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G. W. BURDICK, farmer, P. O. Norwich, a son of Rowland and Alvira (Webb) Burdick, natives of New York State,
was born in Norwich township, McKean Co., Penn., April 17, 1820. He spent his boyhood days on the farm with his
parents, and August 3, 1842, he married Miss Sarah H., a daughter of G. W. and Elizabeth (Rose) Griswold, natives
of Vermont, who were among the early settlers of Smethport, Penn. Mr. Burdick has been identified among the many
lumbermen of McKean county, is also an enterprising farmer, and was postmaster under President Tyler. His son,
W. P. Burdick was born November 27, 1859, and is now a practicing physician in DuBois, Clearfield Co., Penn. G.
W. Burdick' s grandfather was a Baptist minister. His father and mother and six brothers and one sister belonged
to the Baptist Church, and one sister joined the Methodist Church. Six brothers and one sister are still living.
From:
History of the Counties of
McKean, Elk and Forest,
Pennsylvania
With Biographical Selections.
J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers
Chicago, 1890.
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