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Author: Warner & Beers (1886)

   JACOB F. BURKET, lawyer, Findlay, was born March 25, 1837, near Somerset,
Perry Co., Ohio, son of Solomon Burket who was of Swiss descent. One of his
ancestors, who came from Switzerland and settled near Lancaster, Penn., had two
sons, John and Jacob Burket, who were the progenitors of the Burket family in
this country. The grandfather of our subject, John Burket, who served in the
Revolutionary war, emigrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio and lived to the advanced
age of ninety-six years. Mr. Burket's mother, Mary (Brehm) Burket, whose father
was also in the Revolutionary war and emigrated from Pennsylvania to this State,
was of German extraction. In September, 1839, the Burket family moved from Perry
to this county. This region was then a forest; settlers were few and the country
was sparsely inhabited. Young Burket went to the log schoolhouse and had at the
same time to do work on the farm. "When he was ten years of age his father died
leaving a widow with nine children, of whom Jacob F. is the youngest son. When
he reached the age of seventeen he removed to Findlay and was apprenticed to his
brother-in-law, Jacob Folk, for the purpose of learning the carpenter's trade.
The term of apprenticeship was for two years, one of its conditions being that
he should receive three months' schooling in the winter. After having worked for
him thirteen months, his brother-in-law's health failed, whereupon, by mutual
agreement, the indentures were canceled. June 4, 1855, he began teaching at
Lewisville, Blanchard Township. Having taught for three years he attended a very
excellent select school at Vanlue, in Hancock County, the proprietor being Mr.
William K. Leonard; completing his term he returned to his trade (carpentering)
for a time, engaging in mechanical labor in the summer and teaching school in
winter and attending school in the fall and spring. In 1859 he entered an
academy at Republic, Seneca Co., Ohio. The principal of this institution was Mr.
A. Schuyler now professor of mathematics in the Baldwin University at Berea.
Prof. Schuyler was the author of works on logic and algebra. From this gentleman
Mr. Burket received a thorough training in logic which has been of great
advantage to him in the legal profession. June 29, 1859, he commenced reading
law with Judge Palmer (since deceased) and having remained with him a little
more than a year, he entered the office of Goit and Brown, in the meanwhile
teaching school every winter. July 1, 1861, he was admitted to the bar when he
commenced the practice of his profession at Ottawa, Putnam Co., Ohio, where he
remained until April, 1862. On the 16th of that month he opened an office in
Findlay, and September 7, of that year entered into partnership with Henry Brown
under the firm name of Brown and Burket, which was dissolved May 1, 1869, since
which time Mr. Burket has been alone in his practice. While working at
carpentering he, on one occasion, attended court, and becoming intensely
interested in the proceedings, he resolved to be a lawyer, and since he was
admitted to the bar he has been a devotee to his profession. Mr. Burket has an
extensive practice in the State and Federal Courts, and has encountered some of
the most distinguished lawyers in the country, and has been highly complimented
by his professional brethren for the clear manner in which he expounds the
principles of law which underlie a case. He is stockholder and director in the
First National Bank of Findlay, and was a director of the Findlay Savings and
Building Loan Association, and has acted as attorney for both these
institutions. He has conducted much litigation for the latter and never lost a
case. He was married in the year 1859, to Miss Pamy D. Walters, of Lenawee,
Mich. They have had six children-five sons and one daughter-all of whom are
living. In politics Mr. Burket is a Republican; he was one of the electors in
the presidential contest of 1880, and still has in his possession the tickets by
him voted for James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur in the Electoral College
held in the Senate Chamber, at Columbus, Ohio.

Additional Comments:
Book Title: History Of Hancock County
Findlay Township and Village




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