 Birth | October 1869 |
 Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 8 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Anna Forest Pugh — View this family January 14, 1890 (Age 20 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Mary May “Mollie” Hargis October 9, 1890 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Bessie Lee Hargis September 26, 1893 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Rosa Evans “Rosie” Hargis November 9, 1895 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Sallie Cora Hargis March 31, 1898 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Lyda Hill Hargis April 12, 1900 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Eula Adeline Hargis September 30, 1902 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Franklin Forrest Hargis December 5, 1905 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a wife | Anna Forest Pugh December 22, 1905 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 46 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 47 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 48 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Marriage of a child | James Albert Burks Sr. — Lyda Hill Hargis — View this family December 20, 1919 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Lyda Hester Burks April 19, 1921 (Age 51 years) |
| Marriage | Florence Lillie Stagner — View this family July 6, 1929 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 60 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | James Albert Burks Jr. September 29, 1930 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 72 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 80 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 76 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | November 10, 1960 (Age 91 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Green Hill Cemetery |