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- Mrs. Mary [F.] BOND BURDICK was born in Fayette
County, Penn., November
- 29, 1837, and died at Milton, Wis., Dec 23, 1914.
- Her parents were Jonathan and Mary FRENCH BOND. Mr.
BOND was a deacon
- of the Woodbridge church in Pennsylvania, and held the same
office for many years in the Milton S.D.B. church. It was a family
of marked virility. All of their children lived to maturity.
- Mary came with her father's household to Wisconsin in the
spring of 1847. The family
- home was for many years on a farm which is now part of Milton
Junction. Her father sold this farm and moved into Milton village
that his children might have better educational advantages. After
spending some time in school and teaching several terms, she
was married to A. Delos BURDICK on Christmas eve, 1857,
fifty-seven years ago. Mrs. BURDICK was a soldier's widow,
as her husband served as an officer in the 13th Wis. Infantry.
They lived for a time in Whitewater and in Racine. For six years
their home was in Janesville, where Mr. BURDICK held the
office of County Treasurer. They also lived for a time at Walworth
where Mr. BURDICK was postmaster. The most of Mrs. BURDICK's
life, however, has been spent in this vicinity.
- Three children were born to them: Alfred who died at the
age of six months; Cora
- Belle whose little life went out when she was eighteen months
old; and Mary Dell, now the wife of Dr. E. E. CAMPBELL,
at whose home Mrs. BURDICK has spent most of her time
since the death of her husband in 1907. There are two grandchildren,
Howard and Mildred.
- Mrs. BURDICK was baptized by Rev. William C. WHITFORD
when about
- eighteen years of age and united with the S.D.B. Church of
Milton. This has been her church home during all these years
till called to join her loved ones in the home beyond. Her religion
was a sweet and vital influence permeating all her life and stealing
out like a subtle fragrance into the lives of others. There was
a great spirit within that made the face winsome and beautiful.
She was a gentlewoman moving among the common things of life
and glorifying them. For many years she taught a Sabbath School
class of boys. She was always a friend to the young people. She
had a noble influence in the community.
- For several years the six surviving children of Jonathan
BOND have been neighbors
- to each other in Milton: the three brothers, Samuel, James
and John; the three sisters, Mrs. Jennie MORTON, Mrs.
Mary BURDICK and Mrs. Fannie DENNETT. They have
been bound together by very strong ties. Through all these six
months of suffering she has had all the care that experienced
nurses, loving friends and medical skill could give. This careful
treatment has kept the live in its frail tenement for many months,
but could not stay the fell destroyer. There has been a beautiful
atmosphere of love and good cheer in the home and sick room.
It has abided to the end an inspiration to all who came within
its reach.
- Farewell services were held at the home of Dr. Campbell on
the afternoon of
- December 25. Clark SIEDHOFF sang the song that Mrs.
BURDICK loved during her illness, "Face to Face";
and the favorite hymn that her husband used to sing, "Home
of the Soul." Dr. L. A. Platts, for many years Mrs. BURDICK's
pastor, offered prayer. Pastor Randolph's text was II Cor. 5:9
"Wherefore we labor, that whether present or absent, we
may be accepted of him."
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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