Milburn, Frank S.

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Title: Milburn, Frank S.
Alias: Milburn, Frank Sinton
Gender: Male
Biography: Frank Milburn was an inventor and machinist in Burlington, Kentucky. He worked for the military during World War II, quietly manufacturing parts for the top-secret Norden bombsight, as well as consulting on numerous engineering issues.; He invented many devices himself, but his true vocation was fostering the inventiveness of others. Over the course of two decades he helped hundreds of inventors perfect their designs for everything from a grapefruit seeder to a powered multi-tool, eventually bringing them to the public.
Member: Milburn family
Birth date: 23 May 1910
Place of birth: Louisville (Ky.)
Father: Milburn, John Walter
Mother: Sinton, Grace Barrington
Spouse(s): McQuiston, Dorothea Isabelle; Swarts, Carol, Dr.
Death date: 11 Feb 1984
Place of death: Boone County (Ky.)
Death and burial information: Highland Cemetery (Fort Mitchell, Ky.)
Occupation(s): Machinist; Inventor
Employed by: Milburn Manufacturing Company (Burlington, Ky.)
Resided in: Covington (Ky.); Oxford (Ohio); Burlington (Ky.); Fort Mitchell (Ky.)
Related resource: 'Burlington Loses Significant Building' by Matthew E. Becher, 2010 [PDF]; 'Frank S. Milburn and Burlington's Wartime Secret' by Matthew E. Becher, 2008 [PDF]; 'Frank S. Milburn: Burlington's Cornfield Edison' by Matthew E. Becher, 2006 [PDF]; Browse photographs taken by Frank Milburn; Frank S. Milburn Machine Shop Building (Burlington, Ky.)
Member of: United Presbyterian Church (Oxford, Ohio)
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #10770957
Source(s): Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920; Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930; U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947; Find A Grave.com

Item sets: Persons--Kentucky--Boone County

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