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Eliza Clark
1807 - 1888 (81 years)-
Name Eliza Clark Birth 28 Apr 1807 Brooklyn, Windham County, Connecticut 
Gender Female Death 08 Jul 1888 Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York Burial Lakewood Cemetery, Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York 
Luther and Eliza (Clark) Burditt, Cooperstown,NY
Plot: BurdittNotes - Sunday morning, July 8th, Mrs. Eliza Clark Burditt, wife of Hon. Luther I. Burditt, departed this life, after a long illness. She was a daughter of the late Caleb Clark, was born in Brooklyn, Conn., April 28th, 1807, was married in 1830, and ad resided in Cooperstown 49 years. The deceased was quiet and unobtrusive in her manner, and commanded the respect of all who sought association with her She thrust aside self in her earnest search for what she regarded as duty. Duty with her was the paramount obligation, which she felt was due first to God and to her family, and then to all who made their distresses, wants and necessities known to her. She was domestic in her tastes, desires and ambition, and passed her long and useful life in untiring devotion to her family, and to her prudent forethought and judgment, manifest from the period of her early marital relations, much of the family success is due. Her daily walk was evidence that her highest private interest, her greatest enjoyment was in the family circle. She has been a noble example of her whose husband is known in the gates, and whose children rise up to call her blessed. She leaves a husband, one son and two daughters, all of this village. The funeral services took place Tuesday afternoon."
(The Worcester Times (Worcester, NY), July 14, 1888, pg. 5, col. 3)
Person ID I11245 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 19 Aug 2026
Father Caleb Clark Mother Polly Dennison Family ID F2897 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Honorable Luther Ingalls Burditt, b. 26 Dec 1810, Duanesburgh, Schenectady County, New York d. 19 Mar 1895, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida (Age 84 years) Marriage 29 Apr 1830 Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York Children 1. Byron W. Burditt, b. 1831, New York d. 31 May 1864, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa (Age 33 years)+ 2. Mary Emma Burditt, b. Abt 1833, New York 3. Sarah Jane Burditt, b. Sep 1836, Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York d. 14 Feb 1905, Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York (Age ~ 68 years)4. Henry D. Burditt, b. 1839, New York d. 28 Dec 1862, Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York (Age 23 years)5. Francis Lucinda Burditt, b. Abt 1840, Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York d. 1841, Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York (Age ~ 1 years)6. Levi Burditt, b. 1845, Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York d. 1845, Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York (Age 0 years)+ 7. William Dean Burditt, b. 08 Jan 1848, Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York d. 29 Jan 1919, Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York (Age 71 years)Family ID F2896 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Sunday morning, July 8th, Mrs. Eliza Clark Burditt, wife of Hon. Luther I. Burditt, departed this life, after a long illness. She was a daughter of the late Caleb Clark, was born in Brooklyn, Conn., April 28th, 1807, was married in 1830, and ad resided in Cooperstown 49 years. The deceased was quiet and unobtrusive in her manner, and commanded the respect of all who sought association with her She thrust aside self in her earnest search for what she regarded as duty. Duty with her was the paramount obligation, which she felt was due first to God and to her family, and then to all who made their distresses, wants and necessities known to her. She was domestic in her tastes, desires and ambition, and passed her long and useful life in untiring devotion to her family, and to her prudent forethought and judgment, manifest from the period of her early marital relations, much of the family success is due. Her daily walk was evidence that her highest private interest, her greatest enjoyment was in the family circle. She has been a noble example of her whose husband is known in the gates, and whose children rise up to call her blessed. She leaves a husband, one son and two daughters, all of this village. The funeral services took place Tuesday afternoon."
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Birth - 28 Apr 1807 - Brooklyn, Windham County, Connecticut 
Marriage - 29 Apr 1830 - Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York Death - 08 Jul 1888 - Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York 
Burial - - Lakewood Cemetery, Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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