| Home Surname List Name Index Sources GEDCOM File Email Us | Ninth Generation5876. Charles Edgar Burd was born on 9 November 1882 in Marshalls Corner, Mercer, NJ. He died on 22 October 1937 at the age of 54. He was buried at Harbourton Baptist Cemetery in Harbourton, Mercer, NJ. Charles was a member with his family at Titusville Presbyterian Church in Titusville, Mercer Co., NJ. Charles, Jr. said that his father bought the farm where the "Turkey Farm" is now about 1906 for $1,500. He was told the story of when they first moved in that they had to watch Walter real close. He wanted to "go home" and would take off if he wasn't being watched. In 1917 Charles Sr. bought Maplehurst farm for $6,000. Charles farmed both farms for a while, than rented the "Turkey Farm" to Maruts. He later sold the "Turkey Farm" in the early 1920's. Charles and Cornelia would have relatives & friends come to visit them during the summer. During the winter they would visit back and forth with another Pleasant Valley family, the George Woodens. Charles, Jr. remembers sleigh rides up to the Wooden's and playing pinochle, parchesi, and checkers and eating homemade ice cream by the woodstove. During summers, the Burd children would play with the Wooden children. Charles, Jr. remembers Gladys Wooden being like a big sister to him. She would help him find the best hiding places while playing "hide and seek". Charles Sr. always had them trim the osage orange hedge along the road 2 times each summer. The hedge went from where the picnic grounds are now to where the ski lift is now. Every once in a while as they were trimming, they would get into a bees nest. This was a good fence for keeping the cows in the road as they were being driven up from the meadow. Charles Sr. liked to foxhunt. When he developed diabetes, the doctor said that if his foot froze it would have to be amputated. Gid and Walt had to sell his hound dogs to keep him from going hunting. Charles Sr. used to take wagons into Trenton to sell produce and other farm goods. The family went to church at Titusville Presbyterian and went to school at Pleasant Valley. They did no field work on Sunday--only did what work was necessary to tend the livestock. Charles Sr. got Gideon started in the milk business when the Wooden's sold their milk route. Charles Edgar Burd and Cornelia S. Wambaugh were married on 14 November 1901. Cornelia S. Wambaugh, daughter of Thomas Wambaugh and Caroline Wiley, was born on 1 June 1885. She died in 1958 at the age of 73. She was buried at Harbourton Baptist Cemetery in Harbourton, Mercer, NJ. Per Charles Burd, Jr. Charles Edgar Burd-10339 and Cornelia S. Wambaugh-29942 had the following children:
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