Robert M. Burlingame, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on pages 368-371 in "History of Dakota 
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				ROBERT M. BURLINGAME, M. D. 

	Dr. Robert M. Burlingame is a well known and successful physician 
and surgeon of Watertown, who has won enviable recognition as a skilled 
representative of the profession. His birth occurred in Owatonna, 
Minnesota, on the 15th of February, 1873, his parents being James M. 
and Marie L. Burlingame. The father, who was a lawyer by profession, 
passed away June 5, 1915, at Great Falls, Montana, where his widow 
still makes her home. 

	Robert M. Burlingame attended the public schools in the 
acquirement of an education and subsequently identified himself with 
the drug business, becoming a registered pharmacist. He then determined 
upon the practice of medicine as a life work and entered the 
Minneapolis College of Physicians and Surgeons of Hamline University, 
from which institution he was graduated with the degree of M. D., C. 
M., in 1899. Locating for practice at Adrian, Minnesota, he there 
remained for one year and afterward followed his profession in 
Hendricks, Minnesota, for three and a half years. On the expiration of 
that period he came to South Dakota, arriving on February 15, 1904, in 
Watertown, where he has practiced successfully during the eleven years 
that have since intervened. An extensive and lucrative patronage is 
accorded him, for he has demonstrated his skill in the successful 
treatment of many difficult cases and has won the confidence and esteem 
of his patients and fellow practitioners. He is a valued member of the 
Watertown Medical Society and thus keeps in close touch with the 
advanced thought of the profession. 

	On the 7th of October, 1908, Dr. Burlingame was united in 
marriage to Miss Maude Sears, a native of South Dakota, and a daughter 
of Joseph F. and Margaret Sears, of Watertown, this state, who settled 
here in pioneer times. 

	In politics Dr. Burlingame is a stanch republican. He served for 
three years as captain of Company D, Fourth Regiment, National Guard of 
South Dakota, and is afforded needed recreation by camping with the 
militia. He belongs to the grand encampment of the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows, being at present the grand high priest, and is also 
connected with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His 
religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church, while his wife is a 
devoted member of the Episcopal church. They are well known socially in 
their home community and have a large circle of warm friends who esteem 
them for their many excellent traits of character as well as for their 
hospitality and kindly spirit.