Clark Truman Burdick was born at West Clarksville, N. Y., April 21, 1856, and died October 22, 1947, at his late home in Alfred, N. Y.
He was one of six children born to Maxson and Martha Compton Burdick, of whom one sister, Mrs. William Jacox, survives. Also surviving are one son, Ira F. of Lombard, Ill.; and a daughter, Fredora Jones of Andover, N. Y.; three granddaughters, and a great-granddaughter.
The wife and mother of his children, Ida Olive Allen, died in 1926. Later he was married to Mrs. Rosa Johnson of Alfred Station, who passed away in 1943.
He was baptized by Rev. N. V. Hull and joined the First Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church, where he maintained his membership for seventy-three years.
Farewell services were held at the home in Alfred, October 26, 1947, conducted by Pastor Everett T. Harris. Interment was in Alfred Rural Cemetery. E. T. H.
