Bio of BURLEIGH, William Carr (b.1860 d.1921), 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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WILLIAM CARR BURLEIGH - Vol II, pg 207-208
In manner quiet and unassuming, in spirit cordial and genial, supplementing
justice with. an irreproachable integrity and regard for the rights of others,
Burleigh was for many years one of the most respected men in
insurance circles in Minneapolis and the Northwest. A native of Michigan, he was
born in Grand Rapids, on the 17th of September, 1860, and when he had completed
his education in the Young Men's College at Aurora, Illinois, he engaged in the
real estate business at Pontiac, Illinois, and also established a fire insurance
agency in connection with his other interests. He found insurance a congenial
field and his business flourished by reason of the careful way in which he
nourished and promoted it. He acquainted himself with the various phases of the
business and step by step advanced in positions of importance and
responsibility. After confining his attention for a time to fire insurance at
Poutiac, Illinois, he became connected with the Queen Insurance Company and was
associated with that corporation for twelve years, traveling as special agent
and as adjuster for the company in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, North and South
Dakota and Nebraska. He was made manager of the northwestern branch of the
Western Adjustment & Inspection Company on the 1st of January, 1900, with
offices in Minneapolis, and continued to act in that capacity until his death,
which occurred on the 21st of September, 1921. When he entered the employ of
that corporation J. M. Rogers, who was then the western manager of the Queen
Insurance Company, said of Mr. Burleigh: "His habits are excellent, his
integrity and ability of the highest order. He is one of the best adjusters in
the west and fully competent to attend to any loss." or over twenty years he
held true to that statement of Mr. Rogers, as his associates well knew, and he
became one of the prominent figures in insurance circles in the Mississippi
valley. He was a member of the Northwestern Underwriters Association and enjoyed
in unusual measure the respect and confidence of his contemporaries and
colleagues in this field of business. He belonged as well to the Blue Goose and
was Two Strike" in the Min-Dako-Wis Tribe.
In personality Mr. Burleigh was quiet and unpretentious and his genial qualities
were among his marked characteristics. At all times he was just and honest to
all with whom he came into contact, either company manager, adjuster or loss
claimant. He brought to any arduous duty or to a meeting with any antagonistic
claimant a ready smile that frequently disarmed hostility and at all times he
maintained a peaceful adherence to his own conception of duty. Unafraid, he did
what he believed to be right, never taking advantage of another and always
having in store a fund of practical information which he held ready to dispense
at the need of another. His advice was always given freely to younger men who
sought his assistance, these finding him particularly kind and helpful. In 1900
he organized the northwestern branch for his company and managed the department
with unflagging loyalty and eminent success to the time of his death.
On the 8th of October, 1912, Mr. Burleigh was married to Miss Helen Fleming, a
laughter of John H. Fleming of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Mrs. Burleigh has been
office manager at Minneapolis for several years and will continue in that
capacity. She benefited largely by business association with her husband and at
the same time rendered him active aid in the conduct of his affairs. Those who
knew Mr. Burleigh spoke of him as a man of prodigious energy as well as of
unsullied character and untarnished integrity. He was at all times found true to
his duties and straight-forward with his adversaries, discharging every
obligation faithfully and leaving as a rich heritage an untarnished name and an
example that may well be followed by others.