Person:Emily Burdick (1)

GRAD: De Ruyter Institute, De Ruyter, Madison Co., New York GRAD: Alfred Universtty, Alfred, Allegany Co., New York Residence: Leonardsville, Madison Co., New York Residence: 1802 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin Cause of death: Carcinoma of colon

Informant on death cert was Albert Whitford.

1. ↑ Johnson, Nellie Willard. The Descendants of Robert Burdick of Rhode Island. (Norwich, New York: Johnson, c1937).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} .

   The Journal-Telephone", Milton, Wisconsin, Thursday, 4 Dec 1919, p 1.
   Emily Louisa Burdick was born in Brookfield, Madison County, New York, June 14, 1844. Her mother dying in the daughter's childhood, she was taken into the family of her maternal grandmother, the second wife of Daniel Coon of the village of West Edmeston, New York.
   After the death of this grandmother she found another home in the family of a sister of her mother, Mrs. Benjamin [Variety] Stillman of the same village. She was reared to womanhood with loving care in this family and always preferred to speak of this home as if she was one of them.
   She received her primary education in the public schools of West Edmeston and her secondary education in De Ruyter Institute and Alfred University of the state of New York. During her attendance upon these schools she was engaged, for a brief period, in teaching in public schools for self support. Afterwards she preferred a business career and for several years served as a bookkeeper and clerk in the store of Irving A. Crandall of Leonardsville, New York.
   February 14, 1892, in West Edmeston, New York, she became the second wife of Professor Albert Whitford of Milton College, who had been her teacher in each of the three schools before named.
   In her early youth, Mrs Whitford was baptised into the membership of her home church and later transferred her membership to that of the Seventh Day Baptist church of Leonardsville, New York, where during the first pastorate of President William C. Daland of this church she was an active worker. After her marriage she transferred her membership to the Seventh Day Baptist church of Milton, Wis.
   Mrs. Whitford's death occurred in the evening of the 29th of Nov. at the home of her step-daughter, Mrs. Eugene Crandall,where for the four months of her protracted illness, she received the tenderest care. Besides her husband, she leaves as her nearest of kin to mourn her loss an own sister, Mrs. George H. Sheffield of Holley, New York, and half brothers and sisters, the children of her father by a second marriage, several of whom now live in North Brookfield, New York.
   Farewell services were held on Monday afternoon, December 1,1919, at the home of the step-daughter, Mrs. C. Eugene Crandall. President William C. Daland assisted pastor Jordan in the services. Burial was in the cemetery at Milton, Wis.