The Shemwell Family

Jessie Pinkney RodgersAge: 56 years18651922

Name
Jessie Pinkney Rodgers
Given names
Jessie Pinkney
Surname
Rodgers
Birth February 19, 1865
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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 22 months)
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 22 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 3 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 12 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Religious marriageLottie BurrageView this family
July 6, 1893 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#1
James B Rodgers
July 1897 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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
#2
Ruth W Rodgers
February 1900 (Age 34 years)
Census June 12, 1900 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Pearl Rodgers
1902 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Blanche Rodgers
1906 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Edith R Rodgers
1909 (Age 43 years)
Census April 16, 1910 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 50 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 51 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 52 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/
Census January 9, 1920 (Age 54 years)
Death January 31, 1922 (Age 56 years)
Family with Lottie Burrage - View this family
himself
Jessie Pinkney Rodgers
Birth: February 19, 1865Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 31, 1922Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
wife
Marriage: July 6, 1893Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
4 years
son
James B Rodgers
Birth: July 1897 32 22North Carolina, United States
Death:
3 years
daughter
Ruth W Rodgers
Birth: February 1900 34 24North Carolina, United States
Death:
3 years
daughter
5 years
daughter
4 years
daughter

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James Monroe Burrage - Household

Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Burrage, James MheadWMSep185445M26NCNCNCfarmer
Burrage, Lucy DwifeWFDec185544M26118NCNCNC
Burrage, Luther RsonWMJan187921SNCNCNCfarm laborer
Burrage, Roy WsonWMApr188317SNCNCNCoverseer of spinning
Burrage, William RsonWMDec188613SNCNCNC
Burrage, MarydaughterWFJan18919SNCNCNC
Burrage, John BsonWMMar18928SNCNCNC
Burrage, HughsonWMOct18945SNCNCNC
Burrage, James HsonWMFeb187723SNCNCNCwood workman
Burrage, Emmadaughter in lawWMApr188020MNCNCNC
Burrage, SongrandsonWMMay19001 monthSNCNCNC
Rodgers, Jessie Pson in lawWMFeb186535M7NCNCNCminister
Rodgers, LottiedaughterWFJun187524M7NCNCNC
Rodgers, James BgrandsonWMJul18972SNCNCNC
Rodgers, Ruth WgranddaughterWFFeb19003 monthsSNCNCNC

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Jessie Pinkey Rodgers - Household

Winston, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Rodgers, Jessie P (Rev) headMW44M17NCNCNC
Rodgers, LottiewifeFW35M1765NCNCNC
Rodgers, James BsonMW12SNCNCNC
Rodgers, Ruth WdaughterFW10SNCNCNC
Rodgers, PearldaughterFW8SNCNCNC
Rodgers, BlanchedaughterFW4SNCNCNC
Rodgers, Edith RdaughterFW1SNCNCNC

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Jessie Pinkey Rodgers - Household

Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Rodgers, Jessie PheadMW54MNCNCNC
Rodgers, LottiewifeFW44MNCNCNC
Rodgers, James BsonMW22SNCNCNC
Rodgers, Ruth WdaughterFW19SNCNCNC
Rodgers, PearldaughterFW18SNCNCNC
Rodgers, BlanchedaughterFW14SNCNCNC
Rodgers, Edith RdaughterFW10SNCNCNC