Benjamin Franklin Burke

Male, #32429, (13 Jun 1848 - 30 Mar 1908)

Birth*13 Jun 1848 Benjamin was born at Arkansas on 13 Jun 1848. 
Employment* Benjamin's occupation: farmer. 
Marriage*15 Dec 1880 He married Georgia Ann Texas Culpepper at Lavaca Co., Texas, on 15 Dec 1880.1 
1900 Census*1 Jun 1900 Benjamin was listed as the head of a family on the 1900 Census at Old Sweet Home, Lavaca Co., Texas.2 
Death*30 Mar 1908 He died at Yoakum, Lavaca Co., Texas, on 30 Mar 1908. 
Burial*circa 31 Mar 1908 His body was interred circa 31 Mar 1908 at Oak Grove Cemetery, Yoakum, Lavaca Co., Texas. 
Biography* The "BIBLE FAMILY RECORD OF FRANCIS G. & EGLINTINE CULPEPPER" also included the death record of B. F. Burke (the day is illegible: 29? 19?): _________________________Benjamine F. Burke _________________________Husband of Georgia A. Burke _________________________Died Mar __? 1908
      Mrs. T. D. (Patty Bennett) McGinty wrote 25 Jul 1988: Ben F. Burke was born 13 Jun 1839 and died the 20 March 1908 in Yoakum, Lavaca Co., Tx. They [Benn and Georgia, his wife] were both buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery not Bar Lawn Cemetery. Culpepper Heritage Association records list the birth date as "13 Jun 1839" and the death date as "30 Mar 1908." It also notes that B. F. Burke was a "Private in Terry's Rangers, CSA, MM, UCV." 

Family

Georgia Ann Texas Culpepper (21 Mar 1851 - 12 Nov 1905)

Last Edited 25 Jan 2004

Citations

  1. Texas Department of State Health Services, compiler, Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002, Online database at Ancestry.com, 2005.
    http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8795
    Lavaca Co., TX: Georgia A. Culpepper and B. F. Burke, 15 Dec 1880, Book II, p. 536.
  2. 1900 Federal Census, United States.
    ED 87, Sheet 2B, Pg 116A, Pct 3, Gen.com Img 4, Old Sweet Home, Lavaca Co., TX
    B. F. Burke, Head, M, Jun-1848, 61, md-19 yrs, AR Austria Austria, Farmer
    G. A. (Culpepper) Burke, Wife, F, Mar-1851, 49, md-19 yrs, Ch 5/5, MS NC NC
    Mattie Burke, Daughter, F, Sep-1881, 18, S, TX AR MS
    Richard Burke, Son, M, Feb-1883, 17, S, TX AR MS, Farm Laborer
    William Burke, Son, M, Feb-1885, 15, S, TX AR MS, Farm Laborer
    Benjamin Burke, Son, M, Sep-1886, 13, S, TX AR MS
    Jessie Burke, Son, M [actually a Daughter], Dec-1888, 11, S, TX AR MS
    F. G. Culpepper, Father-in-law, M, Jan-1803, Wid, NC [SC in all prev censuses] AR MS.