Burke, Bartemas
lawyer, legislator, was born Aug. 29, 1845, in Richmond, Ind. He received his education in the Hartsville university. He served three years as a union soldier during the civil war; was an eye-witness of the surrender of Vicksburg by Pemberton to Grant; was taken prisoner in the Red river campaign; and made one of the most notable escapes of the war from Camp Ford prison, Tex., to the union lines at Natchez. He was prosecuting attorney for seven years in Indiana; and in California has been school trustee; assistant district attorney; postmaster of Santa Cruz; commissioner of Torrens Land Transfer Reform; and during 1892-96 was state senator in the California legislature from the twenty-ninth district.