The Shemwell Family

Seth Atlas “Jack” HarrisAge: 84 years19141998

Name
Seth Atlas “Jack” Harris
Given names
Seth Atlas
Surname
Harris
Nickname
Jack
Birth May 31, 1914 25 18
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 months)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Marriage of a parentAlva Russell HarrisOllie Shaw GlennView this family
Type: Civil marriage
May 2, 1918 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 2 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 3 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 half-brotherJames Alva Harris
January 21, 1919 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a half-brotherClarence Boone Harris
December 15, 1919 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a half-brotherMelvin Lee Harris
May 31, 1921 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a half-brotherElvis Harris
January 12, 1923 (Age 8 years)
Death of a half-brotherElvis Harris
January 19, 1923 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a half-sisterIrene Harris
January 21, 1924 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 motherLucy “Pearlie” Carter
April 16, 1950 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a fatherAlva Russell Harris
December 28, 1964 (Age 50 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 of a half-brotherJames Alva Harris
December 7, 1980 (Age 66 years)
Death of a brotherWardell Byron Harris
September 19, 1986 (Age 72 years)
Death November 24, 1998 (Age 84 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 27, 1910Todd, Kentucky, United States
1 month
elder sister
Pearl Harris
Birth: about 1910 20 14Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death:
22 months
elder brother
Wardell Byron Harris
Birth: October 31, 1911 22 15Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 19, 1986Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years
himself
Seth Atlas “Jack” Harris
Birth: May 31, 1914 25 18Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 24, 1998Warren, Kentucky, United States
Father’s family with Ollie Shaw Glenn - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: May 2, 1918Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
9 months
half-brother
James Alva Harris
Birth: January 21, 1919 29 34Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 7, 1980Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States
11 months
half-brother
Clarence Boone Harris
Birth: December 15, 1919 30 35Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 1, 2002Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
18 months
half-brother
19 months
half-brother
Elvis Harris
Birth: January 12, 1923 33 38Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 19, 1923Todd, Kentucky, United States
1 year
half-sister
Irene Harris
Birth: January 21, 1924 34 39Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 26, 2016Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States