Bio of BURKHOLDER, Joseph B., Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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JOSEPH B. BURKHOLDER - Vol III, pg 330-333
Joseph B. Burkholder, manager of the Burkholder Lumber Company of Minneapolis,
is a man of prominence and influence in lumber circles. He was born at Sturgeon,
Boone county, Missouri, a son of John D. and Mary J. (Wisdom) Burkholder. The
father was born in Staunton, Virginia, and when a young man he moved to
Missouri, and engaged in the farming, hardwood sawmill and lumber business all
of his life. His demise occurred at the age of fifty-three years. His widow
survives him and enjoys the best of health at the age of eighty-three years. Her
father was B. B. Wisdom, a successful farmer of Missouri.
In the acquirement of his education Joseph B. Burkholder attended the public
schools of Boone county and Moberly and was ready to graduate from the high
school at Hannibal, when his father died. After putting his textbooks aside he
made his initial step into the lumber business as shipping clerk for the North
Western Lumber Company at Hannibal, and was active in that connection for a
year. For several years he was an employe of the Cruikshank. Wholesale Lumber
Company and subsequently went on the road, selling lumber for the Interstate
Lumber Company of Chicago, Illinois. He was active in that connection for one
year and the following two years was secretary and sales manager of the Camden
Lumber Company of Arkansas, yellow pine manufacturers. For a year he was
connected with the Fort Madison Branch of The Knapp Stout & Company, and in 1897
he came to Minneapolis. For the first five years after locating here he was with
the E. W. Backus Lumber Company. In 1903 he organized the Burkholder Lumber
Company, and at that time was sole owner and manager. There is no phase of the
lumber business with which Mr. Burkholder is not familiar and he believes firmly
in fair and open competition as a stimulant to enterprise.
It is also the inherent belief of the subject of this sketch that each and every
line of business should be conducted as free as possible from combinations, as
there is a natural tendency for its members to go beyond the realm of legitimate
business activities. It is the opinion of Mr. Burkholder that success, with any
degree of permanence and stability, must be along the lines of the "live and let
live" policy, with a field that is open to all legitimate competition. In other
words, he believes the foundation for the success of any community or nation is
grounded upon the square deal, and success comes only in its true sense when
there is a fair measure of prosperity and opportunity to all-then and only then
will this be a happy and contented people.
In early life Mr. Burkholder formed the habit of close application to the thing
at hand and he has made good use of his opportunities. He has achieved greater
success with each year and in all of his acts displays an aptitude for
successful management. He lives in a beautiful home in Minneapolis.
Since attaining his majority Mr. Burkholder has given his stanch support to the
republican party and the principles for which it stands. Although he has never
sought nor desired political preferment, he is essentially public-spirited and
no movement for the development and improvement of the city seeks his aid in
vain. Fraternally he has been identified with the Knights of Pythias, also the
Lumbermen's order known as the "Hoo Hoos," an organization composed of
representative lumbermen. He is an active member of the Minneapolis Civic &
Commerce Association, the Loring Com-mercial Club, also the Automobile Club of
Minneapolis. His religious faith is that of the Methodist church. His hobby is
traveling and during the time he was a traveling salesman he covered nearly
every town of any size in the Union. Mr. Burk­holder is not married.