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George Washington Harris (1800 - 1873)

George Washington Harris
Born in Randolph, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 28 Apr 1822 in Randolph, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Died at age 72 in Meadowville, Barbour, West Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

George Washington Harris was born 21 February 1800 to Simeon and Mary Hannah (Smith) Harris.

He married Christena "Teny" Cross on 28 April 1822, in Virginia.[1] In this Union they had 11 children.

The family in the 1850 Census. George is a farmer with a property value of $3,000 (just under $100,000 in 2020 currency): [2]

HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplace
George HarrisM49Virginia
Christina HarrisF46Virginia
Ingaby HarrisF24Virginia
Henry HarrisM20Virginia
Barton HarrisM18Virginia
Martin HarrisM
John HarrisM16Virginia
Abraham HarrisM13Virginia
Gideon D HarrisM10Virginia
Barbara M HarrisF8Virginia
Lewis C HarrisM2Virginia

George died just 3 weeks short of his 73rd birthday on 1 February 1873. He was buried in Little Bethel Cemetery, in Meadowville, Barbour, West Virginia.[3]

Listed in son, Gideon D Harris' marriage record: "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRZW-8DG : 4 December 2014), George Harris in entry for G. D. C. Harris and Rachel Horsafook, 25 Dec 1862; citing Barbour Co, reference 2:3JZS7Q8; FHL microfilm 808,381.

Sources

  1. West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZX-JKYL : 28 November 2018), George Harras and Teny Cross, 28 Apr 1822; citing Marriage, Randolph, West Virginia, United States, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm .
  2. I"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M88P-3VY : 4 April 2020), George Harris, Barbour county, Barbour, Virginia, United States; citing family 242, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).nsert reference here
  3. Find a Grave, database and images memorial page for George Washington Harris (21 Feb 1800–1 Feb 1873), Find a Grave Memorial no. 46116787, citing Little Bethel Church Cemetery, Meadowville, Barbour County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Larry & Helen, in Ok. (contributor 46886668) Find A Grave: Memorial #46116787.




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Harris-22580 and Harris-1713 appear to represent the same person because: While working on my extended tree, and rechecking my work, I came across Sarah Phillips Harris who had two husbands named William Simeon Harris. I have proposed a merge of them, but this also brought into question William's parents. George was his father. Each profile for William had a different set of parent profiles which were actually the same. These need to be merged as well.
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