George Lafayette BurrusAge: 65 years1864–1930
- Name
- George Lafayette Burrus
- Given names
- George Lafayette
- Surname
- Burrus
 Birth | October 4, 1864 |
 Marriage | Lydie Caroline McCord — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 2 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 2 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 4 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 13 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 | William Arthur Burrus February 14, 1888 (Age 23 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 |
| Marriage of a child | William Arthur Burrus — Mattie L Huffman — View this family January 20, 1908 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Audie Burrus January 1, 1909 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Euliess A Burrus December 13, 1910 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | George Eskell Burrus November 16, 1912 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Walter A Burrus December 28, 1914 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 51 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 grandson #5 | Thomas Ike “Tom” Burrus February 22, 1917 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 52 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 53 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 #6 | Dollie Burrus March 8, 1919 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Dollie Burrus March 11, 1919 (Age 54 years) |
 Census | January 20, 1920 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Cleo Burrus November 30, 1921 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Leo Burrus November 30, 1921 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Cleo Burrus December 4, 1921 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Leo Burrus February 15, 1923 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | Willard Lero Burrus October 8, 1924 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | Jewel Deare Burrus January 10, 1928 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Audie Burrus July 18, 1929 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 64 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 |
| Census | April 24, 1930 (Age 65 years) |
 Death | May 11, 1930 (Age 65 years) |
| Family with Lydie Caroline McCord |
| himself |
George Lafayette Burrus Birth: October 4, 1864 — Missouri, United States Death: May 11, 1930 |
| wife |
Lydie Caroline McCord Birth: about 1866 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
William Arthur Burrus Birth: February 14, 1888 23 22 — Ash Flat, Sharp, Arkansas, United States Death: 1953 |
No family available
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Arthur Burrus - Household
Hardy, Sharp, Arkansas
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - William Arthur Burrus - Household
Campbell, Lawrence, Arkansas
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