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John Thomas HarrisonAge: 66 years18951962

Name
John Thomas Harrison
Given names
John Thomas
Surname
Harrison
Birth August 11, 1895 21 17
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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
Marriage of a parentEugene Eli FrostPollie TurnerView this family
August 4, 1901 (Age 5 years)

Marriage of a parentRobert B WrightPollie TurnerView this family
October 26, 1912 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 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 21 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 22 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/
Marriage of a parentJames Alfred DeLayPollie TurnerView this family
November 19, 1924 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 34 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 46 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 motherPollie Turner
September 20, 1953 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 54 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 50 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 February 6, 1962 (Age 66 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oaklawn Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: May 2, 1892
11 months
elder sister
Laura Jewel Harrison
Birth: March 31, 1893 18 14Stringtown, Atoka, Choctaw Nation
Death: October 18, 1985Sulphur, Murray, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
himself
John Thomas Harrison
Birth: August 11, 1895 21 17Dougherty, Pickens, Chicksaw Nation
Death: February 6, 1962Murray, Oklahoma, United States
Mother’s family with Eugene Eli Frost - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: August 4, 1901
Mother’s family with Robert B Wright - View this family
step-father
Robert B Wright
Birth: April 10, 1867Kentucky, United States
Death: March 1, 1913Dougherty, Murray, Oklahoma, United States
mother
Marriage: October 26, 1912Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, United States
Mother’s family with James Alfred DeLay - View this family
step-father
James Alfred DeLay
Birth: November 28, 1886Farmersville, Collin, Texas, United States
Death: January 24, 1961Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
mother
Marriage: November 19, 1924Garvin, Oklahoma, United States

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