Enlisted 21st November 1861, aged 36 years.*
Died at Vinings Station, Ga.
BURK, TOBIAS
CPL US ARMY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 07/09/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION I SITE 9643
-VA grave locator
*from Liam McAlister (49761643)
His widow, Laura Jane Shelton Burke, received a Widow's pension. Three children received Minor's pensions. Mary E., born 24 Oct 1852. Martha J., born 3 Dec 1855. William W., born 7 Aug 1858. His widow remarried in 1868 to John Haydon. The marriage may not have lasted as she is listed in the 1891 Louisville City Directory as Laura Burke, widow of Tobias. His son, William, became a policeman in Louisville, Ky. His grandson, William G Fitzgerald moved to San Francisco, California.
Enlisted 21st November 1861, aged 36 years.*
Died at Vinings Station, Ga.
BURK, TOBIAS
CPL US ARMY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 07/09/1864
BURIED AT: SECTION I SITE 9643
-VA grave locator
*from Liam McAlister (49761643)
His widow, Laura Jane Shelton Burke, received a Widow's pension. Three children received Minor's pensions. Mary E., born 24 Oct 1852. Martha J., born 3 Dec 1855. William W., born 7 Aug 1858. His widow remarried in 1868 to John Haydon. The marriage may not have lasted as she is listed in the 1891 Louisville City Directory as Laura Burke, widow of Tobias. His son, William, became a policeman in Louisville, Ky. His grandson, William G Fitzgerald moved to San Francisco, California.
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