography] at Minnesota Legislature
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Category:Members of the Minnesota Territorial Legislature
Category:People from Kent County, Delaware
Category:People from Stillwater, Minnesota