Family Group Record ========================================================================================== Husband: James Harris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Birth: 1818 Granville Co, NC Census: 18 Jun 1860 Madisonville, Hopkins Co, Ky Census: 1870 Hopkins Co, Ky Death: bet 1875-1878 Ky Marriage: 12 Feb 1861 Hopkins Co, Ky Other spouse: Jane Groves (m 23 Sep 1847) ========================================================================================== Wife: Elizabeth Buchanan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Birth: 1830 NC Census: 1870 Hopkins Co, Ky Death: aft 1881 Hopkins Co, Ky Father: James Buchanan Mother: Agnes Buchanan? [Buchanan] ========================================================================================== Children ========================================================================================== 1 M Henry Thomas "Tom" Harris Birth: 22 Mar 1861 Hopkins Co, Ky Census: 1870 Hopkins Co, Ky Death: 4 Sep 1926 Hopkins Co, Ky Burial: Olive Branch Cem, Hopkins Co, Ky Occupation: Farmer Spouse: Genoah A Friday (m 26 Dec 1886) Spouse: Lucretia Clayton (m 14 Sep 1880) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 M Jesse Harris Birth: 8 May 1866 Hopkins Co, Ky Census: 1870 Hopkins Co, Ky Census: 4 Jun 1900 Hopkins Co, Ky Obituary: 1918 Jesse Harris Death: 16 Apr 1918 Anton, Hopkins Co, Ky Burial: 17 Apr 1918 Olive Branch Cem, Hopkins Co, Ky Spouse: Martha Lee "Sis" Clayton (m 23 Dec 1885) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 M Roland Gooch Harris Birth: 1867 Hopkins Co, Ky Census: 1870 Hopkins Co, Ky Death: 1907 Hopkins Co, Ky Burial: Odd Fellows Cem, Madisonville, Hopkins C Spouse: Nannie Clayton (m 21 Jul 1886) Spouse: Lelia Bowling (m 20 Dec 1893) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 F Lucy T Harris Birth: 1873 Hopkins Co, Ky Death: 1950 Hopkins Co, Ky Burial: 1950 Olive Branch Cem, Hopkins Co, Ky Spouse: Alexander C Clayton (m 1 Jan 1893) ========================================================================================== Prepared 29 Mar 2002 by: Nancy L Trice ========================================================================================== FAMILY NOTES Marriage(1): Marriage Record: Jas Harris and Elizabeth Buchannan, Feb 12, 1861. Wit: James Springfield and John Buchanan at house of William Buchanan by William A Brown, M.B.C. General(2): His 2nd wife. HUSBAND NOTES: James Harris Birth(3): Census: 1860 Hopkins Co, Ky, Madisonville, 18 Jun 1860, pg 60. 389/389 Harris, Jas, 43, farmer, 300/300, NC, can't read or write Mary F, 11, f, Ky, can't read or write Jas W, 9 m, Ky, can't read or write Martha, 7, f, Ky Biga A, 4, m, Ky Soloman, 8, m, Ky Sam'l R, 1, m, Ky Census: 1870 Hopkins Co, Ky, Precinct 3, Hanson Station, pg 63 211/211 Harris, James, 54, farmer, 500/300 NC Elizabeth, 33, NC Martha, 17, Ky Bijah, 15, m, works on farm, Ky Soloman, 13, works on farm, Ky Samuel R, 10, Ky Henry T, 8, Ky Jesse, 5, Ky Roland, 2, Ky Death: Died ca 1875-78 General: Look up the following: Circuit Ct file 12399, Hopkins Co.; 1850, 60, 70, 80 census Hopkins Co; Deed book (Commissioner's 1, pg 232; Deed Book 46, pg 316 Hopkins Co. WIFE NOTES: Elizabeth Buchanan Birth(3): Born ca 1830-35. Census: 1870 Hopkins Co, Ky, age 33. General(4): CHILD NOTES: Henry Thomas "Tom" Harris Birth(5): Census: 1870 Hopkins Co, Ky, age 8. Death(6): Death Record: Thomas Harris, marr, farmer; b 22 Mar 1861, Ky; d 4 Sep 1926; Buried Olive Branch. Father: James Harris, b NC. Mother: Elisabeth Buchanan, b Ky. Informant for death information: L W Harris. Burial(7): General(3): OCCUPATION: Farmer; married at time of death. CHILD NOTES: Jesse Harris Birth(3): Marian Hammers gives birth as 1864. Headstone says 1864. Vital statistics book gives birth as 1866. Census: 1870 Hopkins Co, Ky, age 5. Census: 1900 Hopkins Co, Ky Census, District # 4, 4 June 1900. 89/89 Wooten, James E, wm, Jan 1829, 71, m/17, farmer, NC NC NC Sarah J, wife, Mar unk, unk, m/17, 9/2, Ky NC NC Harris, Jessie, step s-in-law, May 1865, 35, m/14, farmer, Ky NC NC Martha, wife, Jan 1870, 30, m/14, 3/3, Ky NC NC Sarah F, dau, Jun 1888, 11, Ky Ky Ky Ivy L, dau, Nov 1893, 6, Ky Ky Ky Lonny, son, Aug 1895, 4, Ky Ky Ky Obituary(8): FIRST DEATH FROM SMALLPOX IN COUNTY Jesse Harris Dies At Anton After Week's Illness -- 70 Cases In County Hopkins county has had its first death from smallpox during the present epidemic, Jesse Harris, aged 53, having died at Anton at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. He had been ill only a week and his death had been expected for several days. Mr Harris had the worst case in the county. All of the other cases are mild. He leaves a wife and five children. The body was sealed and burial was private in Olive Branch cemetery Wednesday morning. Death(9,3): Death Record: Jesse Harris, marr, farmer; b 8 May 1866, Hop Co, Ky; d 16 Apr 1918, Hop Co, Ky; burial: Olive Branch. Father: James Harris. Mother: Elizabeth Buchanan. Smallpox. Burial(10): General(11): Check DB 46 pg 316 Hop Co. CHILD NOTES: Roland Gooch Harris Census: 1870 Hopkins Co, Ky, age 2. Burial: Birth and death dates from headstone. General(5): CHILD NOTES: Lucy T Harris General(5,11): SOURCES 1. Hopkins Co, Ky Marr Bk 1807-1868. Pg 40. 2. Ibid. 3. Hopkins Co Genealogical Society, 1976. Vital Statistics, Hopkins County, Ky Deaths, 1911-1920. 4. Parents names from death record of Lucy Buchanan. 5. Marian G Hammers. 6. Hopkins Co Genealogical Society. Vital Statistics, Hopkins Co, Ky Deaths 1921-1927. 7. Hopkins Co, Ky Cemeteries. Hopkins Co Genealogical Society, 1970. 8. Scrapbook of Obituaries compiled over a span of 50+ years by Mattie Trice. News article, Jesse Harris, pg 8. 9. Death certificate. 10. Hopkins Co, Ky Cemeteries. Hopkins Co Genealogical Society, 1970. Olive Branch Cem. 11. Clayton. The Story of the Clayton Family of North Carolina and Kentucky and Allied Families. Patricia Brown Harris, 1972.