James Harrison “Henry” ClardyAge: 81 years1850–1932
- Name
- James Harrison “Henry” Clardy
- Given names
- James Harrison
- Nickname
- Henry
- Surname
- Clardy
 Birth | March 24, 1850 36 26 |
 Census | December 7, 1850 (Age 8 months) |
 Birth of a sister | Ellen C Clardy February 22, 1852 (Age 22 months) |
| Death of a sister | Ellen C Clardy July 2, 1855 (Age 5 years) Cause: Croup |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mariam Jones “Milly” Whatley October 16, 1858 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Thomas Morton Clardy November 11, 1858 (Age 8 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | June 8, 1860 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Elizabeth Clardy 1864 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 11 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 16 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 16 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 18 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Death of a sister | Elizabeth Clardy before 1870 (Age 19 years) |
| Census | June 25, 1870 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a sister | Alice Olivia Clardy November 20, 1871 (Age 21 years) |
| Burial of a sister | Alice Olivia Clardy 1871 (Age 20 years) Cemetery: Clardy Cemetery |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 27 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a father | Joseph B Clardy January 22, 1886 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a mother | Emily Ellen Shemwell July 30, 1893 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 48 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 65 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 66 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 67 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 sister | Athalia E Clardy March 13, 1923 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 79 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 | February 29, 1932 (Age 81 years) |
 Last change | April 18, 2017 – 16:14:54 by: Barry Shemwell |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Joseph B Clardy Birth: 1814 — Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States Death: January 22, 1886 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Emily Ellen Shemwell Birth: July 24, 1823 40 34 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 30, 1893 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: October 7, 1841 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Alice Olivia Clardy Birth: October 19, 1845 31 22 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 20, 1871 |
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18 months elder sister |
Athalia E Clardy Birth: May 1, 1847 33 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 13, 1923 — Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States |
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3 years himself |
James Harrison “Henry” Clardy Birth: March 24, 1850 36 26 — Tennessee, United States Death: February 29, 1932 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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23 months younger sister |
Ellen C Clardy Birth: February 22, 1852 38 28 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: July 2, 1855 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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7 years younger brother |
Thomas Morton Clardy Birth: November 11, 1858 44 35 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 22, 1937 — Lafayette, Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years younger sister |
Elizabeth Clardy Birth: 1864 50 40 Death: before 1870 |
James Harrison “Henry” Clardy has 49 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (49)
Parents Allen James “A J” Shemwell + Elizabeth N Lassiter
Parents Harrison Higgs “Harry” Shemwell + Elizabeth “Lizzie” Cheek
Parents Harrison Higgs “Harry” Shemwell + Martha Sinnot
Parents Samuel Hester + Eleanor Kittrell “Ellen” Shemwell
Parents Thomas Charles Hewell + Mary Lucinda Shemwell
Parents Zachariah Thomas “Z T” Shemwell + Elizabeth “Betsey” Evans
Parents Dr. James Jackson “J J” Shemwell + Elizabeth Nolin
Parents Dr. James Jackson “J J” Shemwell + Olivia “Ollie” McCauley
Parents David Mushet + Mary Ann Shemwell
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Joseph B Clardy - Household
Montgomery Co. Tn.
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Joseph B Clardy - Household
Indian Mound, Stewart, Tennessee
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Joseph B Clardy - Household
Indian Mound, Stewart, Tennessee
Joseph could not vote? -b |