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Author: Robert J. Burdette (1910)

CHARLES TILESTON LEEDS, LOS ANGELES
Born Newton, Mass., May 14, 1879. Educated in public schools of that place; at
Newton High School; U. S. Military Academy (West Point), grad. 1903; and Mass.
Institute of Technology (S. B., 1906). Cadet U. S. M. A., June 13, 1899; second
lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, June 11, 1903; first lieutenant,
same, Apr. 23, 1904. Served as lieutenant of Engineers in the Philippines
(chiefly in Mindanao, Moro Province) until Dec., 1904; with 2nd Battalion of
Engineers, Washington, D. C, to Aug., 1905; at Mass. Institute of Technology to
June, 1906 (degree S. B.); at Fort Bayard, N. M., to Apr., 1908. Came to Los
Angeles Apr., 1908; in charge U. S. Engineer Office since August, of that year.
Married, Jan. 12, 1905, Amy Lee Shapleigh, of Newton, Mass.


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ROBERT J. BURDETTE
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THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO          LOS ANGELES          NEW YORK
1910


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