Hall County
EDWIN C. BURGER, one of Grand Island's progressive young business men, belongs to one of the oldest pioneer families of Hall County, his family having founded the thriving town of Doniphan where Edwin was born, April 26, 1885. His father, George A. Burger, was born in Pennsylvania, in August, 1850, and died at Doniphan, Nebraska, in 1914. The mother of Mr. Burger, Mrs. Rosa A. (Peabody) Burger, was a native of the state of New York; she was married at Doniphan and still lives there. Of their three children two survive; Edwin C. and Mable, the latter being the wife of A. C. Pentico, a ranchman near New Castle, Wyoming. The late George A. Burger was well and favorably known in Hall County, having been a resident for fifty years, coming here in 1864, at which time he operated a pack train. He secured a valuable homestead near the town of Doniphan, to which place he removed in 1872. He was a Democrat in politics and served on the county board of supervisors for nine years.
After his graduation from the Doniphan High school in 1902, Edwin C. Burger spent one year as a clerk in the store of his uncle, Wm. J. Burger. He next took a commercial course at Creighton College, and a course in pharmacy at Creighton College, where he was graduated in 1904. He had other business experiences before coming to Grand Island, having been employed one year by the Nebraska Clothing Company in Omaha, and had live stock and automobile interests for a time at Doniphan. In 1914 he located in Grand Island as sales manager for the Class-Evans Auto Company. this company was incorporated in 1915, at which time he became sales manager and vice-president. At the present it is one of the growing concerns of Grand Island and Mr. Burger devotes all his time to its affairs.
On August 1, 1907, Mr. Burger married Miss Mamie Phillips, who was born in Nebraska, a daughter of Fred and Cornelia (Adams) Phillips, the latter of whom died in 1909. The father of Mrs. Burger was one of the earliest druggists at Hastings, Nebraska, but in 1887 he retired from active business, locating on a farm situated west of Doniphan. He now resides with Mr. and Mrs. Burger. They have two children: Helen and Bernice. Mr. Berger (sic) belongs to the Elks, the U. T. C. and the T. P. A.
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