Harris Family History

Submitted by: Susan Fahnstrom - sfahnstrom@webtv.net


JAMES J HARRIS was born in 1817, he married JULIA ANN COLLINS born in 1817, JAMES died in 1886, he was shot and killed over a money dispute.  JULIA died in 1888, JAMES & JULIA are both buried in Boston Cemetery in Madison County, Arkansas.

Two of JAMES & JULIA'S children were:

JOHN N HARRIS born 1851 in MO and his brother ROBERT H HARRIS born in 1860.

JOHN N HARRIS married MAHALA CATHERINE UPTON born in 1851, she was the daughter of JOHN WESLEY UPTON & MARTHA BOWEN, JOHN N HARRIS died Mar 1, 1905, MAHALA HARRIS married a second time on Nov 19, 1907 to R.E, RYLEE a minister. MAHALA died in 1917/18, JOHN N & MAHALA HARRIS are both buried in Boston Cemetery in Madison County, Arkansas.

JOHN N & JULIA A HARRIS'S children were:
1.  MARTHA ANN HARRIS,b JULY 26, 1873.
2.  JAMES W HARRIS, b June 1876.
3.  SARAH ELIZABETH HARRIS, b Feb, 1881.
4.  JOHN HENRY HARRIS, b Oct 30, 1883.

ROBERT H HARRIS was born in 1860 he married DUCENA ELIZABETH UPTON, b 1861, she was also a daughter of JOHN WESLEY UPTON & MARTHA BOWEN, (DUCENA and  MAHALA were sisters)

ROBERT H & DUCENA E HARRIS had four children:

1.  MANDY FLORENCE HARRIS, b April 18, 1888.who married JOHN
WILLIAM RITCHIE.
2.  ELIZA HARRIS who married Mr PHILLIPS.
3.  ALICE HARRIS who married Mr THACKER.
4.  HALEY HARRIS.

FLORENCE HARRIS'S husband JOHN WILLIAM RITCHIE - was he brother of JOHN HENRY HARRIS'S wife MARTHA JANE HARRIS?

JOHN HENRY HARRIS was born Oct 30, 1883 in Madison County, Arkansas, he married MARTHA JANE RITCHIE, the daughter of MILES RITCHIE & VICY JANE ACORD, they were married in June 1901 in Pettigrew, AR, MARTHA JANE RITCHIE was born Oct 15, 1883 in Yale, AR.

They had 11 children, their first child was still born, after that they had 10 more children.

GUY RITCHIE HARRIS, b 1903, d1983.
IVAN MONROE HARRIS, b 1906, d1989.
CLAUDIA CHLOE HARRIS, b1907, d1979.
RUBY JEWEL HARRIS, b, 1909, d 1982.
RUTH ANN HARRIS, b, 1911, d 1935.
DALLAS HENRY HARRIS, b 1915, d1999.
JOHNNIE FERN HARRIS, b.1917.
GORDON HARRIS, B, 1920, d 1996.
GLADYS GOLDA HARRIS, b, 1927.
AUDREY JEAN HARRIS, b 1927, d1995.

JOHN HENRY HARRIS died Aug 12, 1958 in Boise, Idaho, MARTHA JEAN HARRIS died Dec15, 1968 in Boise, Idaho, they are both buried at MORRIS HILL CEMETERY in Boise. their daughter AUDREY JEAN (HARRIS) FAHNSTROM is buried beside them.
 


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