The Shemwell Family

Thelbert HarrisAge: 71 years19141985

Name
Thelbert Harris
Given names
Thelbert
Surname
Harris
Birth August 4, 1914 29 30
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 months)

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 2 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 3 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/
Death of a paternal grandfatherIra Loomis Harris
March 1, 1924 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 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 4, 1930 (Age 15 years)
Death of a motherGennie Green
December 9, 1937 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 24, 1950 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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 fatherHorace Nicholas Harris
March 10, 1958 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 September 5, 1985 (Age 71 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Field Creek Cemetery
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father
Horace Nicholas Harris
Birth: December 19, 1884 24 18Kentucky, United States
Death: March 10, 1958Jackson, Michigan, United States
mother
Gennie Green
Birth: February 29, 1884Woodville, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 9, 1937McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: November 1, 1913Pulaski, Illinois, United States
9 months
himself
Thelbert Harris
Birth: August 4, 1914 29 30Oscar, Ballard, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 5, 1985Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, United States
Family with Pearline Scott - View this family
himself
Thelbert Harris
Birth: August 4, 1914 29 30Oscar, Ballard, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 5, 1985Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, United States
wife
Pearline Scott
Birth: May 11, 1923McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 18, 2009Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, United States
daughter
Private
son
Private
daughter
Private

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Horace Nicholas Harris - Household

Ballard, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Harris, Horace NheadMW45M28KYKYKYLaborerFarm
Harris, GenniewifeFW46M29KYTNNC
Harris, ThelbertsonMW15S26KYKYKY