Edon P. Burdick, son of Daniel and Elizabeth Stillman Burdick, was born at Lincklaen, Chenango County, N. Y., December 13, 1818, and died at Richburg, N. Y., December 5, 1910, thus lacking only one week of being ninety-two years of age.
He was the third eldest of a family of nine children - six sons and three daughters. All have passed on except one sister, Mrs. Abigail Saunders of Milton Junction, Wis. When he was only nine years old, his father was accidentally killed, and when only about twelve years of age he came to Almond, Allegany County, N. Y., with his mother, where they remained for only a short time, going to Little Genesee, N. Y., a little later on. Here he practically spent the remainder of his long and useful life.
He was married to Huldah E. Crandall, October 20, 1842. She died in 1863. To this union were born nine children, three of whom died in childhood. There are now six living children: Everett E. of Salt Rising. N. Y., Marcellus O. of Richburg, N. Y., Mrs. Orphelia A. Prindle of Norwich, N. Y., Fred W. of Olean. N. Y., and 'Thomas B. and Walter H. of Little Genesee, N. Y. On September 19, 1883, he was married to Phoebe J. Crandall of Scott, N. Y. She passed on, March 12, 1897. In 1840 he united with the First Genesee Seventh-day Baptist Church, and in 1887, with Bro. S. B. Coon, he was called by it to ordination to the office of deacon.
Although his youngest child was only two years old when his first wife died, by hard work and patient faithfulness, which marked his whole life, he kept his family of six children together and lived to see them all make homes for themselves. For the last five years and a half of his life he made his home with his son, Dea. M. O. Burdick of Richburg, N. Y. Here, after a short illness of about two weeks, he passed peacefully away on Monday afternoon, December 5, 1910. Funeral services, conducted by Pastor Thorngate of the Richburg Church were held at Little Genesee, Thursday, December 8, where burial took place.
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