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BIOGRAPHTCAL SKETCHES. 135
killed and two women and four children cap-
tured and carried off. The troops followed
them to Pear river, where the Indians adroitly
scattered. The women and children were never
afterward heard from. In the spring of 1865
a small squad of Indians were seen by him and
several of his comrades in Upper Cross Tim-
bers in Montague county. The whites followed
them secretly and came upon them in a sink
while they were making their dinner from the
unborn calf of a cow they had killed-eating
the flesh of this embryo calf raw. They killed
three of the Indians and wounded several
others. The manner in which the Indians
would make their raids made it almost impossi-
ble to prevent them altogether. They would
start from their camps or villages in small
squads with an understanding as to what
point in Texas they would rendezvous.
After concentrating, they would start back
toward their range, sweeping everything be-
fore them in the way of live stock, leaving
behind them a track of devastation and ruin,
and their pathway marked by burned houses
and the lifeless and scalpless bodies of men,
women and children. The scalps were taken
as trophies of victory. Mr. Burgher relates, in
an interesting and thrilling manner, his remem-
brances of Indian warfare.
On August 29, 1844, Mr. Burgher was united
in marriage to Miss Mary Ann Rebecca Bell,
daughter of Robert Bell, a native of Tennessee,
who moved to this State and died in 1842.
This couple have five living children, named
as follows-Alice, Ewing Epps, Ballard M.,
Joe T. and Maggie. He and his wife worship
at the Methodist church, and contribute liber-
ally to its charitable institutions, and. are co-
workers in the interest of their church and its
religion.
It is with satisfaction these good people look
upon their children. The sons are among the
leading business men of their little city, and
are following in the footsteps of their honor-
able father; the daughters are ladies of culture
and refinement, occupying the highest social
position.
Mr. Burgher owns fine lands in Lamar
county. He has also made large investments
in real estate in Honey Grove, and some of the
largest and most noted buildings in the city
have been erected by him. He has grown and
prospered with the beautiful city, and has
gratified all reasonable ambition in the ac-
cumulation of wealth and the esteem and con-
fidence of a wide acquaintance. He bears his
years lightly, and is still one of the hale and
active business men of the place.TraT ON. JOSEPH H. BURKS is a native of
I Lowndes county, Georgia, and was born
February 10, 1838. His father, Joseph
H. Burks, Sr., was born in Meriwether county,
Georgia, but moved to Lowndes county, where
he lived for several years. He served in the
Florida war in 1836, as colonel of a regiment,
raised in southern Georgia, and in 1845 came
to Texas, served three terms in the State senate
as a member from Bowie and Red River coun-
ties, and one term in the lower house of the
legislature, in 1859, and died during his term
of service. His wife was a Miss Winford Cade
before marriage, was a native of Alabama, and
was of English .extraction, as was also her
husband.
Hon. Joseph H. Burks is the sixth of a
family of ten children, and was educated in
Clarksville and Boston, Texas. He has always
been a farmer and is one of the largest land
owners in Red river county. In 1861 he en-
listed in Company E, Eleventh Texas cavalry,
Confederate army, under command of his
brother, Colonel John C. Burks; served west of
-the Mississippi river until 1862, then joined the
Tennessee army, and in 1863 returned to Texas
and served in the coast guard until the close of
the war. In 180-81 lhe represented Red. river
county in the State legislature.
December 21, 1864, Mr. Burks married Miss
Isabella H. Hopkins, daughter of CaptainJamos
E. and Rebecca (Gregg) Hopkins, early settlers
of Texas from Kentuckv. Six children have
blessed this union, and are named-Joseph, E.,
Rebecca, John C., Nannie, Willy H. and Hin-
ton E. Mr. Burks is an honored member of
the Masonic fraternity.
,, DWARD BURLESON was born in North
- Carolina in 1798. When a mere lad he
went with his father, a captain in the
Creek war. His father was uneducated, and
took young Edward along to act as secretary
and keep the muster roll of the company. He
thus received his first lesson in military life
under General Jackson. The family removed
to Virginia, where he was elected lieutenant-
colonel of the militia. They next removed to
the western district of Tennessee, where he was
elected colonel of a regiment of militia. In
1831 he removed to Texas and settled in Bast-
rop county. This was then on the extreme
frontier, and Burleson was soon called upon to
lead his fellow-citizens to repel parties of ma-
rauding savages. His courage and ability soon
inspired confidence, and the people on the
frontier learned to repose with security whenI,
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F. A. Battey & Co. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas: Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, book, 1889; Chicago, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1151235/m1/141/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fannin County Historical Commission.