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Furnished by : John G. Sharp
| The Evening Star November 29, 1858
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Death of an Old Citizen Burdine, William H. d. 28 Nov 1858 On the 28th inst., William Burdine, Sr., aged 78 years. His funeral will take place from the residence of his son at the Navy Yard Bridge on tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon at 2 o'clock. The friends and acquaintances of the family are respectfully invited to attend.
Mr. William Burdine died at the residence of his son, near the Navy Yard Bridge, last evening, aged seventy-eight years. Mr. Burdine came to this city in
the year 1804, and was one of the first hands employed in the pattern department of the Navy Yard , after the establishment of the Government works here;
and few vessels built for the U.S. Navy since that period but what bear the marks of his handiwork; for, until within
the last nine months, he has hardly ever been missed a day from his post in the pattern shop, during a space of fifty-five years, when the works there have
been in operation. In the time of the war of 1812, Mr. Burdine, with many other citizens, shouldered his musket and went forth to do his duty in the field. He
was a member of Captain Burch's company, during the war, and was one of the guards appointed to superintend the burning of the Anacostia bridge on the
occasion of the visit of His Majesty's troops to Washington in August, 1814. He was the most active of the founders of the Navy Yard Beneficial Society in 1831,
of which society he was a member up to the day of his death. In February last he was completely paralyzed (having been partially so for the last nine years) and
from that stroke never recovered so as to be able to speak, to the time when called upon to render up his final account to the Great Author of all existence. |
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The Washington Directory for 1827 published by S.A. Elliot lists "Burdine, William, carpenter, K Street btw 10 and 11east Navy Yard"
1850 U.S. Census for the District of Columbia William H. Burdine, enumerated as residing in Ward 6. He is listed male 63 years old a carpenter by trade. His family consisted of: Margaret age 53, Caroline age 19, and Charles 18. |
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