Obrien-Polk County IA Archives Biographies.....Burke, F. 1839 - 
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Author: Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer (1909)

Burke, Dr. F. Resides at Maryville, Mo.; born January 24, 1839, at Quincy, Ill.;
father, Louis M. (born February 22, 1797, in Pennsylvania), mother, Isabella
Whitford (born July 30, 1804, in Pennsylvania). Married to Minerva Ellis
November 23, 1864. Enlisted August 2, 1861, at Des Moines in Company D, Second
Iowa Cavalry, First Brigade, Third Division, Sixteenth Army Corps, Western Army;
in battles of Fort Pillow, Corinth, Iuka, Rooneville, New Madrid, Pine Bluff,
Grierson Raid, Jackson; injured at Memphis, Tenn.; promoted to Eighth Corporal
January 1, 1863; to Sixth Corporal May 1, 1863; discharged October 16, 1864, at
Davenport, Iowa. Settled in this county in 1872, residing two miles east of
Primghar in Highland Township. Member Methodist Episcopal Church and G. A. R.

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BIOGRAPHICAL DATA AND ARMY RECORD OF OLD SOLDIERS
Who Have Lived in O'Brien Co. Iowa
COMPILED BY
Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer
Published Privately 
PRIMGHAR, IOWA
1909

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