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    1. COOSA, AL>MS>OK: CINCINNATUS B. & FAMILY
    2. PAM
    3. Looking for ancestors & descendants of the following Harris family. Cincinnatus B. Harris, b. 1796, was recorded with his second wife, Belana Lewis Harris [m. 1838] in Coosa Co., AL, 1840- 1870. Most of Cincinnatus' census records indicate that he was b. SC, but one census shows GA as his birthplace. [Coosa Co. was formed from Indian lands in 1832, so finding him before 1840 is difficult.] It does seem likely that he spent some time somewhere in Tennessee, but also likely a good many years in Georgia [though not necessarily recorded in the same place on each census, or even under that same given names.] He had at least three sons by an unknown first wife: [unknown son] Harris, b. 1825-1830; James Gassaway Hugh Harris, b. 1832, TN; & Wade Harris, b. 1834, either GA or AL. All of Cincinnatus' children apparently had three given names, so LATER census records may show the unknown older brother and Wade with different first names. Census records for all of the show mixed birthplaces of TN, GA, and AL. l am descended from James G. H. Harris, who, by 1860, had moved to that part of Itawamba Co., MS that became Lee Co., and had married Harriet Ann Butler. [One of her Butler great-uncles had moved to Coosa, AL from Elbert Co., GA, recorded there in 1840; and their extended famly member, Thomas Bullard, also moved to Coosa. The Butlers, Bullards & Harrises were all recorded as living in the same district, so they may have been acquainted while in Alabama. Thomas Bullard was widowed and had moved to Lee Co., MS by 1870, where he lived a few households away from my James G. H. Harris. {Thomas' sons lived close by to Ann Butler Harris' widowed mother in 1870 & 1880.}] James G. H. & Ann Butler Harris' children were: William Henry, b. 1857; Alice, b. 1861; Lucien Tison "Luce", b. 1864 [d. 1910, dsp]; Idilia Elizabeth "Ila", b. 1869; Robert Walker "Bob", b. 1871; Bertus Clifton "Bert", b. 1875; and Flavius Owen, b. 1881. This family, after James died, moved to Oklahoma; I have tracked many of their descendants, but still missing a few. [The youngest son, Flavius Owen, was in Donelly Co., TX in 1930 with his wife, Edith Jackson, and their surviving children, Holbert {b. 1914/15}, Lucille {b. 1917/18}, and Reah Virginia {b. 1921/22.} I think perhaps some of these Harrises may have stayed in Texas, but some may have ended up in California? Anyone belong to any of them??] I have the third son of Cincinnatus B., Wade, in his father's house in 1850, and married to a Jeriah or Juriah [unknown] by 1860, Coosa, AL, but haven't located him after that. Anyone recognize this couple? Cincinnatus & Belana had children: G. Augustavus "Augustine" [George?], who was recorded in Coosa, AL in1870, & in 1880 in Prentiss, MS. His wife was Margaret A. [or H.?], and their children by 1880 were: M. L. [female {Margaret?}], b. ca. 1860/61 & either married by 1880 or deceased; S. Docia, b 1865; Josephine J., b. 1869; Charles, b. ca. 1876; and Minnie, b. 1877 or 1878. Virginia C., b. 1844; m. William K. Masse? or Moore??? by 1860 in Coosa, AL; haven't located them after that census. Eliza Adeline H., b. 1846 [NFI after 1870 so far]. Stephen J. Harris [recorded with his small family in 1870, Coosa Co., AL, and also found 1880 in Prentiss Co., MS.] Stephen's wife was D. Elizabeth, and their children by 1880 were: Mary E., b. 1868; George B., b. 1869; Virginia B., b. ca. 1872; Savilla J., b. ca. 1876; and Lydia B., b. 1879. The last two children of Cincinnatus & Belana Lewis Harris were: Robert A. Balint, b. 1851, and Mary O., b. 1861. They were both single, living with their mother next door to my James G. H. Harris & family in Lee Co., MS, 1880. Look forward to hearing from anyone with knowledge of the origins of Cincinnatus Harris, or any descendant of these families. Anyone out there connect? Pam pamstone@digital.net

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