Captain Jinks Harris (1869 - 1949)

Born 18 Nov 1869 in Fayette, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Laura Bruce (Bull) Harris — married 11 Dec 1889 in Fayette, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Nov 1949 at age 79 in Lake Village, Chicot, Arkansas, USA

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Biography

When Captain Jinks Harris was born on 18 November 1869, in Fayette, Tennessee, United States, his father, Hudson Harris, was 41 and his mother, Martha Jane Williams, was 36. He married Laura Bruce Bull, also born in 1869, on 11 December 1889, in Fayette, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. Captain Jinks was a landowner, farmer, dairyman and watermill owner. He lived in District 12, La Grange, Tennessee, United States in 1880 and Civil District 12, Fayette, Tennessee, United States in 1920. He died on 11 November 1949 in Greenville MS at the age of 79, and was buried in Moscow, Fayette, Tennessee, United States. ^[1]

^[2][3] Captain Jinks and Laura Bruce lived on "Harris Hill" in the main farm house at the intersection of Hwy 57 and State Line Road. He was elected Moscow Town Marshall in 1902. At the time Laura Bruce died in 1942, son Howard Hope's family lived in a concrete block tenant house near the main house. Hudson James' family lived in the old farm house further southwest on State Line Road. Hudson (Hut) had been operating the farm for a good many years. After the death of Laura Bruce, Captain Jinks suddenly sold the family farm. The families of Howard Hope and Hudson James had to relocate. For the first time in about a century, no Harris lived at Harris Hill. Captain Jinks lived in boarding houses and hotels in Memphis and New Orleans for several years. He then returned to Moscow, old, sick and broke. He lived in the home of son Howard Hope for a short time. His daughter, Dennie May, then placed him in a nursing home in Greenville MS where he died in 1949. Captain Jinks and Laura Bruce are buried in Oak Grove Cemetery southwest of Moscow. The main farm house on Harris Hill was partially destroyed by the 1952 tornado and later restored. The 1988 tornado completely destroyed the farm house, the concrete block tenant house and other structures.

[2] In the 1900's four Harris families lived in the Moscow area. Three were sons of Captain Jinks Harris and one was the son of William Edward " Eddie " Harris. All were great grandsons of Turner Harris. The sons of Captain Jinks were Hudson James " Hut " and Howard Hope " Jim " who lived in or near Moscow and Dempsey Steven " Demp " who lived in the Rossville / Piperton area. The son of William Edward " Eddie " was Lewis Vaiden who lived near Moscow.

^[4] Siblings of Captain Jinks Harris were: 1 John William, 2, M.D.L., 3 Nancy "Nannie" J., 4 Mark E., 5 Mary Elizabeth, 6 Ella Jeff, 7 Thomas M., 8 George Noyd.

Captain Jinks Harris married Laura Bruce Bull December 11, 1889 in Fayette Co. They had seven children. They were:

1. Hudson James; born 1891

2. Betty B; born 1892, died 1894

3. Dennie Mae; born 1894, married John Leonard Cain, they owned a plantation near Lake Village, AR

4. Viva Byrd; born 1896, married Keith Black Tillman, they operated a general store in Moscow before moving to Tillatoba, MS

5. Captain Dewey; born 1898, married Lucille White, he was a bookkeeper / accountant in Pine Bluff, AR

6. Dempsey Steven; born 1900

7. Howard Hope; born 1909

Sources

1. ↑ Name and dates on grave marker in Oak grove cemetery near Moscow ,TN.
2. ↑ Gaylon Harris, Turner Harris of Fayette Co, TN, 2009; e-mail to Rex Lewis, Limestone Co. AL..
3. ↑ Fayette Co. Historical Society. The History of Fayette County Tennessee. Salem, WV 26426: Walsworth Press, Don Mills, Inc., Second Printing, 1986.
4. ↑ Detailed Family tree records of Rex Lewis.

• Year: 1870; Census Place: District 12, Fayette, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1526; Page: 425B
• Year: 1880; Census Place: District 12, Fayette, Tennessee; Roll: 1254; Page: 427B; Enumeration District: 028
• Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 12, Fayette, Tennessee; Roll: 1569; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0021; FHL microfilm: 1241569
• Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 12, Fayette, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1498; Page: 11b; Enumeration District: 0020; FHL microfilm: 1375511
• Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil District 12, Fayette, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1738; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 20
• Year: 1940; Census Place: Fayette, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03890; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 24-24
• "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNZF-HKW : 4 December 2014), C J Harris and Laura A Bull, 11 Dec 1889; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 22, Fayette, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
• Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Death Certificates; Year: 1949; Roll: 4 Certificate Number 12334
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82418022/jinks-bull-harris: accessed 28 November 2023), memorial page for Capt Jinks Bull Harris (18 Nov 1869–11 Nov 1949), Find a Grave Memorial ID 82418022, citing Oak Grove Cemetery, Moscow, Fayette County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Carl R. Williams (contributor 47677948).