John Quincy BurnettAge: 61 years1860–1922
- Name
- John Quincy Burnett
- Given names
- John Quincy
- Surname
- Burnett
 Birth | December 1, 1860 |
 Marriage | Martha Ellen “Mattie” Hamby — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 4 months)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 6 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 6 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 8 years)Note: 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 17 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Birth of a son#1 | James Douglas “Dug” Burnett February 18, 1886 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 grandson #1 | James Martin Burnett April 11, 1906 (Age 45 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Douglas “Dug” Burnett — Versa Etna Dorton — View this family about 1906 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Ernestine Burnett September 25, 1907 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Joe John Burnett February 23, 1910 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Mabel G Burnett August 3, 1911 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Pvt. Douglas W Burnett about 1914 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 55 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Martha Rebecca “Mattie” Burnett November 23, 1917 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 56 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 57 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/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Hazel Alice Burnett May 5, 1919 (Age 58 years) |
 Death | January 24, 1922 (Age 61 years) |
| Family with Martha Ellen “Mattie” Hamby |
| himself |
John Quincy Burnett Birth: December 1, 1860 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States Death: January 24, 1922 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Martha Ellen “Mattie” Hamby Birth: June 27, 1861 — Hebbertsburg, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: March 15, 1944 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
James Douglas “Dug” Burnett Birth: February 18, 1886 25 24 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: May 29, 1931 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |