Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-07-20
DEATH OF HON. W. l.. 81 RNAP.

We chronicle with pain the death of our
townsman. Mr.. Burnap. which took place
on Saturday afternoon. He was taken i'll
i've weeks aga with what WAS at first sup
posed to hc Il sharp bilious attack but was
soon diagnosed as apps ndictis. fie was
taken to hr. SPARTA wks sanitdriun.
ANA IN operation WAS performed. which
disclosed an Intestinal ahsccss of very Sc
ruus extent and virulenc". During tho
weeks following his condition varied 10
tween periods nf rlllHing strength. which
encourage. his physicians and friends to
hope that he would recover. and times Of
depression of his vital forces. ocrasioncd
towards the last 10y alarming hcmorrhaGos
due To internal slouchlng of the tissues
He WAS COURAGEOUS and hopeful about
himself in marked degree up to his last
day. Last Friday WAS on- of his best
DAYS. ana all were much encoura God about
hlm. ON Saturday morning two suc"essIN"
Ii, mortgages rcdu,c ed him to n point from
which it was iinpusshlc to revive him ~"
realized his condition. hide good bye to is
wife and sons and sank gradually and
quietly without pain and retaining fun
consciousness, until he ceased tn breathe
about five O'Clock y. M. The best surgical
and medical skill in Burlington was oXcr-
cistd IN his behalf. His son. Mr.. Robert
l.. Burnap. of New York. came up ut once
from that city on learning Of his father s
Illness and was within call almost every
hour Of day or night when not in attend
ance in the sick chamber. throughout the
five wee KS. The sick man had every pos
sible care and attention. His case. as one
OF the attending surgeons informs MS.
was n very unusual one-he had never
known q similar one in his extensive prac-
tice and doubtless was hopeless, though
not understood to be SO from the time when
in ut Of coughing. the primary incision
became opened. two or three weeks after
the operation.
Wilder Luke Burnap was born Scptom-
Der 8. 1889. in CanaJoharie, n. v. where
his parents. Luke and Abigail Kobhns'
Burnap, then resided. His father. who
was a miller. removed to Grafton VI,
where Wilder spent his boyhood and
youth. His father would have brought the
hoy up to his own trade; but his bent for
books and desire for a liberal education
carried the day. Studying by himself and
in Leland Seminary for three terms he en-
tered Dartmouth College in 1859. In his
i junior year he enlisted i'm the company OF
college Cavaliers so-called. composed of
students in Dartmouth College and Norwich
Cniversity-the only company in the Union
army composed wholly of college students.
which formed half Of the seventh squad
ron of the First Rhode Island Cavalry
regiment. He did good and gallant service
with the squadron in the summer of 1862
| In the Shenandoah Valley. The squadron
was part of the garrison Of Iiarpers Ferry,
and distinguished itself with the rest of the
cavalry force there stationed, by cutting
| its way out through the lines Of the enemy
| which had enveloped lIarper's Ferry. dur
| ing the night before the surrender of the
garrison. The college boys not only thus
escaped capture but had an active part in
capturing one of General Longstreet s
wagon trains, of S. army wagons loaded
with ammunition. which was encountered
In Maryland on the way to the battlefield
of Antietam. The service OF the company
| terminated with this exploit and he re-
turned to college and was graduated In
1865. lie came to Burlington in the same
year and was clerk for time in the
insurance ofbce OF the late Salmon Wires.
He studied law meanwhile held the or
| flee Of Register OF Probate under
Judge Wales for a year or two. was
| admitted to the Bar Of Chittendcn
| county IN 1865. and began practice IN