Benjamin Burke
 (1793-1863)

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Marker Text: 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. (1977) 

Marker No: 7955

Grave Marker 

Geographic: 31.283686, -95.007706

Location: Burke Family Cemetery; 4 miles north of Apple Springs on FM 2501