FATHER-SON PARALLEL SERVICES IN BURNSVILLE

The upkeep of Burnsville roads has long been in the care of the Giles family. Henry Peter Giles, who was born in 1892 to George and Mary Kane Giles worked about 20 years of his life maintaining the roads for the township of Burnsville.

In those early days a severe snowstorm sometimes kept Hank Giles out on the snow plow for 2 days and a night. He would sleep a couple of hours at whatever home he happened to be hear when he became exhausted and then continue with the plowing.

His son, Ed, is Burnsville's Superintendent of Public Works. He has worked for the City for 19 years. Ed is part of the reason Burnsville progressed from dirt roads through open farm land, to the city it is today.

Hank Giles served as one of the early police officers as did his son, Ed, who served as Constable.

St. John's Cemetery, where the very earliest natives of Burnsville are buried was maintained for 12 years by Henry Giles. He was paid $3.00 for digging a grave in winter and $2.00 in the summer. He furnished his own mowers and was paid 25 cents an hour for mowing the grass.

His son, Ed, has cared diligently for the cemetery for 10 years.