The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-03-14
Obituary.
ALBERT CLARKE BURDICK.

Hopkington, R. l., Aug. 2, 1910, as the
sixth of eight children of Samuel and
Mercy Crandall Burdick, all of whom
have preceded him in death. At an
early age he was taken from school and
put to work in a cotton mill, which
work he contained for several years.
He had obteined but little schooling,
but educated himself by private study
and omnivorous reading, which contin-
ued almost to his death. Finally the
family moved to Greenmanville, Conn.,,
(now Old Mystic, where he and some
of his brothers learned the ship car
penter's trade in the shipyard of the
Greenman Bros.
Shortly before he was Il the civil
war broke out and he volunteered for
service, his war record being as follows:
Mustered in at Stonington, Conn.,,
June q, 1861, in 5th Conn. Volunteers.
Promoted to be corporal July %, 1861.
Promoted to be sergeant Oct. Is, 1863.
enlisted Dec. 81, 1863, and given
brief furlough home. Promoted to first
lieutenant Dec. Is, 1864, and made reg
mental adjutant. Honorabiy discharg-
ed July 10, 1865, and brevetted captain.
He fought in several important bat
ties of the war and participated in
Sherman's march to the sea. A nat
ural leader of men, tenor singer and
banjo player of talent and good story
teller, he was a constant source Of
cheer to his comrades in campaign and
barracks.
After the war he returned to the
parental home and was there at the
death of both his parents in 1866. For
a short time thereafter he worked in
New York City, but soon felt the lure
of the West and came to Albion, Wis.,,
whittier his brother, Samuel, had pre-
eeded him. He acquired the present
home and became one of the village
carpenters and soon joined the Albion
S. D. B. church, in which he was for
many years a faithful worker, tenor
singer in the choir, teacher of Bible
class and moderator of the church. For
time while the church was without a
pastor he supplied the pulpit and occu-
pied the pulpit occasionally later. He
was keen!y interested in politics and,
being naturally good speaker, made
nd ION nj vsLy
for years. These activities continued
until advancing age and little deaf
ness compelled him to withdraw to
some extent
On July 81, 1869, he was masried to
Elnora P. Coon, eldest daughter of
Lorenzo and Emeline Coon of Albion,
which wedlock continued until the
death of the wife of tuberculosis,
March 81, 1883. Of this marriage two
sons were born, Lawrence w. of Ches-
ter, Pa, and Claude L. of Edgerton,
Wis. He was married again Aug.a17, >
1884, to Dora A. Webster, eldest daugh-
ter of John and Theresa Webster of
Albion. Of this union four children
were born: Mrs. Maude G. Whitford of
Albion; Ray w., who was killed by a
train at Stoughton, Wis, IN 1904; J.
Roy of Richmond, Calf; and Baby
Belle, who died in 1894 of meningitis,
aged about Is months; all others still
living.
Always interested in the affairs of
the G. A. r., he has been for some
years member of the III. S. Swift
Post at Edgerton and has been COM
mander for the last three years. He
attended the 50th anniversary Of the
Battle of Gettysburg at Gettysburg,
Pa, and other G. A. R. reunions. His
health began to fail last summer and
he was troubled with enlarged heart,
finding it difficult to breathe and sleep.
In November he sustained bad fall
while trimming trees, which may have
FASTENED his death. This winter he
became weaker and weaker and breath
ed his last on March Tagged 78 years, z
months and days. Scores of build
ings in and about Albion bear evidence
of his activity as carpenter who lit
orally helped build the town for about
half century. He was hard worker
and took pride in all that he did.
Aside from the immediate family,
among those present at the funeral
from out of town were A. E. Webster
of Chicago, Mark Shackleton of Beloit,
Mrs. M. J. lBolser of Madison and sew
eral civil war veterans of Edgerton.
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