Stephen Burk is the second son and third child of Ulick and Rachel (Jones) Burk of Baltimore County, Maryland, both of them born and raised there. They had nine children besides Stephen, - John Jones, Nancy, Elisha, Mary, Sarah who died in infancy, Elizabeth, Rachel, Susan and Ulick.
Stephen's parents removed in 1809 from Maryland to the tract about one mile south of Harrison on the State line, and was later owned by Stephen where Mrs. Ulick Burk's father had already settled. Stephen's parents lived there all their lives until they died.
Stephen Burk was two years old when his parents came to the Miami country, having been born Sept. 24, 1807 at the old home in Baltimore Co. Maryland. He is somewhat remotely of Irish stock on his father's side. He was educated to the limited extent attainable in the schools of that day and neighborhood, and has acquitted himself through a long life as a man of intelligence and character. He remained a bachelor at the old home south of Harrison, devoting himself to the care of his parents and the labors of the farm except one year, when he took a partnership in a country store at Alquina, Fayette Co. IN, until both his father and mother had gone to their long home. He stayed some years longer upon the paternnal estate, during which he was married, June 16, 1875 to Miss Martha Eliza Pruden of Harrison village. In the February following he removed to the pleasant, elegant residence on the Cincinnati turnpike, one mile southeast of Harrison, where he spent a tranquil old age, in quite tolerable health for his years, and with the remembrance of a life well spent to cheer him. He had been no office-seeker, and on one occasion, when nominated for local office, he electioneered vigorously against his own candidacy,and succeeded in defeating himself. He had been a life-long Democrat, however, and always goes to the polls to deposit his vote. His first vote was cast for General Andrew Jackson for the President of the U.S. He never has been connected with any of the religious or secret societies, but had been satisfied to live a self contained and independent life. (this contributor, Vivian Brown, is granddaughter 4 times removed of John Jones Burk, Stephen's brother, who lived and farmed in Fayette County IN)
Stephen's parents removed in 1809 from Maryland to the tract about one mile south of Harrison on the State line, and was later owned by Stephen where Mrs. Ulick Burk's father had already settled. Stephen's parents lived there all their lives until they died.
Stephen Burk was two years old when his parents came to the Miami country, having been born Sept. 24, 1807 at the old home in Baltimore Co. Maryland. He is somewhat remotely of Irish stock on his father's side. He was educated to the limited extent attainable in the schools of that day and neighborhood, and has acquitted himself through a long life as a man of intelligence and character. He remained a bachelor at the old home south of Harrison, devoting himself to the care of his parents and the labors of the farm except one year, when he took a partnership in a country store at Alquina, Fayette Co. IN, until both his father and mother had gone to their long home. He stayed some years longer upon the paternnal estate, during which he was married, June 16, 1875 to Miss Martha Eliza Pruden of Harrison village. In the February following he removed to the pleasant, elegant residence on the Cincinnati turnpike, one mile southeast of Harrison, where he spent a tranquil old age, in quite tolerable health for his years, and with the remembrance of a life well spent to cheer him. He had been no office-seeker, and on one occasion, when nominated for local office, he electioneered vigorously against his own candidacy,and succeeded in defeating himself. He had been a life-long Democrat, however, and always goes to the polls to deposit his vote. His first vote was cast for General Andrew Jackson for the President of the U.S. He never has been connected with any of the religious or secret societies, but had been satisfied to live a self contained and independent life. (this contributor, Vivian Brown, is granddaughter 4 times removed of John Jones Burk, Stephen's brother, who lived and farmed in Fayette County IN)
Stephen Burk is the second son and third child of Ulick and Rachel (Jones) Burk of Baltimore County, Maryland, both of them born and raised there. They had nine children besides Stephen, - John Jones, Nancy, Elisha, Mary, Sarah who died in infancy, Elizabeth, Rachel, Susan and Ulick.
Stephen's parents removed in 1809 from Maryland to the tract about one mile south of Harrison on the State line, and was later owned by Stephen where Mrs. Ulick Burk's father had already settled. Stephen's parents lived there all their lives until they died.
Stephen Burk was two years old when his parents came to the Miami country, having been born Sept. 24, 1807 at the old home in Baltimore Co. Maryland. He is somewhat remotely of Irish stock on his father's side. He was educated to the limited extent attainable in the schools of that day and neighborhood, and has acquitted himself through a long life as a man of intelligence and character. He remained a bachelor at the old home south of Harrison, devoting himself to the care of his parents and the labors of the farm except one year, when he took a partnership in a country store at Alquina, Fayette Co. IN, until both his father and mother had gone to their long home. He stayed some years longer upon the paternnal estate, during which he was married, June 16, 1875 to Miss Martha Eliza Pruden of Harrison village. In the February following he removed to the pleasant, elegant residence on the Cincinnati turnpike, one mile southeast of Harrison, where he spent a tranquil old age, in quite tolerable health for his years, and with the remembrance of a life well spent to cheer him. He had been no office-seeker, and on one occasion, when nominated for local office, he electioneered vigorously against his own candidacy,and succeeded in defeating himself. He had been a life-long Democrat, however, and always goes to the polls to deposit his vote. His first vote was cast for General Andrew Jackson for the President of the U.S. He never has been connected with any of the religious or secret societies, but had been satisfied to live a self contained and independent life. (this contributor, Vivian Brown, is granddaughter 4 times removed of John Jones Burk, Stephen's brother, who lived and farmed in Fayette County IN)
Stephen's parents removed in 1809 from Maryland to the tract about one mile south of Harrison on the State line, and was later owned by Stephen where Mrs. Ulick Burk's father had already settled. Stephen's parents lived there all their lives until they died.
Stephen Burk was two years old when his parents came to the Miami country, having been born Sept. 24, 1807 at the old home in Baltimore Co. Maryland. He is somewhat remotely of Irish stock on his father's side. He was educated to the limited extent attainable in the schools of that day and neighborhood, and has acquitted himself through a long life as a man of intelligence and character. He remained a bachelor at the old home south of Harrison, devoting himself to the care of his parents and the labors of the farm except one year, when he took a partnership in a country store at Alquina, Fayette Co. IN, until both his father and mother had gone to their long home. He stayed some years longer upon the paternnal estate, during which he was married, June 16, 1875 to Miss Martha Eliza Pruden of Harrison village. In the February following he removed to the pleasant, elegant residence on the Cincinnati turnpike, one mile southeast of Harrison, where he spent a tranquil old age, in quite tolerable health for his years, and with the remembrance of a life well spent to cheer him. He had been no office-seeker, and on one occasion, when nominated for local office, he electioneered vigorously against his own candidacy,and succeeded in defeating himself. He had been a life-long Democrat, however, and always goes to the polls to deposit his vote. His first vote was cast for General Andrew Jackson for the President of the U.S. He never has been connected with any of the religious or secret societies, but had been satisfied to live a self contained and independent life. (this contributor, Vivian Brown, is granddaughter 4 times removed of John Jones Burk, Stephen's brother, who lived and farmed in Fayette County IN)
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