The Shemwell Family

Edward Nathanial HarrisAge: 70 years18921963

Name
Edward Nathanial Harris
Given names
Edward Nathanial
Surname
Harris
Birth July 22, 1892
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 23 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 24 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 25 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/
Birth of a son
#1
Edward Norment “Norman” Harris
May 12, 1923 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Neill Johnson Harris
April 23, 1924 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#3
James Thomas Harris
September 7, 1925 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 37 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 11, 1930 (Age 37 years)
Census April 16, 1940 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 49 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 57 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 53 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 1963 (Age 70 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memphis National Cemetery
Family with Nannie Lucille Pulley - View this family
himself
wife
son
Edward Norment “Norman” Harris
Birth: May 12, 1923 30 19Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 30, 2004Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
11 months
son
Neill Johnson Harris
Birth: April 23, 1924 31 20Tennessee, United States
Death: November 12, 2001Lake Como, Putnam, Florida, United States
16 months
son
James Thomas Harris
Birth: September 7, 1925 33 22Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 26, 2009Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private

No family available

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Edward Nathanial Harris - Household

2539 Yale Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Harris, Edward NheadMW35M27MSMSMSBarrery ManBattery shop
Harris, LucillewifeFW26M15TNTNGA
Harris, NormansonMW6STNMSTN
Harris, NeillsonMW6STNMSTN
Harris, JamessonMW4-8mSTNMSTN

Next door to her parents -b

Note
Misc: 1 _MILT2 PLAC U. S. Coast Guard Misc: Edward Nathanial Harris changed his name from Edgar Nathanial Husbands in Sept, 1924.