John Harris m. Isabella Berry Jun 2, 1830 in Union Co., KY. In 1850 census for Madison Co., KY HH 168 170 John A. Harris 46 M KY Carpenter Isabella Harris 44 F KY Mary Harris 5 F Ky Could they have sent the older children on to Iowa with kin while they waited for Ezra to be born? This census was done on 16 Aug. 1850. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "David & Julie Keyser" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 3:50 PM Subject: [KYHARDIN] Some Harris corrections > Mike I hate to add confusion to this whole thing, but somewhere along the > line we are getting some important dates confused, or names (hardly > surprising with this line). In William McMahon's Recollections book, > which > I think most of you have a copy of, he states on page 20, third paragraph > half way down, "Thus I learned that my grandfather, James Harris, and two > brothers, Stephen and Mayhew (the latter my father was named after) were > old revolutionary or colonial soldiers..." Also in the genealogy that > Clifford Culver sent me, in January of 2004, he has listed my > ggggrandfather, John Mayhew Harris, born 1807, married to Elizabeth Stone > in 1849. However, I don't think the marriage date is right, and I know a > few months ago that someone, I think you or Larry, e-mailed their actual > marriage date on the list. I'm ready to shoot myself for not keeping > track of everything well and for putting Clifford's work to the side for > so long that I forgot about it. I'm afraid I have confused us all, and I > do apologize, but I know that my ggggrandfather was indeed John Mayhew > Harris. What is really bizarre is that Sandi sent me yesterday a record > of who, from the Harris clan, was renting from Samuel Mize, in Davis > county Iowa, at the time my gggrandfather states in his book he was there > and his family staying at the rental of Mr. Mize. This is how it reads: > John A. Harris 45 Ky b. abt 1805 > > Isabelle Harris 44 Ky b. abt 1806 > > John M. Harris 14 KY b. abt 1836 > > James H. Harris 10 KY b. abt 1840 > > Martha Harris 7 KY b. abt 1843 > > William Harris 5 KY b. abt 1845 > > Mary Harris 3 KY b. abt 1847 > > Ezra Harris 1 IA b. abt 1850 > > > > What makes no sense here is the names of the upper four people. The John > A. Harris has the approximate birthdate of my ggggrandfather John Mayhew > Harris, but I've not seen his name before or that of Isabelle Harris, plus > the John M. Harris listed shows him to be more likely a brother of my > William M. Harris listed above (the M. is missing in his middle name.) I > know that has to be my William because, as Sandi pointed out, he has a > sister named Mary listed and a brother named Ezra listed. I don't know > where John M, James, or Martha Harris, referred to above, belong in my > ggggrandfathers family. I've not read of their names as siblings to him > anywhere before and I know his father was named John Mayhew Harris and his > mother was likely Elizabeth Stone. She had been married previously and > had a son named John Stone. So, I am relooking through everything again. > I would ask everyone to turn to page 28 and 29 of William McMahon's Book > of Recollections, to see if you recognize the different James and Samuels > as that of any of your ancestors. > Well I know this is all very difficult to unravel my fellow cousins, but > somehow, we are all related one way or the other. I think we really need > to find our most common ancestor and work down from there. > Julie > > > ==== KYHARDIN Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain > letters, political announcements, current events, items for > sale, personal messages, flames,etc. (in other words - spam) > is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration > for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett [email protected] > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >