Civil War Veteran: Co. F Wis Vol Inf

Census: 1880 Albion, Dane Co., Wisconsin: age 36, carpenter
Census: 1900 Albion, Dane Co., Wisconsin: neighbor to John Varnum WESCOTT

Albert Clarke Burdick 1840-1919
"The Wisconsin Tobacco Reporter", Edgerton, Wisconsin, Mar. 14, 1919.
Albert Clarke Burdick was born at Hopkinton, R. I., Aug. 2, 1840, 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 continued for several years. He had obtained but little schooling, but educated himself by private study and omnivorous reading, which continued almost to his death. Finally the family moved to Greenmanville, Conn., (now old Mystic), where he and some of his brothers learned the ship carpenter's trade in the shipyard of the Greenman bros.
Shortly before he was 21, the civil war broke out and he volunteered for service, his was record being as follows:
Mustered in at Stonington, Conn., June 21, 1861, in 5th Conn. Volunteers. Promoted to be corporal July 22, 1861. Promoted to be sergeant Oct. 16, 1863. Re-enlisted Dec 21, 1863, and given brief furlough home. Promoted to first Lieutenant Dec. 15, 1864, and made regimental Adjunct. Honorably discharged July 19, 1865, and brevetted captain.
He fought in several important battles of the war and participated in Sherman's march to the sea. A natural leader of men, a tenor singer and banjo player of talent and a food 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., where his brother Samuel, had preceded 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 a Bible class and moderator of the church. For a time while the church was without a pastor he supplied the pulpit and occupied the pulpit occasionally later. He was keenly interested in politics and, being naturally a good speaker, made political addresses, and was town clerk for years. These activities continued until advancing age and a little deafness compelled him to withdraw to some extent.
On July 21, 1869, he was married 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 21, 1883. Of this marriage two sons were born, Lawrence W. of Chester, Pa., and Claude L. of Edgerton, Wis. He was married again Aug.17, 1884 to Dora A. Webster, eldest daughter if John and Theresa Webster of Albion. Of this union four children were born: Mrs. Maude C. Whitford of Albion; Ray W., who was killed by a train at Stoughton, Wis., in 1904; J. Roy of Richmond, Calif.; and Baby Belle, who died in 1894 of meningitis, aged about 18 months; all others still living.
Always interested in the affairs of the G.A.R., he has been for some years a member if the H.S. Swift Post at Edgerton and has been commander 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 a bad fall while trimming trees, which may have hastened his death. This winter he became weaker and weaker and breathed his last on March 7, aged 78 years, 7 months, 5 days. Scores of buildings in and about Albion bear evidence of his activity as a carpenter who literally helped build the town for about half a century. He was a 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. Bilser of Madison and several civil war veterans of Edgerton.

Census: 1880 Albion, Dane Co., Wisconsin: age 31

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 39, No 14, p 5, Apr. 5, 1883.
Elnora Coon Burdick, daughter of Lorenzo and Emeline Coon was born in Albion, Wis., Sept. 19, 1848, died of consumption March 21, 1883, in the 35th year of her age. At the early age of thirteen years, Sister Burdick embraced the Saviour, was baptized by Eld. A. B. Burdick, and joined the church at this place. July 21, 1869, she was married to A. C. Burdick, formerly of Rockville, R. I., with whom she lived happily for nearly fourteen years, sanctifying the home, and though at times a great sufferer, she was always patient, loving, and kind, discharging faithfully the duties of wife and mother, and in her quiet and retiring way ever sought to influence all around her to a "higher life." She was one of the graduates of Albion Academy, having, by her studious habits and thorough work, won the confidence of all her associates and teachers, and was justly entitled to the honors conferred. Besides parents, two sisters, a husband, and many friends, she leaves two little boys, five and three years of age respectively, to travel the rugged ways of life without the watchful care and faithful counsels of a loving mother. May Heaven protect them. S. H. B.

living 1933 Los Angeles, California

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 139, No 25, p 463, Dec. 17, 1945.
Dora Amelia Webster, the oldest daughter of John and Theresa Webster, was born on November 10, 1863, on a farm near Albion, Wis. She passed away after a six months' illness and a short confinement in the Edgerton Memorial Hospital on November 6, 1945.
Early in life she was baptized and became a member of the Albion Seventh Day Baptist Church. She became the [second] wife of Albert Clark Burdick on August 17, 1884. He preceded her in death March 7, 1919.
She leaves to honor her memory a son, Roy; a daughter, Maude Whitford; and three sisters.
Services were conducted by her pastor, Rev. Kenneth Van Horn, and interment was in the Evergreen Cemetery. K. V. H.