J.H. Burks

Joseph H. Burks, Jr.

Full Name: Joseph H. Burks, Jr.
Other surnames: Burkes
Date of birth: February 10, 1838
Date of death: September 2, 1898

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 12 Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (1)   Democrat Clarksville / Red River   Red River

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.

Terms of Service top

House District 12
Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883
Legislatures: 17th (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Clarksville / Red River
Counties in district: Red River

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

  • Biographical sketch, Joseph H. Burkes, Jr., History of Clarksville and Old Red River County, pp. 211-212. Relatives: Joseph H. Burkes, Sr. - father; Joseph H. Burkes, Jr. - son. Joseph H. Burkes, Sr. "served three terms in the State Senate . . . and one term in the lower house of the Legislature in 1859. He died during this term of service." HeritageQuest Online.
  • Biographical sketch, Hon. Joseph H. Burks, Jr. Relatives: Joseph H. Burks, Sr. - father; Joseph H. Burks, Jr. - son. F.A. Battey and Company, Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas: Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889, p. 135, crediting Fannin County Historical Commission. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Military Service Notes

  • Confederate States Army, Company E, 11th Texas Cavalry, Tennessee Army, and Coast Guard. F.A. Battey and Company, Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas: Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889, p. 135, crediting Fannin County Historical Commission. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Other Resources

  • J.H. Burks, birth date 2/10/1838, death date 9/2/1898, burial in Clarksville Cemetery, Clarksville, Red River County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

  • Photograph. J.H. Burks, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

17th R.S. - 1881
Agriculture  
County and County Boundaries  
Penitentiaries  
Private Land Claims  
Roads, Bridges and Ferries  
Senatorial and Representative Districts  

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