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Iris Carrol Harmon

Male 1912 - 1988  (76 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Iris Carrol Harmon was born on 2 Feb 1912 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA (son of Goulder Council Harmon and Lou Zenia Presnell); died on 14 Mar 1988 in Banner Elk, Avery County, North Carolina; was buried in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America.

    Family/Spouse: Rose Edna Harmon. Rose was born on 24 Jan 1921 in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America; died on 14 Apr 2015 in Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America; was buried in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Bobby Edward Harmon was born on 18 Jul 1939 in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America; died on 8 Sep 2006 in Vilas, Watauga, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Vilas, Watauga, North Carolina, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Goulder Council Harmon was born on 24 Apr 1874 in Beech Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina; died on 19 Mar 1963 in Green Valley, Watauga County, North Carolina; was buried in Green Valley Baptist Church Cemetery, Watauga County, North Carolina.

    Goulder married Lou Zenia Presnell on 22 Aug 1898 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA. Lou (daughter of Eli Taylor Presnell and America Banner) was born on 5 May 1880 in Beech Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina; died on 12 Sep 1966 in Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina; was buried in Green Valley Baptist Church Cemetery, Watauga County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Lou Zenia Presnell was born on 5 May 1880 in Beech Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina (daughter of Eli Taylor Presnell and America Banner); died on 12 Sep 1966 in Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina; was buried in Green Valley Baptist Church Cemetery, Watauga County, North Carolina.
    Children:
    1. Danville Miles Harmon was born on 29 Feb 1904 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA; died on 31 Aug 1998 in Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina; was buried in Green Valley Baptist Church Cemetery, Watauga County, North Carolina.
    2. Stacy Edward Harmon was born on 5 Jun 1927 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA; died in in Beaver Dam, Watauga County, North Carolina.
    3. Ruby Anna Harmon was born on 28 Jun 1918 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA; died on 2 Aug 1990 in Sugar Grove, Watauga County, North Carolina; was buried in Beech Creek Cemetery, Watauga County, North Carolina.
    4. Graydon Ninevah Harmon was born on 8 Jun 1906 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA; died on 28 Sep 1958 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Green Valley Baptist Church Cemetery, Watauga County, North Carolina.
    5. Willard Grover Harmon was born on 1 May 1909 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA; died on 2 May 1994 in Skyland, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
    6. 1. Iris Carrol Harmon was born on 2 Feb 1912 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA; died on 14 Mar 1988 in Banner Elk, Avery County, North Carolina; was buried in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America.
    7. William Otis Harmon was born on 27 Apr 1899 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA; died on 14 Mar 1971 in Sugar Grove, Watauga County, North Carolina; was buried in Green Valley Baptist Church Cemetery, Watauga County, North Carolina.
    8. Clyde Eli Harmon was born on 15 Nov 1915 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA; died on 9 Sep 2002 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Piney Grove Cemetery, Watauga County, North Carolina.
    9. Edward Harmon was born on 24 Sep 1902 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA; died in in Beech Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina.
    10. Betty Melvina Harmon was born on 30 Jul 1900 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA; died on 13 Jan 1923 in Laural Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina.
    11. Living Harmon


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Eli Taylor Presnell was born in 1849 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA (son of Miles Abernathy Presnell and Rilda Hicks); died on 12 Feb 1939 in Laurel Creek, Watauga, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Presnell Cemetery, Watauga County, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Age: 90

    Eli married America Banner in 1867. America (daughter of John William Banner and Mary Elizabeth Shipwash, daughter of Mary slave of Richard Hill) was born on 3 Apr 1844 in Stokes County, North Carolina; died on 27 Sep 1936 in Laurel Creek, Watauga, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Presnell Cemetery, Watauga County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  America Banner was born on 3 Apr 1844 in Stokes County, North Carolina (daughter of John William Banner and Mary Elizabeth Shipwash, daughter of Mary slave of Richard Hill); died on 27 Sep 1936 in Laurel Creek, Watauga, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Presnell Cemetery, Watauga County, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Age: 92

    Children:
    1. Ninevah Vance Presnell was born on 1 May 1883; died on 12 Mar 1965; was buried in Watauga, North Carolina, USA.
    2. Kimmie Presnell was born on 9 Sep 1888; died on 6 Apr 1965.
    3. Martha Jane Presnell was born on 25 Mar 1868 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA; died on 23 Aug 1937; was buried in Sugar Grove, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA.
    4. Elizabeth Margaret Presnell was born on 5 Oct 1873 in North Carolina, USA; died on 6 Nov 1966 in Canton, NC; was buried in Canton, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA.
    5. Mary Presnell was born on 3 Mar 1877 in Watauga County, North Carolina; died on 11 Feb 1904 in Watauga County, North Carolina; was buried in Matney, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA.
    6. 3. Lou Zenia Presnell was born on 5 May 1880 in Beech Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina; died on 12 Sep 1966 in Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina; was buried in Green Valley Baptist Church Cemetery, Watauga County, North Carolina.
    7. Annie Adeline Presnell was born on 6 Sep 1875 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA; died on 27 Oct 1957 in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States; was buried in Rominger, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Miles Abernathy Presnell was born about 1824 in North Carolina, USA (son of James Presnell and Susanna Benfield); died on 12 Feb 1908 in Rominger, Watauga, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Mast Cemetery, Rominger, Watauga County, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    From Terry Harmon:

    Miles Presnell was born around 1824 in North Carolina. Some have suggested that his full name was “Harvey Miles Presnell,” and his great-granddaughter, Aner Tester Rominger, even arranged a tombstone with that name on it, but there are no records to substantiate this. In fact, the 1860 Watauga County census records his name as “Miles A. Presnell.” Miles’s son, Jordan H. “Jerd” Presnell, was a patient at the North Carolina State Mental Hospital in the 1920’s and 1930’s, and although more is written about Jerd later, it is important to note here that the hospital archives record Jerd’s parents as Rilda Hix and Miles Abernathy Presnell. There is no indication as to who the provider of this information was, but perhaps it was Jerd himself or Jerd’s son, Harrison Wesley Presnell, who is believed to have sent his father to the hospital. Either way, a son and/or a grandson would probably have known Miles’s name. Jerd’s death certificate also lists his father as “Miles Abernathy Presnell.” Additionally, on the death certificate of Miles’s
    son, John Columbus Presnell, John’s father is listed as “Miles Avanathy Presnell.” “Avanathy” was likely a misspelling of “Abernathy.” The middle name “Abernathy” supports the 1860 census listing of “Miles A. Presnell.” It is also interesting to note that Miles Presnell’s nephew, Jackson Ward (son of Miles’s sister, Clarissa Presnell Ward), named one of his sons Miles Abernathy Ward, no doubt after his uncle Miles Abernathy Presnell. Miles Ward in turn named one of his sons Charles Abernathy Ward.

    When I discovered that Miles’s middle name was Abernathy, I wondered about the source of it, particularly since Abernathy is not a name common to the Watauga area. I wondered if it was similar to Lorenzo Dow. Many early residents of this area were named Lorenzo Dow. There were several Lorenzo Dow Wards, for example, as well as a Lorenzo Dow Whittington and a Lorenzo Dow Tester. This name was, in fact, originally given in honor of Lorenzo Dow (1777-1834) who, according to Wikipedia, the on-line dictionary, “was an eccentric minister whose infamy, influence and travels throughout the country led to many thousands of U. S. children of the early 19 th century to be named after him. The 1850 U. S. census lists Lorenzo as one of the most popular first names in America. His autobiography at one time was the second-best selling book in the United States, exceeded only by the Bible.” With that knowledge in mind, I searched for a man named Miles Abernathy. Although I did not locate a Miles Abernathy of the same fame as Lorenzo Dow, there was an Abernathy family in early Lincoln County, North Carolina, and at least two of their members were named Miles and others were named James and Nathan - all names that appear in the Presnell family. Miles Presnell’s father, James Presnell, at one point lived in Burke County, and part of Burke County was later added to Lincoln County (1782- 1784). As is believed to be true of the Presnells, the Abernathys moved to North Carolina from Virginia. Although there appears to be no intermarriages or blood relation between the two families, perhaps they were neighbors or associates, and perhaps that is how the Abernathy name came to be part of the Presnell and Ward families.

    Miles married Rilda Hicks on 4 Dec 1845 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA. Rilda (daughter of Harmon Hicks and Nellie Tester) was born in Dec 1826 in Ashe County, North Carolina, USA; died in 1902 in Rominger, Watauga, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Mast Cemetery, Rominger, Watauga County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Rilda Hicks was born in Dec 1826 in Ashe County, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Harmon Hicks and Nellie Tester); died in 1902 in Rominger, Watauga, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Mast Cemetery, Rominger, Watauga County, North Carolina.
    Children:
    1. 6. Eli Taylor Presnell was born in 1849 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA; died on 12 Feb 1939 in Laurel Creek, Watauga, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Presnell Cemetery, Watauga County, North Carolina.
    2. Oliver Jerome Presnell was born on 7 Jul 1854 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA; died on 23 Feb 1935 in Hartford, Cocke, Tennessee; was buried on 25 Feb 1935 in Cosby, Cocke, Tennessee, USA.
    3. Harmon Cutler Presnell was born in 1851 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA; died on 23 Nov 1916 in Laurel Creek, Watauga, North Carolina, USA; was buried on 25 Nov 1916 in Rominger, North Carolina.
    4. James Mitchell Presnell was born in 1847 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA.
    5. Abraham Lincoln Presnell was born in May 1871 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA; died on 6 Mar 1956 in Butler, Carter, Tennessee, USA.
    6. Belle Presnell was born in May 1877 in North Carolina, USA; was buried in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, United States of America.
    7. Jordan H. Presnell was born on 15 Nov 1862 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA; died on 19 Nov 1938 in Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, USA.
    8. Miles Winfield Presnell was born in 1856 in Watauga, Watauga, North Carolina, United States; died on 29 Jan 1939 in Madison County, North Carolina, United States of America; was buried in Hot Springs, Madison County, North Carolina, United States of America.
    9. Grant Presnell was born on 7 Jun 1864 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA; died on 20 Sep 1951 in Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee; was buried in Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee, United States of America.
    10. Polly Presnell was born on 20 Jun 1872 in Watauga, North Carolina, USA; died on 8 Jan 1935 in Beech Mountain, Avery, North Carolina, USA; was buried in 1935 in Whaley, Avery, North Carolina, United States.
    11. John Columbus Presnell was born on 18 Mar 1858 in Laurel Creek, Watauga, North Carolina, USA; died on 28 Oct 1918 in Laurel Creek, Watauga, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Mast Cemetery, Rominger, Watauga County, North Carolina.

  3. 15.  Mary slave of Richard Hill
    Children:
    1. 7. America Banner was born on 3 Apr 1844 in Stokes County, North Carolina; died on 27 Sep 1936 in Laurel Creek, Watauga, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Presnell Cemetery, Watauga County, North Carolina.



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