Elizabeth was born in 1811. She was the daughter of Jonathan Aborn and Dorcas Tourtellot. She married John R Harris and had the following children:
Sarah Smith Harris Smith (1837-1885)
Martha Smith Harris (1838-1840)
James Aborn Harris (1841-1868)
She passed away after 1880 and was buried at Oak Ridge Cemetary, Madison, Madison, Florida. Her memorial stone reads: "In memory of Elizabeth Harris Matron of the Florida Hospital in the Army of the West During the Civil War 1861-1865.
Erected by the Elizabeth Harris Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy Madison Florida."[1]
Primary and secondary source materials from the Smith Bullock Carper Griffin archives, curated by Ben Smith.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFHD-T92 : 20 December 2020), Elizabeth A Harris in household of John R Harris, Madison, Madison, Florida, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth: