James Noel BurgessAge: 68 years1864–1932
- Name
- James Noel Burgess
- Given names
- James Noel
- Surname
- Burgess
 Birth | 1864 |
 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 3 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 3 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 5 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 14 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Ann Elizabeth Bassam — View this family December 25, 1894 (Age 30 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Mary Elizabeth Burgess September 26, 1895 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Violet Marie Burgess November 23, 1903 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Kenneth Dunbar Burgess May 7, 1914 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 52 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 53 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 54 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/ |
| Marriage of a child | Charles Howard Shemwell — Violet Marie Burgess — View this family July 15, 1922 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Elizabeth Marie Shemwell April 16, 1923 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Laura Leigh Shemwell July 9, 1924 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Joseph Howard “Joe” Shemwell April 29, 1928 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 65 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 | 1932 (Age 68 years) |
| Family with Ann Elizabeth Bassam |
| himself |
James Noel Burgess Birth: 1864 — Indiana, United States Death: 1932 |
| wife |
Ann Elizabeth Bassam Birth: January 28, 1876 — Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland Death: November 24, 1936 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: December 25, 1894 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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9 years daughter |
Violet Marie Burgess Birth: November 23, 1903 39 27 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 29, 1969 — New Mexico, United States |
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-8 years daughter |
Mary Elizabeth Burgess Birth: September 26, 1895 31 19 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: February 20, 1957 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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19 years daughter |
Kenneth Dunbar Burgess Birth: May 7, 1914 50 38 Death: September 25, 1943 |