The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 243-244 Wayne County PERRY EMERSON BURT. Integrity of purpose, uprightness of dealing, soundness of principle and a keen sense of busi- ness values are qualities which all go towards developing the substantial men of affairs. No man reaches a pros- perous material condition without striving towards some desired end, but he must have something back of the ambi- tion to succeed in order to attain his object. Natural and acquired qualities that are rooted in a foundation of deep- laid principles are absolutely necessary, and it is fortunate for business conditions that so many men have possessed these characteristics. Among the men of Wayne County who through the possession of these qualities have reached positions of prominence and at the same time have con- tributed to the stability of business conditions is Perry Emerson Burt, manager of the Saks Stamping Company of Westmoreland, West Virginia. Mr. Burt was born at West Lafayette, Ohio, December 16, 1866, a son of James Bradner and Margaret Jane (Beall) Burt. His grandfather, Hon. James Madison Burt, was born in 1810, at Warwick, New York, and became a pioneer of Coshocton and that vicinity of Ohio, where he engaged in agricultural operations. He enlisted for service in the Black Hawk Indian war, and was a prominent demo- crat of his locality, serving as county judge of Coshocton County, as state senator and as justice of the peace. He married Mary Ann Bradner, who was born in Orange County, New York, and died at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Judge Burt died full of years and honors at Newcomerstown, Ohio, in 1893. James Bradner Burt, father of Perry Emerson Burt, was born April 4, 1837, at Coshocton, Ohio, where he was reared and married, but later made his home at West Lafayette. He was an extensive and successful agriculturist, and a man who was held in high esteem by his fellow-citizens, who elected him to a number of local offices, in which his record was a splendid one. In politics he was a democrat, and as a churchman he was a life-long member of the Baptist faith, in which he died at West Lafayette in February, 1907. Mr. Burt married Miss Margaret Jane Beall, who was born March 16, 1847, near Coshocton, Ohio, and still survives him as a resident of West Lafayette. They became the parents of four children: Perry Emerson; Mary, the wife of Dr. Jesse McClain, a well-known practicing physician and surgeon of Coshocton; Jennie, who is unmarried and a teacher in the kindergarten department of the public schools at Detroit, Michigan; and James Roe, of Westmoreland, West Virginia, formerly associated with his brother in business, but now engaged alone in mercantile pursuits. Perry Emerson Burt attended the public schools of West Lafayette, following which he pursued a course at Gran- ville (Ohio) Academy. He then entered Denison University, Granville, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1895, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and during his college career was admitted to membership in the Phi Gamma Delta Greek letter fraternity. For two years thereafter Mr. Burt taught in the Burlington Institute College, Burlington, Iowa, and then took a course at the University of Chicago Post-Graduate School, specializing in English history for one year. He was then retained as principal of the high school at Cambridge, Ohio, for five years, but school work affected his health and he was advised by his physician to seek some other vocation. Accordingly, after a year's rest he bought an interest in the enameling works at West Lafayette, and was manager of this plant until 1916. In the meanwhile he had founded the Ohio Valley Enameling Company at Westmoreland, West Virginia, in 1914, and in 1916 came to this plant and acted as its sole owner and operator until 1920, when he sold out to the American Druggists Syndicate, although retaining the position of manager. At the time of the sale the name was changed to the Saks Stamping Com- pany. In the large brick plant situated on Vernon Street, Westmoreland, along the right-of-way of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, the company manufactures enameled sheet steel hospital goods, which are shipped all over the United States and into Cuba, Europe and South America. Mr. Burt's business success has been marked, and that he has gained position and prosperity is all the more creditable in that his earlier inclinations and training had all been along professional lines. His standing as a man of sound integrity and probity has never been questioned, and among his associates he is held in the utmost confidence. Politically Mr. Burt has never sought honors at the hands of any party or his fellow-citizens, and is inclined to be independent in view and action, although where all other considerations are equal he supports the candidates and principles of the democratic party. He is a consistent member of the Baptist Church, in which he serves as deacon. His pleasant modern residence is situated at 2850 Piedmont Court, in a desirable residence section of Westmoreland. In June, 1895, at Zanesville, Ohio, Mr. Burt was united in marriage with Miss Anna Linnard McCann, a daughter of John and Mary (Miles) McCann, both of whom are now deceased. Mr. McCann was a retail dealer in hats at Zanesville and a man of substance and worth. Mrs. Burt is a woman of numerous graces and accomplishments and a graduate of Denison University, class of 1895. She and her liusband are the parents of four children: Frederick McCann, born July 25, 1896, now a merchant of Hunting- ton, who during the recent war was identified with the avia- tion branch of the United States service, stationed at Boston, Massachusetts, and at the time of the signing of the armistice was all ready to go overseas for bombing service. He married in September, 1917, Eleanor McGugin, of Ravenswood, West Virginia, and they have one daughter, Carolyn Ann. Margaret Miles is a senior at Denison Uni- versity. Marian Bradner is a student in the same institu- tion, in the sophomore class. Edward Emerson was born September 23, 1913.