History of Greensboro, (Greene County) Pennsylvania United States of America

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Biography of Robert Jones Burdette

Robert Jones Burdette, humorist, was born at Greensborough, Pa., July 30, 1844. His early life was spent in the west, where, at the breaking out of the civil war, he joined the army as a member of the 47th Illinois volunteers. In 1865 he returned to Peoria, where for several years he contributed humorous articles to various newspapers and periodicals. He also worked on the editorial staff of the Peoria Transcript, removing in 1872 to Burlington, Iowa, where he formed a connection with the Hawk-eye, in the columns of which paper he caught the popular fancy, and won renown as a humorist. He was also a lecturer and was licensed as a Baptist minister in 1887. Some of his lectures were published in book form, under the title of The Rise and Fall of a Mustache, and Hawkeyetems (1877). His other publications include: Hawkeyes (1879); William Penn, 1644-1718, in Lives of American Worthies (1882), Innach Garden (1886), and Chimes from a Jester's Bell.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor