James
W.
Harris
Born in Arkansas
Ancestors 
Son of John Alexander Harris
and Mary (Gower) Harris
Brother of
Elizabeth (Harris) Unknown, Lila Belle (Harris) Collins, Isaac Harris, Martha (Harris) Stills, Nancy (Harris) Cavines, Delia Harris [half], John Wesley Harris [half] and Novella (Harris) White [half]
Husband of
Nancy Elizabeth (Pierce) Harris
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Arbella Harris, Ardella Harris, Fannie Harris, Johnnie Gideon Harris, William Elmer Harris, Bertha H (Harris) Shelnut and Hosea Horatio Harris
Died
at age 51
in Grant County, AR
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Jan 2012
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Biography
Murdered by Luther King who received 5 years for 2nd degree murder and Elkin King who received 2 years for voluntary manslaughter. The story as told by family is that there was a fracas at the blacksmith shop owned by James. The children were there (Hosea, Elmer, Johnnie and Bertha). The two King men had started the fracas and left to go home and James told the kids that they were going to come back and shoot us so they started toward the house. Hosea had gotten the shotgun but had picked up squirrel shot. They were probably less than a 100 yards from the house when the gunshot sounded and James lied dead at the base of a big White Oak tree. He died of a gunshot wound to the head. Luther King was hit in the head but survived his injury. I remember the tree from being showed when I was just a kid. More information and testimony of the murder trial can be found at the Grant County Museum in Sheridan, Arkansas.
James was born in 1872. James Harris ... He passed away in 1923. [1]
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- ↑ Entered by David Harris, Jan 29, 2012
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~12.50%
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