The Shemwell Family

Jessie Wade HarrisAge: 93 years19072000

Name
Jessie Wade Harris
Given names
Jessie Wade
Surname
Harris
Birth February 23, 1907 27 24
Birth of a sisterMary Elizabeth Harris
April 15, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert Glenn “Bob” Harris
October 10, 1912 (Age 5 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMartha Francis Ward
November 10, 1914 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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 10, 1920 (Age 12 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Giles Harris
June 21, 1924 (Age 17 years)
Cause: cancer of lower lip
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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 34 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
Census April 13, 1950 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 brotherRobert Glenn “Bob” Harris
December 3, 1960 (Age 53 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Turner Harris
April 4, 1965 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 motherWilma Dalie Daniel
April 28, 1979 (Age 72 years)
Death of a wifeMarie Luella Cashatt
November 27, 1993 (Age 86 years)
Death of a sisterMary Elizabeth Harris
July 6, 1995 (Age 88 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Lee Harris
July 14, 1996 (Age 89 years)
Death March 30, 2000 (Age 93 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairview Memorial Park
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father
mother
Marriage: April 8, 1901Davidson, North Carolina, United States
21 months
elder brother
William Lee Harris
Birth: December 30, 1902 23 20Denton, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 14, 1996Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
4 years
himself
Jessie Wade Harris
Birth: February 23, 1907 27 24Denton, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 30, 2000Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger sister
Mary Elizabeth Harris
Birth: April 15, 1910 30 27Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 6, 1995Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger brother
Robert Glenn “Bob” Harris
Birth: October 10, 1912 33 30Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 3, 1960Emmons, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Family with Marie Luella Cashatt - View this family
himself
Jessie Wade Harris
Birth: February 23, 1907 27 24Denton, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 30, 2000Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
wife
Marie Luella Cashatt
Birth: April 8, 1908Randolph, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 27, 1993Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Turner Harris - Household

Emmons, Davidson, North Carolina

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Harris, William TheadMW30M18NCNCNCFarmerGeneral
Harris, W DaliewifeFW26M1833NCNCNCLaborer Home
Harris, W LeesonMW7SNCNCNC
Harris, J WadesonMW3SNCNCNC
Harris, InfantdaughterFW0SNCNCNC
Linder, Sally Rmother in lawFWWdNCNCNC
Daniel, Lantiesister in lawFW17SNCNCNCLaborer Home

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Turner Harris - Household

Emmons, Davidson, North Carolina

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Harris, W TheadMW40MNCNCNCFarmerGeneral Farm
Harris, DaliewifeFW37MNCNCNC
Harris, LeesonMW17SNCNCNC
Harris, WadesonMW12SNCNCNC
Harris, MarydaughterFW9SNCNCNC
Harris, BobsonMW7SNCNCNC
Snider, Salliemother in lawFW61WdNCNCNC
Harris, WGfatherMW76WdNCNCNC