The Shemwell Family

Charles T Harris1857

Name
Charles T Harris
Given names
Charles T
Surname
Harris
Birth 1857 33 26
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a brotherIra Loomis Harris
March 24, 1860 (Age 3 years)
Census September 3, 1860 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherNicholas Taylor Harris
November 22, 1863 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Maltilda “Molly” Harris
April 1865 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 4 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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 10 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 10 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a sisterJozella Belle Zora Harris
about 1868 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 12 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 8, 1870 (Age 13 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherNicholas Christian
March 15, 1872 (Age 15 years)
Note: Obituary
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah “Sally” Shemwell
October 1877 (Age 20 years)
Cause: Died of Dropsy
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 21 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 19, 1880 (Age 23 years)
Death of a fatherJephthah I Harris
November 29, 1887 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 41 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 sisterMary Maltilda “Molly” Harris
September 29, 1902 (Age 45 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam L Harris
October 8, 1910 (Age 53 years)
Death of a motherPhada Jane “Fadie” Christian
October 19, 1911 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 59 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 60 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 61 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 sisterJozella Belle Zora Harris
July 24, 1919 (Age 62 years)
Death of a brotherIra Loomis Harris
March 1, 1924 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 72 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 brotherNicholas Taylor Harris
April 18, 1938 (Age 81 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Death of a sisterHenrietta Harris
December 4, 1941 (Age 84 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 84 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 93 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 89 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
Deathunknown

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father
mother
Marriage: about 1847
2 years
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
Sarah E Harris
Birth: June 27, 1852 29 21Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 16, 1853Todd, Kentucky, United States
20 months
elder sister
4 years
himself
3 years
younger brother
4 years
younger brother
Nicholas Taylor Harris
Birth: November 22, 1863 40 32Kentucky, United States
Death: April 18, 1938Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
17 months
younger sister
4 years
younger sister
Jozella Belle Zora Harris
Birth: about 1868 44 37Kentucky, United States
Death: July 24, 1919Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States

Charles T Harris has 18 first cousins recorded

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Jephthah I Harris - Household

Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
J I Harrishead37MWfarmerKY
P J Harriswife30FWKY
W L Harrisson12MWKY
Henrietta Harrisdaughter6FWKY
C T Harrisson3MWKY
W A Harrisson6 monthsMWKY

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Jephthah I Harris - Household

Sharon, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Harris, Jephthahead47MWFarmerKY
Harris, Fadiewife40FWKeeping HouseKY
Harris, William Lson21MWFarm LaborerKY
Harris, Henriettadaughter16FWAt HomeKY
Harris, Charles Tson13MWFarm LaborerKY
Harris, Ira Lson12MWFarm LaborerKY
Harris, Nicholasson9MWKY
Harris, Mary Mdaughter6FWKY
Harris, Jozella B Zdaughter2FWKY

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Jephthah I Harris - Household

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Harris, Jephthah IWM56headMFarmerKY
Harris, Fadie JWF49wifeMKeeping HouseKYNCKY
Harris, Charles TWM24sonSLaborerKYKYKY
Harris, Ira LWM20sonSLaborerKYKYKY
Harris, Nicholas TWM16sonSLaborerKYKYKY
Harris, Mary MWF15daughterSAt HomeKYKYKY
Harris, Belle JWF12daughterSAt HomeKYKYKY