John A. Burbank Biography


	This biography appears on page 881 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. I (1904) and was scanned, 
	OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net.

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	JOHN A. BURBANK, fourth territorial governor of Dakota, born in 
Centerville, Wayne county, Indiana, in 1827. Was appointed governor to 
succeed Andrew J. Faulk by President Grant. At the close of his term 
returned to Indiana and still resides at New Richmond, that state.