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Lowell Jay Burditt
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Name Lowell Jay Burditt Birth 15 May 1825 Shrewsbury, Rutland County, Vermont
Gender Male Death 27 Apr 1914 Fonda, Pocahontas County, Iowa
Burial Cedar Township Cemetery, Fonda, Pocahontas County, Iowa
Notes - Lowell Jay Burditt sold his mills to Horace G. Hewitt in 1852 for $312.00. In 1853, Lowell sold his farm, known as the Artemas Shippee farm to Walter Wilmoth for $950.00. Lowell Burditt purchased a very large home from Bella Pratt in 1851 and sold it to Dennis Boughan for $1,500 in 1854. Lowell moved his family to Green Garden, Will County, Illinois (not far from Joliet) in the late 1850's. His son Mordecia was born in 1855 in Shrewsbury and the next child, his son Lowell Henry was born in Illinois, December 1860. Lowell Burditt bought 80 acres of land in Illinois on September 17, 1867. In the Illinois Public Domaine Land Tract Sales it is lists as: Legal Description: S2SW (south 1/2 of SW 1/4 of a section) Section: 22 Will, Twsp: 34N , Range: 12E, Meridian: 3 Acres bought: 80 Price per acre: $10.00 total price $840. (extra $40.00??) Apparently the quality of this land was not very good.
In about 1873, Lowell Jay Burditt moved his family to Effren, Jefferson Twp., Newton County, Indiana. In about 1883, the family moved to Fonda, Calhoun County, Williams Township, Iowa.
1900 living in Lincoln,Calhoun Co.,IA retired farmer
Person ID I8011 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 18 Dec 2020
Father Daniel Burditt, b. 14 Apr 1795, Sullivan, Cheshire County, New Hampshire
d. 10 Jul 1850, Shrewsbury, Rutland County, Vermont
(Age 55 years) Mother Hannah Oliver, b. 22 Jun 1796, Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire
d. 15 Jan 1868, Shrewsbury, Rutland County, Vermont
(Age 71 years) Marriage 30 Jun 1816 Shrewsbury, Rutland County, Vermont
Family ID F1925 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Amanda Harriett Warren, b. 5 Feb 1836, Vermont
d. 31 Dec 1900, Manson, Calhoun County, Iowa
(Age 64 years) Marriage 1 Dec 1852 Plymouth, Windsor County, Vermont
Children > 1. Emilade Burditt, b. 9 Nov 1853, Shrewsbury, Rutland County, Vermont
d. 22 Oct 1890, Dayton, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
(Age 36 years)+ 2. Mordecai D. Burditt, b. 1 Sep 1855, Shrewsbury, Rutland County, Vermont
d. 3 Jul 1898, Pomona, Howell County, Missouri
(Age 42 years)3. Lowell Henry Burditt, b. 19 Dec 1860, Green Garden Twp, Will County, Illinois
d. 2 Nov 1864, Green Garden Twp, Will County, Illinois
(Age 3 years)+ 4. Frances Lucinda Burditt, b. 9 Nov 1863, Green Garden Twp, Will County, Illinois
d. 16 Mar 1902, Calhoun County, Iowa
(Age 38 years)> 5. Ida May Burditt, b. 26 Jul 1865, Green Garden Twp, Will County, Illinois
d. 21 Jul 1948, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
(Age 82 years)> 6. Luella Burditt, b. 1 Oct 1867, Green Garden Twp, Will County, Illinois
d. 21 Oct 1950, Williams, Hamilton County, Iowa
(Age 83 years)+ 7. Merrill Daniel Burditt, b. 10 Jan 1875, Green Garden Twp, Will County, Illinois
d. 15 Oct 1937, Williams, Hamilton County, Iowa
(Age 62 years)Family ID F1932 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Lowell Jay Burditt sold his mills to Horace G. Hewitt in 1852 for $312.00. In 1853, Lowell sold his farm, known as the Artemas Shippee farm to Walter Wilmoth for $950.00. Lowell Burditt purchased a very large home from Bella Pratt in 1851 and sold it to Dennis Boughan for $1,500 in 1854. Lowell moved his family to Green Garden, Will County, Illinois (not far from Joliet) in the late 1850's. His son Mordecia was born in 1855 in Shrewsbury and the next child, his son Lowell Henry was born in Illinois, December 1860. Lowell Burditt bought 80 acres of land in Illinois on September 17, 1867. In the Illinois Public Domaine Land Tract Sales it is lists as: Legal Description: S2SW (south 1/2 of SW 1/4 of a section) Section: 22 Will, Twsp: 34N , Range: 12E, Meridian: 3 Acres bought: 80 Price per acre: $10.00 total price $840. (extra $40.00??) Apparently the quality of this land was not very good.
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