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NameLast: Burkhart
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BirthMonth: 7
BirthDay: 9
BirthYear: 1851
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OriginalBirthCity: Georgetown Twp.
OriginalBirthState: IN
OriginalBirthCounty: Floyd
OriginalBirthNation: USA
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DeathDay: 12
DeathYear: 1930
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Parents: Joseph and Sarah (Engleman) Burkhardt
Children: Jesse Burkhart (1875-1969)
Spouse1Name: Mary Emma Tabler
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CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:47:23 PM
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OriginalNotes: Note: In the census on on tombstones the family is listed as Burkhardt. It appears that the family later dropped the "d" and became Burkhart. Most of the family is buried in Wolf Cemetery near Georgetown.

New Albany Ledger-Tribune, Apr. 3, 1966: "Photos Tell Georgetown Story," by Katharine Wright, interview with his son, Jesse, ago 90, who identifies the photos. About 200 glass
negatives still in existence. Earl and Will Hedden, New Albany photography enthusiasts, and
other are having prints made from the negatives.
New Albany-Floyd Co. Public Library has prints from many of Burkhart's negatives.
Courier-Journal [probably 1966], undated article "Burkhart Photos Captured History," by Bob Sculley: Burkhart operated sawmills and grainmills. He developed a growing interest in photography.

MARRIAGE / Albert A. Burkhart to Mary E. Tabler. New Albany Ledger Standard. 5-30-1874. p 4, c 4.

Genealogy of Burkhart Family submitted in 1989 by Betty Davis Lowe (2119 Bashford Manor Lane, Louisville, KY 40128, 502-452-9032)
Albert A. Burkhart, b. 9 July 1851 in Greenville Twp., Floyd County, IN
Married 27 May 1874 in Floyd County
Died 12 March 1930, Georgetown Twp., Floyd County (see New Albany Weekly, 12 March 1930 for obituary)
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OriginalCombination: operated sawmill and grainmill
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City: Georgetown
State: IN
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Name: Albert Burkhart
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County: Floyd
Country: USA
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KnownDates: 1880s-1910s
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OriginalSource: He was primarily a miller who appeared to do photography on the side. Many of this glass negatives were portaits made on porches in front of  a cloth tacked to the side of a house.

New Albany Ledger-Tribune, Apr. 3, 1966: "Photos Tell Georgetown Story," by Katharine Wright, interview with his son, Jesse, ago 90: Albert spent lifetime recording the daily vital statistics of Georgetown's early citizens. Many of the photographs are marked "Albert Burkhart, Photographer. Groups, Residences, and All Kinds of Photo Work."

Courier-Journal, 4 September 1966,  "Burkhart Photos Captured History," by Bob Sculley:  "Before the turn of the century, the late Albert Burkhart earned a reputation as one of Southern Indiana's top cameramen. Burkhart, who lived in the Floyd County hamlet of Georetown (pop. 643) left a legacy of more than 200 ethching-quality prints. Most of them were photographed in the period 1880-1900. Burkhart's son, 90-year-old Jesse Burkhart, also of Georgetown, takes care of his father's photo collection. Recently he loaned a number of pictures for display during Indiana's sesquicentennial year. Burkhart and his father both operated sawmills and grainmills. The father, however developed a growing interest in photography. Eventually, Albert Burkhart opened a photo studio in Georgetown. The elder Burkhart made it a practice always to carry a camera in his horse drawn buggy. As a result, he captured many memorable scenes ranging from haymaking in lush, humid fields to shots of three spectacular train wrecks. Some of his glass-print pictures have become smudged over the years. Others, though, clearly etch the finest details. Markings on leaves, the weave of thread in cloth, the wrinkles on work-burdened hands come across the years in a mass of detail to spell out the life and times of this camera-minded Hoosier historian."

Courier-Journal, "Former Sawmill Operator Jesse Burkhart Lives in Home Built from Lumber He Cut," 13 December 1959, by Ed Moss
Interview with Albert Moss's son, Jesse, age 84: He grew up in the mill industry and worked for his father Albert's mill in Georgetown. "Burkhart's father was also a photographer and he has pictures of some of the train wrecks." He has a photo of a head-on collision in Feb. 18, 1887 between passenger and freight train. [Perhaps this is indicates that Albert was working this early.]

In June 2014 Heritage Photo & Research Services scanned about 120 glass negatives made by Albert Burkhart/Burkhardt for the New Albany-Floyd County Library. Most are from the Georgetown, Indiana area in Floyd County, Indiana, circa 1885-1915.
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