Name: Lyman BURDICK
Sex: M
Birth: 13 JUN 1819 in Williamstown, MA
Death: 23 JAN 1897 in Shellsburg, Benton Co, IA
Father: Urbana BURDICK b: 9 SEP 1767 in Hopkinton, RIHopkinton, RI
Mother: Anna Coon
Marriage 1 Elizabeth C. WILCOX b: C 1820
Married: 18 SEP 1845
BURDICK, LYMAN, ret. farmer, Secs. 9 and 10; P. O. Shellsburg;
born in Berkshire Co., Mass., June 30, 1819;
came to this county in 1858;
has 160 acres of land, valued at $5,000.
Held the office of Justice of the Peace.
Married Elizabeth Wilcox in 1845;
born in Berkshire Co., Mass., June 25, 1830;
mother of six children --
Elizabeth C., born July 29, 1846, died Nov. 9, 1863;
George L., born Feb. 27, 1850;
Eva A., born Nov. 29, 1854;
Flora I., born Jan. 9, 1863;
Lulu C., born Feb. 7, 1867;
Edward A., born April 29, 1868.
Emigrated to Lee Co., Ill.;
lived there nearly three years; thence to this county;
came through with teams; camped out at night; had his team stolen;
tracked them in the morning by their trail,
and succeeded in finding them about 11 o'clock, in the middle of a large prairie,
in an old hovel, where there were several horses;
Mr. B. thought it was the headquarters of a regular gang of horse thieves.
The first store they put up had not enough pipe to go through the roof,
and had to run the pipe out of the window.
One time Mr. B. was away, and the prairie caught fire and burnt over
, and when he returned did not know his own home.
Sex: M
Birth: 13 JUN 1819 in Williamstown, MA
Death: 23 JAN 1897 in Shellsburg, Benton Co, IA
Father: Urbana BURDICK b: 9 SEP 1767 in Hopkinton, RIHopkinton, RI
Mother: Anna Coon
Marriage 1 Elizabeth C. WILCOX b: C 1820
Married: 18 SEP 1845
BURDICK, LYMAN, ret. farmer, Secs. 9 and 10; P. O. Shellsburg;
born in Berkshire Co., Mass., June 30, 1819;
came to this county in 1858;
has 160 acres of land, valued at $5,000.
Held the office of Justice of the Peace.
Married Elizabeth Wilcox in 1845;
born in Berkshire Co., Mass., June 25, 1830;
mother of six children --
Elizabeth C., born July 29, 1846, died Nov. 9, 1863;
George L., born Feb. 27, 1850;
Eva A., born Nov. 29, 1854;
Flora I., born Jan. 9, 1863;
Lulu C., born Feb. 7, 1867;
Edward A., born April 29, 1868.
Emigrated to Lee Co., Ill.;
lived there nearly three years; thence to this county;
came through with teams; camped out at night; had his team stolen;
tracked them in the morning by their trail,
and succeeded in finding them about 11 o'clock, in the middle of a large prairie,
in an old hovel, where there were several horses;
Mr. B. thought it was the headquarters of a regular gang of horse thieves.
The first store they put up had not enough pipe to go through the roof,
and had to run the pipe out of the window.
One time Mr. B. was away, and the prairie caught fire and burnt over
, and when he returned did not know his own home.
Name: Lyman BURDICK
Sex: M
Birth: 13 JUN 1819 in Williamstown, MA
Death: 23 JAN 1897 in Shellsburg, Benton Co, IA
Father: Urbana BURDICK b: 9 SEP 1767 in Hopkinton, RIHopkinton, RI
Mother: Anna Coon
Marriage 1 Elizabeth C. WILCOX b: C 1820
Married: 18 SEP 1845
BURDICK, LYMAN, ret. farmer, Secs. 9 and 10; P. O. Shellsburg;
born in Berkshire Co., Mass., June 30, 1819;
came to this county in 1858;
has 160 acres of land, valued at $5,000.
Held the office of Justice of the Peace.
Married Elizabeth Wilcox in 1845;
born in Berkshire Co., Mass., June 25, 1830;
mother of six children --
Elizabeth C., born July 29, 1846, died Nov. 9, 1863;
George L., born Feb. 27, 1850;
Eva A., born Nov. 29, 1854;
Flora I., born Jan. 9, 1863;
Lulu C., born Feb. 7, 1867;
Edward A., born April 29, 1868.
Emigrated to Lee Co., Ill.;
lived there nearly three years; thence to this county;
came through with teams; camped out at night; had his team stolen;
tracked them in the morning by their trail,
and succeeded in finding them about 11 o'clock, in the middle of a large prairie,
in an old hovel, where there were several horses;
Mr. B. thought it was the headquarters of a regular gang of horse thieves.
The first store they put up had not enough pipe to go through the roof,
and had to run the pipe out of the window.
One time Mr. B. was away, and the prairie caught fire and burnt over
, and when he returned did not know his own home.
Sex: M
Birth: 13 JUN 1819 in Williamstown, MA
Death: 23 JAN 1897 in Shellsburg, Benton Co, IA
Father: Urbana BURDICK b: 9 SEP 1767 in Hopkinton, RIHopkinton, RI
Mother: Anna Coon
Marriage 1 Elizabeth C. WILCOX b: C 1820
Married: 18 SEP 1845
BURDICK, LYMAN, ret. farmer, Secs. 9 and 10; P. O. Shellsburg;
born in Berkshire Co., Mass., June 30, 1819;
came to this county in 1858;
has 160 acres of land, valued at $5,000.
Held the office of Justice of the Peace.
Married Elizabeth Wilcox in 1845;
born in Berkshire Co., Mass., June 25, 1830;
mother of six children --
Elizabeth C., born July 29, 1846, died Nov. 9, 1863;
George L., born Feb. 27, 1850;
Eva A., born Nov. 29, 1854;
Flora I., born Jan. 9, 1863;
Lulu C., born Feb. 7, 1867;
Edward A., born April 29, 1868.
Emigrated to Lee Co., Ill.;
lived there nearly three years; thence to this county;
came through with teams; camped out at night; had his team stolen;
tracked them in the morning by their trail,
and succeeded in finding them about 11 o'clock, in the middle of a large prairie,
in an old hovel, where there were several horses;
Mr. B. thought it was the headquarters of a regular gang of horse thieves.
The first store they put up had not enough pipe to go through the roof,
and had to run the pipe out of the window.
One time Mr. B. was away, and the prairie caught fire and burnt over
, and when he returned did not know his own home.
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