John Fletcher HarrisAge: 89 years1850–1940
- Name
- John Fletcher Harris
- Given names
- John Fletcher
- Surname
- Harris
 Birth | December 28, 1850 29 23 |
 Birth of a sister | Nancy A “Nannie” Harris January 14, 1853 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Henry C Harris February 25, 1853 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Bascomb Lee Harris March 6, 1859 (Age 8 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 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 9 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Jerry Crittenden Harris September 29, 1861 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Arenia Elizabeth “Rena” Harris October 6, 1864 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 10 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 15 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 16 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 16 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 18 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 |
| Census | October 17, 1870 (Age 19 years) |
 Marriage | Martha Livingston “Mattie” Davis — View this family September 10, 1874 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Dora L Harris April 14, 1878 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 27 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 17, 1880 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Lemuel Wesley Harris January 25, 1881 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Dora L Harris September 18, 1882 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Cecil Welons Harris November 2, 1883 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a brother | Taylor E Harris October 9, 1884 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Jeremiah O “Jerry” Holland June 17, 1888 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Ann Shemwell April 6, 1889 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Byron Ganfield Harris May 13, 1889 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Elizabeth Holland March 22, 1896 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 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 |
| Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a father | Lemuel W Harris June 21, 1903 (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Byron Ganfield Harris — Irene E Bowers — View this family calculated 1908 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Elizabeth Cecil Harris October 23, 1910 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Lilburn W Harris 1910 (Age 59 years) |
| Census | May 11, 1910 (Age 59 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Lemuel Wesley Harris — Laura Adams Moss — View this family May 22, 1910 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Lemuel Moss Harris December 2, 1913 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Ethel Louise Harris December 3, 1913 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Carl Livingston Harris December 14, 1915 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Dora Kathryn Harris August 4, 1916 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 65 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 66 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 67 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 #7 | Gladys May Harris February 7, 1919 (Age 68 years) |
| Census | January 17, 1920 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Gladys May Harris July 3, 1920 (Age 69 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Juanita Faye Harris March 25, 1924 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Ellen Harris April 7, 1926 (Age 75 years) |
| Death of a wife | Martha Livingston “Mattie” Davis October 27, 1927 (Age 76 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 78 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 of a sister | Cynthia Ann Harris March 16, 1930 (Age 79 years) |
| Census | April 17, 1930 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a brother | Henry C Harris October 22, 1933 (Age 82 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nancy A “Nannie” Harris March 10, 1940 (Age 89 years) |
| Census | April 23, 1940 (Age 89 years) |
 Death | July 29, 1940 (Age 89 years) Cause of death: Hypostatic Pneumonia |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mt. Sharon 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 elder sister |
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 elder 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 elder 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 himself |
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 Martha Livingston “Mattie” Davis |
| himself |
John Fletcher Harris Birth: December 28, 1850 29 23 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 29, 1940 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Martha Livingston “Mattie” Davis Birth: November 17, 1855 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 27, 1927 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: September 10, 1874 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Dora L Harris Birth: April 14, 1878 27 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: September 18, 1882 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years son |
Lemuel Wesley Harris Birth: January 25, 1881 30 25 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 29, 1953 — New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States |
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3 years son |
Cecil Welons Harris Birth: November 2, 1883 32 27 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 4, 1954 — Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years son |
Byron Ganfield Harris Birth: May 13, 1889 38 33 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 2, 1959 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
John Fletcher 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 | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Lemuel W Harris - Household
Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Lemuel W Harris - Household
Sharon, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John Fletcher Harris - Household
Sharon, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John Fletcher Harris - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John Fletcher Harris - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - John Fletcher Harris - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - John Fletcher Harris - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - John Fletcher Harris - Household
Coal Bank Road Todd, Kentucky
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