1.3.4.5. Martha Jane Ellis, fifth child of Mary Jane Smith Ellis and Clyde E. Ellis, was born May 31, 1933 in Chattanooga, Tn. On Nov. 6, 1948 Martha Jane married Benny Dale Burke who was born Oct. 2, 1929 in Red Rock, Oklahoma. Benny is the son of Ben Hayden Burke (b. Aug. 12, 1892 in Hoquim, Washington; d. June 1972. Buried oak Hill Cemetery, McAlester, Oklahoma), and Pearl Grace Little Burke (b. April 24, 1898 in Poteau, Oklahoma; d. Sept 21, 1941. Buried in Maxey Cemetery, Wister, Oklahoma).
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