Byron Ganfield HarrisAge: 70 years1889–1959
- Name
- Byron Ganfield Harris
- Given names
- Byron Ganfield
- Surname
- Harris
 Birth | May 13, 1889 38 33 |
 Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary Elizabeth Holland March 22, 1896 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 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 11 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Lemuel W Harris June 21, 1903 (Age 14 years) |
 Marriage | Irene E Bowers — View this family calculated 1908 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Lilburn W Harris 1910 (Age 20 years) |
| Census | May 11, 1910 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 26 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 27 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 28 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 mother | Martha Livingston “Mattie” Davis October 27, 1927 (Age 38 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Lilburn W Harris — Arlee Goldie Johnson — View this family about 1929 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 40 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Uhlan Webster Harris September 9, 1931 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a father | John Fletcher Harris July 29, 1940 (Age 51 years) Cause: Hypostatic Pneumonia |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 52 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 | Lemuel Wesley Harris January 29, 1953 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 60 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 wife | Irene E Bowers May 13, 1954 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a brother | Cecil Welons Harris December 4, 1954 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 56 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 | August 2, 1959 (Age 70 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Fletcher Harris Birth: December 28, 1850 29 23 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 29, 1940 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
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 elder sister |
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 elder brother |
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 elder brother |
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 himself |
Byron Ganfield Harris Birth: May 13, 1889 38 33 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 2, 1959 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Irene E Bowers |
| himself |
Byron Ganfield Harris Birth: May 13, 1889 38 33 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 2, 1959 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Irene E Bowers Birth: July 8, 1889 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 13, 1954 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1908 — |
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3 years son |
Lilburn W Harris Birth: 1910 20 20 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: September 13, 1968 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
Byron Ganfield Harris has 8 first cousins recorded
Father's family (8)
Parents Matthew J Motsinger + Cynthia Ann Harris
Parents William M Gant + Mary Ellen Harris
Parents Taylor E Harris + Laura Ann Dorris
Parents Benjamin Franklin Rush + Nancy A “Nannie” Harris
Parents James William “Jimmy” Glenn + Arenia Elizabeth “Rena” Harris
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John Fletcher Harris - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Byron Ganfield Harris - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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