The Shemwell Family

Nannie B KennerAge: 84 years18841968

Name
Nannie B Kenner
Given names
Nannie B
Surname
Kenner
Married name
Nannie B Harris
Birth April 27, 1884

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 13 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
MarriageLewis J “Dixie” HarrisView this family
about 1910 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Urie Blair Harris
July 11, 1913 (Age 29 years)
Death of a sonUrie Blair Harris
August 7, 1913 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 31 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 32 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 33 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/
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
Census April 8, 1930 (Age 45 years)
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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 65 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 husbandLewis J “Dixie” Harris
October 7, 1958 (Age 74 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 61 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 October 11, 1968 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mt. Sharon Cemetery
Family with Lewis J “Dixie” Harris - View this family
husband
Lewis J “Dixie” Harris
Birth: March 24, 1885 34 34Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 7, 1958Todd, Kentucky, United States
herself
Marriage: about 1910Todd, Kentucky, United States
4 years
son
Urie Blair Harris
Birth: July 11, 1913 28 29Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 7, 1913Todd, Kentucky, United States

No family available

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Lewis J “Dixie” Harris - Household

Coal Bank Road Sharon, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Harris, Lewis JheadMW45M22KYKYKYFarmingGen. Farm
Harris, Nannie BwifeFW45M23KYKYKY

next door to father