The Shemwell Family

Emmett Ross HarrisAge: 67 years18961963

Name
Emmett Ross Harris
Given names
Emmett Ross
Surname
Harris
Birth March 6, 1896 28 24
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
Census June 7, 1900 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherBrodie Burtrom Harris
June 18, 1903 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterOnie Fay Harris
October 21, 1907 (Age 11 years)
Death of a sisterOnie Fay Harris
June 21, 1909 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherVelmer Vertis Harris
September 4, 1909 (Age 13 years)
Census April 27, 1910 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Olin Harris
May 15, 1915 (Age 19 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Andrew Harris
1915 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 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 20 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 21 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 33 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
Census April 8, 1930 (Age 34 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherGeorge Ann Shemwell
January 13, 1931 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Wilford Milberdene Harris
November 10, 1932 (Age 36 years)
Death of a fatherJames Virgil Harris
April 6, 1938 (Age 42 years)
Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage
Census April 18, 1940 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 53 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 motherGeorgie Bell Driskill
1956 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 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 March 27, 1963 (Age 67 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: 1894Todd, Kentucky, United States
2 years
himself
Emmett Ross Harris
Birth: March 6, 1896 28 24Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 27, 1963Todd, Kentucky, United States
7 years
younger brother
Brodie Burtrom Harris
Birth: June 18, 1903 36 32Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 8, 1991Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
4 years
younger sister
Onie Fay Harris
Birth: October 21, 1907 40 36Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 21, 1909Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
22 months
younger brother
Velmer Vertis Harris
Birth: September 4, 1909 42 38Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 6, 1986Logan, Kentucky, United States
6 years
younger brother
James Olin Harris
Birth: May 15, 1915 47 43Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 28, 2006Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States
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himself
Emmett Ross Harris
Birth: March 6, 1896 28 24Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 27, 1963Todd, Kentucky, United States
wife
Carrie Eunice Boley
Birth: June 22, 1901Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 3, 1995Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Private
son
Wilford Milberdene Harris
Birth: November 10, 1932 36 31Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 25, 2001Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James Virgil Harris - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Harris, James VheadWMMay186733M5KYKYKYFarmer
Harris, Georgia BwifeWFJune187128M511KYKYKY
Harris, Emmett RsonWMMar18964SKYKYKY

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Virgil Harris - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Harris, James VheadMW42M15KYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farming
Harris, Georgie BwifeFW38M1543KYKYKY
Harris, Emmett RsonMW14SKYKYKYFarm LaborHome Farm
Harris, Brodie BsonMW7SKYKYKY
Harris, Velmer VsonMW7mSKYKYKY