The Shemwell Family

Adair Harris1876

Name
Adair Harris
Given names
Adair
Surname
Harris
Birth 1876 32 28
Birth of a sisterDella R Harris
1878 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 2 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 brotherWilliam Turner Harris
April 25, 1879 (Age 3 years)
Census June 17, 1880 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah C Harris
September 1881 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterAguilla Harris
June 1884 (Age 8 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherRebecca Loftin
1892 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 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 motherMartha Francis Ward
November 10, 1914 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 40 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 41 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 42 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 fatherWilliam Giles Harris
June 21, 1924 (Age 48 years)
Cause: cancer of lower lip
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 53 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 65 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 74 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 brotherWilliam Turner Harris
April 4, 1965 (Age 89 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 70 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: 1875North Carolina, United States
2 years
herself
Adair Harris
Birth: 1876 32 28Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death:
3 years
younger sister
Della R Harris
Birth: 1878 34 30Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death:
16 months
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
Sarah C Harris
Birth: September 1881 38 33Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death:
3 years
younger sister
Aguilla Harris
Birth: June 1884 40 36Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death:

Adair Harris has 7 first cousins recorded

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Census1880 United States - Census transcript - William Giles Harris - Household

Davidson, North Carolina, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Harris, GilesWM36headMfarmerNCNCNC
Harris, FrancisWF31wifeMNCNCNC
Harris, AdairWF4daughterSNCNCNC
Harris, Della RWF2daughterSNCNCNC
Harris, William TWM1sonSNCNCNC