Shelby Curtis HarrisAge: 81 years1911–1993
- Name
- Shelby Curtis Harris
- Given names
- Shelby Curtis
- Surname
- Harris
 Birth | October 5, 1911 28 24 |
 Birth of a sister | Georgia Marie Harris January 31, 1915 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 4 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a brother | Raleigh Edward Harris July 30, 1918 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 5 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 6 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 6, 1920 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William Lee Harris March 4, 1922 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Ira Loomis Harris March 1, 1924 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Marion Cuba Harris August 9, 1928 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 17 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 | May 7, 1930 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Curtis Ronald Harris July 2, 1940 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 | May 10, 1950 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 mother | Emma Henshaw February 1955 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a father | George Lee Harris March 11, 1962 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 sister | Dorothy Lucile Harris April 29, 1976 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a sister | Georgia Marie Harris April 19, 1991 (Age 79 years) |
 Death | January 18, 1993 (Age 81 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Lawn Memory Gardens |
| Family with parents |
| father |
George Lee Harris Birth: December 13, 1882 22 16 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 11, 1962 — Union, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Emma Henshaw Birth: February 8, 1887 — Henshaw, Union, Kentucky, United States Death: February 1955 — Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: December 25, 1907 — Shawneetown, Gallatin, Illinois, United States |
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14 months elder sister |
Dorothy Lucile Harris Birth: February 11, 1909 26 22 — Kentucky, United States Death: April 29, 1976 — Danville, Hendricks, Indiana, United States |
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3 years himself |
Shelby Curtis Harris Birth: October 5, 1911 28 24 — Union, Kentucky, United States Death: January 18, 1993 — Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Georgia Marie Harris Birth: January 31, 1915 32 27 — Union, Kentucky, United States Death: April 19, 1991 — Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Raleigh Edward Harris Birth: July 30, 1918 35 31 — Henshaw, Union, Kentucky, United States Death: June 27, 1995 — Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
William Lee Harris Birth: March 4, 1922 39 35 — Morganfield, Kentucky, United States Death: September 8, 2001 — Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States |
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6 years younger brother |
Marion Cuba Harris Birth: August 9, 1928 45 41 — Union, Kentucky, United States Death: January 19, 2005 — Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Naomi Ruth Beck |
| himself |
Shelby Curtis Harris Birth: October 5, 1911 28 24 — Union, Kentucky, United States Death: January 18, 1993 — Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States |
| wife |
Naomi Ruth Beck Birth: August 6, 1920 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 2, 2023 — Greenwood, Johnson, Indiana, United States |
| son |
Curtis Ronald Harris Birth: July 2, 1940 28 19 — Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States Death: February 8, 2006 — River Falls, Johnson, Indiana, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - George Lee Harris - Household
Sturgis and Shawneytom Road Raleigh, Union, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - George Lee Harris - Household
Raleigh and Dekoven Road Raleigh, Union, Kentucky
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