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John Henry HARRIS

John Henry HARRIS

Male 1838 - 1925  (~ 87 years)

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  • Name John Henry HARRIS 
    Born CA 1838  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Death record and headstone indicate a birth date of Dec 18 1832. But age 11 in the 1850 Census, age 22 in the 1860 Census, and age 24 in his 1862 marriage record all put his birth in about 1838 or 1839.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1862  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1880, 1900, 1910  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [3, 4, 5] 
    Died 19 Oct 1925  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Buried Duckworth (Summit) Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7] 
    Person ID I32709  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 25 May 2017 

    Father Asa HARRIS,   b. 17 Jan 1807, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jan 1887  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Nancy SWISHER,   b. May 1810, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Dec 1910, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 100 years) 
    Family ID F14366  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Emma Esther BROWN,   b. 8 Sep 1842, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1925, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 14 Sep 1862  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
     1. Andrew J. HARRIS,   b. CA 1863, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. George W. HARRIS,   b. Sep 1865,   d. 25 May 1873, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 7 years)
     3. Mary M. HARRIS,   b. Aug 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Nancy J. HARRIS,   b. Sep 1870
     5. Alice V. HARRIS,   b. CA 1873
     6. Benjamin F. HARRIS,   b. CA 1875
     7. Ellen V. HARRIS,   b. CA 1877
     8. Charles Braxton HARRIS,   b. 20 Oct 1879, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Sep 1955, Columbus, Franklin Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    +9. Walter Asa HARRIS,   b. 6 May 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F39030  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 142 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791608&Type=Marriage.

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    4. [S2147] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).

    5. [S2024] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).

    6. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1401552&Type=Death.
      The death record for John Henry Harris on file at the Doddridge County Court House states his date of death as 9/19/1925, with burial on 9/20/1925. But the corresponding death certificate on file at the West Virginia State Dept of Health states his death date as Oct 19 1925, with burial on 10/21/1925, and the date of filing as Oct 22 1925. His headstone shows his death date as Oct 19 1925.

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 142 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791608&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as John H. Harris, 24, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Asa & Nancy Harris; and Easter Emma Brown, 20, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of William & Hester Brown. Married Sep 14 1862 in Doddridge County. (NOTE: Age 24 in marriage record would put birth in about 1838. But death record and headstone indicate a birth date of Dec 18 1832.)