William Standley Harris (1907 - 1970)

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William's Parents

Jon N Harris

Clara Standley

William Standley Harris

Parents:

Jon N Harris

Unknown - Unknown

Clara Standley

Unknown - Unknown

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William Standley Harris & Grace Arthur Harris

William Standley Harris

Grace Arthur Harris

Mary Elender Harris Sain Lloyd Jefferson Arthur

Roy Prince Arthur Jake John Arthur

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Grace Arthur Harris

1909 - 1998

Children:

Mary Elender Harris Sain

1933 - 1988

Roy Prince Arthur

1900 - 1969

Lloyd Jefferson Arthur

1906 - 2001

Jake John Arthur

1914 - 1983

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Elsworth Taylor Harris

Elsworth Taylor Harris

Neva B (Harris) Greuel

Neva B (Harris) Greuel

Josephine Brown Harris

Josephine (Brown) Harris

Harris Family

Barbara Harris and Joseph Bologna

Barbara Harris

Barbara Harris and Jason Robards

Barbara Harris

Barbara Harris

Barbara Harris

Barbara Harris

Barbara Harris

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In 1907, in the year that William Standley Harris was born, the Monongah coal mining disaster occurred on December 6th, happening at the Fairmont Coal Company’s No. 6 and No. 8 mines.. Over 361 miners were killed. Because there was no breathing apparatus at the time to help rescuers, recovery efforts were greatly hampered. It is considered the worst mining disaster in American history and led to government oversight in mining practices.

In 1918, he was only 11 years old when on November 11th, an armistice was signed between the Allies and Germany, ending the fighting on the Western Front in World War I. This meant a complete defeat of Germany although Germany never formally surrendered. It took another six months of negotiations to sign an actual peace treaty between the warring parties.

In 1920, William was merely 13 years old when the National Football League, first called the American Professional Football Association, was created. College football was more popular than pro football and rising player salaries were bankrupting league owners. In response, owners created the NFL, using the pro baseball association as a model. Eleven teams were formed: the Akron Pros, Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Indians, Dayton Triangles, Decatur Staleys, Hammond Pros, Massillon Tigers, Muncie Flyers, Racine Cardinals, Rochester Jeffersons and Rock Island Independents.

In 1939, he was 32 years old when in May, Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated film, reached a total international gross of $6.5 million which made it (to then) the most successful sound film of all time. First released in December 1937, it was originally dubbed "Disney's Folly" but the premiere received a standing ovation from the audience. At the 11th Academy Awards in February 1939, Walt Disney won an Academy Honorary Award - a full-size Oscar statuette and seven miniature ones - for Snow White.

In 1970, in the year of William Standley Harris's passing, on May 1st, US troops invaded Cambodia, expanding the Vietnam War. The invasion of Cambodia was a Nixon policy, although it was argued against by both his Secretary of State and his Secretary of Defense.