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 |
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| 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. |