James Virgil HarrisAge: 70 years1867–1938
- Name
- James Virgil Harris
- Given names
- James Virgil
- Surname
- Harris
 Birth | May 17, 1867 21 24 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867Note: 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 1867Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Birth of a brother | Thomas A Harris May 5, 1869 (Age 23 months) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Susan Kerna Tabb May 20, 1869 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 19 months)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 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Samuel Taft Harris February 10, 1871 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a brother | Thomas A Harris May 25, 1871 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Louis Alston “Allie” Harris May 5, 1874 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Jonathan Rue Harris February 18, 1877 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 10 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a brother | Ellis Kerney Harris June 17, 1879 (Age 12 years) |
| Census | June 17, 1880 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Zelpha Blanche Harris August 29, 1882 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | William Green Shemwell after May 1884 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William Wiley Harris September 27, 1884 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Joshua Cleveland Harris July 16, 1887 (Age 20 years) |
 Marriage | Georgie Bell Driskill — View this family 1894 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Emmett Ross Harris March 6, 1896 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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 7, 1900 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Wiley Harris January 8, 1902 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Brodie Burtrom Harris June 18, 1903 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Onie Fay Harris October 21, 1907 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Onie Fay Harris June 21, 1909 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Velmer Vertis Harris September 4, 1909 (Age 42 years) |
| Census | April 27, 1910 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | James Olin Harris May 15, 1915 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a father | John Andrew Harris 1915 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 48 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 49 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 50 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/ |
| Census | January 2, 1920 (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Brodie Burtrom Harris — Ruby Florence Wright — View this family estimated 1927 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 62 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 |
| Census | April 1, 1930 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a mother | George Ann Shemwell January 13, 1931 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Wilford Milberdene Harris November 10, 1932 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a brother | Samuel Taft Harris June 11, 1933 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a brother | Louis Alston “Allie” Harris April 7, 1936 (Age 68 years) |
 Death | April 6, 1938 (Age 70 years) Cause of death: Cerebral Hemorrhage |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Andrew Harris Birth: November 1845 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1915 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
George Ann Shemwell Birth: April 8, 1843 24 20 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 13, 1931 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: July 22, 1866 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Thomas A Harris Birth: May 5, 1869 23 26 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 25, 1871 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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-2 years himself |
James Virgil Harris Birth: May 17, 1867 21 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 6, 1938 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Samuel Taft Harris Birth: February 10, 1871 25 27 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 11, 1933 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Louis Alston “Allie” Harris Birth: May 5, 1874 28 31 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 7, 1936 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Jonathan Rue Harris Birth: February 18, 1877 31 33 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 7, 1957 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Ellis Kerney Harris Birth: June 17, 1879 33 36 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 17, 1960 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Zelpha Blanche Harris Birth: August 29, 1882 36 39 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 9, 1963 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
William Wiley Harris Birth: September 27, 1884 38 41 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 8, 1902 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Joshua Cleveland Harris Birth: July 16, 1887 41 44 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 14, 1957 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Georgie Bell Driskill |
| himself |
James Virgil Harris Birth: May 17, 1867 21 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 6, 1938 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Georgie Bell Driskill Birth: June 1871 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1956 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: 1894 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
Emmett Ross Harris Birth: March 6, 1896 28 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 27, 1963 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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7 years son |
Brodie Burtrom Harris Birth: June 18, 1903 36 32 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 8, 1991 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Onie Fay Harris Birth: October 21, 1907 40 36 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 21, 1909 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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22 months son |
Velmer Vertis Harris Birth: September 4, 1909 42 38 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 6, 1986 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years son |
James Olin Harris Birth: May 15, 1915 47 43 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 28, 2006 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
James Virgil Harris has 39 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (39)
Parents Joseph A Shemwell + Sarah A Ralston
Parents Samuel Vanmeter Shemwell + Mary S Troutt
Parents James Lafayette Gilliam Sr. + Columbia Jane Shemwell
Parents William Rastus “Raz” Harris + Mary Ann Shemwell
Parents William Luther Shemwell + Lucy M Gilliam
Parents William McKinley Shemwell + Sarah Permelia Shemwell
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - John Andrew Harris - Household
Sharon, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John A Harris - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James Virgil Harris - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Virgil Harris - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James Virgil Harris - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - James Virgil Harris - Household
MT Sharon and Sharon Grove Road Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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