Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... Burdick, Lorin
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Lorin BURDICK, deceased, farmer; was born in Westford, Chittenden Co., Vt., April 30, 1797; 
was the second white child born in that town; he resided there until his 33d year, and then 
went to New York State, where he remained three year. Married Esther, a daughter of the Rev. 
Samuel BIXBY, now deceased; she was born in Essex, Vt., Aug. 12, 1796. Mr. B. came to this 
county in 1836; remained about nine months, and returned for his family; he immediately 
engaged in farming; he raised his first crop on the farm of the late Reuben FLAGG, Esq.; 
he then farmed on some land belonging to Squire MATTHEWS, after which he preempted 160 
acres of land (what is now known as the MCNEFF Farm); he resided on that until about the 
year 1858; he then settled at the place of his late residence, and continued to reside there 
until the day of his death, which occurred Aug. 3, 1878; his death was caused by taking 
Paris green, by mistake, for sulphur. Mr. BURDICK was a volunteer in the war of 1812, and 
was in the battle of Plattsburg. He had one son in the Mexican war; he died in Mexico; he 
also had three sons in the late war. The names of his children are - Maria (deceased), 
Betsy, Samuel (served in an Iowa regiment during the late war), Charity (deceased), Mary, 
Joalma, Amarilla, Timothy, Lorin (deceased), Harrison, Seraph, Lewis and Josiah (served in 
the 100th I. V. I. during the late war), and Susan. Mr. BURDICK hauled the first timber for 
the Court House in Joliet; he hauled it from Chicago, his team consisting of six yokes of 
oxen; he hewed the first timber for the first bridge, first mill, first hotel, first church 
(Methodist), in Plainfield; he burned the first coal-pit in Plainfield; he, with Mr. BUMP and 
BRUNSON, laid out the first grave-yard (now the Plainfield Cemetery); Mr. BRUNSON was the 
first person buried there. Mr. BURDICK's descendants number over one hundred; his widow is 
still living, and resides on the homestead. Mr. BURDICK united with the Church in 1834; he 
died with Christian hope.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.