Velmer Vertis HarrisAge: 76 years1909–1986
- Name
- Velmer Vertis Harris
- Given names
- Velmer Vertis
- Surname
- Harris
 Birth | September 4, 1909 42 38 |
 Marriage | Agatha Mae Key — View this family unknown |
 Census | April 27, 1910 (Age 7 months) |
 Birth of a brother | James Olin Harris May 15, 1915 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John Andrew Harris 1915 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 6 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 7 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 8 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 2, 1920 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 20 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 1, 1930 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | George Ann Shemwell January 13, 1931 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a father | James Virgil Harris April 6, 1938 (Age 28 years) Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage |
| Census | April 11, 1940 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 40 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 | Georgie Bell Driskill 1956 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a brother | Emmett Ross Harris March 27, 1963 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 6, 1986 (Age 76 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Virgil Harris Birth: May 17, 1867 21 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 6, 1938 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Georgie Bell Driskill Birth: June 1871 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1956 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: 1894 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Emmett Ross Harris Birth: March 6, 1896 28 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 27, 1963 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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7 years elder brother |
Brodie Burtrom Harris Birth: June 18, 1903 36 32 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 8, 1991 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Onie Fay Harris Birth: October 21, 1907 40 36 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 21, 1909 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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22 months himself |
Velmer Vertis Harris Birth: September 4, 1909 42 38 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 6, 1986 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years younger brother |
James Olin Harris Birth: May 15, 1915 47 43 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 28, 2006 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Agatha Mae Key |
| himself |
Velmer Vertis Harris Birth: September 4, 1909 42 38 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 6, 1986 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Agatha Mae Key Birth: August 14, 1914 19 — Ballard, Kentucky, United States Death: September 12, 2001 — Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Virgil Harris - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James Virgil Harris - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - James Virgil Harris - Household
MT Sharon and Sharon Grove Road Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Velmer Vertis Harris - Household
Coal Bank Road Todd, Kentucky
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