The Shemwell Family

Jesse Columbus HiggersonAge: 15 years19101925

Name
Jesse Columbus Higgerson
Given names
Jesse Columbus
Surname
Higgerson
Birth April 14, 1910 48 39
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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 2, 1920 (Age 9 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Frances Herndon
May 15, 1920 (Age 10 years)
Death of a fatherEmmett Lee Higgerson
July 29, 1921 (Age 11 years)
Death November 12, 1925 (Age 15 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Lamine Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: February 17, 1892Cooper, Missouri, United States
11 months
elder sister
2 years
elder sister
5 years
elder sister
4 years
elder sister
7 years
elder brother
1 month
himself
Jesse Columbus Higgerson
Birth: April 14, 1910 48 39Missouri, United States
Death: November 12, 1925Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States

Jesse Columbus Higgerson has 14 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Emmett Lee Higgerson - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Higgerson, Emmett headMW58MMOVAMOlaborerpipe factory
Higgerson, IdawifeFW48MMOMOMO
Higgerson, May BelledaughterFW17SMOMOMO
Higgerson, JessesonMW9SMOMOMO