Person:Cordelia Burdick (1)

1880 Census: Brookfield, Madison Co., New York; age 50

Cordelia Angelina (Burdick) Coon 1830-1909 "The Milton Journal", Milton Wisconsin, Thursday, July 1, 1909, p 1. Mrs. Cornelia Burdick Coon The unexpected death of Mrs. Geo. Coon of College Street of this village, which occurred about midnight Monday night, June 28th, was a great shock to the people of Milton. She was in her usual health, so far as any of the family knew up to the evening of her death, when what for a moment seemed to be a serious accident to her little grandson, produced a nervous shock, from which she failed to rally. Mrs. Coon was the youngest child of Mr. Jacob Burdick of the Town of Brookfield, Madison County, New York, where she was born March 12, 1830. An older sister (half sister) was the mother of Mr. Ira J. Ordway, of Chicago. She was the last of her family to answer the call home. She was married to Mr. Geo. Coon, in Brookfield March 27, 1861, Elder Stephen Burdick officiating. To them were born five children - 3 daughters and 2 sons, all of whom survive her. Two of the daughters, - Mrs. Serle and Mrs. Wetmore live at Fairfield on Rock Prairie, and one, Miss Nettie, has remained at home with the father and mother. The oldest son, Charles D., for some time a teacher in Chicago, is now a business man in California, and the youngest son, Floyd T., is a well known business man in Milton. In 1891, Mr. and Mrs. Coon came with their family to Wisconsin and lived two years at Fairfield, after which they came to Milton where they have since lived. When a girl of 16 years Mrs. Coon professed her faith in Christ and was baptized by Eld. Charles M. Lewis, uniting with the First Seventh-Day Baptist Church of Brookfield in the Village of Leonardsville. On their settlement in Milton, with others of the family she transferred her membership to the church of the same faith, of which she has remained a loyal member. Funeral services this (Thursday morning July 1) morning, at 10 o'clock, at her late home on College Street, conducted by her Pastor, Dr. Platts. Burial in the Milton cemetery.