The Shemwell Family

Urious Ira BurgessAge: 22 years18961918

Name
Urious Ira Burgess
Given names
Urious Ira
Surname
Burgess
Birth May 28, 1896 23 18
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 months)
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
Census June 21, 1900 (Age 4 years)
Death of a fatherJesse Thomas “Tom” Burgess
November 1, 1902 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 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 20 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 21 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/
Death September 5, 1918 (Age 22 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Rebecca Jane Brewer
Birth: September 14, 1877 33 31Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 23, 1966Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: about 1895
17 months
himself
Urious Ira Burgess
Birth: May 28, 1896 23 18Winesap, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 5, 1918Bregnes, France

Urious Ira Burgess has 14 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Rev. William Benjamin Brewer - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Brewer, BenjaminheadWMJan184456M35TNFarmer
Brewer, Rebecca JwifeWFOct184554M35129TNVAAL
Brewer, William LsonWMSep187524STNTNTNFarm Laborer
Brewer, ElisonWMApr188020STNTNTN
Brewer, John BsonWMSep188217STNTNTN
Brewer, GertiedaughterWFJun18909STNTNTN
Brewer, FrancisdaughterWFSep18927STNTNTN
Burgess, Rebecca JdaughterWFSep187722Wd511TNTNTN
Burgess, Ira Orgrand sonWMMay18964STNTN