Benjamin Harris

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]

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. 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.

Benjamin married Mary Sarah Malady on 7 Feb 1828 in Vigo, Indiana, USA. Mary was born in 1779; died in 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]