Biographical Sketch of Frederick William Burnham

Text from Haynes, Nathaniel S. History of the Disciples of Christ in Illinois 1819-1914, Cincinnati: Standard Publishing Company, 1915. Page 490. This online edition © 1997, James L. McMillan.

Born: Chapin, Illinois, 1871.
Died: 1960.

Educated in public schools, Illinois College and graduated at Eureka in 1895. He learned telegraphy and worked at the business in Illinois and Montana for a period of five years. He served as pastor in Carbondale, Charleston, Decatur Central, and is now with the First in Springfield. In Mr. Burnham are combined the qualities of a successful minister. He is the secretary of the National Commission on Christian Unity.

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