Clay County, SD Biographies.....Burdick, Frank Noyes 1843 - 
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Author: Geo. A. Ogle & Co. (1897)

FRANK NOYES BURDICK, M. D., ex-state senator, has since 1873 been a prominent
resident of Vermillion, and is one of the leading physicians of the city. His
birth occurred at Guilford, Windham Co., Vt., on the 14th day of September,
1839. He enjoyed fair educational advantages in both public and private schools,
and early evincing a strong desire to enter the medical profession, he
subsequently became a student in the University of Vermont, and from that
excellent institution graduated with honors in the class of '59 after completing
a four-years' course.

    Dr. Burdick at once entered upon the practice of his profession in his
native town, Guilford, where he continued to remain until 1862. He then came to
Sycamore, DeKalb Co., Ill., where the following summer love of his country led
him to offer his services to the government. He enlisted in the Eighty-eighth
Illinois regiment, infantry, was commissioned assistant surgeon, and went with
his regiment to Kentucky. After the battle of Champion Hills he was detailed on
hospital work and had charge of four hospitals, which he organized at Bowling
Green. On account of ill health the following winter he was obliged to give up
his duties and relinquish charge of the hospitals, and then, after being under
treatment in Chicago for several weeks, he resigned his commission and soon
afterward resumed private practice in Elgin, Ill., where he continued until
about 1866. At that time he was again compelled to change climate on account of
ill health, and he decided to return east. He went to New England, and for some
four years practiced medicine in Pittsfield, Mass., but in 1868 he located in
Philadelphia and assumed charge of a Greenback paper known as the Labor Tribune,
  until after the Greeley campaign of 1872. In July of the following year he
came to Vermillion, as stated above, and here he has since made his residence.
Since coming to his present location the Doctor has not only succeeded in
building up a large and valuable practice, but he has also closely identified
himself with local and political affairs. For several years he was the
proprietor of the Dakota Republican -from  1874 to 1890-and for ten years he
served as mayor of the city of Vermillion, leaving a record of credit both to
himself and the public. In 1883 he was elected to the state senate, in which
body he served one term. Dr. Burdick was also a member of the first board of
regents of the State university, and was one of the moving spirits in locating
that institution and getting it started on a sound footing.

    Dr. Burdick has been twice married, his first wedding occurring in
Pittsfield, Mass., in March, 1860, at which time he led to the altar Miss Hattie
Bowker, a native of that city. She died in Guilford, Vt., after but two short
years of married life, and Dr. Burdick was subsequently married in Vermillion to
Mrs. C. H. True, the widow of Charles H. True, the former owner of the Dakota
Republican. Dr. Burdick is a member of Miner post No. 8, G. A. R. He is active
in all good works, and a man of progressive and enterprising spirit.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
OF 
Turner, Lincoln, Union and Clay Counties,
SOUTH DAKOTA.

Containing Biographical Sketches of Hundreds of Prominent Old Settlers and
Representative Citizens, with a Review of their Life Work; their Identity with
the Growth and Development of these Counties; Reminiscences of Personal History
and Pioneer Life; and other Interesting and Valuable Matter which should be
Preserved in History.

ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO.
GEO. A. OGLE & CO.
Publishers, Engravers and Book Manufacturers.
1897.


Biography is the only true history.—EMERSON.

A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
generations.—MACAULAY.


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