Nancy A “Nannie” HarrisAge: 87 years1853–1940
- Name
- Nancy A “Nannie” Harris
- Given names
- Nancy A
- Surname
- Harris
- Nickname
- Nannie
- Married name
- Nancy A Rush
 Birth | January 14, 1853 31 25 |
 Birth of a brother | Henry C Harris February 25, 1853 (Age 42 days) |
| Birth of a brother | Bascomb Lee Harris March 6, 1859 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | 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 |
 Census | September 5, 1860 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Jerry Crittenden Harris September 29, 1861 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Arenia Elizabeth “Rena” Harris October 6, 1864 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 8 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 13 years) |
| Historical Event | 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 13 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 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 |
| Census | October 17, 1870 (Age 17 years) |
 Marriage | Benjamin Franklin Rush — View this family April 13, 1876 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Martin Taylor Rush December 9, 1876 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Maggie A Rush January 18, 1878 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | 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 |
| Death of a brother | Taylor E Harris October 9, 1884 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Jeremiah O “Jerry” Holland June 17, 1888 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Ann Shemwell April 6, 1889 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Elizabeth Holland March 22, 1896 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 45 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 50 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Martin Taylor Rush — Ermin Car Poe — View this family about 1906 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | 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 |
| Historical Event | 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 |
| Historical Event | 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/ |
| Death of a sister | Mary Ellen Harris April 7, 1926 (Age 73 years) |
| Historical Event | 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 |
| Death of a sister | Cynthia Ann Harris March 16, 1930 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a brother | Henry C Harris October 22, 1933 (Age 80 years) |
| Death of a husband | Benjamin Franklin Rush January 17, 1938 (Age 85 years) |
 Death | March 10, 1940 (Age 87 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lewisburg 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 elder 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 herself |
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 Benjamin Franklin Rush |
| husband |
Benjamin Franklin Rush Birth: October 7, 1851 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: January 17, 1938 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
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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Marriage: April 13, 1876 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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8 months son |
Martin Taylor Rush Birth: December 9, 1876 25 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 7, 1956 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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13 months daughter |
Maggie A Rush Birth: January 18, 1878 26 25 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1961 |
Nancy A “Nannie” 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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