Burritt MarshAge: 93 years1846–1939
- Name
- Burritt Marsh
- Given names
- Burritt
- Surname
- Marsh
 Birth | January 1846 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 11 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 15 years)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 21 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 21 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 23 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 32 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Emeline Amelia Keeler — View this family September 3, 1885 (Age 39 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Miles Lucius Marsh December 22, 1886 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 52 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 | Miles Lucius Marsh — Helen Louise Barnett — View this family April 17, 1912 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Victoria Louise Marsh July 2, 1913 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Helen Amelia Marsh December 12, 1915 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 70 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 #3 | Phillip Andrew Marsh February 13, 1918 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 71 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 72 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 #4 | Elizabeth Anne Marsh November 23, 1919 (Age 73 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Ruth Marsh October 4, 1923 (Age 77 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Miles Burritt Marsh September 2, 1928 (Age 82 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 83 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 |
 Death | August 20, 1939 (Age 93 years) |
| Obituary | Burritt Marsh Obituary and Family Listing August 21, 1939 (1 day after death) Shared note: Burritt Marsh Obituary and Family Listing |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Northfield Cemetery |
| Family with Emeline Amelia Keeler |
| himself |
Burritt Marsh Birth: January 1846 — Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Death: August 20, 1939 — Northfield Litchfield, Connecticut, United States |
| wife |
Emeline Amelia Keeler Birth: June 20, 1856 — Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Death: May 27, 1942 — Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States |
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Marriage: September 3, 1885 — Connecticut, United States |
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16 months son |
Miles Lucius Marsh Birth: December 22, 1886 40 30 — Thomaston, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Death: July 26, 1974 — Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States |
No family available
| Obituary | Burritt Marsh Obituary and Family Listing
Burritt Marsh's Obituary documents his family at the time of his death; ie, a son named Miles and a sister named Miss Lucy March. See the newspaper article attached to Burritt's profile for details.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114961191/burritt-marsh |