Bio of JOHNSTON, Burd P. (b.1876), 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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Vol III, pg 132-135
BURD P. JOHNSTON
Burd P. Johnston, undertaker, was born in Iowa, on the 31st of January, 1876, a
son of Charles and Elizabeth (Nichols) Johnston, the former a native of
Scotland. He attended the public schools of Iowa and Omaha and at an early age
put his text­books aside and obtained a position as cash boy in a dry goods
store. He was an ambitious lad and soon a clerkship was offered him in the
offices of the Union Pacific Railroad, headquarters division. He was active in
that connection two years and then engaged in the hat business. In boyhood he
was attracted to the undertaking business and subsequently he entered that
business, in connection with H. K. Burket of Omaha, Nebraska. The first year he
was paid ten dollars a month for his services and he remained in the employ of
Mr. Burket two years. He then spent some time in traveling and working for
various establishments, all of the while gaining practical experience, and in
1897 he came to Minneapolis. In 1902 he started in business for himself and has
been very successful.
Mr. Johnston is a man of high intellectual attainments, refined and cultured,
and he understands all the niceties of his business, carrying out to the
smallest detail the wishes of his patrons. He has passed the license examination
in three states and is readily conceded to be a representative member of the
undertaking business. During the four years he was on the road, interviewing
numerous undertakers and salesmen, he took advantage of every opportunity
offered him and acquired valuable insight into all of the requirements of his
chosen work. Therefore Mr. Johnston did not launch into business on his own
account without careful preparation. He now has two offices, one at No. 12 West
Lake street and the other at No. 3020 Hennepin avenue. At the latter address he
has a chapel and his establishment is built like a residence, having the many
homey effects and comforts that mean so much to one in times of distress and
sorrow. Mr. Johnston is ably assisted by his wife, who was before her marriage,
Miss Martha Kuchenbecker.
Politically Mr. Johnston is a stanch republican but although he is a
public-spirited and progressive citizen, he devotes little time to political
affairs. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons and he holds membership in
Harriet Lodge, F. & A. M.; St. John's Chapter; St. John's Commandery; and Zuhrah
Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is an active member of the Lake Harriet
Commercial Club. The success that Mr. Johnston has achieved is well-merited, for
it is the result of his own intelligently directed efforts, stanch determination
and laudable ambition.