The Shemwell Family

Name
Elvis Lote Harris
Given names
Elvis Lote
Surname
Harris
Birth August 31, 1878 28 28
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 21 months)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Green Shemwell
after May 1884 (Age 5 years)

Birth of a brotherLewis J “Dixie” Harris
March 24, 1885 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterInez Clyde Harris
June 17, 1887 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherHomer Heritage Harris
September 9, 1890 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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
Birth of a son
#1
Ralph W Harris
March 1899 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Florine Emice Harris
1903 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Tollie Laton Harris
August 2, 1905 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Ina Harris
1914 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 51 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
Death of a motherMary Ann Shemwell
March 8, 1931 (Age 52 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Death of a fatherWilliam Rastus “Raz” Harris
July 4, 1932 (Age 53 years)
Death of a sisterMattie V Harris
June 28, 1933 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 63 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 wifeNora Mabel Galbreath
February 22, 1948 (Age 69 years)

Death of a sonTollie Laton Harris
November 26, 1952 (Age 74 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 71 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 sisterIda Pearl Harris
October 11, 1955 (Age 77 years)
Death of a sisterInez Clyde Harris
January 26, 1957 (Age 78 years)
Death of a brotherLewis J “Dixie” Harris
October 7, 1958 (Age 80 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 67 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 December 19, 1965 (Age 87 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery
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