Laura Ann DorrisAge: 87 years1853–1941
- Name
- Laura Ann Dorris
- Given names
- Laura Ann
- Surname
- Dorris
- Married name
- Laura Ann Harris
![]() | July 8, 1853 |
![]() | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
![]() | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 7 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 |
![]() | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 13 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 |
![]() | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 13 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
![]() | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 15 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 |
![]() | Taylor E Harris — View this family May 14, 1871 (Age 17 years) |
![]() #1 | James Luther Harris September 14, 1873 (Age 20 years) |
![]() | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 24 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
![]() | Taylor E Harris October 9, 1884 (Age 31 years) |
![]() | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 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 |
![]() | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 62 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
![]() | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 63 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 |
![]() | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 64 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/ |
![]() | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 76 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 |
![]() | March 8, 1941 (Age 87 years) |
Family with Taylor E Harris |
husband |
Taylor E Harris Birth: January 1, 1848 26 20 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: October 9, 1884 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
herself |
Laura Ann Dorris Birth: July 8, 1853 — Sumner, Tennessee, United States Death: March 8, 1941 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
Marriage: May 14, 1871 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
James Luther Harris Birth: September 14, 1873 25 20 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 29, 1964 — Belton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
Taylor E Harris + Kitty Gebron |
husband |
Taylor E Harris Birth: January 1, 1848 26 20 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: October 9, 1884 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
husband’s wife |
Kitty Gebron Death: |
Marriage: February 6, 1865 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |