Notes for: George W. Berdine
From Ronny Bodine (June 12, 2020):
George W. Berdine, age 26, a resident of Trivoli, Peoria County, Illinois enlisted 11 Aug 1862 in Peoria, was mustered in 27 Aug 1862 as a Private in Company B, 86th Illinois Infantry Regiment (USA) and was mustered out as a Corporal 6 June 1865 in Washington, D.C.
1870 Akron, Peoria Co., IL: George BERDINE 35 NJ farmer, Mary 22 PA, Edward 3/12 IL.
1880 Compromise, Champaign Co., IL: George W. BERDINE 41 NJ farmer, Mary E. 32 PA wife, Edward F. 11 IL son, Mable 1 IL dau.
On 30 Sept 1889, George W. Berdine filed for an invalid pension which was granted under Certificate No. 514,135.
1895 Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS: G. W. BERDINE 59 NJ, M. E. 46 PA, Mabel 16 IL, E. W. 24 IL.
1900 Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS: Geo. BERDINE March 1836 NJ day laborer, Mary July 1848 PA wife, Edward April 1870 IL son, Mabel Feb 1880 IL dau. Married 35 years, 2 children born/2 living.
1905 Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS: G. W. BERDINE 69, Mary 57, Maabel H. 24.
1910 Richland Twp., Hamilton Co., KS: George W. BERDINE 74 NJ farmer, Mary 62 PA wife. Married 42 years, 2 children born/2 living.
Portrait and Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kansas [Chapman Bros., 1888], p. 1025 in a detailed biography of George W. Berdine, writes:
George W. Berdine, the genial and popular proprietor of the Buckeye Hotel at Mt. Hope, migrated to this section of the country from Peoria, Ill. He was born on the 25th of March, 1836. He has had some experience in agricultural pursuits, and is a man of good business capacities, public-spirited and liberal, and in all respects a valued member of society.
Our subject was a lad of seven years when his father's family settled in Peoria County, Ill., where he grew to manhood, and received a common school education. He came to the Territory of Kansas in 1858, and for four years thereafter was engaged as clerk in a general store at Lawrence, with the exception of six months spent in the mountains on account of his health. After the outbreak of the Rebellion he enlisted, in 1862, in Company B, 86th Illinois Infantry, of which his two brothers, Martin and Walter J., were also members. They participated in the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, went all through the Atlanta campaign, and accompanied General Sherman first to Richmond and finally to Washington. Here they were in the grand review, and were mustered out in June, 1865, our subject having been promoted to Corporal and carried the colors of his regiment during the last two years.
Upon his return from the army, Mr. Berdine resumed farming in Peoria County, Ill., and subsequently became the owner of eighty acres in Champaign County, Ill., and resided there seven years. In June, 1884, he sold out and removed to Sedgwick County, Kan. His first purchase here was a quarter-section in Sherman Township, which he traded later for his hotel property, and to the latter has since given his time and attention.
Our subject, while a resident of Illinois, was united in marriage with Miss Mary, daughter of Samuel and Harriet (Frey) Frey, the wedding taking place at the home of the bride, April 8, 1868. Mrs. Berdine was born July 24, 1842, in Huntingdon County, Pa., and was the fourth of eight children born to her parents. Her brother William died when about thirty-three of thirty-four years of age; Almira is the wife of John Adams, and resides in Iowa; Hattie, Mrs. O. P. Sweet, is a resident of Boston, Mass.; David lives in Buffalo, N.Y.; Priscilla became the wife of Arthur Barber, of Carthage, Mo.; Anna, Mrs. Allen Canada, and Ella, Mrs. Isaac Canada, are residents of Jerseyville, Ill. Mrs. Berdine is a very pleasant and intelligent lady, and an expert in the manufacture of wax and zephyr flowers.
The two children of our subject and his wife are Edward F., who is eighteen years of age, and Mabel H., who is nine years of age. Mr. Berdine is a Republican politically, and socially, is a member of S.A. Gilbert Post No. 354, G.A.R. He was a charter member of the post at Paxton, Ill., and also assisted in the organization of the Knights of Pythias, Tasmania Lodge No. 120, at Mt. Hope.
Obituary, The Wichita (KS) Beacon of Mon., 6 Feb 1911.
G. W. Berdine, a veteran of the Civil war and an old resident of Wichita, died yesterday at the State Soldiers' Home at Ft. Dodge. The body arrived in Wichita today at 3:15, accompanied by Mr. Berdine's wife. The funeral services will be held at the Gill mortuary chapel tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock and will be under the auspices of Garfield Post, of which Mr. Berdine was a member. Mr. Berdine was nearly 70 years old. He had lived in Wichita many years. Recently he went to Ft. Dodge with his wife to spend his last days in the State Soldiers' Home.
On 15 Feb 1911, Mary Berdine filed for a widow's pension which was granted under Certificate No. 718,232.
1915 Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS: George CULVER 33, Mabel 33, William 5 mo., Mary BERDINE 66.
1920 George E. CULVER 38 IA salesman-paint store, Mabel 38 IL wife, William 5 KS son, Mary BERDINE 76 PA mother-in-law.
1922 Wichita, Kansas City Directory: Mary BERDINE widow of George W.
Mary Berdine is not named in Wichita city directories after 1922 and was not living with the Culvers in the 1925 census of Wichita. Unable to locate a source for her death on 10 Dec 1929.
Burials in Highland Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 13927393)
CORPL. GEO. W. BERDINE Co B 86 ILL INF [No dates]
MARY BERDINE [No photo available.]