Brief Life History of Billy Asthma
When Billy Asthma Harris was born on 20 July 1916, in Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Isaac Joshua Harris, was 31 and his mother, Nora Ann Torix, was 27. He had at least 4 sons and 2 daughters with Wauhilla Adkisson. He died on 9 March 2006, in Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Hendricks Cemetery, Tahlequah, Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Billie Harris in household of I J Harris, "United States Census, 1920"
- Billy Asthma Harris, "Find A Grave Index"
- Billy Harris, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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World Events (8)
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1917 · The Green Corn Rebellion
A farmer’s revolt known as the Green Corn Rebellion resulted due to frustration toward landowners and local authorities. A small group of wealthy landowners obtained property by fraudulent means which forced many Oklahoma farmers into a tenancy in 1917. Many farmers joined the Working Class Union who became hostile toward county officials. Hundreds of men gathered on the farm of John Spears in Sasakwa where they planned to march to Washington to repeal the draft act and end the war. Their plan included eating green corn and beef along the way, which gave the rebellion its name. An informer alerted authorities and their effort was halted as several groups collided with the rebels, firing shots into the air. The men scattered, three were killed, over 400 were arrested, and 150 were convicted and received federal prison sentences.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (southern England and south Wales): from the personal name Harry + genitival -s. This surname is also established in Ireland, taken there principally during the Plantation of Ulster. However, in some cases, particularly in families coming from County Mayo, Harris can be an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEarchadha. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
American shortened and altered form of Greek surnames begining with Cha(r)-, such as Chasandrinos (variant of Kassandrinos, a habitational name from the Kassandra peninsula of Chalkidiki), and various patronymics from the personal name Charalampos (see Charos ). In North America, the surname Harris may possibly also originate from a transferred use of the Greek personal (given) name Charis or Harris (shortened forms of Charalampos) as a surname (i.e. as a replacement of the original surname).
Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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