Burdett, J. Milton

Passed: 1910-12-20

Age: 92

Source: Mountaineer

Death Notice: 1910-12-28

Obituary Date: 1911-01-06

Information: The subject of this sketch was born in Monroe County, VA. (now W. Va.) 6 February 1818.  The death summons called him to the great beyond 20 December 1910, he having reached the ripe old age of 92 years, 10 months and 14 days.  When a child, his parents moved to Greenbrier County and there lived until 1836 and then moved to Roane County.  In 1840 he was united in marriage to Miss Matilda Sayre of Jackson County.  To this union 11 children were born, viz:  Diana, W. Clarkson, James P., Hannah, Emily J., John M., Dallas A., Sarah A., Monroe D., Mark D., and Ezekiel H.  His wife preceded him to the grave 8 years and three months.  They lived a happy life together 62 years.  The deceased children are Hannah, died in infancy; W. Clarkson at the age of 20 years, fell in the hard battle of Vicksburg, May 19, 1863, having belonged to the Union Army, Co. I, 4th WV Infantry.  Sarah A. died at the age of 38 years.  The surviving children are Mrs. Diana Calvert of Guysville, Ohio, James P. of Leon, Mrs. Emily J. Childers of Evans, WV,, John M. of Point Pleasant, Dallas A. of Middleport, Ohio, Monroe D. of Columbus, Ohio, Mark G. and Ezekiel H. of Leon, WV.  At the time of his death he was the grandfather of 57 and the great grandfather of 61 children.  The deceased during the great rebellion was a strong Union man, voted for Bell and Everett in 1860.  He was the second man to take the oath of office in Jackson County in West Virginia in 1863.  He was commissioned Captain of the Home Guard of Jackson County by Governor Arthur I. Borman.  He was twice made a prisoner by the Confederate soldiers and possibly escaped death at their hands by the intercession of Col. George Crow, of General Wise's command.  He was Deputy Sheriff of Jackson County from 1866 to 1873.  After a long and useful life in his community he has gone to his final reward.  His remains were laid to rest on the 22nd inst. in the family graveyard on his daughter, Emily Childer's farm.  (This first appeared in the Point Pleasant Register, 28 Dec. 1910.)   (From the Betty Kessel McIntyre collection)