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Benjamin J. Harris Family

Husband: Benjamin J. Harris

Born: 11 Aug 1842at: NC
Married: Abt 1861at: 
Died: 08 Apr 1911at: TX
Buried: at: Ebenezer Cemetery, Oak Grove, Wood Co., TX
Father: Edward Harris
Mother: Lora Estes
Other Spouses: Mary Harris  Nancy Gerden  
 

Wife: Mary Arminda Harris

Born: 04 Jul 1842at: GA
Died: 24 Mar 1870at: Wood Co., TX
Buried: at: Ebenezer Cemetery, Oak Grove, Wood Co., TX
Father: Giles Nathan Harris
Mother: Emillier Mason (Millie) Whitworth
 

Children: 

Name: Benjamin Wiley Harris
Born: 01 Sep 1862at: TX
Died: Nov 1915at: 
Buried: at: Ebenezer Cemetery, Oak Grove, Wood Co., TX
 

Name: Giles Miniard Harris
Born: 26 Jan 1868at: TX
Died: Jan 1888at: 
Buried: at: Ebenezer Cemetery, Oak Grove, Wood Co., TX
 

Name: W. A. Harris
Born: Jan 1870at: TX
Died: Bef 1880at: 
Buried: at: 
 

More Information:

About Benjamin J. Harris:

Marie Key's book listed his name as William Benjamin, but Census and other sources show it as Benjamin J.
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From Mrs. Key's book:

"William Benjamin Harris came to Texas with other members of the family from Georgia in 1859. Mary Arminda Harris also came in the same wagon train. They were third cousins. He settled in Wood County, Oak Grove Community, and never lived any other place."
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Found in 1870 Census, TX, Wood Co., Pct. 1, p. 529.
Harris, B.J. 27 NC
Harris, B.W. 7 TX
Harris, G.M. 2 TX
Harris, W.A. 6/12 TX
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Found in 1880 Census, TX, Wood Co., ED 124, p. 274, img. 32.
Unmarried, listed as widower.
Benjamin J. Harris 37
Ben W. Harris 17
Giles M. Harris 12
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Found in 1900 Census, TX, Wood Co., ED 138, sh. 8.
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About Mary Arminda Harris:

She was a sister of Dicey Eveline Harris, who was the wife of Andrew Jackson Harris and a brother of Benjamin Harris.


About Benjamin Wiley Harris:

His gravestone gives birth date as 1870, death date as 1925.


About W. A. Harris:

Name and date from 1870 Census.

Not present in 1880 census, presumably died.


Revised: 11-Mar-15  01:28 PM