20th century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and representative citizens . and they havetwo children—Marquis Kemper and JOHN W. BURK, a representativebusiness man of Spring-field and one ofthe leading flour and mill men of theUnited States, is president of The Ansted& Burk Company, manufacturers atSpringfield of the highest grades of flourproduced. Mr. Burk was born in 1850,in Canada, but since the age of nineteenyears he has been a resident of the UnitedStates. Mr. Burk was educated in his ownprovince in his native land and beforeleaving there had acquired a knowle
20th century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and representative citizens . and they havetwo children—Marquis Kemper and JOHN W. BURK, a representativebusiness man of Spring-field and one ofthe leading flour and mill men of theUnited States, is president of The Ansted& Burk Company, manufacturers atSpringfield of the highest grades of flourproduced. Mr. Burk was born in 1850,in Canada, but since the age of nineteenyears he has been a resident of the UnitedStates. Mr. Burk was educated in his ownprovince in his native land and beforeleaving there had acquired a knowledgeof milling. He followed milling for someyears in Michigan, at Grand Rapids,Kalamazoo. Coldwater and other points,and at different places throiigh the July, 1897, he came to Springfield, pur-chasing the Warder & Barnett mill plant,which is the oldest one in this section. In1902 the business was reorganized and wasincorporated as The Ansted & Burk Com-pany. The present officers are: John , president; E. W. Ansted, vicepresident; George W. Ansted, treasurer;. HON. OLIVER S. KliLLV AND EEPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS. 593 and R. U. Patton, secretary. Thecapital stock is $100,000. The plant isequipped with modern machinery of thebest kind and has a capacity of 1,000 bar-rels a day. It has become one of Spring-fields most prosperous industries. is serving in his second term aspresident of the Millers National Federa-tion. He served for two years as the ablepresident of the Springfield Board ofTrade. In 1875, Mr. Burk was married to IdaNegus, a native of Massachusetts, andthey have two daughters: Helen M. andMabel, the latter of whom is the wife ofR-. D. Patton. Mr. Burk is a KnightTemplar and Scottish Rite Mason. JOSEPH M. WADDLE, one of the rep-resentative agriculturists of Green Town-ship, Clark County, Ohio, and ownerof a farm of 163 acres, located six milessouth of Springfield, was bom December30, 1839, in Ohio County, Virginia, and isa son of William and Maria
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