The Shemwell Family

Name
Charles Perkins “Charlie” Harris
Given names
Charles Perkins
Surname
Harris
Nickname
Charlie
Birth December 8, 1883 34 30
Birth of a sisterLornatta Harris
January 1886 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJephthah I Harris
November 29, 1887 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherTimothy John Harris
October 27, 1889 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherRomie Harris
February 19, 1892 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherWalter Harris
August 12, 1894 (Age 10 years)
Death of a brotherWalter Harris
September 15, 1894 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 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
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 16 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam L Harris
October 8, 1910 (Age 26 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherPhada Jane “Fadie” Christian
October 19, 1911 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 32 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 33 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 34 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 motherFannie Lee Hester
December 31, 1928 (Age 45 years)
Death of a brotherJames Elmer Harris
March 10, 1929 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 45 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 of a brotherLeslie J Harris
May 8, 1936 (Age 52 years)
Residence 1943 (Age 59 years)
Note: WWII Draft
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 57 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
Death after 1943 (Age 59 years)

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