Samuel Taft HarrisAge: 62 years1871–1933
- Name
- Samuel Taft Harris
- Given names
- Samuel Taft
- Surname
- Harris
 Birth | February 10, 1871 25 27 |
 Death of a brother | Thomas A Harris May 25, 1871 (Age 3 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Louis Alston “Allie” Harris May 5, 1874 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Jonathan Rue Harris February 18, 1877 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 6 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a brother | Ellis Kerney Harris June 17, 1879 (Age 8 years) |
 Census | June 17, 1880 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Zelpha Blanche Harris August 29, 1882 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | William Green Shemwell after May 1884 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William Wiley Harris September 27, 1884 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Joshua Cleveland Harris July 16, 1887 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 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 |
 Marriage | Ida Compton — View this family 1900 (Age 28 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Wiley Harris January 8, 1902 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Enola M Harris March 4, 1902 (Age 31 years) |
| Census | April 20, 1910 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Melvin Layton Harris September 5, 1911 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a father | John Andrew Harris 1915 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 44 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 45 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 46 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 14, 1920 (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Guy Crowder — Enola M Harris — View this family about 1926 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 58 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Melvin Layton Harris — Pauline Driskill — View this family about 1930 (Age 58 years) |
| Census | April 17, 1930 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a mother | George Ann Shemwell January 13, 1931 (Age 59 years) |
 Death | June 11, 1933 (Age 62 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Andrew Harris Birth: November 1845 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1915 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
George Ann Shemwell Birth: April 8, 1843 24 20 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: January 13, 1931 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: July 22, 1866 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Thomas A Harris Birth: May 5, 1869 23 26 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 25, 1871 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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-2 years elder brother |
James Virgil Harris Birth: May 17, 1867 21 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 6, 1938 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years himself |
Samuel Taft Harris Birth: February 10, 1871 25 27 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 11, 1933 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Louis Alston “Allie” Harris Birth: May 5, 1874 28 31 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 7, 1936 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Jonathan Rue Harris Birth: February 18, 1877 31 33 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 7, 1957 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Ellis Kerney Harris Birth: June 17, 1879 33 36 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 17, 1960 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Zelpha Blanche Harris Birth: August 29, 1882 36 39 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 9, 1963 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
William Wiley Harris Birth: September 27, 1884 38 41 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 8, 1902 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Joshua Cleveland Harris Birth: July 16, 1887 41 44 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 14, 1957 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Ida Compton |
| himself |
Samuel Taft Harris Birth: February 10, 1871 25 27 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 11, 1933 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Ida Compton Birth: August 19, 1882 48 24 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 15, 1965 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: 1900 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Enola M Harris Birth: March 4, 1902 31 19 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 21, 1971 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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10 years son |
Melvin Layton Harris Birth: September 5, 1911 40 29 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: November 9, 1990 — Tennessee, United States |
Samuel Taft Harris has 39 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (39)
Parents Joseph A Shemwell + Sarah A Ralston
Parents Samuel Vanmeter Shemwell + Mary S Troutt
Parents James Lafayette Gilliam Sr. + Columbia Jane Shemwell
Parents William Rastus “Raz” Harris + Mary Ann Shemwell
Parents William Luther Shemwell + Lucy M Gilliam
Parents William McKinley Shemwell + Sarah Permelia Shemwell
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John A Harris - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Wiley Shemwell - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Ky.
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Samuel T Harris - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Samuel T Harris - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Samuel T Harris - Household
Sharon, Todd, Kentucky
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