WILLIAM C. AND ELIZA (EASTWOOD) BURKE RESEARCH RECORD

BIRTH/BAPTISM/PARENTS/CHILDREN RECORDS

DEATH/OBITUARY/CEMETERY RECORDS

Both he and his wife Eliza (or Elizabeth) died at the home of their daughter, Sarah VAN GUNDY in Butler township, Butler Co, IA.  They are buried in the Lowell Cemetery, southeast of Clarksville, Butler Co, IA.

MARRIAGE/DIVORCE RECORDS

FAMILY BIBLE/RELIGION AFFILIATIONS RECORDS

EMPLOYMENT/MILITARY/ORGANIZATIONS RECORDS

William C. Burke was a farmer and laborer.

WILL/ESTATE/DEEDS/COURT RECORDS

Obituary, Clarksville Star, 16 May 1889.  Died:  William BURKE died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Sarah VAN GUNDY, which he has made his home for 12 years, on 11 May 1889.  He was 89 years old 4 months and 17 days.  He leaves six sons and three daughters to mourn his death and he was ready and willing to go.

Obituary, Clarksville Star, 28 Apr 1887:  Died:  April 26, 1886 of dropsy, Mrs. Eliza BURKE, age 75 years, 10 months and 20 days.  The deceased has been a constant sufferer for five years.  She leaves to mourn her loss an aged husband, six sons and three daughters.  Her death occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sarah VAN GRUNDY and she was buried in the Lowtown Cemetery.  Although a very busy season her funeral was quite largely attended.

CENSUS/CITY DIRECTORIES/TAX LIST RECORDS

1880 Beaver Township, Smith Co, KS
     Burk, Frank E.                   W   M   30     Farmer     IA   VA   MI
              George Anna             W   F    29     Wife         PA  PA   PA
              Lorenzo                     W   M   11/12                KS  OH  PA

1870  Butler Township, Butler Co, IA
     William C. BURKE           71     b.  Ireland
     Eliza                                   63     b.  England
     Charles D.                          16
     Lorenzo D.                         25
     Frank                                 23

1860 Pickaway Township, Pickaway Co, OH, Post Office:  Kingston:
     William BURKE                68     b.  Ireland         Farmer
     Eliza                                   50      b.  Ireland
     John                                   24
     Lorenzo                              17
     Frank                                 14
     Martha J.                            12
     Charles                                 9

1850  Kingston, Greene Township, Ross Co, OH, pp. 425-426
     William C. BURKE          56     Laborer     b.  Ireland
     Eliza BURKE                   40                      b.  Ireland
     James E. BURKE            19     Laborer     b.  NY
     William C. BURKE          16     Laborer     b.  OH
     Elizabeth BURKE             13                      b.  OH
     John BURKE                   12                      b.  OH
     Lorenzo D. BURKE           9                      b.  OH
     Frances BURKE                4                      b.  OH
     Martha J. BURKE              1                      b.  OH

1840 Fairfield Co, OH, U.S. Census, p. 296: 
     William BURKE    
          1 m. under 5      John BURKE
          2 m.  5-10         James E. & Wm. C. BURKE
          1 m.  30-40       William C. BURKE
          1 f. under 5        Elizabeth BURKE
          1 f.   10-15        Sarah A. BURKE
          1 f.  20-30         Eliza BURKE

In the 1830 U.S. Census in Utica, Oneida Co, NY, William BURKE was living next door to James BURKE.  James was the head-of-house in 30-40 age group and William was listed as head-of-house in the 20-30 age group.  James and William appear in the Utica city directory from 1828-1833.  James was listed as a labourer and William as a Morocco dresser; that is, a leather dresser.  No BURKEs were listed after 1833.

1830 Oneida Co, NY, U.S. Census:
     William C. BURKE  

MIGRATION/CHRONOLOGY/MAP REFERENCE RECORDS

William C. BURKE:

1792     Born in Ireland
1830     Oneida Co, NY
1840     Fairfield Co, OH
1850     Ross Co, OH
1860     Pickaway Co, OH
1868     Butler Co, IA (Martha Jane BURKE ADAIR's obituary)
1870     Butler Co, IA

Burk, Wm. n.a.  NY NY  1816     8099 p. 96
     Schlegel, Donald M.  Passengers from Ireland: Lists of Passengers Arriving at American
     Ports Between 1811 and 1817.  Transcribed from "The Shamrock or Hibernian Chronicle."
     Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1980, p. 96.

Burk, Wm.  n.a.  NY NY  1816     1742, p. 186
     Early, Charles Montague.  Passenger Lists from "The Shamrock or Irish Chronicle, 1815-
     1816."  The Journal of the American Irish Historical Society 29 (1930-1931), p. 186.

Burke, Wm. C.  1830  NY
     Burk, Wm.     Alba   304    Albany4   E3   36    20
                            ULST   080   Esopus   A2ER
             e, w        New    127    NYC10th   D E H
                            ONE1 029    Utica    ENR
                            New    049    NYC10th  EN2OR
                            OTSE  105    Middlefi   DIU
                            TOMP  541   Lansing  CGN203PS
                 G        New     199    NYC 8th  A1CD4E3FPW3R

INTERVIEW/ARTIFACTS RECORDS

WRITINGS/HISTORIES/NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINE RECORDS

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30.1__Sarah A. BURKE     
     b.  10 Sep 1828
     child of:  William C. & Eliza (EASTWOOD) BURKE
     d.  24 Feb 1893, Butler Township, Butler Co, IA
     Buried:  Lowell Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA  (Plot: South Section, Row 18)

     m.  24 Dec 1873, Ross Co, OH  (Date has to be wrong - can't marry 11 months after you die and the children were born beg.
           in 1850) (Source:  Ross Co, OH Families, Bicentennial Edition, by Ross Co Genealogical Society, 1976)

30.1s__David VAN GUNDY
     b.  22 Dec 1821, Ross Co, OH
     child of:  Jacob (1770-1854) & Catherine (1780-1856) (CONNER) VAN GUNDY
     d.  31 Jan 1873, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA 
     Buried:  Lowell Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA (Plot: South Section, Row 18)  Civil War Veteran

Other Marriages:

Children:
30.1a  Wesley J. VAN GUNDY     b.  26 Jan 1850, OH     d.  2 Sep 1860   
           Buried:  Lowell Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA (Plot: South Section, Row 18)
30.1b  Almeda Jane VAN GUNDY     b.  1852, OH     d.  1919
           Buried:  Lowell Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA (Plot:  South Section, Row 17)
           m.  Hiram POISAL    b.  Oct 1844, IN     d.  20 Oct 1934, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA   
                 Buried:  Lowell Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA (Plot:  South Section, Row 17)
                 child of:  George William (1813-1903) & Mary Ann (c1815-c1845/1849) (BURKETT) POISAL
           Children:  Laura May (Mae) POISAL     b.  2 Nov 1873, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA    
                          d.  5 Aug 1947, Chicago, Cook Co, IL
                          m1.  4 Oct 1891, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA  (divorced by 1900)    James H. BOWEN   
                                  b.  Jan 1866, South Bend, St. Joseph Co, IN     d.  1879, Black Hawk Co, IA
                                  Buried:  Elmwood Cemetery, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, IA
                                  child of:  Isaiah (1842-1909) & Lucinda (1844-1918) (RUSH) BOWEN
                                  m2.  19 Nov 1916, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA  (IA Marriages)    Anna C. EICHER 
                                          (Note:  IA Marriages says "EICHER," Find-A-Grave says "FISHER")
                                          b. 1879, Black Hawk Co, IA  d. 1951  Buried:  Elmwood Cemetery, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, IA
                          m2. Emil Peter BLEIER     b.  23 Apr 1884, Reading, Hamilton Co, OH    
                                d.  1 Jan 1951, Madera, Madera Co, CA
                                child of:  John Robert (1850-1900) & Barbara (1860-1947) (TRAPP) BLEIER
                          Alma C. POISAL     b.  c1875
                          George Hiram POISAL     b.  1876     d.  6 Apr 1930 (see obituary)  
                          Buried:  Lowell Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA
                          m.  Myrtle WAMSLEY     b.  1882    d.  1946     Buried:  Lowell Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA
30.1c  Hester A. VAN GUNDY     b.  1855, OH
30.1d  Sarah Elizabeth VAN GUNDY     b.  1858, IA
30.1e  Emma C. VAN GUNDY     b.  1862, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA
           m.  18 Jul 1880, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA by J.J. Euihar, JP (IA Marriage)     James W. WOODS   
                 b.  c1857, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA     child of:  James & Mary (BUMGARDNER) WOODS
30.1f  Laura R. VAN GUNDY     b.  2 Feb 1864, IA     d.  22 Jul 1881 
          Buried:  Lowell Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA (Plot: South Section, Row 18)
30.1g  Minnie VAN GUNDY     b.  1866, IA
           m.  Francis McCAGUE
           Children:  Lulah McCAGUE     b.  c1891, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA    d.  1977
                          Buried:  Lynwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA
                          m.  8 Oct 1910, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA  by Rev. W.E. ROSS (IA Marriages)
                          William M. DOTY    b.  29 Nov 1888, Mitchell, Davis Co, SD   d.  28 Nov 1969, Clarksville, Greene Co, IA 
                          (see obituary)     Buried:  Lynwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA
                          child of:  William Nathan (1858-1941) & Martha Pamela (1860-1923) (McCRERY) DOTY
                          Children:  Cloris Almeda DOTY     b.  1911    d.  1993  
                                          Buried:  IOOF Cemetery, Marengo, Iowa Co, IA (Plot: N1)
                                          m.  Paul C. KREIS     b.  1914    d.  1972
                                                Buried:  IOOF Cemetery, Marengo, Iowa Co, IA (Plot N1)
                                          Children:  Carol Rose KREIS     b.  1944    d.  22 Oct 1959, Marengo, Iowa Co, IA
                                                          Buried:  IOOF Cemetery, Marengo, Iowa Co, IA  (Plot N1)
                                                          Barbara KREIS
                                                          Bobby KREIS
                                                          Billy KREIS
30.1h  David E. VAN GUNDY     b.  1869, IA
           m.  11 Jul 1891, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA by George Graham (IA Marriages)    Ellen M. FITZGERALD    b.  c1873
                 child of:  Stennet & Betty (ASHLINE) FITZGERALD
          Children:  Steven Rex VAN GUNDY

Synopsis:

• David VAN GUNDY was a farmer and was listed as a Mexican War Veteran in the Lowell Cemetery History.  The family moved from Ross Co, OH, to Scott Co, IL and arrived in Butler Co, IA after 1850 and before 1858.  Of the children, the first three were born in OH and the remainder were born in Butler Township, Butler Co, IA.

• In 1850, they had a grocery in Kingston, Ross Co, OH.

• They moved to Butler Co, IA about 1858 and were farmers.  They had a homestead along the Shell Rock River, SE of Clarksville, near the Lowell Cemetery.

• Sarah and David made a home for William and Eliza in their old age.      

• Jacob VanGUNDY was b. 19 Apr 1770, Lancaster Co, PA    d. 29 Oct 1854, Ross Co, OH
  child of:  Christian & Ann (?) VanGUNDY
  m.  1800-1801, Northumberland Co, PA    Catherine CONNER
        b.  25 Sep 1780, PA     d.  7 Mar 1856, Ross Co, OH
        child of:  Jacob and Magdalena (?) CONNER

• Obituary:  Iowa Recorder.  9 Apr 1930.  George Hiram POISAL.  Died at age 53.  He was a lifelong resident and farmer.  He died at home.  Survived by his 86-year-old father, Hiram POISAL, his wife, formerly Miss Myrtle WAMSLEY, sister, Mrs. Mae BLEIER, of Chicago, and foster sister, Mrs. William DOTY of Waterloo.  His death was the result of a buzzsaw accident to his hand about three weeks ago, which, with infection complicated with lockjaw, brought on the fatal ending.

• Obituary.  The Greene Recorder, Greene, IA, 28 Oct 1959, p8.  Carol KREIS Rites Were Saturday.  Mrs. and Mrs. W.M. DOTY were called to Marengo Thursday by the death of their fifteen year old granddaughte,. Carol KREIS, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul KREIS.  Funeral and burial services were held in Marengo Saturday afternoon.  She was a sophomore in the Marengo High School and is survived by her parents, two brothers, Bobby and Billy, and one sister, Barbara.

• Obituary.  The Greene Recorder, Greene, IA, 3 Dec 1969, p8.  Services Held For William M. DOTY, 80.  William M. DOTY, 80, passed away Friday morning, November 28th.  The son of William and Martha McCREARY DOTY, William was born November 29, 1888, in Mitchell, South Dakota.  His family moved to the Clarksville community when he was a child.  He received his education in the Clarksville area schools.  October 6, 1909, William was united in marriage with Lulah McCAGUE, and they made their home on a farm near Clarksville until he retired in 1932 and they moved into town.  Mr. DOTY was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  Survivors include his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Paul (Cloris) KREIS of Marengo; a brother, Byron of Clarksville and three grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by his parents, one daughter, one granddaughter, four brothers and three sisters.  Services were held Sunday afternoon on November 30th at the Schwartz Funeral Home with the Rev. Reuben J. TEPP, pastor of Immanuel United Church of Christ officiating.  Interment was in the Lynwood Cemetery with Schwartz Funeral home in charge of the arrangements.

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30.2__James Edmund BURKE                                                      
     b.  12 Feb 1831, Utica, Oneida Co, NY
     child of:  William C. & Eliza (EASTWOOD) BURKE
     d.  7 May 1911, Ottawa, Franklin Co, KS
     Buried:  Lowell Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA     
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     m.  11 Feb 1853, Ross Co, OH

30.2s__Mary Jane BEAVER
     b.  18 Jul 1831, OH
     child of:  Joseph & S. (COOK) BEAVER 
     d.  20 Dec 1917, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
     Buried:  Lowell Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA     
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Other Marriages:  
NONE

 

 

 

 

 

 

Children:
 30.2a  John H. BURKE     b.  3 Oct 1853, OH       
           d.  5 Oct 1889, near Perry, Dallas Co, IA
           Buried:  Lowell Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA
           m.  20 Jun 1875, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA, 
                 Caroline N. "Carrie" McCLINTOCK    b.  5 Apr 1858, Dubuque, Dubuque Co, IA
                 child of:  James Harvey (1822-1895) & Ruth (1833-1911) (WINCHELL)
                               McCLINTOCK
           John worked as a brakeman on the Milwaukee Railroad and lived in Van Horne,  
           Benton Co, IA.  He was killed at a railroad station in Bouton, Dallas Co, IA, near
           Perry.  He was knocked off the side of a car and run over by a flat car.                        Children:  Edward BURKE   b.  May 1876, Butler Co IA     d.  18 Nov 1941
                m  26 Nov 1898, Black Hawk Co, IA by S.M. ERAUS, M.G.  
                     Henrietta COOK  b. c1877, Bremer Co, IA
                     child of J.J. & Julia (McCORMACK) COOK
                Children:  Kenneth BURKE     b.  1900
                Ross Ole BURKE     b.  26 Apr 1879, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA
                m.  Decie Hamilton WELLS     b.  29 Apr 1884, MO
                      d.  Dec 1968, Hinsdale, DuPage, IL
                Children:  Nadine Lillian BURKE    b.  23 Aug 1903, Linn Co, IA
                                d.  26 Apr 1990, WA
                                m.  2 Oct 1921, Johnson Co, IA  Frederick Ernest LAWSON
                                      b.  16 Mar 1902, Dukedom, Weakley Co, TN
                                      child of:  Samuel Cornelius (1878-1936) & Flora Lovelace (1881-1944) (BRAWNER) LAWSON
                                Children:  Patricia Ann LAWSON    b.  c1927
                                                Nancy Jane LAWSON     b.  c1929
                                                1 son
                                Helen Louise BURKE     b.  1908, Cedar Rapids, Linn Co, IA
                Lee Ore BURKE     b.  4 Mar 1881, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA     d.  18 Feb 1938, Evanston, Cook Co, IL             
                Buried:  DesPlaines, Cook Co, IL
                m.  18 Sep 1907, Cedar Rapids, Linn Co, IA  by Rev. C.F. ENSIGN   (divorced by 1920 - living with his mother,
                      Carrie in both the 1920 and 1930 censuses)
                      Martha A. COWAN      child of:  James & Mary A. (GORDON) COWAN
                James Henry BURKE     b.  4 Mar 1881, Shell Rock, Butler Co, IA
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30.2b  William E. BURKE     b.  Jul 1855, OH           
           m.  7 Sep 1879, Shell Rock, Butler, Co, IA, Ida E. SATTERLEE
           After 1900, he moved his family to Akeley, MN where he is listed as 
           a sawmill worker in 1910. 
Children:  Myrtle BURKE
               Blanche L. BURKE      b.  c1880, Butler Co, IA
               m.  15 Mar 1901, Allison, Butler Co, IA by W.M. HUNTER, Mayor
                      Ira ASHLINE     b.  16 Aug 1874, Bremer Co, IA
                      d.  15 Oct 1943, Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO
                      Buried:  Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO
                      child of:  Lewis & ? (?) ASHLINE
                Pearl BURKE     b.  c1884
                Forrest BURKE     b.  c1896
                Fern BURKE     b.  c1896

30.2c  James H. BURKE     b.  May 1857, OH     d.  21 Jun 1863     
           Buried:  Lowell Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA
30.2d  Sarah Eliza BURKE     
           b.  16 Dec 1859, Butler Township, Butler Co, IA     
           d.  Sep 1939, Waverly, Bremer Co, IA
           m.  28 Nov 1880, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA, William H. BETTS   
                 b.  1859  d.  1939
           Buried (both): Lowell Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA     Go to Tombstones
           Children:  Ray BETTS     b.  1883  (Blacksmith and part owner of Power/Light Co)
                           Scott BETTS     b.  1889  (Blacksmith - moved to LA, CA before 1940)
           Mr. Betts was a blacksmith in Shell Rock until 1920 when they moved to Waverly, Bremer
           Co, IA where he was a blacksmith until the 1930s.
30.2e  Charles Clifton (Cliff) BURKE     b.  6 Dec 1864, Butler Township, Butler Co, IA     
           d.  26 Aug 1949, Ottawa, Franklin Co, KS
           Buried:  Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, Franklin Co, KS
           m.  23 Dec 1887, Ottawa, Franklin Co, KS, Gertrude N. BROOKS
           Children:  Roy BURKE     (Blacksmith on ATSF until 1936 when he went to LA, CA and
                           worked on the railroad there)
                           m.  c1909, Gold N. CLARK
                           Children:  Willard E. BURKE     b.  21 Mar 1914    d.  27 Jun 1993
                                           Buried:  Ft. Rosencrans National Cemetery, Pt. Loma, San Diego, San Diego Co, CA  
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                                           Willis BURKE     (killed in WWII)
                                           Betty Lou BURKE  (lived in CA in 1960s-1970s)
           Cliff worked as a blacksmith until after 1900, then went to work on the ATSF railroad as a
           blacksmith and later, car man.  He retired from the ATSF about 1936.  Gertrude was about
           25% Ottawa Indian.
30.2f  Alice BURKE     b.  17 Aug 1868     d.  10 Feb 1941
30.2g  Allie B. BURKE     b. 17 Aug 1868, Butler Township, Butler Co, IA     
                                     d.  8 Nov 1956, St. Louis, St. Louis Co, MO     
           Buried:  Glendale Masonic Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk Co, IA
           m.  9 Feb 1887, Ottawa, Franklin Co, KS, Thomas B.                  
                 STINGLEY     d.  after 1890
                 Children:  Frank Leonard STINGLEY
                                                           m.  Vivian ROSS  (no children)
                                                            Gladys STINGLEY  (living in St. Louis as a widow 
                                                           in 1956)
                                                           m.  ? BETTS  
           Children living with Mr. and Mrs. ALDRICH, east of Ottawa, IA in 1900 census.
           1911, Allie living in Kansas City.  1910, Frank went to work on a railroad in Chicago, IL.
           1917, he came to Des Moines and spent the rest of his life.  Allie died in home of Gladys
            BETTS in 1956 in St. Louis.  She was taken back to Des Moines for burial.

Synopsis:

• James BURKE was christened 3 Apr 1831 in St. Johns Catholic Church, Utica, Oneida Co, NY.  

• James BURKE's occupation was farmer.

• He moved from Butler Co, IA to Franklin Co, KS.

• His wife is listed as Mary Jane CAMP or BEAVER.  Possibly she was married prior to her marriage to James.

• On 30 Sep 1858, they came to Butler Co, IA, moved to KS in 1864 and back to IA until 1884 when they moved back to KS until James' death in 1911.

• A son, James H. BURKE was born in 1857 in OH and died 21 Jun 1863 and is buried in Lowell Cemetery in Clarksville, Butler Co, IA.

• Ira ASHLINE died of liver and colo-rectal cancer and pneumonia.  They had lived in Kansas City, MO for 35 years at the time of his death.  There is no indication they had children (none of the censuses indicate children).  I have yet to find where Blanche died or is buried.

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30.2f__Alice BURKE     
     b.  17 Aug 1868, Butler Township, Butler Co, IA     
     child of:  James Edmund & Mary Jane (BEAVER) BURKE
     d.  10 Feb 1941, Mercy Hospital, Des Moines, Polk Co, IA
     Buried:  Glendale Masonic Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk Co, IA

     m.  26 Nov 1890, Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO

30.2fs__Frank Enoch DALE
     b.  9 Apr 1866, Ottawa, Franklin Co, KS
     child of:  William & Elizabeth (REYNOLDS) DALE, Jr
     d.  2 Apr 1939, Mena, Polk Co, AR  (of pneumonia)
     Buried:  Baptist Cemetery, Board Camp, Polk Co, AR

Other Marriages:

Children:
30.2f1  Robert DALE     b.  5  Dec 1891, Ottawa, Franklin Co, KS     d.  11 Dec 1891
30.2f2  Ralph DALE     b.  7 Aug 1893, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk Co, IA     d.  Nov 1895
30.2f3  Bessie DALE     b.  3 Mar 1896     d.  27 Oct 1945
            m.  25 Dec 1913, Frank WALLIS
            Children:  Lenora WALLIS
                           m.  Raymond HOUSTON
                           Howard WALLIS  (Veteran of WWII)
30.2f4  Dewey DALE Sr.     b.  13 Jan 1899, Lawrence, Douglas Co, KS     
            d.  12 Feb 1981, La Cygne, Linn Co, KS
            m.  28 Apr 1923, Mary Ann DUNN     b.  28 Mar 1905, Morrilton, Conway Co, AR
            Children:  3 boys
                            Robert Lewis DALE     b.  10 Feb 1934, Polk Co, AR
                            m.  20 Aug 1975, Parker, KS  [Compiler cannot locate Parker, KS - Deb M]
                                  Stella Margarette HUNTER     b.  20 Jun 1933, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
30.2f5  Marion Gladys DALE     b.  22 Jul 1901, Ottawa, Franklin Co, KS     d.  23 Jul 1918
30.2f6  Wanda Elizabeth DALE    b.  23 Mar 1908, Ottawa, Franklin Co, KS     d. 11 Mar 1932
             Died in St. Louis, Buried:  Hope Cemetery, Ottawa, Polk Co, IA

Synopsis:

• Alice Burke was a twin to Allie B. BURKE.  

• Frank DALE was born on the "Old DALE Homestead, Section 27 Twp. 17, Range 20', 8 miles south of Ottawa, KS.  He died in the General Hospital, Mena, AR.  

• Frank lived in Ottawa until about 15 years old, then went to CO with older brothers, sister and probably his mother.  He worked as a ranch hand and miner in CO and lived for a time in Sacramento, CA.  He became a barber there and came back to Ottawa where he married Alice.

• Alice and Frank went to Cedar Falls, IA for a short time, then back to Ottawa.  He sold insurance for a while and became a Methodist preacher about 1910.  He was on a SE KS circuit and lived many places around SE KS.

• In 1913, Frank and Alice made a covered wagon trip to Cabool, MO but went back to Ottawa the next year.

• About 1917-1918, they moved to SW MO and lived several places there, and moved later to NW AR.

• About 1925, they moved to Mena, AR, had a restaurant in a hotel and then went to a farm near Board Camp, 10 miles east of Mena.

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30.6__Lorenzo Dow BURKE     
     b.  28 Sep 1848, Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH     
     child of:  William C. & Eliza (EASTWOOD) BURKE
     d.  26 Mar 1924, Sugar Creek, Jackson Co, MO
     Buried:  Mt. Washington Cemetery, Sugar Creek, Jackson Co, MO

     m.  14 Feb 1878, Waverly, Bremer Co, IA

30.6s__Georgeana McCOY
     b.  22 Apr 1850, PA
     child of:  George & Eliza (WETZEL) McCOY (both born in Ireland)
     d.  16 May 1928, Sugar Creek, Jackson Co, MO
     Buried:  Mt. Washington Cemetery, Sugar Creek, Jackson Co, MO

Other Marriages:  None known.

Children:
30.6a  Frank E. BURKE     b.  14 Jun 1879, Smith Center, Smith Co, KS     d.  23 Dec 1962, Snohomish, Snohomish Co, WA
           Buried:  Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Snohomish, Snohomish Co, WA  (Plot:  Addition 7)    Go to Tombstones
           m.  17 Mar 1906, Akron, Plymouth Co, IA     Elva Mae CHAMBERS
                 Buried: Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Snohomish, Snohomish Co, WA (Plot:  Addition 7) Go to Tombstones
           Children:  Anita BURKE
                           m.  ? MacDicken
                           2 more daughters, 2 sons
           Mail carrier in Akron, IA for 36 years.  Retired to Snohomish, WA for 25 years.
30.6b  Mazela (Mae) BURKE     b.  30 Dec 1880, Smith Center, Smith Co, KS
           d.  21 Oct 1959, Sugar Creek, Jackson Co, MO
           Buried:  Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson Co, MO
           m.  Archie MUSGRAVE  (no children)
           m.  John STACKS (no children)
           m.  John GALLON
30.6c  George W. BURKE     b.  10 Jun 1883, Smith Center, Smith Co, KS     
           d.  10 Jul 1959, Burlington, Coffey Co, KS
           Buried:  Waverly Cemetery (new part:  row 9, lot 6), Waverly, Bremer Co, IA
           m.  23 Dec 1906, Burlington, Coffey Co, KS, Lottie Bell FANNEN     b.     
                 d.  Nov 1974
           Children:  Violet BURKE     b.  29 Mar 1914     d.  42y5m9d
                           Wilbur BURKE                     Resided CA 1959
                           George W. BURKE, Jr.  living in Dallas, TX in 1982
           Funeral services at Waverly Methodist Church, 12 Jul 1959 at 2 p.m. by The Rev. Retha
           SADLER.  Interment:  Waverly, KS.  Casketbearers:  Lee SHOBE, Clifford BURNS,
           Earl ALLEN, Harold WILLIAMS, Eugene WILLIAMS, Clifton VunCANNON. 
           Music (In the Garden, The Old Rugged Cross) by Mrs. Glen ANDERSON, Mrs. Irwin
           CALVERT, and Jack GARVEY, Organist.
30.6d  Lucy BURKE     b.  22 Apr 1885, Smith Center, Smith Co, KS     
           d.  20 Apr 1923, Sugar Creek, Jackson Co, MO 
           Buried:  Mt. Washington Cemetery, Sugar Creek, Jackson Co, MO 
           m.  Mar 1910, John WEBB
           Children:  Juanita WEBB
                           m.  ? GALLUP    lived in Independence, MO in 1982
                           Leora WEBB
30.6e  John C. (W.?) BURKE     b.  18 Oct 1890, Harris, Anderson Co, KS
           m.  21 Oct 1914, Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO, Irene L. ?
           1975:  1441 Homewood Road, Apt. 960, Seal Beach, CA  90740
           Children:  William Aaron BURKE in Palos Verdes Estates, CA in 1975    b.  1 Sep 1917   d.  6 Jan 2013
                           Buried:  Rose Hills Memorial Park & Mortuary, 3888 Workman Mill Road, Whittier, CA 
                                       (Winter Terrace, Lot 8112, Grave 4)  Go to Tombstones

Synopsis:

• 1878-79 moved to Smith Center, Smith Co, KS

• 1896-1898  living in Burlington, Coffey Co, KS

• Lorenzo DOW - "itinerant preacher of the Gospel" - Methodist preacher.  b. 16 Oct 1777, Coventry, Tolland Co, CT; son of Humphrey B. & Tabitha (PARKER) DOW.

• Obituary, Independent Examiner, Independence, MO, 27 Mar 1924, p. 1:  Lorenzo D. BURKE, age 76, retired farmer, died at 10:30 o'clock last night at his home at Sugar Creek.  Survivors:  sons Frank, Akron, IA; George W., Waverly, KS; John, near Fairmont Park, MO; daughter Mary STARKS of Sugar Creek.  Services at Sugar Creek Methodist Church, buried Mt. Washington Cemetery.

• Obituary, Independent Examiner, Independence, MO, 17 May 1928, p. 1:  Mrs. Georgiana BURKE, 78 years old, widow of L.D. BURKE, died at home of daughter, Mrs. John STARKS, High and Anderson Street, Sugar Creek, yesterday.  She had been bedfast several months with a broken hip, suffered August 10.  Survivors:  sons Frank, Akron, IA; George W., Waverly, KS; John, near Fairmont Park, MO; nephew Cliff BURKE, Ottawa, KS.  Funeral services at the home of Mrs. L.I. SUTTON, High and Anderson Street, 3 p.m. tomorrow, burial at Mt. Washington Cemetery.

• 4 of their 5 children were born in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS.

• When Georgeana's nephew, Charles Alphonzo Goodsel (b. 16 Oct 1885, probably in NE), was orphaned upon his mother's death (she was Josephine Mae McCOY  who m. William GOODSEL) when he was only 12, Georgiana took him home to Burlington, KS directly from the cemetery.  Later, he went to Marion, KS.

• 1880 U.S. Census, Beaver Township, Smith Co, KS:  
  118  BURK, Lorenzo  M  30  Farmer  b.  OH  Father b. OH     Mother b. England
          George Anne       F  29  Wife  Keep House  b.  PA  Father b. PA      Mother b. PA
          Frank E.                M  11/12 (June)  Son         b.  KS  Father b. OH     Mother b. PA

Source:  Information on the McCOYs and GOODSELs from Mrs. Nellie GOODSEL (wife of Arthur) in a letter from St. Paul, KS in 1982.

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30.9__Charles D. BURKE     
     b.  16 Jun 1857, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co, IN     
     child of:  William C & Eliza (EASTWOOD) BURKE
     d.  22 Apr 1921, Waverly, Bremer Co, IA
     Buried:  Lynwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA

     m.  25 Dec 1880, Butler Co, IA

30.9s__Nona Edna KELLER
     b.  1864, IL
     child of:  Richard & Catherine (TEMPLE) KELLER
     d. 1945
     Buried:  Lynwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA, Plot F-19

Other Marriages:

Children:
30.9a  Clara B. BURKE     b.  c1884
30.9b  Ezra BURKE     b.  1885, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA     
           d.  14 Jan 1958, Waterloo, Blackhawk Co, IA
           Buried:  Lynwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA
           m.  24 Nov 1904, Bertha WHITESIDE
           Ezra worked on a railroad section crew and was killed in an auto accident in Waterloo, IA
           in 1958 at the age of 73.
           Children:  Sybil BURKE    b.  c1907
                          Lafe BURKE     b.  c1908
                          James BURKE     b.  c1911
30.9c  Earl BURKE     b.  4 Jan 1889, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA     
           d.  7 Aug 1889, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA
           Buried:  Lowell Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler Co, IA
30.9d  Sybil (Belle) BURKE
           m.  Ira WHEELER

Synopsis:

• Charles D. BURKE died in the Waverly Hospital.

• Charles and Nora were married at the residence of J.A. MORRIS in Butler Co, IA.

• Church affiliation is listed as: Christian.

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