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John Wilson Harris (1830 - 1926)

John Wilson Harris
Born in Rutherford, North Carolina, United Statesmap
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married about 1850 in Tennessee, United Statesmap [uncertain]
Husband of — married about 1865 in Arkansas, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 95 in Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma, United Statesmap
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Biography

John was born in 1830.

John Harris took Catherine Daugherty as his first wife.[citation needed] They were the parents of Abner, Joseph, and Irene.

About 1865, he married Margaret Snelson. Their children were Martha, twins Mark and Sampson, Fannie and Caroline.

He passed away in 1926. He is buried at Marlow Cemetery in Stephens County, Oklahoma.[1][2]

Sources

  1. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10158837/john-wilson-harris : accessed 04 October 2021), memorial page for John Wilson Harris (17 Sep 1830–24 Mar 1926), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10158837, citing Marlow Cemetery, Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by JoAnn HAGANS Harris (contributor 46479896) .
  2. First-hand information as remembered by James Harris, Friday, January 17, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
J W Harris Male 39 North Carolina
Margaret Harris Female 37 Tennessee
Abner B Harris Male 18 Tennessee
Joseph J Harris Male 13 Arkansas
Arena M Harris Female 8 Arkansas
Mark M Harris Male 0 Arkansas
Sampson B Harris Male 0 Arkansas
Martha Harris Female 4 Arkansas
Cynthia Dobbs Female 17 Arkansas
John T Dobbs Male 14 Arkansas
Mary E Dobbs Female 13 Arkansas
  • "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN7Y-PPL : 19 February 2021), John W Harris, Prairie, Boone, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 20, sheet 558A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,039.
John W Harris Self Male 48 North Carolina, United States
Martha Harris Wife Female 46 Tennessee, United States
Martha Harris Daughter Female 14 Arkansas, United States
Samuel B Harris Son Male 10 Arkansas, United States
Miller M Harris Son Male 10 Arkansas, United States
Fannie Harris Daughter Female 8 Arkansas, United States
Caroline M Harris Daughter Female 6 Arkansas, United States

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His wives really need to be sorted out. I think Melvina (Snelson) Harris (1885-1979) and Margaret Melvena (Snelson) Dobbs (1832-1924) are the same person but the dates are so different I hesitated to propose a merge.
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