Spouse: Leoma Whitener
Married 23 March 1926 in McMinn County, Tennessee[1]
1930 U.S. Census, McMinn County, Tennessee, ED 54-5, p. 9B, Sixth District, Englewood Town, 198 L & N R.R., dwelling 198, family 207[2]
John Harris age 42 born Tennessee. Age when first married: 39. Clerk, Grocery Store
Wife: Oma Harris age 22 born North Carolina. Age when first married: 19. Laborer, Textile Mill
Daughter: Arlie Harris age 3
Son: Earl Harris age 3
Brother: Thursie Harris age 25
Relative: Edgar Harbin age 11 born Georgia
Leoma Whitener, born 13 September 1907 in North Carolina, died 28 January 1937, age 39 years 4 months 15 days, in Tellico Plains, Monroe County, Tennessee; spouse: John Harris; father: “no data” [father was Noah S. Whitener]; mother: Margaret Whitener; Informant: John Harris; burial at Beulah Cemetery[3]
1940 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Tennessee, ED 2, p.5B, Civil District 4, family 88[4]
John Harris age 52 born Tennessee. Widowed
Daughter: Arlie Harris age 13 born Tennessee
Son: Carl [sic Earl] D. Harris age 12 born Tennessee
Daughter: Ada Sue Harris age 6 born Tennessee
Father: William Harris age 61 born Tennessee. Widowed
Sister: Nannie D. Harris age 61 born Tennessee
Monroe County, Tennessee, John Harris, born 30 May 1884 in Tennessee, died 6 May 1961, age 76, at Sweetwater Institution, Widowed; Spouse: Neoma Widner; Father: Bill Harris; Mother: Susie; WWI veteran; Informant: Earl D. Harris of Tellico Plains, Tennessee; Burial at Beulah Methodist Church Cemetery, Tellico Plains.[5]
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