Burrows Burdick
Burrows Burdick (January 19, 1823 – June 30, 1899) was an American physician from Edgerton, Wisconsin, who spent a single term as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Rock County.[1]
Background
[edit]Burdick was born January 19, 1823, in Rockville, Rhode Island, son of Alpheus and Abigail (Vincent) Burdick. He taught school in Little Genesee, New York, before becoming a student at the Alfred Academy and Teachers Seminary in 1844.[2] He studied medicine under Dr. John Hartshorn of Alfred (who was also a trustee of the Academy),[3] and graduated in 1849 from the University Medical College of New York University.[4] In November 1849, he married Phebe Ann Barker of Rockville,[5] who died November 25, 1852. He later married Caroline F. ( Sheldon ) Olney of Coventry, Rhode Island, with whom he had three children.
Legislative service
[edit]In 1865, he was elected from the 2nd Rock County Assembly district (the Towns of Fulton, Harmony, Lima and Milton), succeeding Solomon C. Carr who was, like himself, a member of the Union Party or National Union Party, as the Republican Party was calling itself at that time. He was appointed to the standing committees on medical societies and medical colleges, and on privileges and elections.[6] He was not a candidate for re-election, and was succeeded by John T. Dow, also of the Union Party.
After the Assembly
[edit]As of 1884, when their son Charles Fremont Burdick dies at the age of 28, the Burdicks were still living in Edgerton.[7]
Burrows Burdick died June 30, 1899, at his home in Stoughton, Wisconsin.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848–1999 State of Wisconsin Legislative Bureau. Information Bulletin 99-1, September 1999. p.33 Archived December 9, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ A Catalogue of the Officers and Students, of Alfred Academy and Teachers Seminary: For the Year Commencing March 27, 1844 Alfred, New York, 1844; p. 5
- ^ "Particular Mention" The Sun (Alfred, New York) July 19, 1899; p. 2, col. 5
- ^ General Alumni Catalogue of New York University, 1833-1907: Medical Alumni New York: New York University General Alumni Society, 1908; p. 24
- ^ "Married" Sabbath Recorder November 29, 1849; p. 95, col. 6
- ^ Stewart, Frank M.; Young, E. W., ed. The legislative manual, of the state of Wisconsin; comprising Jefferson's manual, rules, forms and laws, for the regulation of business; also, lists and tables for reference Fifth Annual Edition. Madison: Wm. J. Park, State Printer, Wisconsin Capitol Office, 1866; pp. 96, 98, 144
- ^ "Died" Sabbath Recorder January 24, 1884; p. 5, col. 3
- ^ "Deaths and Obituaries" Journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 33, No. 5 (July 29, 1899) p. 302