Matthew William HarrisAge: 83 years1866–1949
- Name
- Matthew William Harris
- Given names
- Matthew William
- Surname
- Harris
 Birth | August 11, 1866 45 39 |
 Marriage | Mary A Benson — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 4 months)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 4 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 2 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 4 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 11 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 13 years) |
 Death of a brother | Taylor E Harris October 9, 1884 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Jeremiah O “Jerry” Holland June 17, 1888 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Ann Shemwell April 6, 1889 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Elizabeth Holland March 22, 1896 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 49 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 50 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 51 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 59 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 63 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 63 years) |
| Death of a brother | Henry C Harris October 22, 1933 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nancy A “Nannie” Harris March 10, 1940 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Fletcher Harris July 29, 1940 (Age 73 years) Cause: Hypostatic Pneumonia |
| Death of a brother | Joel N Harris April 27, 1942 (Age 75 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a brother | Jerry Crittenden Harris November 29, 1945 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a brother | Bascomb Lee Harris October 11, 1947 (Age 81 years) |
| Death of a sister | Arenia Elizabeth “Rena” Harris July 10, 1949 (Age 82 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 79 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | October 11, 1949 (Age 83 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 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 elder 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 elder 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 elder 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 elder 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 elder 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 himself |
Matthew William Harris Birth: August 11, 1866 45 39 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: October 11, 1949 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Mary A Benson |
| himself |
Matthew William Harris Birth: August 11, 1866 45 39 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: October 11, 1949 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Mary A Benson Birth: August 31, 1869 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 31, 1952 |
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Marriage: — |
Matthew William 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 | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Lemuel W Harris - Household
Sharon, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Lemuel W Harris - Household
Sharon, Todd, Kentucky
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