Mary Ellen HarrisAge: 81 years1844–1926
- Name
- Mary Ellen Harris
- Given names
- Mary Ellen
- Surname
- Harris
- Married name
- Mary Ellen Gant
 Birth | September 12, 1844 23 17 |
 Birth of a brother | Taylor E Harris January 1, 1848 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 15 months)Note: 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 |
| Birth of a brother | Joel N Harris January 20, 1849 (Age 4 years) |
 Census | August 24, 1850 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John Fletcher Harris December 28, 1850 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Nancy A “Nannie” Harris January 14, 1853 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Henry C Harris February 25, 1853 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Bascomb Lee Harris March 6, 1859 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | September 5, 1860 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Jerry Crittenden Harris September 29, 1861 (Age 17 years) |
 Marriage | William M Gant — View this family August 11, 1864 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Arenia Elizabeth “Rena” Harris October 6, 1864 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 16 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 |
| Birth of a brother | Matthew William Harris August 11, 1866 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Laura Taylor Gant October 1, 1866 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 22 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 22 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 24 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 |
| Birth of a son #2 | Jesse L Gant February 13, 1872 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 33 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a brother | Taylor E Harris October 9, 1884 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Jeremiah O “Jerry” Holland June 17, 1888 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Ann Shemwell April 6, 1889 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Eura L Day May 5, 1895 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Elizabeth Holland March 22, 1896 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 53 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 of a father | Lemuel W Harris June 21, 1903 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a husband | William M Gant March 8, 1916 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 71 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 72 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 73 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 | April 7, 1926 (Age 81 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Lemuel W Harris Birth: January 18, 1821 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 21, 1903 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Mary Elizabeth Holland Birth: August 2, 1827 23 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 22, 1896 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: 1842 — |
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-7 months elder sister |
Cynthia Ann Harris Birth: June 17, 1841 20 13 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 16, 1930 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years herself |
Mary Ellen Harris Birth: September 12, 1844 23 17 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 7, 1926 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Taylor E Harris Birth: January 1, 1848 26 20 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: October 9, 1884 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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13 months younger brother |
Joel N Harris Birth: January 20, 1849 28 21 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 27, 1942 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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23 months younger brother |
John Fletcher Harris Birth: December 28, 1850 29 23 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 29, 1940 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Nancy A “Nannie” Harris Birth: January 14, 1853 31 25 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: March 10, 1940 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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1 month younger brother |
Henry C Harris Birth: February 25, 1853 32 25 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: October 22, 1933 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years younger brother |
Bascomb Lee Harris Birth: March 6, 1859 38 31 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: October 11, 1947 — Gordonsville, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Jerry Crittenden Harris Birth: September 29, 1861 40 34 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: November 29, 1945 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Arenia Elizabeth “Rena” Harris Birth: October 6, 1864 43 37 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 10, 1949 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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22 months younger brother |
Matthew William Harris Birth: August 11, 1866 45 39 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: October 11, 1949 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with William M Gant |
| husband |
William M Gant Birth: August 24, 1838 25 20 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 8, 1916 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Mary Ellen Harris Birth: September 12, 1844 23 17 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 7, 1926 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: August 11, 1864 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Laura Taylor Gant Birth: October 1, 1866 28 22 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 10, 1933 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years son |
Jesse L Gant Birth: February 13, 1872 33 27 Death: |
Mary Ellen Harris has 36 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (36)
Parents Nathaniel Walker Holland + Sarah M “Sally” Cross
Parents Nathaniel Walker Holland + Agnes Ellen Wimpey
Parents John Wesley Holland + Ann Lucas Walker “Anna” Hunter
Parents Allen Samuel Holland + Lucy Elizabeth Mason
Parents Allen Samuel Holland + Mary Jane Neall
Parents Capt. James Harvey Hudspeth + Armelda Ann Holland
Parents George Martin Holland + Emily Phillips
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Lemuel W Harris - Household
Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Lemuel W Harris - Household
Todd, Kentucky
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