Hello, My interest in John Nelson Harris lies in his marriage to Mary Elizabeth Berry who connects to my Berry line. Mary was the daughter of Lawson Berry and Elizabeth Somers who came from the Page County, Virginia area to Ralls County, Missouri. John Nelson and Mary Elizabeth Berry Harris had one child I am aware of - Minerva who married Mack Rouse. You may already have the following: According to a newspaper article printed August 38, 1937, John Harris, Sr was born near Wheeling, WV 27 January 1790 and married Amy McGee in that state about 1822 (doesn't mention the first wife). It goes on to say he came to Middle Fork Township about 1844 and died 17 December 1877 and was buried in the family cemetery beside his wife. It goes onto list his seven children - but credit's William to Amy rather than the first wife - it lists the sons as William, Austin H and John Jr. and the daughters as Sally, Martha, Nancy and Catherine. It continues with stating William married Miss Little (that would have been Cecila daughter of William Little and Susan Greenwell); Austin married Lydia Robinson, John married Margaret Cox in 1853, daughter of Levi Cox. Sally Harris married Marion Cox; Martha married Joe McGhee; Nancy married William Faulkiner, Sr and (after Nancy's death) he married her sister Catherine. Funeral records for John Nelson Harris list his parents as William Harris and Cecila Little and was born 12 September 1840. I've been interested in the John Harris line not only because of the Berry connection but because part of my Harris family (Harris Group 10) also lived in nearby Monroe County and I've wondered if there was any connection between the two Harris families. Anita Schultz-Peters -----Original Message----- From: Leon O Kearns <lokearns@marktwain.net> To: harris-hunters <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, Sep 15, 2012 4:13 pm Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] John Harris/Amy Chiles Mcgeehee Pat, It has been a couple of years since I have worked on John Harris. He was my gggrandfather through his son William and his second wife Francis and ohn's first wife. He is buried in the family cemetery on the 80 acres he ought when he came to Macon County Missouri along with Amey Chiles McGehee. is son Austin and his wife and their infant children are also buried in his cemetery. The land was still owned by the family up to about 5-6 years go. William had died before 1850 census and after 1849 as he had a child ne year old in 1850 census. I have not found his grave or a marker in the amily cemetery. He is mentioned in his fathers will indicating by the anguage of the will that he was dead, Francis took the children to Iowa. I ave been to the cemetery where John Nelson Harris is buried and know of a escendant in Shelbina Missouri. Leon O Kearns ec Shelby County Missouri Historical Society harter Member Daviess Co Mo Genealogy Society ----Original Message----- rom: PatCLARE@aol.com ent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 1:47 PM o: harris-hunters@rootsweb.com ubject: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] John Harris/Amy Chiles Mcgeehee his is what I have charted in my own VERY ROUGH file, pending proofs. ossibly this will give you some avenue for further research .. e need at least a Family Finder test from a descendant of this John arris, either male or female, if there is no Harris male left for a Ydna est. Descendants of John Harris age 1 5 Sep 2012 1. John Harris (b. ca 1790-Wheeling VA WV (?) ;d.1877-Macon Co MO) p: Nembra Blackenburger 2. William Blackenbecker Harris p: Cecelia Little . John Nelson Harris (b.1840-Macon MO) p: Mary Elizabeth Berry p: Amy Chiles McGeehee (b.1796-Goochland;m.1815;d.1851-Macon MO) (father Augustine Mcgeehee/Sarah Wyatt d/o Richard Wyatt/Amy Chiles; ugustine Mcgeehee s/o John March Mcgeehee/Ann Graves ; John March cgeehee /o William Mcgeehee/Mary Carr. 2. Austin Augustine H. Harris (b.1822) p: Lydia Robinson . Sarah Emily Harris (b.1824-VA WVA) p: Thomas Haliburton (b.Abt 1820) p: Marion Cox . John Harris (b.1833-Washington Ohio Co VA later WV) p: Margaret Cox . Catherine Harris p: William Faulkiner . Sarah Sally Harris . William Harris p: Frances Clendenning ee also http://www.gravesfa.org/gen169.htm_ (http://www.gravesfa.org/gen169.htm) Pat Harris n a message dated 9/15/2012 11:31:36 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, okearns@marktwain.net writes: BLM Search ; http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx Wife of William Harris No Birth Date ARRIS Martha Aug 5, 1880 April 01, 1919 ARRIS Orville Olland Apr 28, 1875 Mar 29, 1882 Son of W. & E. S. Harris ARRIS William F. Nov 4, 1840 December 23, 1921 Son of Elijah & Eliza arris orn in Tennessee REEDOM CEMETERY, MERCER COUNTY, MO ARRIS Ella M. 1871 1940 Same stone with Greenbury Harris eon O Kearns ec Shelby County Missouri Historical Society harter Member Daviess Co Mo Genealogy Society lick on surname for photo of stone. ARRIS Greenbury 1871 1962 Same stone with Ella Harris ARLY CEMETERY, MERCER COUNTY, MO ARRIS C. L. 1833 1908 ARRIS Ralph D. 1927 1993 arriages Grundy Co MO. eorge L Harris Ellen Cooper Nov 28 1848 reenberry Harris Malinda Weldon jun 12 1842 ichmond Harris Manda Weldon Jul 24 1845 harlotte Harris Robert Stephens Dec 31 1849 GGgraandfather John Harris b. Jan 27 1790, d. Dec 17 1877 Macon Co MO. arried Amy McGhee in Washington Co VA. Leon O Kearns ec Shelby County Missouri Historical Society harter Member Daviess Co Mo Genealogy Society ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the uotes in the ubject and the body of the message ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the uotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message

Anita, John Harris Sr purchased land in Macon County Apr 1 1839. He purchased to pieces one of 160 acres and one of 49.+ acres. There was also a John Harris who purchased 160 Aug 3 1837 in Monroe County. John and Amy would have had some money as she received land from her fathers will which John was the executor of this will. They were in Washington County Virginia at this time. This will was date 1826. John would have been 25 at the time they married so he could will have been married before he married Amy. If he had small children he would have been looking for a wife to help take care of them. Do you have the death certificates for John Henry and Mary or Minerva and Mack? I have them if you don't. I will dig up some more information and send more later. Leon -----Original Message----- From: Anita Schultz-Peters Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 9:53 PM To: harris-hunters@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] John Harris/Amy Chiles Mcgeehee Hello, My interest in John Nelson Harris lies in his marriage to Mary Elizabeth Berry who connects to my Berry line. Mary was the daughter of Lawson Berry and Elizabeth Somers who came from the Page County, Virginia area to Ralls County, Missouri. John Nelson and Mary Elizabeth Berry Harris had one child I am aware of - Minerva who married Mack Rouse. You may already have the following: According to a newspaper article printed August 38, 1937, John Harris, Sr was born near Wheeling, WV 27 January 1790 and married Amy McGee in that state about 1822 (doesn't mention the first wife). It goes on to say he came to Middle Fork Township about 1844 and died 17 December 1877 and was buried in the family cemetery beside his wife. It goes onto list his seven children - but credit's William to Amy rather than the first wife - it lists the sons as William, Austin H and John Jr. and the daughters as Sally, Martha, Nancy and Catherine. It continues with stating William married Miss Little (that would have been Cecila daughter of William Little and Susan Greenwell); Austin married Lydia Robinson, John married Margaret Cox in 1853, daughter of Levi Cox. Sally Harris married Marion Cox; Martha married Joe McGhee; Nancy married William Faulkiner, Sr and (after Nancy's death) he married her sister Catherine. Funeral records for John Nelson Harris list his parents as William Harris and Cecila Little and was born 12 September 1840. I've been interested in the John Harris line not only because of the Berry connection but because part of my Harris family (Harris Group 10) also lived in nearby Monroe County and I've wondered if there was any connection between the two Harris families. Anita Schultz-Peters -----Original Message----- From: Leon O Kearns <lokearns@marktwain.net> To: harris-hunters <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, Sep 15, 2012 4:13 pm Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] John Harris/Amy Chiles Mcgeehee Pat, It has been a couple of years since I have worked on John Harris. He was my gggrandfather through his son William and his second wife Francis and ohn's first wife. He is buried in the family cemetery on the 80 acres he ought when he came to Macon County Missouri along with Amey Chiles McGehee. is son Austin and his wife and their infant children are also buried in his cemetery. The land was still owned by the family up to about 5-6 years go. William had died before 1850 census and after 1849 as he had a child ne year old in 1850 census. I have not found his grave or a marker in the amily cemetery. He is mentioned in his fathers will indicating by the anguage of the will that he was dead, Francis took the children to Iowa. I ave been to the cemetery where John Nelson Harris is buried and know of a escendant in Shelbina Missouri. Leon O Kearns ec Shelby County Missouri Historical Society harter Member Daviess Co Mo Genealogy Society ----Original Message----- rom: PatCLARE@aol.com ent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 1:47 PM o: harris-hunters@rootsweb.com ubject: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] John Harris/Amy Chiles Mcgeehee his is what I have charted in my own VERY ROUGH file, pending proofs. ossibly this will give you some avenue for further research .. e need at least a Family Finder test from a descendant of this John arris, either male or female, if there is no Harris male left for a Ydna est. Descendants of John Harris age 1 5 Sep 2012 1. John Harris (b. ca 1790-Wheeling VA WV (?) ;d.1877-Macon Co MO) p: Nembra Blackenburger 2. William Blackenbecker Harris p: Cecelia Little . John Nelson Harris (b.1840-Macon MO) p: Mary Elizabeth Berry p: Amy Chiles McGeehee (b.1796-Goochland;m.1815;d.1851-Macon MO) (father Augustine Mcgeehee/Sarah Wyatt d/o Richard Wyatt/Amy Chiles; ugustine Mcgeehee s/o John March Mcgeehee/Ann Graves ; John March cgeehee /o William Mcgeehee/Mary Carr. 2. Austin Augustine H. Harris (b.1822) p: Lydia Robinson . Sarah Emily Harris (b.1824-VA WVA) p: Thomas Haliburton (b.Abt 1820) p: Marion Cox . John Harris (b.1833-Washington Ohio Co VA later WV) p: Margaret Cox . Catherine Harris p: William Faulkiner . Sarah Sally Harris . William Harris p: Frances Clendenning ee also http://www.gravesfa.org/gen169.htm_ (http://www.gravesfa.org/gen169.htm) Pat Harris n a message dated 9/15/2012 11:31:36 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, okearns@marktwain.net writes: BLM Search ; http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx Wife of William Harris No Birth Date ARRIS Martha Aug 5, 1880 April 01, 1919 ARRIS Orville Olland Apr 28, 1875 Mar 29, 1882 Son of W. & E. S. Harris ARRIS William F. Nov 4, 1840 December 23, 1921 Son of Elijah & Eliza arris orn in Tennessee REEDOM CEMETERY, MERCER COUNTY, MO ARRIS Ella M. 1871 1940 Same stone with Greenbury Harris eon O Kearns ec Shelby County Missouri Historical Society harter Member Daviess Co Mo Genealogy Society lick on surname for photo of stone. ARRIS Greenbury 1871 1962 Same stone with Ella Harris ARLY CEMETERY, MERCER COUNTY, MO ARRIS C. L. 1833 1908 ARRIS Ralph D. 1927 1993 arriages Grundy Co MO. eorge L Harris Ellen Cooper Nov 28 1848 reenberry Harris Malinda Weldon jun 12 1842 ichmond Harris Manda Weldon Jul 24 1845 harlotte Harris Robert Stephens Dec 31 1849 GGgraandfather John Harris b. Jan 27 1790, d. Dec 17 1877 Macon Co MO. arried Amy McGhee in Washington Co VA. Leon O Kearns ec Shelby County Missouri Historical Society harter Member Daviess Co Mo Genealogy Society ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the uotes in the ubject and the body of the message ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the uotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message