Robert Alexander Burke

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1828-06-14

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1906-04-26

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"Robert Alexander Burke" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00019705, (accessed December 21, 2024).

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Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Indiana native. Son of Robert Burke and Nancy A. Burke. Married to Sarah Wallace Burke in Franklin County, Kentucky, on May 1, 1857. Father of Olivia J. Burke, Polly A. Burke, and Nancy J. Burke. Farmer in Lawrence County, Indiana, in 1850. Farmer in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1860. Indicted for the murder of Thomas Wallace in Franklin County in 1863. Escaped from the Franklin County Jail on February 23, 1864. Fugitive from justice in Indiana in 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Lawrence County, Indian Creek, p. 385B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 363.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Vermillion County, Vermillion Township, p. 125A.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994034, Franklin County Marriages, p. 12.
Indiana Death Certificates, 1900–2017, Indiana State Department of Health and Vital Records, Indiana Archives and Records Administration, Indianapolis, IN, 1906, Roll 13, Volume 90, Record 27.
KYR-0001-006-0011.
KYR-0001-006-0023.

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