Background
Burns, Melvin P. was born on September 14, 1866 in Canada. Son of Bernard and Julia Ann (Baker) Burns.
Burns, Melvin P. was born on September 14, 1866 in Canada. Son of Bernard and Julia Ann (Baker) Burns.
Educated Valparaiso (Indiana) Normal University, 1888-1890, Little Rock University, 1890-1894. Doctor of Divinity, Hamline, 1912, Wesley College, North Dakota, 1912. Doctor of Philosophy, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1912.
Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1890. Pastor Stuttgart, Arkansas, 1893-1896, Casselton, North Dakota, 1896-1899. Superintendent Jamestown (North Dakota) Conference, 1899-1902, Fargo District, North Dakota, 1922-1924, Grand Forks District, 1904-1907, Minneapolis District, Northern Minnesota Conference, 1907-1912, Duluth District, 1912-1916.
Superintendent Department of City Work, Board of Home Missions, Methodist Episcopal Church, since 1916.
Mason.
Married Jennie B. Tipton, May 10, 1893. Children: Wendell T., Russell West., Mildred East. Came to the United States, 1880, naturalized citizen, 1886.