Person:Justin Burdick (1)

Residence: 1878 Utica, Dane Co., Wisconsin Census: 1880 Christiana, Dane Co., Wisconsin Residence: 1893 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin Cause of death: automobile accident

Justin Herbert Burdick 1851-1939 "Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin"(c) 1901. pp.17-18 Justin Herbert BURDICK, M.D. Both grandfathers of this eminent physician of Milton were pioneers of Rock County. The paternal grandfather, George Stillman BURDICK, was a native of Rhode Island, and of English extraction. In his native State he was a member of the State militia. By occupation he was a lifelong farmer, and migrating about 1842 to Wisconsin, he located in Lima township, Rock County, where he followed farming for many years, removing to Milton a few years before his death, in 1890, at the ripe old age of eighty-nine years. His wife survived him several years, passing away at the age of ninety-two. Both were devout members of the Seventh-day Baptist Church. George S. BURDICK was a man of quiet, retiring disposition, but of firm principles and strict integrity. He had four children, two sons and two daughters. The maternal grandfather of our subject, Abel BABCOCK, also a native of Rhode Island, about 1842 cast his lot with the fortunes of the growing Western State of Wisconsin. In the East he had been a woolen manufacturer, and after his arrival in Wisconsin he opened at Milton the "Dulac House", one of the finest hotels of the village. A few years later he entered mercantile business, which he followed successfully until incapicitated by old age. He lived to about the age of eighty years. His family consisted of twelve children. George BURDICK, the father of our subject, was born in New York, and when a minor came with his parents to Lima township, Rock Co., Wis., where he was reared on his father's farm. He married Harriet BABCOCK, who was born in Pennsylvania, and to them were born two children: Clifford R., who died at the age of two years; and Justin Herbert, our subject. The father purchased land in Lima township, and adopted farming as his vocation. For the past fifteen years he and his wife have made Milton their home. They are prominent members of the Seventh-day Baptist Church, of which society he is a trustee. Justin Herbert BURDICK, our subject, was born in Milton, Dec. 29, 1851. He was reared on the farm in Lima township, five miles northwest of Milton, attending the district schools, and later, from 1868 to 1874, Milton College, selecting the classical course. Choosing medicine as his profession, he began his studies in 1874 under Dr. O. Allen, and in 1875-76 attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons, at Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated from the Medical Department of the Northwestern University, Chicago, in 1877. Until September, 1878, he was connected professionally with Mercy Hospital, Chicago, and then began private practice at Utica, Dane Co., Wis., continuing thus from 1878 to 1887. There had been inherited a taste for manufacture which now for a few years asserted itself. Relinquishing his practice, Dr. BURDICK began at Milwaukee the manufacture of steel elastic nuts for bolts, a device that has been widely introduced among the leading railroads of the country, East and West, and especially in the Northwest, their advantages in the great saving of construction and maintenance of track commending general use. For six years he continued actively engaged in this manufacture, put professional life called him back. He retains stock in the National Elastic Nut Co., of Milwaukee, but in 1893, he re-entered the profession of medicine, locating at Milton, where he has ever since enjoyed a lucrative and growing practice. Dr. BURDICK married, Aug. 30, 1882, Miss Fannie E. COON, daughter of Samuel H. and Lucy COON. Five children were born to them, Perry Willard, Paul Howard, Lucy Adene, Justin Hugh, and Clifford Leslie. Mrs. BURDICK died Nov. 12, 1896, aged thirty-four years, and for his second wife Dr. BURDICK married, Sept. 1, 1898, Miss Clara L. Stillman, a native of Rhode Island, daughter of Jairus M. and Clara (LANGWORTHY) STILLMAN. By this marriage DR. BURDICK has two children, William Stillman and Ruth Evelyn. Dr. and Mrs. BURDICK are members of the Seventh-day Baptist Church at Milton. Politically he has always been a Republican. For the past four years he has been executive officer of the Milton board of health. He is also a trustee of Milton College. His pleasant home in Milton he erected in 1893. He is public-spirited, and both as a physician and a citizen ranks high in the estimation of the people of Milton and the surrounding region, where he is widely known.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 The Sabbath Recorder
   126:23:392, June 5, 1939.

   Justin Herbert Burdick, son of George Stillman and Harriet Babcock Burdick, was born December 29, 1851, in the town of Lima, Wis., and died at Rockton, Ill., April 3, 1939.
   He attended Milton College, and later was graduated from Northwestern University Medical School. He practiced medicine at Utica, Wis., later moving to Milton. His name has been on the roll of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church for forty-five years. He was in his fortieth year of service as a trustee of Milton College. He was especially interested in botany and geology.
   His first wife was the former Fannie Coon of Utica, Wis. On September 2, 1898, he married Clara Stillman at Watch Hill, R. I. He is survived by his wife, five children by his first marriage, five by his second marriage, ten grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and one sister, Mrs. Jessie Noey of Milton.
   Funeral services were held in the Milton Seventh Day Baptist church on Friday afternoon, April 7, 1939, conducted by Pastor Carroll L. Hill. Burial was in Milton Cemetery. C. L. H.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 The Milton Junction Telephone
   April 6, 1939.

   This community was shocked upon learning of the auto accident Monday night at Rockton, Ill., in which Dr. J. H. Burdick, Milton, was killed and his wife Clara, who was driving, was critically hurt. They were returning from Davenport, Iowa, where they had visited their daughter Phyllis, a patient in a sanitarium.
   The accident occurred at a curve in the highway in a triangle formed by two side roads branching off from the highway and meeting. Three theories as to the cause of the accident are: that Mrs. Burdick fell asleep; that she hesitated a fatal instant whether to go straight ahead or follow the curve; or that she just could not make the curve. The car traveled about 200 feet on the left shoulder before it hit a tree with such impact that the engine pinned the unfortunate couple in the car. Both suffered skull fractures, broken legs and many other fractures and cuts. Mrs. Burdick is in a Rockford hospital and her recovery is doubtful.
   Funeral services for Dr. Burdick have been planned for 2:30 p.m. Friday, Apr. 7th, to be held in the Milton S. D. B. church with Rev. Carroll L. Hill officiating. Burial will be in Milton. Pallbearers will be H. B. Crandall, L. A. Babcock, Dr. L. M. Babcock, Prof. W. D. Burdick, W. E. Rogers and Henry Ochs.
   Justin Herbert, son of Harriet Babcock and George Stillman Burdick, was born in the town of Lima, Dec. 29, 1851. He attended Milton College during 1868 to 1872. Upon graduating from Northwestern Medical School, he practiced medicine at Utica and then in Milton but retired from active practice about 30 years ago.
   Dr. Burdick was married twice, his first wife the former Fanny Coon of Utica died many years ago. On Sept. 2, 1898, he married Clara Stillman at Watch Hill, R. I. The five children by his first marriage are: Percy, Rockford, Ill., Mrs. Adene Wilcox and Paul, Los Angeles, Calif.; Clifford, Boulder, Colo.; and Hugh at home. Five children by the second marriage are: William S., West Allis; Ruth, Phyllis, Robert and Roger, all of Milton. There are ten grandchildren and one great grandchild. Mrs. Jessie Noey, Milton, is a sister of the doctor.
   About 25 years ago Dr. and Mrs Burdick with Dr. G. E. Crosley organized the Milton Electric company which they operated until October, 1935, when they sold out to the Wisconsin Power and Light company.
   The doctor had for a number of years manufactured an antiseptic. He also had a government rain gauge and as a hobby had kept records of the precipitation for at least 45 years.