Isaiah VanBuren Burke (1888 - 1984)

Born 22 Oct 1888 in Blountstown, Calhoun, Florida, United States

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Died 11 Aug 1984 at age 95 in LaBelle, Hendry, Florida, United States

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Biography

Isaiah was born in 1888. He passed away in 1984.

According to a transcript of a tape-recorded interview with General Jackson Burke (Mark Edward, John Thomas, John), Isaiah and a brother were rumrunners during Prohibition. I no longer have the transcript in my possession, unfortunately.

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38915567/isaiah-vanburen-burke

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3D5-RHN : accessed 13 December 2021), Van Burke in household of Isiah Burke, Precinct 2-7, 9, Shiloah, Pippins Mill, Handsfords Mill, Blountstown, Iola, Board Head, Junipe, Calhoun, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2, sheet 6B, family 464, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,166.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K35D-VZV : 22 February 2021), Isaiah Van Burke, 1917-1918.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNY2-B4F : 1 February 2021), Isaah V Burke, 1920.