Details for Benjamin Burke

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5455007955

Data

Marker Number 7955
Atlas Number 5455007955
Marker Title Benjamin Burke
Index Entry Burke, Benjamin
Address
City
County Trinity
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 308884
UTM Northing 3462783
Subject Codes
Marker Year
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Burke Family Cemetery; 4 miles north of Apple Springs on FM 2501
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size grave marker
Marker Text (1793-1863) Pioneer farmer Benjamin Burke migrated to Texas about 1829 and received an 1834 land grant from the Mexican government in what is now Tyler County. He served in the Texas Army during the war for independence. About 1859 he moved to the Centralia Community in Trinity County. He married Susan (Ogden) Burke (1808-1890) and had nine children. Two of his sons fought in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

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