Ogden Daily Standard | 1902-05-27 | Page 3 | Dr. Burke at Rest Section

DR BURKE AT mist cheyenne wyo may 27 alie funeral of dr william craige burke who died saturday night occurred yesterday afternoon at 1 from the home of lih son united states attorney T F burke dr burke was in many respects a remarkable man he was born in woodstock vt february 19 1812 ho graduated from dartmouth college in 1833 and was a classmate of charles A dana in 1838 he graduated from the andover theological seminary and preached the congregational faith for two years his voice then failing ho took up the study graduating from the of mew york in 1844 he practiced his in new york until ash in 1818 lie married sarah elizabe ati farrar daughter of lion timothy farrar of boston who was A law daniel webster the last eleven year of his liaci were spent at the home of his son dr burke ne student dr burke was a fine student of greek hebrew latin theology sciences and kept up his studies to the end ilia academic theological and medical education made him perhaps the most classical student and highly cultured roan who ever lived in wyoming dr burke was a contemporary of oliver wendall holmes and was one of the congregational council before ach henry ward beecher ans tried he remembered new york city when the anaila from the south and wet were taken to alic dock in barrows and rowed across coith river at the lime of hh death lie vas the olac it graduate of dartmouth college