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Mark J. Burke
16 Oct 1868 – 21 Oct 1949
| Birth | 16 Oct 1868 |
| Death | 21 Oct 1949 |
| Cemetery | Saint Bonaventure Cemetery Columbus , Platte County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Don on 19 Jul 2008 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17806812 |
Bio
Son of John C. & Margaret (Gallagher) Burke. Married to: 1. Nellie J. Dineen on 1-21-1902 at Columbus, NE. Died 1913. 2. Loretta Conley on 11-16-1915. Former Deputy Sheriff & Sheriff of Platte County, NE. Served in the U.S. Army during the "Indian Wars" with Company "H" of the Nebraska State Militia. Also served in the Spanish American War. ______ Father was John C. Burke born in Ireland and died October 22, 1907 at his home in Seward County, Nebraska. He was a vet having enlisted in the Twenty-second Iowa Volunteer Infantry. ______ Mark Burke was born in Linn county, Iowa, October 16, 1869, and came to Nebraska when he was a small babe, and lived with his parents until his twenty-first year, when he went to railroading on the Northwestern railroad, in whose service he remained until the year 1898. On May 10, 1898, Mr. Burke enlisted in Company H, Second Nebraska Volunteer Infantry for service in Cuba, and in November, 1898, was mustered out, returning to Nebraska and began work with the Union Pacific railroad. In the year 1906, Mr. Burke left the railroad service and went into the restaurant business in Columbus, Nebraska, and after a few months sold out and went on the police force, where he remained for two years, and where he was known as a fearless and efficient officer. In January, 1910, Mr. Burke was appointed deputy sheriff of Platte county, Nebraska. January 21, 1902, Mr. Burke was married to Miss Nellie J. Deneen, who is of an old pioneer family of Platte county, Nebraska, and they have one child, Mark Burke, junior. Mr. Burke is state secretary of the fraternal order of the Knights of Columbus, and financial secretary of the local order at Columbus, Nebraska. Mr. Burke is a democrat in politics, and is a young man of many friends and acquaintances. Source: Compedium of History and biography of Nebraska, Chicago: Alden Publishing Company, 1912, page 241
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