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Sarah Gilliss Irving Harris (1793 - 1874)

Sarah Gilliss Irving Harris
Born in Pendleton, South Carolina, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of and
Wife of — married 10 Nov 1809 (to 31 Jan 1838) in Beaverdam, Pendleton Dist., South Carolina, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , and
Died at age 81 in Townville, Oconee, South Carolina, United Statesmap
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Profile last modified | Created 18 Oct 2021
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Biography

Her name became Sarah Gilliss Irving (Harris) HARRIS when she married a cousin, Col. John Harris, III. ("Handy Annals," P. 148). [1] "Seven of her 8 sons and grandsons were soldiers in the Confederate Army."

Her body was buried at Old Nazareth Presbyterian Church, Anderson County, South Carolina.

From the obituary notice in the "Southern Presbyterian":

"One of the mothers of Israel has ceased her pilgrimage on earth and gone, at her heavenly Father's call, to enjoy rest prepared for the people of God."

Sources

  1. ↑ "Annals & Memorials of the HANDYs & Their Kindred," Handy, Isaac W. K., D.D., edited by Mildred Handy Richie & Sarah Rozelle Handy Mallon, William L. Clements Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1992, P. 362.
  • "Visit Our FamilyTree," Haines, Clara Mae Denham, P. 449.
  • "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8Q8-T2B : 23 December 2020), Sarah G Harris, Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  • Judith (Drew) Brittingham, 7th cousin, five times removed




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Drew-2083 Judith (Drew) Brittingham
Re: "There's no way to force Harris to show up a second time. Our system automatically reverts to one instance of the name.

Cheers, The WikiTree Team"

Appreciate the explanation. What a shame that WikiTree cannot display her name correctly, but Find a Grave can!

posted by Judith (Drew) Brittingham
Joel Bridgham
Irving-803 and Harris-49664 appear to represent the same person because: Ok. If you have trouble with the merge, contact me.
posted by Joel Bridgham
Drew-2083 Judith (Drew) Brittingham
Even though the merger has taken place, her name on the profile is still not correct! The name is being shown as it was before her marriage to her cousin with the same last name.

Find a Grave does have it displayed correctly. To see it:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80916603/sarah-gilliss_irving-harris

"Sarah Gilliss Irving Harris Harris"

Since I have NOT been able to cause her name to display correctly, the powers that be need to step in and change it.

posted by Judith (Drew) Brittingham
Joel Bridgham
It appears that Wikitree does not support displaying the LNAB and the married named if they are the same (a design flaw that should be corrected). Wikitree assumes that she wants to be known by her maiden name instead of her married name. Someone suggested a bypass, using a period after the married name so that Wikitree thinks they are two different names. It works, but now there is a period at the end of her name. It's the best I can do.
posted by Joel Bridgham
Drew-2083 Judith (Drew) Brittingham
Irving-803 and Harris-49664 are not ready to be merged because: Her name is incorrect!!! Her name became Sarah Gilliss Irving (Harris) HARRIS when she married a cousin, Col. John Harris, III. So far, I have NOT been able to cause her name to display correctly.
posted by Judith (Drew) Brittingham
Joel Bridgham
So do you agree that the two profiles are the same person? It would appear that Irving-803 is erroneously using Sarah's mother's maiden name as her LNAB.

I added "Harris" as another last name to get "Sarah Gilliss Irving Harris aka Harris". I think that's as close as you can get.

After the merge, Irving-803 will lose it's "Irving" nomenclature.

posted by Joel Bridgham
Joel Bridgham
Irving-803 and Harris-49664 appear to represent the same person because: Father is Handy Harris M.D..
posted by Joel Bridgham

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