Background
Burroughs, Edgar Rice was born on September 1, 1875 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Major George Tyler and Mary Evaline (Zieger) Burroughs.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice was born on September 1, 1875 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Major George Tyler and Mary Evaline (Zieger) Burroughs.
Educated Harvard School, Chicago, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and Michigan Military Academy, Orchard Lake, Michigan.
Commandant, Cavalry Institute, Michigan Military Academy, 1895-1896. Served 7th United States Cavalry, Fort Grant, Arizona, (discharged by favor). Treasurer American Battery Company, Chicago, 1899-1903.
Department manager Sears, Roebuck & Company, 1906-1908. Same, A. W. Shaw Company, Publications of System, 1912-1913. In interim was gold miner in Oregon, storekeeper and cowboy in Idaho, policeman in Salt Lake City, etc.
Major 1st Batln. 2d Infantry Illinois Reserve Militia, September 14, 1918-January 2, 1919. United Press correspondent, September 22, 1942, until V-J Day.
Member Loyal Legion. Club: Outrigger Canoe (Honolulu).
Married Emma Centennia Hulbert, January 31, 1900. Children: Joan, Hulbert, John Coleman, Assistant.