Pickens Earle Harris (1832 - 1916)

Born 16 Jan 1832 in Anderson, South Carolina, United States

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Died 10 Feb 1916 at age 84 in Durango, Falls, Texas, United States

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Biography

Pickens Earle Harris was born on January 16, 1832 in Anderson, South Carolina. He was the son of John Harris & Sarah Giles Irving.^[1]

He was married to Drucilla Simmons between 1850 and 1860. The couple had at least 10 children; William T, Martha M, Mary, Jane, Benjamin O, Octavia, Pick, Alonzo, Dora & Laurance O.

The family left South Carolina for Mississippi^[2] and would eventually move on to Texas.^[3][4]

Pickens passed away in 1916 and was laid to rest in Union Cemetery in Durango, Falls County, Texas.^[5] His family filed for and was subsequentially awarded for Pickens a military headstone that states he served for the Confederacy during the Civil War in Company F of the 32nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment as a private.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8Q8-TLM : 12 April 2016), Pickens Harris in household of Sarah G Harris, Anderson county, Anderson, South Carolina, United States; citing family 299, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFSP-L4D : 12 April 2016), Pick E Harris, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 16, family 99, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,245.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3P2-5Y5 : accessed 7 April 2019), P E Harris, Justice Precincts 4-5 Regency village, Mills, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 114, sheet 3A, family 42, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,659.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M296-FNQ : accessed 7 April 2019), Pickins E Harris in household of Luther T Harris, Justice Precinct 1, Brown, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 97, sheet 3B, family 61, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1535; FHL microfilm 1,375,548.
5. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16302407 : accessed 07 April 2019), memorial page for Pickens Earle Harris (16 Jan 1832–1916), Find A Grave Memorial no. 16302407, citing Union Cemetery, Durango, Falls County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Mary R Davis (contributor 46861171) .
6. ↑ "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1Z-4KRS : 15 March 2018), Pickens Earl Harris, .