Legislator Details
Vital Records Information:
Marital Information:
married Ida M. Bryant, 5/29/1884; children: 2, Norma F. (MacCool) and Lou J.; married Charlotte A. Bryant, dau. of Abram [or Abraham] and Martha [or Sarah] (Carrington) Bryant, 11/15/1920 in Highland Park, MI
Number of Children: 2
Background
Education:
public schools of Eaton Rapids
Biographical Sketch:
Son of Thomas J. and Ellen Mary (Slayton) Burch. At age 18, he entered a job printing office to learn the trade. At 19, he, in company with C. M. Seger, began the publication of the Eaton Rapids Times, becoming the youngest publisher in the state at that time. He went to Detroit in 1887 to engage in newspaper work, and became the senior member of the firm of Burch & La Riviere, publishers and commercial printers, and editor of Truth, the official organ of the organized liquor interests of Michigan. He was president of his ward club.
Notable Facts: