BURRITT,Fred R., b 1862 1905 Bio, Delta County, Colorado http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/delta/bios/burrittfr.txt --------------------------------------- Donated September 11, 2001 Transcribed by Judy Crook from the book: Progressive Men of Western Colorado Published 1905, A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, Ill. --------------------------------------- Fred R. Burritt The parents of Fred R. Burritt, of Delta county, one of the respected citizens of Colorado, who has lived and labored in the state to good purpose since 1883, taking part actively and serviceably in the industrial and political life of the state, were eastern people, as were their progenitors for many generations. His father, Hiram Burritt, was born in the state of New York in 1817, and his mother, whose maiden name was Julia A. Ford, in Vermont in 1816. They became residents of Lake county, Illinois, in early life, the father locating there when he was but eighteen years old, and there their son Fred was born on February 18, 1862. Soon after his birth his parents left their farm and the father engaged in the real-estate business at Wauconda, in the same county. This business received his attention until 1899 when he retired from active pursuits and moved to Chicago, where the mother died in April, 1902, and the father in March, 1904. The father was a self-made man, attending school but a few months in one year, and acquiring the rest of what learning he had by his own efforts and from the teachings of experience. The son remained with his parents until he reached his legal majority, then, in 1883, came to Colorado with the determination to make his own way in the world. Locating in Gunnison county, he went to work in a meat market and continued there two years. At the end of that period he made a short visit to his old home, and on his return to this state located in Delta county. Here he worked a year for his brother, then, in 1887, bought the place on which he now lives and which has ever since been his home. In 1889 he was elected county assessor for a term of two years, which he completed in a manner creditable to himself and with general satisfaction to the people. He has never lost their regard and approval as a public official, and is now serving them as a justice of the peace, an office to which he was chosen in 1901. His ranch in its present condition of development, advanced cultivation and comfortable improvement, represents years of labor and close application on his part, for it was all wild and virgin to the plow when he bought it. One hundred of its one hundred and sixty acres are under cultivation, eight acres being in a productive orchard and eighty in alfalfa, from which he gathers annually an average of five tons per acre. This he feeds to his own cattle on the ranch, and from them he realizes a good return for his attention to them. He was married on December 5, 1888, to Miss Belle Brower, a sister of William J. Brower, of the same county, a sketch of whom will be found on another page. They have had seven children, six of whom are living, Hiram, Frank, John, Flora, Harold and Alfred. The one deceased passed away in infancy. Mr. Burritt belongs to the Odd Fellows and the Woodmen of the World and in political affiliation he is an earnest and zealous Democrat. =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.