The Shemwell Family

Jesse Thomas “Tom” BurgessAge: 29 years18731902

Name
Jesse Thomas “Tom” Burgess
Given names
Jesse Thomas
Surname
Burgess
Nickname
Tom
Birth March 6, 1873

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageRebecca Jane BrewerView this family
about 1895 (Age 21 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Urious Ira Burgess
May 28, 1896 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 25 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
Death November 1, 1902 (Age 29 years)
Family with Rebecca Jane Brewer - View this family
himself
wife
Rebecca Jane Brewer
Birth: September 14, 1877 33 31Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 23, 1966Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: about 1895
17 months
son
Urious Ira Burgess
Birth: May 28, 1896 23 18Winesap, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 5, 1918Bregnes, France

No family available

Note
Tom Burgess, of O'Connor, White County, was shot down at his home Monday night. Someone went to the home of Burgess, called him out and without speaking a word emptied a load of buckshot in his breast. The party is unknown and no cause whatever is assigned
Note
Tom Burgess, of O'Connor, White County, was shot down at his home Monday night. Someone went to the home of Burgess, called him out and without speaking a word emptied a load of buckshot in his breast. The party is unknown and no cause whatever is assigned