Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Joseph H. Burks, Jr.

Full Name: Joseph H. Burks, Jr.
Other surnames: Burkes
Birth date: February 10, 1838
Death date: September 2, 1898

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

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