Dr. William Elbert BURT

     Dr. William Elbert BURT, son of Henry McKenzie BURT and Margaret Mims CURRY, was born on 1 February 1882 in Talladega County, Alabama.¹ He graduated in 1906 at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He passed the Alabama State Medical Board in 1905.² He was a medical doctor. He is said to have owned one of the first automobiles in Alabama which he used in his practice.³

William married Jessie Hicks circa 1908 in Talladega County, Alabama.

Dr. William Elbert BURT was the medical doctor who signed the death certificate of Alexander B. KILLOUGH on 24 January 1910 in Talladega County, Alabama. Alexander was the adopted brother of William's father.⁴

Dr. William Elbert BURT appeared in a newspaper article 11 July 1917 in the Our Mountain Home, published in Talladega, Alabama. "Dr. W. E. Burt has been elected city physician for Talladega."

With no end in sight for World War I, the United States instituted it's third and final registration. It included all men who were between the ages of 18 and 21, and 31 to 45 years of age. This added younger men than the previous registrations, those who were born between September 12, 1897 and September 12, 1900; and added an older group of men, born between September 12, 1873 and September 12, 1888. William filled out a draft card on 12 September 1918 in Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama. He was a 36 year old physician and county health officer in Talladega. He was discribed as medium height and stout build with blue eyes and brown hair.⁵

Dr. William Elbert BURT died on 1 October 1920 in Talladega County, Alabama, at age 38. He was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.