Dr. Lutellus Linley Burdick

Son of Alden Burdick & Jerusha Parks

Married Sarah Avilda Mecham, 8 Jan 1854, Lehi, Utah, Utah

Married Ellen Nordstrom, 12 Aug 1899, Sandy City, Salt Lake, Utah

• Updated from Find A Grave Memorial via daughter Sarah Elvira Allred (born Burdick) by SmartCopy: Feb 12 2015, 15:18:40 UTC

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GEDCOM Note

K2W3-2K7 Lutellus Burdick 1830 C 1914 Sarah Mecham 1829 C 1898 By Maxine Wimmer Burdick Lutellus Burdick, son of Alden Burdick and Jerusha Parks, was born in Jamestown, Chataqua County, New York on December 16, 1830 His parents joined the Mormon Church in 1830 and moved to Hancock County, Illinois. He spent time as a missionary where he was well acquainted with Joseph and Hyrum Smith. In 1851 the family came to Utah and settled in Kaysville. In 1852 Lutellus went to California because of the gold excitement, but he returned in 1853 and settled in Lehi. He studied medicine in New York and Illinois. He married Sarah Mecham, daughter of Moses and Elvira Mecham, who was the daughter of Moses and Elvira Derby Mecham. She was born August 11, 1829 in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. They were married November 8, 1854 in Lehi, Utah County, Utah. He set up a boot shop in Provo, Utah where he practiced medicine while supervising the boot shop. There, his sons were instructed in making shoes and boots. In 1871 the family moved to Spring City, Sanpete County, Utah. He had a good medicine practice and the family still had the boot shop. In Spring City he served as a Notary Public and a Justice of the Peace. Lutellus and Sarah had thirteen children, eleven of whom lived to adulthood. They were Juliet, Elvira, Annie, Emma, Adelia, Lutellus, Moses, Viola, Flavius, Frank and Thomas.