The Shemwell Family

Sula Mae HarrisAge: 87 years19162004

Name
Sula Mae Harris
Given names
Sula Mae
Surname
Harris
Married name
Sula Mae Carney
Birth October 31, 1916 38 33
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 2 months)

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 14 months)

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 22, 1920 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherDawson Travis Harris Jr.
May 31, 1921 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Winter Harris
April 28, 1924 (Age 7 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWinter Frost
January 29, 1925 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 12 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 25 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 motherEstella Jane “Stella” Frost
May 13, 1947 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 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 fatherDawson Travis Harris Sr.
January 23, 1960 (Age 43 years)
Death of a brotherGlenn Paul Harris Sr.
January 11, 1973 (Age 56 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 of a brotherWilliam Winter Harris
May 16, 1990 (Age 73 years)

Death of a brotherDawson Travis Harris Jr.
August 21, 1997 (Age 80 years)
Death September 30, 2004 (Age 87 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Park Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: March 5, 1905Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
6 months
elder brother
Glenn Paul Harris Sr.
Birth: August 27, 1905 27 22Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 11, 1973
11 years
herself
Sula Mae Harris
Birth: October 31, 1916 38 33Capleville, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 30, 2004
5 years
younger brother
Dawson Travis Harris Jr.
Birth: May 31, 1921 43 37Capleville, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 21, 1997Greenville, Washington, Mississippi, United States
3 years
younger brother
William Winter Harris
Birth: April 28, 1924 46 40Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 16, 1990

Sula Mae Harris has 4 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Dawson Travis Harris Sr. - Household

Civil District 10, Shelby, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Harris, DawsonheadOFMW41MYesYesTNTNTNYesSalesmanRetail MerchantW
Harris, StellawifeFW35MYesYesMOMOMOYesNone
Harris, GlennsonMW14SYesYesYesOKTNMOYesNone
Harris, Sula MaedaughterFW1SNoNoTNTNMOYesNone
Frost, WinterfatherMW79WdYesYesMOMOMOYesNone
Parker, LettieboarderFB30MNoNoTNTNTNYesServantPrivate FamilyW
Parker, JaneboarderFB5SNoNoNoTNTNTNYesNone