George Washington HARRIS b. 10 Apr 1839 , Bedford, Tennessee, USA d. 8 Sep 1926 Gotebo, Kiowa, Oklahoma, USA: An Armstrong & A Heffernan

1839 - 1926 (87 years)

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Name	George Washington HARRIS [1, 2]
Born	10 Apr 1839	, Bedford, Tennessee, USA [3]
Gender	Male
Military	Between Apr 1862 and 1865
	Co. F, 34th Regiment Arkansas Infantry, CSA
Census	1870	, Benton, Arkansas, USA
pg 47 (377), d/f #294/296
Sugar Creek Township, Bentonville PO George Harris M 32 Arkansas Mary Harris F 31 Tennessee Jefferson Harris M 12 Arkansas Thomas Harris M 10 Arkansas Elvira Harris F 7 Arkansas
Census	1880	, Grayson, Texas, USA
ED 15, pg 20 (370D)
Precinct 7 George W Harris Self M 40 Tennessee Mary Harris Wife F 41 Illinois Jefferson T Harris Son M 20 Arkansas Thomas T Harris Son M 18 Arkansas Elivra A Harris Dau F 16 Arkansas
Pension	Aug 1899
Montague Co, Texas
Census	1900	, Montague, Texas, USA
ED 59, pg 14A
Precinct 8 George Harris Head M 61 Apr 1839 Tennessee m. 41 yrs. Mary Harris Wife F 62 Apr 1838 Indiana 3/3 children Minten Harris Son M 13 Oct 1886 Texas Morris Harris Son M 13 Oct 1886 Texas Nancy Rose S-in-l F 76 Oct 1833 Illinois 0/0 children Mary is supposed to have only three children so either these are grandchildren or she misunderstood the question. She would have been 48 when these boys were born - not impossible but unlikely - they were probably adopted.
Property	19 Jan 1905
Montague Co, Texas
Residence	1906	, , Oklahoma, USA
Census	1910	, Hunt, Texas, USA
ED 123, pg 3B
He is widowed and alone.
Died	8 Sep 1926	Gotebo, Kiowa, Oklahoma, USA
Buried	9 Sep 1926	Lake Valley, Washita, Oklahoma, USA
	Address: Odessa Cemetery Washita County Washita County, Oklahoma
Person ID	I11641	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
Last Modified	2 Dec 2016

Father	Nicholas HARRIS, b. Abt 1804, d. Deceased
Mother	Mary Ann PARSONS, b. Abt 1809, d. Deceased
Family ID	F4494	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary Ann MAHURIN, b. 25 Apr 1839, , Hendricks, Indiana, USA , d. 17 Oct 1905, , Montague, Texas, USA (Age 66 years)

Married 1859 , Benton, Arkansas, USA [4]

Children

	1. Jefferson T HARRIS, b. 8 Sep 1859, , Benton, Arkansas, USA , d. 1 Dec 1945, , Kiowa, Oklahoma, USA (Age 86 years)
	2. Thomas T HARRIS, b. 26 Feb 1861, , Benton, Arkansas, USA , d. 28 Feb 1929, , Kiowa, Oklahoma, USA (Age 68 years)
	3. Elvira Ann HARRIS, b. 18 Nov 1863, , Benton, Arkansas, USA , d. 29 Feb 1944, , Kiowa, Oklahoma, USA (Age 80 years)
	4. Manerd HARRIS, b. 21 Oct 1884, , , Texas, USA , d. 1953, , , Oklahoma, USA (Age 68 years) [Adopted]
	5. William Minton HARRIS, b. 21 Oct 1886, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA , d. 4 Jan 1969, Nocona, Montague, Texas, USA (Age 82 years) [Adopted]

Last Modified 2 Dec 2016

Family ID F4493 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes
George had snow-white hair that hung to his shoulders and his long mustache curled at the ends.
I got a lot of this information from the cemeteries.

Sources

[S408] McCoy, Patrick.
[S2153] 1880 Grayson TX, ED 15, pg 20 (370D).
George W Harris
[S2153] 1880 Grayson TX, ED 15, pg 20 (370D).
age 40, Tennessee
[S874] 1900 Montague, TX, ED 59, pg 14A.
married 41 years