Augusta Otto Harris

Submitted by Angi New

My grandpa was Otto A Harris. His name was actually Augusta Otto Harris but he went by "Otto". His son, my uncle, was Arthur L. Harris. My grandpa Otto was married to Effie M. ?? on April 30, 1911. Grandpa and his family (parents and sibblings) moved from Alabama to Tahlequah, OK. Grandpa was born August 14, 1883, in Alabama. He was in WWl and lived in Van Buren in 1918 with his wife Effie and two sons, William O and Arthur L. He and Effie lived there until their divorce in 1925. Otto and Effie had two other sons before their divorce, names Alvin A. and Noval W. I was told that they also had a fifth son, Charlie but I haven't thus far found any info on Charlie. I don't know what happened to Effie, but I'm doing research and trying to locate her and her maiden name.

My Grandpa Otto met my grandmother, Serena "Rena' Elizabeth Dilday-Bishop in Russelville, Pope County, Arkansas, in 1928. They went to Muskogee, OK, where they were married on December 25, 1928. Nearly one year later, my uncle, Augustus Otto Harris Jr was born in Etowah, Mississippi County, Arkansas, on December 8, 1929. I don't know where they went from there but on April 7, 1932, my uncle, James Franklin Harris was born in Muskogee, OK, and then on December 13, 1933, my mother Dorothy Louise Harris was born also in Muskogee OK. On August 24, 1934, my Grandpa Otto died of stomach cancer in Muskogee General Hospital in Muskogee, OK.

My uncle, William O. Harris (Grandpa and Effie's oldest son) was born about 1912. He later moved to Mesa, AZ, and then on to Glendale, AZ. My Uncle Arthur married a gal named Mittie Clutts in Van Buren on April 27, 1940, and they later moved to Liberal, KS, where my uncle died of a heart attack in 1967. My Uncle Alvin later moved to St Louis, MO. Uncle Noval moved to Wichita, KS, and died on June 10, 1979. My Uncle Jr, (Otto Jr) lived in Coweta, OK, and died of a heart attack on Feb 15, 1993, my mother, Dorothy also lived in Coweta, OK, and died on Aug 12, 1993. My Uncle James lived in Tulsa, OK, and died April 11, 2007.