Nicholas Taylor HarrisAge: 74 years1863–1938
- Name
- Nicholas Taylor Harris
- Given names
- Nicholas Taylor
- Surname
- Harris
 Birth | November 22, 1863 40 32 |
 Birth of a sister | Mary Maltilda “Molly” Harris April 1865 (Age 16 months) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 3 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 3 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a sister | Jozella Belle Zora Harris about 1868 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 5 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Census | October 8, 1870 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Nicholas Christian March 15, 1872 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah “Sally” Shemwell October 1877 (Age 13 years) Cause: Died of Dropsy |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 14 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 19, 1880 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a father | Jephthah I Harris November 29, 1887 (Age 24 years) |
 Marriage | Dollie Belle Sherrell — View this family November 22, 1888 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 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 |
| Death of a sister | Mary Maltilda “Molly” Harris September 29, 1902 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a brother | William L Harris October 8, 1910 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a mother | Phada Jane “Fadie” Christian October 19, 1911 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 52 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 53 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 54 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 sister | Jozella Belle Zora Harris July 24, 1919 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a brother | Ira Loomis Harris March 1, 1924 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 65 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 | April 18, 1938 (Age 74 years) Cause of death: Pneumonia |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Jephthah I Harris Birth: June 23, 1823 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 29, 1887 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Phada Jane “Fadie” Christian Birth: December 1830 34 28 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: October 19, 1911 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: about 1847 — |
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2 years elder brother |
William L Harris Birth: January 14, 1849 25 18 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: October 8, 1910 — Bancroft, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Sarah E Harris Birth: June 27, 1852 29 21 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 16, 1853 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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20 months elder sister |
Henrietta Harris Birth: March 1, 1854 30 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 4, 1941 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
Charles T Harris Birth: 1857 33 26 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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3 years elder brother |
Ira Loomis Harris Birth: March 24, 1860 36 29 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 1, 1924 — Ballard, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years himself |
Nicholas Taylor Harris Birth: November 22, 1863 40 32 — Kentucky, United States Death: April 18, 1938 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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17 months younger sister |
Mary Maltilda “Molly” Harris Birth: April 1865 41 34 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 29, 1902 — Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Jozella Belle Zora Harris Birth: about 1868 44 37 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 24, 1919 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Dollie Belle Sherrell |
| himself |
Nicholas Taylor Harris Birth: November 22, 1863 40 32 — Kentucky, United States Death: April 18, 1938 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Dollie Belle Sherrell Birth: May 5, 1865 — Warren, Kentucky, United States Death: August 26, 1939 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: November 22, 1888 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
Nicholas Taylor Harris has 18 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (18)
Parents William Parham Christian + Mildred M Satterfield
Parents Phillip Kenly Christian + Margaret E Linebaugh
Parents John Samuel Christian + Elizabeth Ann Floyd
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Jephthah I Harris - Household
Sharon, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Jephthah I Harris - Household
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