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Albert Edgar Harris

Male 1865 - 1921  (56 years)


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  1. 1.  Albert Edgar Harris was born on 12 Jul 1865 in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA (son of Jonah Harris and Anna Mariah Thomson); died on 14 Dec 1921 in Indiana.

    Albert married Rhonda Ann Kellogg on 4 Sep 1888. Rhonda was born on 14 Feb 1863; died on 8 Aug 1939. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Ray Edgar Harris was born on 29 Aug 1897; died on 22 May 1974 in Indianaplis, Marion, Indiana, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jonah Harris was born on 20 Apr 1842 in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA (son of John Harris and Hannah Metzger); died on 7 Sep 1896 in Scott City, Bourbon, Kansas, USA; was buried in Scott City, Scott County, Kansas, United States of America.

    Jonah married Anna Mariah Thomson on 4 Sep 1862 in Sullivan Co., Indiana. Anna was born on 14 Jan 1847 in Fairbanks, Sullivan Co., Indiana; died on 16 Mar 1876 in Fairbanks, Sullivan County, Indiana, United States of America; was buried in Indiana, Sullivan Co., Fairbanks Twp. - Pound Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Anna Mariah Thomson was born on 14 Jan 1847 in Fairbanks, Sullivan Co., Indiana; died on 16 Mar 1876 in Fairbanks, Sullivan County, Indiana, United States of America; was buried in Indiana, Sullivan Co., Fairbanks Twp. - Pound Cemetery.
    Children:
    1. 1. Albert Edgar Harris was born on 12 Jul 1865 in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA; died on 14 Dec 1921 in Indiana.
    2. Chauncey Rose Harris was born on 24 Feb 1871 in Fairbanks Twp., Sullivan Co., Indiana.
    3. Isa May Harris was born on 22 Aug 1874 in Fairbanks Twp., Sullivan Co., Indiana; died on 15 Feb 1942 in Fowler, Colorado.
    4. Clement Laird Harris was born on 18 Jul 1863 in Fairbanks Twp., Sullivan Co., Indiana; died on 29 Oct 1900 in Rush Center, Kansas.
    5. Amanda Luella Harris was born on 14 Jul 1869 in Fairbanks Twp., Sullivan Co., Indiana; died on 15 May 1930 in Scott City, Kansas.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Harris was born on 30 Nov 1804 in Butler, Ohio, USA (son of Mary Paddock, son of Benjamin Harris and Mary Paddock); died on 30 Dec 1883 in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA; was buried in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA.

    Notes:

    John was the second child of Benjamin and Mary, nee Paddock, Harris who settled in Sullivan County ca. 1817. John was one of their children that came with them.

    He was the husband of Hannah Medsker Harris and they were the parents of...

    Mary Harris, b. 20 Nov 1830
    Perry Harris, who died young
    Nancy Ann Harris, b. 1 Mar 1835
    Sarah Harris, b. 7 May 1837
    Tyra Harris, b. 30 Aug 1839
    Jonah Harris, b. 20 Apr 1842
    Benjamin Harris, b. 27 Jan 1844
    Jacob Harris, b. 21 Jan 1847
    Ebenezer "Eben" Harris, b. Sep 1849
    Isabel "Belle" Harris Meyers, b. 12 Aug 1852
    Rosetta "Rose" Harris Ernest, b. 27 Sep 1856

    Their son Ebenezer was my great-great-grandfather and after he died in 1884, some members of his family turned their backs on his ill widow and four children, forcing them from their home. She had to put the three youngest in the Terre Haute orphanage while she regained her health. Also, she and the oldest child found work and a new home so she could remove the children before a year was up or they would have been fostered out to local families. My great-grandfather refused to acknowledge or speak of these people the rest of his life.

    John married Hannah Metzger in 1831. Hannah (daughter of Peter Metzger and Maria Barbara Mertz) was born in 1811 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 18 Jan 1897 in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Hannah Metzger was born in 1811 in Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Peter Metzger and Maria Barbara Mertz); died on 18 Jan 1897 in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA.
    Children:
    1. Mary Harris was born on 20 Nov 1833.
    2. Rosetta Harris was born on 27 Sep 1856 in Fairbanks Twp,Sullivan,Ind; died on 3 Apr 1951 in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States.
    3. Perry Harris was born on 4 Aug 1832.
    4. 2. Jonah Harris was born on 20 Apr 1842 in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA; died on 7 Sep 1896 in Scott City, Bourbon, Kansas, USA; was buried in Scott City, Scott County, Kansas, United States of America.
    5. Isabelle Harris was born on 12 Aug 1852 in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA; died on 23 Oct 1921 in Gilead, Thayer, Nebraska, USA; was buried on 26 Oct 1921 in Harmony Cemetary, Brunning, Thayer County, Nebraska, United States.
    6. Benjamin Harris was born about 1843 in Indiana, USA; died in 1869.
    7. Ebenzer Harris was born about 1850 in Indiana, USA; died on 21 May 1884 in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA; was buried in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, USA.
    8. Jacob Harris was born on 21 Jan 1847 in Indiana, USA; died on 27 Jan 1927 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, USA.
    9. Sarah Harris was born on 7 May 1837 in Sullivan, Sullivan, Indiana, United States; died in 1838.
    10. Nancy A Harris was born about 1835 in Indiana, USA; died in 1863.
    11. Tyra Harris was born on 31 Aug 1839 in Sullivan, Sullivan, Indiana, United States; died in in Van Buren, Fountain, Indiana, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Benjamin Harris was born on 30 Nov 1774 in Kentucky; died on 8 Jun 1848 in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA; was buried in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA.

    Notes:

    From "Sullivan County, IN, 175th Anniversary Commemorative Edition"

    Page 296: "Benjamin and Mary Paddock Harris came from Butler County, Ohio to Sullivan County, Indiana perhaps as early as 1813. In 1817, entered 220 acres of land in Fairbanks Township, near Graysville. They had 12 children: Kessiah (Keziah), John, Jacob, Benjamin Jr., Josiah (Sic?) Joel, William Harvey, Tyra, Agnes, Susan, Louisa and Sarah." (No mention of Anna?)

    Page 297: "the Harris Family is of English decent and came to America during the early years. They first settled in Virginia and then west into Ohio before locating farmland in the Northwest Territory of Indiana.


    Birth:
    was a Virginia Colony at that time

    Died:
    Age: 72

    Benjamin married Mary Paddock on 7 Sep 1806 in Butler, Ohio, USA. Mary (daughter of Ebenezer Paddock and Keziah Case) was born in 1784 in Prob, Nelson, Kentucky, USA; died between 1823 and 1828 in Fairbanks Township, Sullivan, Indiana, USA; was buried in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary Paddock was born in 1784 in Prob, Nelson, Kentucky, USA (daughter of Ebenezer Paddock and Keziah Case); died between 1823 and 1828 in Fairbanks Township, Sullivan, Indiana, USA; was buried in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA.
    Children:
    1. Tyra Harris was born on 21 Jun 1820 in Sullivan, Sullivan, Indiana, United States; died on 30 Sep 1857; was buried in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA.
    2. Benjamin Harris was born in 1810 in Butler, Ohio, USA; died on 22 Nov 1855 in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA; was buried in Fairbanks, Sullivan County, Indiana, United States of America.
    3. Sarah Harris was born on 27 May 1810 in Butler, Ohio, USA; died on 7 Sep 1891 in Clay City, Clay, Indiana, United States; was buried in Sep 1891 in Staggs Cemetery.
    4. Anna Harris was born on 9 Sep 1806 in Butler, Ohio, USA; died on 4 Nov 1872 in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA.
    5. Jacob Harris was born on 17 Sep 1809 in Butler, Ohio, USA; died on 8 Jul 1851 in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA.
    6. Joel Harris was born on 17 Jan 1818 in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA; died on 11 Jul 1890 in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA.
    7. 4. John Harris was born on 30 Nov 1804 in Butler, Ohio, USA; died on 30 Dec 1883 in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA; was buried in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA.
    8. Susan Harris was born on 13 Mar 1814 in Ohio, United States of America; died on 10 Apr 1854 in Sullivan County, Indiana, United States of America; was buried in Graysville, Sullivan County, Indiana, United States of America.
    9. Agnes Harris was born on 14 Dec 1801 in Butler, Ohio, USA; died on 8 Aug 1886 in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA; was buried in Fairbanks, Sullivan County, Indiana, USA.
    10. Keziah Harris was born on 10 Sep 1804 in Butler, Ohio, USA; died in 1844 in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA.
    11. Louisa Harris was born on 21 Jun 1820 in Sullivan, Sullivan, Indiana, United States; died on 2 Jan 1905 in Sullivan; was buried in Sullivan, Sullivan County, Indiana, United States of America.
    12. William Harvey Harris was born on 18 Sep 1823 in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA; died on 10 Feb 1870 in Turman, Sullivan, Indiana, United States.

  3. 10.  Peter Metzger was born about 1773 in Maxatawny Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA (son of Conrad Metzger and Anna Maria Hartman); died on 5 Oct 1822 in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA; was buried in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA.

    Peter married Maria Barbara Mertz on 19 Jan 1796 in Weisenberg Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA. Maria (daughter of Johannes Mertz and Barbara Droescher) was born in 1774 in Longswamp Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania; died after 1850 in Fairbanks Township, Sullivan County, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Maria Barbara Mertz was born in 1774 in Longswamp Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (daughter of Johannes Mertz and Barbara Droescher); died after 1850 in Fairbanks Township, Sullivan County, Indiana, USA.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Longswamp Reformed Church records 1762-1810

    Notes:

    Married:
    Peter and Barbara were married in the home of Rev. Johannes Heinrich Helffrich in Weisenberg Twp, Northampton County in 1796. Lehigh County was formed from part of Northampton County in 1812. Weisenberg is adjacent to Maxatawny Township in Berks County.

    Children:
    1. Catherine Medsker was born in 1808 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 6 May 1872 in Sullivan, Indiana, USA.
    2. David Medsker was born in 1812 in Butler, Ohio, USA; died in 1850 in Clark County, Illinois, USA.
    3. Margaret Medsker was born about 1815 in Butler, Ohio, USA.
    4. 5. Hannah Metzger was born in 1811 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 18 Jan 1897 in Fairbanks, Sullivan, Indiana, USA.
    5. Mary Medsker was born in 1801 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 8 Apr 1841 in Clark, Illinois, USA.
    6. Sarah Medsker was born in 1805 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA; died before 2 Dec 1884 in Sullivan County, Indiana, USA.
    7. Elizabeth Metsker was born on 25 Dec 1803 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 3 Apr 1876 in Turman Township, Sullivan County, Indiana, USA.
    8. Lydia Medsker was born about 1797 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA; died about 1830 in Sullivan County, Indiana, USA.
    9. Jonathan Medsker was born on 1 Jan 1799 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 8 Aug 1843 in Melrose, Clark County, Illinois.
    10. John Medsker was born on 25 Dec 1799 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 12 Oct 1854 in Sullivan County, Indiana.



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