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Burkhart, Joseph Elijah

soldier, farmer, clergyman, was born Jan. 3, 1838, in Butler, Pa. During the civil war he enlisted as a private soldier in company A, sixth regiment Pennsylvania heavy artillery, and served till the close of the war. In 1872 he was ordained a clergyman in the united brethren church, and followed that calling for twelve years. He has been a delegate several times to the Kansas congressional conventions; and in 1892 was a republican candidate for the legislature. He has filled the editor's chair on several Kansas newspapers; and contributed extensively to the periodical press and several of his poems have been incorporated in standard works.