Truman N. Burrill

Truman N. Burrill was born in Elbridge, New York in 1832.[1] In the 1850s, he and his brother opened a dry goods and clothing store in Penn Yan, New York.[1]

During the American Civil War, Burrill formed and headed an infantry company in 1862.[1] He was discharged from the Union Army in 1863 because of a physical disability.[1] In 1864, he returned to the Army with the rank of Captain and served as a commissary on the staffs of several commanding officers.[1]

After the war, Burrill worked in furniture making in Rochester, New York and Buffalo, New York.[1]

Burrill joined the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 1880 as a storekeeper.[1] He later became the clerk in charge of proposals and supplies.[1] With the sudden death of O. H. Irish in 1883, Burrill was appointed Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.[1] He held this office until 1885.[1]

Burrill died in New York City in 1896.[1]