Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Burkholder, Christian 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Christian Burkholder, proprietor of the general agricultural depot on Spruce 
Street, Sterling, was born Sept. 29, 1848, his parents being Elias and Maria 
(Blair) Burkholder, natives of Pennsylvania, who moved to Clinton Co., Ohio, 
in 1857, and to Sterling in the fall of 1859. Mr. Burkholder, the senior, 
followed farming until 1882, since which time he has been engaged in the live-
stock business. Christian, the subject of this notice, attended the Rock River 
Seminary at Mount Morris, Ill., four terms. Then he started out in business by 
entering the employment of H. S. Street, in the agricultural warehouse, and 
was with him until 1877, when he purchased his interest and has since then 
managed the business alone. In his political views, Mr. B. is a Republican, is 
a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a consistent Christian 
gentleman, being liberal and public-spirited.Mr. Burkholder married Miss Mary 
P. Irvine, the daughter of Joseph and Electa S. (Parsons) Irvine, of Rockford, 
Oct. 7, 1869. By this marriage there have been six children,—Nellie M.,Charles 
J., Lotta A.,  Harry E., Homer S. and Alice M.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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