The Shemwell Family

Martin Willie BurgessAge: 72 years19071980

Name
Martin Willie Burgess
Given names
Martin Willie
Surname
Burgess
Birth December 1, 1907
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 21 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 son
#1
Bailey Cogan Burgess
February 18, 1935 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Perry Walter Burgess
August 6, 1939 (Age 31 years)
Census May 1, 1940 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Dean Nelson Burgess
November 1, 1944 (Age 36 years)
Death of a sonBailey Cogan Burgess
April 30, 1945 (Age 37 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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
Birth of a daughter
#4
Leta Sue Burgess
September 26, 1946 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a son
#5
James Lloyd Burgess
November 13, 1948 (Age 40 years)
Death of a sonJames Lloyd Burgess
November 13, 1948 (Age 40 years)
Census May 1, 1950 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Perry Donathan Burgess
October 20, 1965 (Age 57 years)
Death of a sonDean Nelson Burgess
June 19, 1966 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 September 15, 1980 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Burgess Cemetery
Family with Eliza Elizabeth Swafford - View this family
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daughter
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son
Bailey Cogan Burgess
Birth: February 18, 1935 27 21Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 30, 1945Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
son
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son
Perry Walter Burgess
Birth: August 6, 1939 31 26Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 30, 1996Cherokee Village, Sharp, Arkansas, United States
son
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daughter
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son
Dean Nelson Burgess
Birth: November 1, 1944 36 31Tennessee, United States
Death: June 19, 1966Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
23 months
daughter
Leta Sue Burgess
Birth: September 26, 1946 38 33Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 18, 1991
2 years
son
James Lloyd Burgess
Birth: November 13, 1948 40 35Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 13, 1948Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
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