 Birth | May 1, 1916 37 35 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916Note: 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 8 months)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 20 months)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 1, 1920 (Age 3 years) |
 Birth of a sister | Florence Marie Harrington July 15, 1921 (Age 5 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 13 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 1930 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a sister | Margaret Ella Harrington 1935 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | John F Wilson February 1, 1937 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Emma Rose Althea Carter November 28, 1938 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 33 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 father | George Harrington February 11, 1960 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a brother | Ralph Francis Harrington May 5, 1969 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Harrington April 26, 1970 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a mother | Margaret Elizabeth Wilson June 1970 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 brother | John Patrick Harrington July 2, 1996 (Age 80 years) |
| Death of a sister | Grace Harrington 1997 (Age 80 years) |
 Death | March 26, 2003 (Age 86 years) |
| Obituary | Nettie B Smith (nee Harrington) Obituary and Family Listing March 27, 2003 (1 day after death) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Spring Vale Cemetery |