NameRev., Dr. Franklin Orsemus BURDICK157,138,159,214
Birth6 Nov 1846, Lincklaen, Chenango Co., New York
Death18 May 1922, Boulder, Boulder Co., Colorado
BurialBoulder, Boulder Co., Colorado
OccupationPhysician, Minister
ReligionSeventh-Day Baptist
FatherWillet Stillman BURDICK (1805-1874)
MotherClarissa CAMPBELL (1805-1888)
Spouses
Birth21 Jul 1856, Walworth, Walworth Co., Wisconsin
Deathaft 1935
FatherRoswell A. CRANDALL (1831-1913)
MotherJuliette CRANDALL (1834-1918)
Marriage24 Dec 1874, Walworth, Walworth Co., Wisconsin
ChildrenJesse Ray (1876-1922)
Notes for Rev., Dr. Franklin Orsemus BURDICK
Census: 1880 Christiana, Dane Co., Wisconsin: age 33, b NY, teacher

He enlisted as a musician in Co. C., 40th Wis. Inf., May 10,1864, for service in the Civil War, and was mustered out Sept.16, 1864. He was too young to carry arms. He was a graduate of Albion, Wis., Academy and Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago,Ill., in 1892. He was a teacher in Milton College; superintendent of schools in Dane Co., Wis., for many years; was a minister of the S. D. B. Church, and a physician, practicing in Milton Junction, Wis., 1893; North Loup, Neb., 1896, and Boulder, Col., 1904-1922.

S.D.B. Yearbook of 1922
"The Seventh Day Baptist Yearbook", 1922, p 59.
Franklin O. Burdick was born in Lincklaen, N. Y., Nov. 6, 1846. He was the youngest of six children born to Willet S. Burdick and Clarissa Campbell Burdick. At the age of four years, he moved with his parents to Utica, Wisconsin, where he grew to young manhood. He graduated from Albion Academy and later attended Milton College. He took an active part in educational work, both as a teacher, and, for a number of years, as Superintendent of Schools of Dane County, Wis. Doctor Burdick enlisted in the Civil war when he was fifteen years of age, entering as a drummer as he was too young to carry arms. He served with the Fortieth Wisconsin Infantry through the entire war.
On Dec. 24, 1874, he was married to Emma E. Crandall at Walworth, Wis. As a licentiate, Dr. Burdick preached occasionally, for the Seventh Day Baptist church at Utica, Wis., during the pastorate of Russell G. Burdick; and later, was called to supply that pulpit. A short time afterward he received a call to become pastor of the church at Scott, N. Y., and was ordained at a Quarterly Meeting and Ministerial Conference of the churches of Southern Wisconsin which met with the Utica church on May 30, 1884. He later served for a time as pastor of the Seventh Day Baptist church in North Loup, Neb.; and for six years was pastor at Boulder, Col. He served as moderator of the church, and superintendent and teacher in the Sabbath school for many years, positions which he occupied at the time of his death.
He died at the Boulder Sanitarium on May 18, 1922, after two weeks illness, following a stroke of paralysis. Besides his wife, Doctor Burdick leaves two sons, Dr. J. R. Burdick, of Tulsa, Okla., Linn E. Burdick, of Boulder, Co.; and one daughter, Mrs. Kittie Potter of Scholl, Col.
He had been president and executive secretary of the Associated Charities of Boulder for ten years, and was a prominent worker in the G. A. R., of which he was past commander of the Colorado-Wyoming department; and also of the National Lyon Post, with whose work he had been closely associated ever since he moved to Boulder nineteen years ago. He was chaplain of the local post at the time of his death. The death of Doctor Burdick is a severe loss to the city of Boulder as well as to the Seventh Day Baptist church. He was gentle in character, a true Christian, and a public spirited man. He had infinite tact - his courtesy never failed, and his judgment was sure and accurate.
He has left an example of good and honorable living and will be missed in all walks of life.
Notes for Emma Estella (Spouse 1)
Census: 1880 Christiana, Dane Co., Wisconsin: age 24

of Boulder, Colorado in her father's 1913 obituary
of Boulder, Colorado in her mother's 1918 obituary
of Boulder, Colorado in her brother John's 1933 obituary

"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 140, No 23, p 471, June 10, 1946.
Emma Estella [Crandall] was born July 21, 1856, at Walworth, Wis., and passed away on May 16, 1946, at the home of her daughter at Cedar Grove, Colo.
Her husband, Dr. Franklin O. Burdick, was the second pastor of the Boulder Seventh Day Baptist Church, serving the church in this capacity for six years while carrying on his medical practice. Since his death on May 18, 1922, Mrs. Burdick has continued as a resident of Boulder, making her home in recent years with her son Linn. Mrs. Burdick was always active in church and welfare work.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Earl Cruzan at the Howe Mortuary in Boulder. Interment was at Green Mountain Cemetery. E. C.
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