John Maupin Harris (1795 - 1874)

Born 4 Dec 1795 in Madison, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Henrietta (Simpson) Harris — married 20 Jul 1819 in Madison, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Aug 1874 at age 78 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States

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Biography

John was born in 1795. He was the son of John Harris and Margaret Maupin. He passed away in 1874.

John and Henrietta Simpson Harris were the proprietors of Westport's popular Harris House hotel on the northeast corner of Westport Road and Pennsylvania. John Harris was born in KY in 1795. He arrived in Westport in 1832 by covered wagon and bought the hotel in 1846 from A. B. H. McGee. Henrietta Harris was known for her delicious southern cooking and for her disapproval of dancing. The Harris family home, built in 1855, originally stood on the southwest corner of Westport Road and Main Street. It was moved in 1922 to 40th Street and Baltimore and is now the home of the Westport Historical Society. ^[1]

Slaves

The Find A Grave site^[1] reports that he brought slaves with him when the family moved from Madison County, Kentucky to Jackson County, Missouri.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 December 2020), memorial page for John Harris (4 Dec 1795–7 Aug 1874), Find A Grave: Memorial #19318303, citing Union Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by J F-B (contributor 47283216) .

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZZ-49Q : 4 April 2020), John Harris, Kaw, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing family 148, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZK2-R7S : 20 January 2020), John M Harr in entry for Frederic Riecker, 1856.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZ7-SPK : 19 March 2020), John Harris, 1860.

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZ21-26T

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris-Kearney_House