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Edward Austin Burke (1839-1928) —
also known as Edward A. Burke; Edward A.
Burk —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
13, 1839.
Democrat. Telegraph operator; railroad
superintendent; major in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; importer
and exporter; railway
freight agent; newspaper
editor; Louisiana
state treasurer, 1878-88; engaged in a pistol duel
with Henry J. Hearsey on January 25, 1880; neither man was injured;
in 1882, he was wounded in a duel with C. Harrison Parker; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1884;
in 1889, his successor as state treasurer, William
Henry Pipes, discovered discrepancies in state funds, and accused
Burke of embezzlement;
he was subsequently indicted
by a grand jury; Burke, then in London, chose not to return to
Louisiana, and instead fled
to Honduras, and remained in Central America for the rest of his life.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, in the Hotel
Ritz, Tegucigalpa, Honduras,
September
24, 1928 (age 89 years, 11
days).
Interment somewhere in Yuscarán, Honduras.
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James Denson Sayers (1888-1957) —
also known as James D. Sayers —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Summerfield, Claiborne
Parish, La., March
17, 1888.
Socialist. Telegraph operator; editor;
delegate to Socialist National Convention from Texas, 1920; candidate
for New York
state assembly from Queens County 1st District, 1932.
Died December
26, 1957 (age 69 years, 284
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Joel Sayers and Emma Missouri (Sayers) Sayers; married to
Eda Eugenia Martin. |
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