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- At Milton Junction, Wis., March 11,
1884, of dropsy of the heart, Mr. Russel
- P[hilander] BURDICK, aged 53
years. He had been declining in health for several months,
and had arranged to start, in company with his wife, for California
on the 10th, in hopes the change might recruit him. On the
night of the 7th he was suddenly attacked with severe pain in
his chest and bowels and from that hour sank rapidly until ten
minutes before six o'clock on the eleventh, when he quietly and
with unwavering trust in the merits of Jesus, passed away.
He made a public profession of religion when quite young and
united with the First Alfred Church and at the time of his death
he was the treasurer of the Milton Junction Seventh-day Baptist
Church. He was a man of few words but of exemplary life and
highly respected by all who knew him. His funeral on the 13th,
was very largely attended. He leaves a wife, three children,
and numerous relatives and friends to mourn his loss. [Vol.
40, No. 14, p. 5]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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