Cyren Burdick

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Cyren Burdick
Member of the MichiganHouseofRepresentatives
from the Kalamazoo County district
In office
November 2, 1835 –January 1, 1837
Personal details
Born(1800-06-25)June 25, 1800
Waitsfield, Vermont
DiedOctober 26, 1837(1837-10-26) (aged 37)

Cyren Burdick (June 25, 1800 – October 26, 1837) was an American politician who served in the Michigan House of Representatives in the first session after the adoption of the state constitution. He was one of the early settlers of the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Biography

Cyren Burdick was born in Waitsfield, Vermont, on June 25, 1800, the son of John Burdick and Phebe Freeman. His father was a lawyer and farmer who served multiple times as a town selectman. [1] Burdick worked as a teacher in the winter when his duties on the farm would allow him time. [2] In 1830, he was appointed as an assistant in the Vermont General Assembly. [3]

In 1831, Burdick's brother General Justus Burdick went to Michigan at the suggestion of his acquaintance from school, Elon Farnsworth, who later became attorney general of Michigan. Once there, and informed about the good prospects of the village of Bronson by Lucius Lyon, a future U.S. senator, Justus Burdick purchased a portion of the village from its founder, Titus Bronson. He returned to Vermont and sent Cyrus Burdick to Michigan to act as his agent. [4] The following year, Burdick oversaw construction of the first tavern and hotel in Bronson, the Kalamazoo House, on behalf of his brother. He moved his family into the hotel portion and operated it for two years. He also purchased a sawmill during this time, where most of the wood for the hotel was milled. [5]

Burdick and his wife donated land in 1833 for the city's first cemetery, South West Street Cemetery, which was in use until 1862, [6] and that same year Burdick's uncle Ira arrived and became a part owner of the Kalamazoo House. [7] Bronson was renamed Kalamazoo on March 2, 1836. [8]

Burdick was appointed to the first common schools committee in Arcadia Township, Michigan in 1833, [9] and was an associate judge of the circuit court of Kalamazoo County during its first session that year. [10] He was elected to the first session of the Michigan House of Representatives following the adoption of the state constitution in 1835, [11] and served as a township supervisor in 1837. [12]

In March 1834, Burdick and others incorporated the Kalamazoo Mutual Insurance Company, and Burdick served as its secretary until 1837. The company ceased operation in 1843. [13] He formed a company along with Lucius Lyon and others in 1836 to provide transportation by boat on the Kalamazoo River, but the boat was wrecked on its second voyage, and commercial traffic on the river ceased for several more years. [14]

Burdick died on October 26, 1837. [15]

Family

Burdick married Mary Ann Gilman, and they had three children: Roderick Carlisle, Edgar T., and Cyren; Cyren died as a child. [15]

Notes

  1. ↑ Jones 1909, pp. 249, 251.
  2. ↑ Jones 1909, p. 160.
  3. ↑ Journal of the General Assembly of the State of Vermont 1830, p. 13.
  4. ↑ Durant 1880, pp. 213–214.
  5. ↑ Durant 1880, p. 254.
  6. ↑ Ashlee 2005, p. 214.
  7. ↑ Durant 1880, pp. 216–217.
  8. ↑ Durant 1880, p. 220.
  9. ↑ Lieffers 1949, p. 23.
  10. ↑ Durant 1880, p. 106.
  11. ↑ Durant 1880, p. 56.
  12. ↑ Durant 1880, p. 109.
  13. ↑ Durant 1880, pp. 137–138.
  14. ↑ Durant 1880, p. 168.
  15. 1 2 Jones 1909, p. 251.

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