Edward Wesley Harris (1867 - 1935)

Born 28 Mar 1867 in Shelby County, Illinois, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Almyra May — married 31 Mar 1889 in Sullivan County, Indiana, USA

Descendants

Died 1 Feb 1935 at age 67 in Sullivan County, Indiana, USA

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Biography

1900 census shows him with wife Almyra and children, and indicates he was born in Illinois and his parents were from Indiana.

Research notes

Source for his marriage shows his parents were John Harris and Cinthia Anderson - NOT Benjamin Harris, see: "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXFY-GSB : 10 December 2017), Edward W Harris and Myra May, 31 Mar 1889; citing Sullivan, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,401,739.

Sources

• Data provided by Edward on marriage license app. Federal census of 1870 lists the 3-year-old with parents John and Cynthia Harris. Cemetery headstone at Liberty Church of Christ cemetery in Curry Twp., Sullivan Co., IN.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M997-TB2 : accessed 4 February 2018), Edward W Harris, Curry Township (north half) Farmersburg town, Sullivan, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 123, sheet 9A, family 195, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,404.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK5R-KPQ : accessed 4 February 2018), Edward W Harris, Curry, Sullivan, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 164, sheet 27B, family 554, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 380; FHL microfilm 1,374,393.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF4G-CTS : accessed 4 February 2018), Ed W Harris, Curry, Sullivan, Indiana, United States; citing ED 239, sheet 4B, line 58, family 97, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 466; FHL microfilm 1,820,466.