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- Philena BABCOCK BURDICK, the third daughter of Able
and Lucy Ann
- BABCOCK was born in Scott, N.Y., April 30, 1826 and
died in Milton Junction, Wis., January 9, 1921.
- Her early girlhood was spent on a farm near Lake Erie in
the state of Penna. At the
- age of sixteen she removed with her parents to Wisconsin
and settled on a farm in the town of Lima, about four miles east
of Milton.
- When about fifteen years of age, just before coming to Wisconsin
she was converted
- and baptized and joined the Baptist church near her home
in Pennsylvania. Later when her people settled near Milton she
became a member of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist church. Then
when the Milton Junction church was organized in 1875 she became
one of its constituent members and has since remained a faithful
and honored member to the time of her death.
- Philena BABCOCK was married to Ethan Lee BURDICK
March 20, 1845. To
- this union were born two children, G. D. and Myra May both
of whom are deceased. In the fall of 1861 they adopted a little
girl who grew to womanhood and who through all the years has
been the faithful daughter and companion to her mother giving
to her those loving ministries which only a true daughter could
give.
- "Aunt Philena," as she was affectionately known
and called was a christian woman of
- the noblest type. She loved the Bible and believed that it
was given her though the journey of life. She therefore read
it carefully, believed its counsels and put its teaching into
daily practice. She lived a most careful and conscientious Christian
life, loving and serving her brothers and sisters of the church
and doing unselfish acts of service for all the home and community
who might need her help and sympathy.
- To few, it is given to live the long life she lived or to
suffer what she has suffered. A
- helpless invalid for twelve long years, wasted and worn by
suffering, she longed for the time to come when she could go
home and be at rest. She had waited long for the summons "Come
ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundations of the world."
- Funeral services were conducted from her late home by her
pastor, Rev. Edgar D.
- Van Horn assisted by Rev. Geo. W. BURDICK and Pastor
Jordan from Milton.
- The large circle of friends and the many floral offerings
testified to the high esteem in
- which she was held.
- Mrs. Edward HULL and E. M. HULSTON [HOLSTON]
rendered two beautiful
- duets, "Jesus Lover of My Soul" and "Beyond
our Sight." [Thursday edition, p. 2]
-
- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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- Paul M[axson] GREEN [GREENE], who has been
a citizen of Milton township and
- village for more than eighty years and who has been closely
identified with the business, political, educational, and religious
activities of the community for many years, entered into rest
January 25, 1921. He had suffered, often intensely, and for a
long time from a malignant disease which prevented him from sharing
in social and religious privileges he longed for.
- "Uncle Paul," as he was familiarly and affectionately
called by his acquaintances, young
- and old, was born in Allegany County, New York, August 15,
1837. His father was Henry W. GREEN [GREENE] of
Brookfield, New York and his mother, Martha M. COON of
Alfred, New York. Paul was the youngest of the three children
of this house and was the sole survivor as his brother, Ira,
was deceased in infancy and his sister, Mary E., afterwards Mrs.
M. S. BURDICK, died August 22, 1901.
- In 1840 the family came to Wisconsin and settled in the Rock
River Valley near
- Charley Bluff in the township of Milton. As Paul grew to
young manhood he shared in the rigorous tasks and hardships that
were incident to the clearing away of the forests, the breaking
of the new land and the development of the pioneer home. The
father bore a prominent and responsible part in the civic and
religious life of the community and the son found in the father's
example the first principles of a serviceable life.
- In 1868, the family moved to the village of Milton where
Paul has since resided. Here
- he began his business career which continued to the time
of his death. For four years after coming to Milton, he was a
partner with his father in the shoe business. For thirteen years
he was postmaster. For eight years he owned and conducted the
coal and lumber yards. He was of the organizers and stockholders
of the Milton Bank and in 1893 became president. Two years later
he was made cashier and held this office until 1913 when he was
again elected president which office he held at the time of his
death.
- Mr. GREEN [GREENE] always had an active interest
in the civic and political
- affairs of the community. He represented the various interests
of his constituency with conscientious faithfulness and ability.
He served on the town board as chairman for five years and was
supervisor for a number of terms. He was an honored member of
the State Legislature in 1893-94.
- Mr. GREEN [GREENE] was intimately connected
with the educational work of the
- community. He was a member of the public school board for
nearly twenty years. For more than fifty years he served as a
trustee of Milton College to which he gave of his time and means
to further the usefulness of the institution he loved.
- On May 19, 1859, he was united in marriage to Miss Abbie
McHENRY whose
- childhood home was in McHenry Valley, Allegany County, New
York. They were married in Milton by the late President William
C. WHITFORD and for nine years lived in their Rock River
home. Here was born their only child, Eldon L., who a little
more than a year after his birth was taken to the arms of the
Savior.
- In his young manhood, Mr. GREEN [GREENE] was
converted and fully
- surrendered his all to Christ. He was baptized into the fellowship
of the Rock River Seventh Day Baptist church. When he removed
to Milton he transferred his membership to the church of like
faith in that village. He has always been a humble, earnest christian
worker, one who dearly loved his Lord and his church and loyally
tried to do his Master's will. The beautiful pipe organ he presented
to the church is a touching tribute of his affection for his
sainted companion and his love of worship in the house of God.
- He had time for the fraternal social relations as his active
membership in the Du Lac
- lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows will testify.
- "Uncle Paul" was a modest refined christian gentleman.
He was undemonstrative and
- shrunk from publicity. Only he and his God ever knew how
many lives he has helped in critical times. He believed in the
integrity and good intentions of men and they honored his confidence
in them. Their gratitude for his kindly help made him happy.
By his safe counsel, his generous spirit, his christian character,
his devotion to his God he has erected a monument more precious
than gold and more enduring than granite. Since the death of
his wife Mr. GREEN [GREENE] has been cared for
in his home by Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. CRANDALL.
- Farewell services were held at the house and at the Seventh
Day Baptist church in
- Milton on Thursday afternoon, January 27, in which pastor
Henry N. Jordan and President William C. Daland took part. Interment
was made in the village cemetery at Milton. [Thursday edition,
p. 1]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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