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          THE HARRIS FAMILY

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JAMES HARRIS, son of Abram HARRIS and Esther DENMAN was born in Greene County, Pa., in 1800. He married Rachael TEWELL
daughter of Joseph and Eleanor TEWELL  of Greene County 26
April 1821 by whom had six children. They emigrated to Licking County, Ohio in the fall of 1826, where they lived the balance of their lives.  James died 10 Nov 1843, and is buried in the Bell Church graveyard in Morgan Township, Knox County, Ohio.

<>1. Esther Harris b.  3 Mar 1822 d.  3 Nov 1825

2. Sarah Harris b. 13 Oct 1823

3. Abner Harris b. 11 Aug 1826 d. 31 July 1828

4. Thomas Harris b. 21 Oct 1829 m. Susan BROWNING 4 May 1858

5. John T. Harris b.  3 Mar 1832 m. Amy M. MYERS 2 Nov 1853

6. Anna Maria Harris b.  5 Jan 1834 d.  9 Apr 1898 m. John S. PAYNE 1 Jan 1852   b. 10 Jan 1828 d. 13 Sept 1903
 

THOMAS HARRIS, son of James HARRIS and Rachael TEWELL was
born 21 Oct 1829 Licking County, Ohio. He married Susan BROWNING of Humbolt Bay, California 4 Mar 1858. Thomas enlisted at Newark, Ohio May 4, 1847 in Capt. John R. DUNCAN'S company of Ohio Mounted Volunteers; served on the Rio Grande route in the war with Mexico in 1847 and 1848. After the war he went to California where he married Miss
Browning. His wife died young and he returned to Ohio with the four children. Later he moved to Crooked Creek, Ford County, Kansas.

1. Hiram H. Harris b.  3 Feb 1859

2. William E. Harris  b.  1 Jne 1860

3. Sarah J. Harris b. 14 Jan 1863

4. Ida E. Harris b. 20 Dec 1865
 

JOHN T. HARRIS, son of James HARRIS and Rachael TEWELL was
born 3 Mar 1832 in Licking County, Ohio. He married Amy M. MYERS 2 Nov 1853 by whom he had four children. He worked as clerk in a dry goods store in Newark, Ohio, where he became acquainted with Miss Myers.

They oved to Columbus, Ohio where he ran a large wholesale store for some time during the war. After the war he went to California where he carried on business in San Francisco.

1. Ida May Harris b. 30 Sep 1854

2. Belle M. Harris b. 26 Mar 1861

3. Lillie P. Harris  b. 23 May 1868

4. John T. Harris Jr.  b. 25 Mar 1869 d.        1873
 

ANNA MARIA HARRIS, daughter of James HARRIS and Rachael
TEWELL was born 5 Jan 1834  near Martinsburg, Knox County, Ohio.  She married John Spencer PAYNE 1 Jan 1852.

John Spencer Payne, the sixth child of Jesse PAYNE (1791- 1866) and Sarah LAIR (1796-1884) was born in Bennington township, Licking County, Ohio 10 Jan 1828. He lived his entire life in the Licking County area. He was a tall, slender, easy-going man.  He became a carpenter and built
caskets for Emerson Funeral Home in Johnstown, Ohio for many years. He was listed as the carpenter who built several churches in Licking County.

Anna Maria Harris was the sixth and youngest child of her family. Her parents had emigrated to Ohio during the 1820's from a Holland Dutch area of Pennsylvania. Both her parents died before she was ten years old. She lived with relatives during her formative years.

John and Anna were married on January 1, 1852. After the wedding, relatives and other guests held an all-day celebration.  This wedding celebration marked the beginning of a tradition, a tradition of Payne family members gathering each January 1st.  This yearly gathering continued for over eighty years until it was curtailed at the beginning of WW II.

<>John S. and Anna Maria made a strange looking couple. He was tall and lanky. She was short and stout. He was easy going. She was dynamic and a "take charge" type of person. Together they raised a family of two boys and three girls who were all achievers. Two of the girls and one of the boys became the first family members to pursue post-high school education.
All became influential citizens in their respective communities.                    

Anna was very family oriented. She was a weaver and quilter. Some of her quilts remain in the family today. Also, she gave each of her children a one dollar gold piece on his/her eighth birthday. At least one of these gold pieces is still in the family.

Anna died 9 April 1898 and is buried in the Payne plot in the Green Hill Cemetery, Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio.  After Anna's death John lived with his daughter, Nora Payne Sinkey. He died on 13 Sept 1903 and was buried beside his Anna Maria.

1. Thomas Melville Payne b. 22 Feb 1853 d.  2 Nov 1916 m. Luetta Bet BAKER 13 Feb 1878 b. 10 Nov 1853 d.  1 Dec 1932

2. James Harris Payne b.  8 Dec 1855 d. 29 May 1885 m. Rosa A. MERRILL 24 Dec 1882  b. 7 May 1860 d. 21 May 1944

3. Persis Genora Payne b. 27 May 1859 d. 15 Aug 1914  m. Charles SINKEY 5 Feb 1882 b. 20 Jly 1858 d. 28 Aug 1917

4. Sarah Adell Payne b. 16 Apr 1862 d. 21 Jan 1903 m. Thomas J. LYTLE 13 May 1880  b. 21 Dec 1862 d. 12 Dec 1925 

5. Daisy Myrtle Payne b. 1 Jan 1867 d. 13 May 1954 m. Conde DAVISON 23 Dec 1837    b. 16 Mar 1865 d. 13 Jly 1934

6. Mattie Orlena Payne b. 22 Oct 1869 d. 23 Sep 1872
 

THOMAS MELVILLE PAYNE, son of John S. PAYNE and Anna M.
HARRIS was born 22 Feb 1853 in Johnstown, Ohio. He married Luella Bet BAKER, 13 Feb 1878. She was the daughter of William BAKER (1822 -1899) and Esther WILLISON (1824-1882). Luella was born Oct-Nov 10, 1853 and died 1 Dec 1932. They had three children.

1. Clinton Baker Payne b. 3 Nov 1878 d. 19 Jan 1948 m. Harriet HODGES 17 Aug 1911   b.  6 Jly 1881 d. 14 Apr 1968

2. Imo Dell Payne b. 13 Nov 1881 d. 15 Nov 1955 m. Chester T. BLINE 18 Jne 1913 b.  6 July 1879 d. 20 May 1936

<>3. Mary Amber Payne  b.  9 Dec 1888 d.  1 Jne 1977 m. Elmer RINEHART 22 Feb 1911   b.  4 Oct 1889 d. 19 Apr 1980 m.2nd  Harry HARTSOCK m.3rd C. Ray PATTERSON                 

JAMES HARRIS PAYNE, son of John S. PAYNE and Anna M. HARRIS
was born 8 Dec 1855 in Johnstown, Ohio. He married 24 Dec 1882 Rosa Almira MERRILL who was born 7 May 1860 and died 21 May 1944. James died 29 May 1885 at the age of thirty. They had no children.
 

PERSIS GENORA PAYNE, daughter of John S. PAYNE and Anna M.
HARRIS was born 27 May 1859 in Johnstown, Ohio and died 15 Aug 1914. She married 5 Feb 1882 Charles SINKEY who was born 20 July 1858 and died 28 Aug 1917. They had five children of whom four lived to adulthood.

1. Clarence Sinkey Died in infancy

<>2. Clell Harris Sinkey b. 11 Jly 1885 d. 15 Jan 1976 m. Mary Ethyl CASE 8 July 1909   b.  9 Dec 1885 d. 13 Aug 1981

3. Fern Myrtle Sinkey b. 26 Oct 1887 d.  3 June 1970 m. Enfer Ernest TYHURST 9 Nov 1949 

4. Nola Preble Sinkey b. 28 Oct 1890 d. 31 Jan 1920 m. Ernest COLWILL 17 Jly 1919   b. 13 July 1886 d.  1 Aug 1961

5. John Tewell Sinkey b.  5 Oct 1897 d.  1 Jan 1983 m. Jessie M. JONES 25 Feb 1922  b. 25 Aug 1899 d.
 

SARAH ADELL PAYNE, daughter of John S. PAYNE and Anna M.
HARRIS was born 16 April 1862 in Johnstown, Ohio and died 21
Jan 1903. She married 13 May 1880 Thomas J. LYTLE born 21 Dec
1862 and died 12 Dec 1925. They had two children.

1. Marah Leota Lytle b. 20 Sep 1881 d. 20 Sep 1911 m. Ora RISOR  May 1903

2. Clay Payne Lytle b.  5 July 1891 d. 16 July 1961 m. Goldie BAKER  b. 25 June 1892 d. 25 June 1966
 

<>CLELL HARRIS SINKEY, son of Charles SINKEY and Persis G.
PAYNE was born 11 July 1885 and died 15 Jan 1976. He married Mary Ethel CASE 8 July 1909. She was born 9 Dec 1885 and died 13 Aug 1981, daughter of John CASE and Amanda Jane MILES. Clell attended the local schools and graduated from Hartford School in 1904. In 1923 they bought a farm at 14604 Sinkey Road, Hartford Township where they lived until they retired and moved to Oregon Street in Croton, Ohio. 

Clell was a farmer most of his life, and also had a milk delivery route, ran a grocery, and was school bus driver for Hartford for twenty years. He was secretary-manager of the Hartford Fair for sixteen years, 1933-1949.

<>Ethel was a school teacher at several schools in Licking County, Ohio. Both were members of the Hartford Grange for over fifty years. Both are buried in the Hartford Cemetery.

1. Faye Elna Sinkey b. 19 June 1916 d. 12 July 1983 m. Charles H. GRUBE 11 Jan 1936 b. 18 Mar 1917 d. 28 Aug 1987

2. Mary Ann Sinkey b. 13 Nov 1925 m. Chester W. ARTER 14 Jne 1945 b. 16 July 1923
 

FERN MYRTLE SINKEY, daughter of Charles SINKEY and Persis G.
PAYNE was born 26 Oct 1887 and died 3 June 1970. She married Enfer Ernest TYHURST 9 Nov 1949. She was a graduate of Hartford High School, Berea College in Berea, Kentucky and of Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. She taught school in Jacksontown and Brownsville high schools. She served in the Methodist church as home missionary in Vashti School, Thomasville, Georgia, and in Harlem County, Kentucky. She
served as a missionary in Yenping, Fukien, China. They had no children.
 

JOHN TEWELL SINKEY, son of Charles SINKEY and Persis G. PAYNE was born 5 Oct 1897 and died 1 Jan 1983. John graduated from
Hartford Township High School in 1914 and entered Ohio University but graduated from Ohio Wesleyan in 1919 with a BA. While at Ohio Wesleyan he was inducted into the army and took officers training. Upon graduation, he removed to New York City and joined National City Bank, attending the New York University of Commerce (graduate business school) evenings.

<>He married Jesse Margaret JONES, of St. Matthews, South Carolina 25 Dec 1922. They had two sons. John joined Central Hanover Bank in 1930 as Assistant Treasurer and Personnel Director. He eventually rose to
Treasurer.   <>       

In 1930, he purchased a home in Maplewood, New Jersey, where he lived with his family until 1950, at which time he removed to Mina, Nevada, where he was president and chief operating officer of a mining venture, Nevada Tungsten Corporation. He spent the rest of his life in Nevada as owner of Sodaville, Nevada, a mining ghost town, which contained an ore mill and
mineralized spring. He was a Republican and ran on the Goldwater ticket for State Senator in 1964.

He passed away in his sleep 1 Jan 1983. Jesse Margaret Jones was born in Laurens, South Carolina 25 Aug 1899 the daughter of Rev. Richard Herbert JONES and Irene Palmer VENNING. Margaret graduated from Bennettville, South Carolina High School in 1917. She attended Columbia College for two years and graduated from Wesleyan Womens College, Macon, Georgia, in 1921, with a degree in English Literature. She studied
fine arts at Cooper Union in New York City, where she met her husband, John T. Sinkey. She is an accomplished pianist and artist. They had two sons.

1. John Richard Sinkey b. 31 Jan 1924 d. 14 Nov 1990 m. Margaret B. KENNEDY 23 Jan 1947 b. 20 Apr 1925

2. Bruce Harris Sinkey b. 28 Feb 1925 m. Marian P. SCHUMACHER 22 Aug 1950  b. 11 Feb 1924  div. m. Diana Joan TRIVISONNO 11 Dec 1971 b. 24 May 1931
 

<>JOHN RICHARD SINKEY, son of John T. SINKEY and Jesse M. JONES was born 31 Jan 1924 and died 14 Nov 1990. He married Margaret Bond KENNEDY 23 Jan 1947. Margaret was born 20 Apr 1925 daughter of Edward KENNEDY. They had five children.

John graduated from High school where he was a good student, lettered in football and swimming and was president of the Epworth League at Morrow Memorial Church in Maplewood, New Jersey. He entered his father's alma mater, Ohio Wesleyan in 1942. In 1943, he joined the Naval Officers Program and became an Ensign USNR in 1944. He served as a deck officer on a sub-chaser, USS 1228 in the European and Southwest Theaters in World War II. John graduated in 1948 with a B.S. in Business Administration.

John worked for Dun and Bradstreet, in New York, until 1949 when they moved to the Denver, Colorado area. Subsequently they moved to Mina, Nevada, where he worked for his father in the management of Tungsten Corp., and the Sodaville Mill. Eventually, John earned a CPA designation and worked for several Reno, Nevada firms and finally for the City of
Sparks, Nevada, where he lived the balance of his life.
 

<>1. Catherine Louise Sinkey  b. 18 Mar 1952 m. Paul N. SCHMIDT 3 June 1972   b.  9 Mar 1951

2. Jeanne Karen Sinkey b. 12 Nov 1953 m. Michael KEOUGH 22 May 1976   b. 18 May 1953  div.

<>3. Nancy Kathleen Sinkey b. 21 Aug 1956 m. Richard M. LUND 22 May 1976  b. 24 Jan 1956

4. John Thomas Sinkey b. 22 May 1958 

5. Jacqueline Kristine Sinkey   b. 29 Aug 1959 m. John M. FADICK 17 May 1980   b. 16 Sep 1947.
 

BRUCE HARRIS SINKEY, son of John T. SINKEY and Jesse M. JONES was born 28 Feb 1925. He married Marian P. SCHUMACHER 11 Aug 1950 who was born 11 Feb 1924. They were divorced and he married second, Diana J. TRIVISONNO. Bruce and Marian had two children.

Upon completion of his junior year in high school, he passed the college entrance exams and entered St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1942 to study philosophy (The Great Books Program). In 1943, at age 17, he became a cadet in the USMS (US Maritime Service) and trained to become a Radio Officer. In 1944 he shipped out to England and Persia as a
fireman and watertender on Liberty Ships carrying ammunition.

He volunteered for the army and served as a rifleman at Bougainville and made the landing at Luzon, Phillipines Islands, as a radio operator, with the Headquarters Signal Company, thirty-seventh Infantry Division. He was sent to Korea as a Staff Sergeant-high speed radio operator and high speed teletype operator.

Upon completion of his junior year at Annapolis, he entered Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey and graduated with a B.A. in English Literature. He worked for an insurance company purchasing commercial insurance for various corporations including Lipton Tea, Norton Simon and Lone Star Industries. He earned an MBA at Rutgers at night. Bruce retired in 1988 at the age of 62.

1. Elizabeth Anne Sinkey b. 26 Mar 1952 m. Albert E. FICARE 12 Jne 1983   b. 19 Mar 1950

<>2. William Bruce Sinkey  b. 10 May 1954 m. Mary L. LONGOBARDI 14 Nov 1981 b.  3 Sep 1952                 
 

KATHERINE LOUISE SINKEY, daughter of John R. SINKEY and
Margaret B. KENNEDY was born 18 Mar 1952. She married Paul N.
SCHMIDT 3 June 1972 who was born 9 Mar 1951. They had three
children.

1. David Edward Schmidt b.  9 Aug 1978

2. Erin Kathleen Schmidt b.  5 Nov 1980

3. Kevin Michael Schmidt b.  9 Apr 1984
 

NANCY KATHLEEN SINKEY, daughter of John R. SINKEY and
Margaret B. KENNEDY was born 21 Aug 1956 and married Richard
Martel LUND 22 May 1976. He was born 18 May 1953.  They had
three children.

1. Kenneth Richard Lund b. 16 Apr 1978

2. Steven Andrew Lund b. 20 Jne 1979

3. Meagan Anne Lund b. 18 Jan 1982

4. Robert Scott Lund b. 25 Apr 1984
 

JACQUELINE KRISTINE SINKEY, daughter of John R. SINKEY and
Margaret B. KENNEDY was born 29 Aug 1959. She married 17 May
1980 John Michael FADICK who was born 16 Sept 1947. They
have one son.

1. Mark Richard Fadick b.  1 Mar 1984
 

WILLIAM BRUCE SINKEY, son of Bruce Harris SINKEY and Marian
SCHUMACHER was born 10 May 1954. He married Mary Louise
LONGOBARDI 14 Nov 1981 who was born 3 Sept 1952. They have
two children.

1. Virginia Louise Sinkey b. 25 Jne 1983

<>2. William Randolph Sinkey b.  1 Sep 1985
 

MARY AMBER PAYNE, daughter of Thomas M. PAYNE and Luella B.
BAKER was born 9 Dec 1888 in Monroe Township, Licking County,
Ohio. She married Elmer Dean RINEHART 22 Feb 1911 in Licking
County. He was born 4 Oct 1889 in Brandon, Ohio and died 19 April 1980 in Sanford, Florida. Elmer was the son of Arthur Ellsworth RINEHART (1863-1922) and Laura BARKER (1866-1943) of Knox County, Ohio.

1. Dean Dorschel Rinehart       b. 16 Jan 1912 m. Frances E. SMITH 29 Jne 1933 b. 17 Jne 1912
 

<>DEAN DORSCHELL RINEHART, son of Elmer D. RINEHART and Mary Amber PAYNE was born 16 Jan 1912 in Westerville, Ohio and
died 7 Jne 1979 in Columbus, Ohio. He married Frances Esther SMITH 29 June 1933. She was born 17 June 1912 the daughter of Homer Clark SMITH (1878-1931) and Lucy Ferne MILLER (1886- 1976). They had three children.

1. Rebecca Sue Rinehart b.  9 Apr 1934 m. Sheldon A. TAFT 26 Dec 1962  b.  2 Mar 1937

2. Judith Lynn Rinehart b.  3 Aug 1935 m. William M. HAZEN 27 Oct 1974 b. 28 Aug 1943

3. William Dean Rinehart b.  5 Dec 1937  

REBECCA SUE RINEHART, daughter of Dean D. RINEHART and Mary
A. PAYNE was born 9 April 1934 in Columbus, Ohio. She married in Croton, Ohio Sheldon Ashley TAFT 26 Dec 1962.  He was born 2 Mar 1937. They had three children.

1. Mariner Rinehart Taft b.  1 June 1965 Arlington, VA

2. Ashley Arter Taft b. 14 Mar 1967 Columbus, OH

3. Curtis Nye Taft b. 15 May 1969 Columbus, OH
 

JUDITH LYNN RINEHART, daughter of Dean D. RINEHART and Mary
A. PAYNE was born 3 Aug 1935. She married William Martin HAZEN 27 Oct 1974. They have one child.

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1. Maxwell Dean Hazen b.  8 May 1978               

RACHEL HARRIS, daughter of Abram HARRIS and Esther DENMAN
was born 20 June 1803 in Greene County, PA. She married 2 Sept 1821 Jonathan ZOOK of Greene County by whom she had ten children. Rachel died 20 Aug 1876 in Green County, where she had lived all her life.

1.  Abram Zook b. 15 Aug 1822 d.1842

2.  Mary Zook b. 22 Dec 1823 m. Samuel S. RINEHART 8 Sep 1841

3.  Jacob Zook b. 27 Jan 1825 d.    Sep 1830

4.  Esther Zook b. 12 Aug 1829 m. John C. FLOWERS 25 Sep 1846

5.  Thomas Zook b. 20 Dec 1830 d.    May 1848

6.  Katherine Zook b.  6 Apr 1832 m. J.A. PHILLIPS 29 Mar 1856

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7.  James Zook  b.  2 Sept 1835

8.  John Zook  b. 16 Apr 1837 m. Jane HOGE 1 Feb 1863

9.  Elizabeth Zook b. 18 Nov 1843 m. Mark SMITH

10. Sarah Zook b. 25 Oct 1849 m. George W. DALES 2 Dec 1865
 

<>MARY ZOOK, daughter of Jonathan ZOOK and Rachel HARRIS was
born 22 Dec 1823 in Greene County, PA. She married Samuel S. RINEHART of Greene County, 8 Sep 1841 by whom she had nine children. When the War of Rebellion broke out, Samuel S. Rinehart enlisted in Company A, Eighteenth Regiment of Pennsylvania Calvary, in October, 1862. He served his country for three years. He was taken prisoner and sent to Libby prison, where he remained for eighteen months. He was then
sent to Annapolis, Maryland where he died. His widow Mary lived in Waynesburg, Greene County, PA, in 1887.    

1. Margaret Rinehart b. 12 Oct 1842 m. Nathan G. HUGHES 2 Apr 1860  d.   ca.  1875

2. Rosa A. Rinehart b.  3 Jne 1844 d. 20 Jne 1878 m. Jesse MARSHALL
m. Joseph McCLANE

3. John Rinehart b. 12 Oct 1845

4. Simon S. Rinehart b. 16 Feb 1848 m. Mary Ellen LIPPENCOTT 6 Oct 1872

5. Jonathan Rinehart b.  3 Nov 1850 d. in infancy

6. Rachel Rinehart b.  6 Jne 1854 d.        1858

7. James Rinehart b.. 27 Dec 1856

8. Enos Rinehart b. 14 Feb 1860 d.        1862

9. Mary Rinehart b.  2 July 1862 m. J.D. JOHNSON 2 June 1882
 

MARGARET RINEHART, daughter of Samuel S. RINEHART and MARY ZOOK was born 12 Oct 1842 in Greene County, PA. She married
Nathan G. HUGHES 2 April 1860 by whom she had four children. Mr. Hughes died about 1875 in Greene County, PA. Mrs. Hughes was a dressmaker and lived in Waynesburg, PA.

1. Mary Ellen Hughesb.  3 July 1861

2. Harley H. Hughes b. 30 Mar 1863 m. Fannie Wilburn COLLINS 15 Dec 1886

<>3. Bessina Hughes b. 12 Aug 1865

4. Frank R. Hughes b. 19 Nov 1868
  <>ROSA A. RINEHART, daughter of Samuel S. RINEHART and Mary
ZOOK was born 3 Jne 1844 in Greene County, PA. She married Jesse MARSHALL and had two children. Mr. Marshall died young and Rosa married Joseph McCLANE by whom she had three children. Rosa died 20 June 1878.                   
 

SIMON S. RINEHART, son of Samuel S. RINEHART and Mary ZOOK
was born in Greene County, PA. He married 6 Oct 1872 Mary Ellen LIPPENCOTT by whom he had six children all born in Morrisville, Greene County, PA.

<>1. Albert J. Rinehart b. 25 Aug 1873 d. 30 Mar 1877

2. Julia Frances Rinehart b. 31 Mar 1875 d.  3 Apr 1879

3. Mattie Jolla Rinehart b. 16 Jan 1879

4. Nettie Alice Rinehart b. 16 May 1882

5. Eddie Hendricks Rinehart b.  8 Aug 1884

6. Herman Rinehart b. 20 Dec 1886
 

HARLEY R. HUGHES, son of Nathan G. HUGHES and Mary ZOOK was born 30 Mar 1863 in Greene County, PA. He married 15 Dec 1886 Fannie Wilburn COLLINS. Mr. Collins was a printer and they lived at Louisville, Kentucky.
 

MARY RINEHART, daughter of Samuel S. RINEHART and Mary ZOOK was born 2 July 1862 in Greene County, PA. She married J.D. JOHNSON 2 June 1882 by whom she had two children. They lived at Waynesburg, Greene County, PA., in 1887.

1. Thomas Johnson b. 24 Feb 1883

2. Sarah Johnson b. 24 Sep 1884
 

ESTHER ZOOK, daughter of Jonathan ZOOK and Rachel HARRIS was
born in Greene County, PA., 12 Aug 1829. She married John C. FLOWERS of Morrisville, Pa. 25 Sept 1846 by whom she had nine children all born in Greene County, PA.

1. Jonathan Flowers b. 25 Oct 1847 m. Sarah BEALER 5 Nov 1876

2. David Flowers b. 21 Dec 1848 d.  7 Mar 1854

3. Katherine M. Flowers  b. 24 Dec 1850

4. John D. Flowers b. 27 Mar 1853 m. Lou LACY 8 Aug 1880

5. Rachel Flowers b.  2 June 1855 m. Perry STEWARD 1 Dec 1873

6. Thomas Flowers b. 21 May 1858 m. Sophronia BROWN 3 Nov 1880

7. William J. Flowers b. 10 Mar 1860

8. Elizabeth Flowers b.  7 Apr 1863

9. Emma Flowers b.  31 Oct 1867 m. William HERINGTON 22 Mar 1884
 

<>KATHERINE ZOOK, daughter of Jonathan ZOOK and Rachel HARRIS
was born 6 Apr 1832 in Greene County, PA. She married J.A. PHILLIPS 29 Mar 1856 by whom she had eight children.

1. Jonathan Phillips b. 15 May 1857 m. Elizabeth DELANY 6 Oct 1881

2. Joseph A. Phillips b. 10 Nov 1858 m. Katherine PATTERS 25 May 1882

3. James W. Phillips b.  6 Oct 1860 m. Mary KIGER 20 July 1886

4. George B.M. Phillips b.  5 Sept 1862 d. 10 July 1886

5. Mary E. Phillips b.  1 July 1864 m. Birbrady KIGER 29 Aug 1885

6. Benjamin F. Phillips b. 12 Nov 1869

7. Rachel Ann Phillips b. 20 Aug 1873

8. Sarah E. Phillips b. 23 Nov 1879
 

JONATHAN PHILLIPS, son of J.A. PHILLIPS and Katherine ZOOK
was born 15 May 1857 in Greene County, PA. He married Elizabeth DELANY 6 Oct 1881 by whom he had Three children.  

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1. Simeon Phillips b.  4 Jly 1882 d. 20 Jan 1883

2. Mary E. Phillips b.  5 Jan 1884

3. Charles F. Phillips b. 16 Nov 1886
 

JOSEPH A. PHILLIPS, son of J.A. PHILLIPS and Katherine ZOOK
was born 10 Nov 1858 in Greene County, PA. He married Katherine PATTERS 25 May 1882 by whom he had two children.

1. Elsie Phillips b. 29 Sep 1884 d. 16 Mar 1885

2. Roby Phillips b. 15 Apr 1886
 

JAMES ZOOK, son of Jonathan ZOOK and Rachel HARRIS was born,
2 Feb 1835 in Greene County, PA. is married and had a family living in Pittsburgh, PA., in 1887. He had three sons.

1. Thomas Zook

2. Frank Zook

3. Fletcher Zook
 

JOHN ZOOK, son of Jonathan ZOOK and Rachel HARRIS was born 16
Apr 1837 in Green County, PA. He married Jane HOGE 1 Feb1863. They had five children.

1. Thomas H. Zook b. 24 Dec 1863

2. Mary F. Zook  b.  8 Feb 1866

3. Louisa R. Zook b. 16 Nov 1867

4. Noeral Zook  b.  7 Jan 1870

<>5. John Fisher Zook  b. 20 Jne 1872                     

ELIZABETH ZOOK, daughter of Jonathan ZOOK and Rachel HARRIS
was born 18 Nov 1843 in Greene County, PA. She married Mark SMITH and at last account lived in Washington County, PA.
They had five children.

1. Rachel Smith

2. Louis Smith

3. Thomas Smith

4. Harvey Burt Smith

5. William Smith
 

SARAH ZOOK, daughter of Jonathan ZOOK and Rachel HARRIS was
born 25 Oct 1849 in Greene County, PA. She married 2 Dec 1865 George W. DALES by whom she had nine children. Mr. Dales held an office under the United States government in the revenue service. They lived in Fredericktown, Washington County, PA., in 1887.

1. Nora Harris Dales b. 10 Jan 1867

2. William L. Dales b.  5 May 1869

3. Robert Taylor Dales b. 29 Jne 1871

4. Rachel Ella Dales b. 22 May 1874

5. Henry Dales  b. 10 July 1876

6. Mary Nettie Dales  b.  9 Nov 1878

7. Maud Bell Dales b. 17 Mar 1881

8. Maggie Etta Dales b.  3 Jan 1884

<>9. Sadie Bessie Dales b. 30 May 1886 

JONATHAN HARRIS, son of Abram HARRIS and Esther DENMAN was
born 26 Jan 1806 in Jefferson, Greene County, PA. He married 10 July 1825 Sarah SMITH by whom he had eight children. 

They moved to Monroe County, Ohio, in 1829, where he engaged in milling and trading in land. He lived there until 1855, when he moved to Wayne County, Illinois, where he purchased 270 acres of land and engaged in farming. He was also in the grocery business, was Postmaster, and run the stage line. They lived in Jeffersonville, Wayne County, Illinois. Mr. Harris died, 28 Jan 1899, in Lamard Township, Wayne County, Illinois. His wife, Sarah, born 17 Dec 1803, Greene County, PA., and died 5 Oct 1894 at same place. Both are buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery near Jeffersonville, Illinois.

1. Elizabeth Harris b.  7 Mar 1827 d. in infancy

2. Eliza Jane Harris b. 24 Oct 1828 d. 12 Jan 1911 m. Henry HENTHORN 5 Dec 1847

3. Esther Harris b. 13 Sep 1831 d. 28 Jne 1891 (never married)

4. Eleanor Harris b. 13 Nov 1834 d. 1923 m. Daniel HARMON 14 Oct 1857

5. Abijah Harris b.  5 Apr 1837 d. 12 Jne 1863 [died Civil War Mechanicsberg, MS., body never found]

6. Thomas Jonathan Harris b. 23 Dec 1840 d. 23 Dec 1930 m. Martha S. O'KELLY 16 Oct 1865b. 10 Mar 1849 d.  3 Feb 1913

7. James M. Harris b.  5 Oct 1843 d.        1846

8. Minerva Harris b. 24 Mar 1846 d.1917 m. William P. EIKELBERRY 2 Feb 1876
 

ELIZA JANE HARRIS, daughter of Jonathan HARRIS and Sarah
SMITH was born 24 Oct 1828 in Greene County, PA. She married 5 Dec 1847 Henry HENTHORN of Wayne County, Illinois.  They had eight children.

1. Sarah Henthorn b.  8 Oct 1848 d.1876

2. Jonathan Henthorn b. 25 Dec 1851 d.        1855

3. William Henthorn b.  5 Jne 1853 m. Emma FARGO Jne 1885

4. Mary Henthorn  b. 24 Jne 1856 m. B.F. ORRENS 23 Dec 1876

5. Malinda Henthorn b. 23 Aug 1858

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6. George B. Henthorn b. 13 Dec 1860                    

7. Henry Henthorn Jr.b. 28 May 1864

8. Noah Henthorn  b. 11 Dec 1870
 

<>ELEANOR HARRIS, daughter of Jonathan HARRIS and Sarah SMITH
was born in Monroe County, Ohio 13 Nov 1834. She married, Daniel HARMON of Wayne County, Illinois 14 Oct 1857. They had seven children. Mrs. Harmon's husband dying, she married second Dr. C.W. REED of Cisne, Wayne Co., Illinois.

1. Charles C. Harmon b. 20 Nov 1858 d. in infancy

2. Jonathan Harmon b. 10 Sep 1860 m. Alice FARRIS Oct 1882

3. Sarah C. Harmon b. 14 Mar 1864

4. Minerva Harmon b.  5 Jan 1867

5. Flora F. Harmon b. 20 Aug 1869

6. George W. Harmon  b. 11 Jan 1872

7. Elizabeth J. Harmon  b.  9 Sep 1874
 

ABIJAH HARRIS, son of Jonathan HARRIS and Sarah SMITH was
born 5 April 1837 in Monroe County, Ohio. When the Civil War broke out he enlisted in June, 1862 in the fifth Illinois Cavalry Company, and died at Mechanicsberg, Mississippi. Body was never found.
 

        Oh! how the storm doth beat
        Over his slumbers from head to feet,
        Oh! how the wind doth rave
        In the long grass o'er his grave.

        He doth not heed them where he lies,
        Nothing their sounds shall signify,
        Nothing the headstone fret of rain,
        Nothing to him the dark day's pain.

<>        He shall not feel in that deep laid rest,
        The sheeted light fall o'er his breast,
        Nor ever note in those hidden hours,
        The wind blown breath of the tossing flowers.                

THOMAS JONATHAN HARRIS, son of Jonathan HARRIS and Sarah
SMITH was born in Antioch, Monroe County, Ohio 23 Dec 1840. He went with his parents to Wayne County, Illinois at the age of eight where he grew to manhood. At the beginning of the Civil War he enlisted, 1 Aug 1861, in Company E, Fortieth Regiment Illinois Infantry, and served his country for nearly four years. Thomas was an ambulance driver with General Sherman during Civil War. After his return from service he married Martha Susan O'KELLY of Bishopsville, South Carolina 16 Oct 1865.  Martha was born 10 Mar 1849 in Bishopsville, Lee County, South Carolina.

He1 was known as "Uncle Tommy" and she as "Aunt Martha". In those days attaching "Aunt or Uncle" to certain people was a mark of respect and esteem. Throughout his life "Uncle Tommy" carried the results of a wound he received at Vicksburg during the Civil War. There is where he met his future wife. He sent Martha North to St. Louis, Missouri until the war was ended when he returned home to marry her. They had twelve children, all born in Wayne County. Martha died 3 Feb 1913 and Thomas died 23 Dec 1930 at the age of ninety. Both are buried in the Oak Valley Cemetery.  

1.  Sarah C. Harris b. 19 Mar 1867 d. 25 Jne 1874

2.  Lizzie E. Harris b. 12 Apr 1868 d.  6 Oct 1868

3.  Boyd Harris b.  3 Aug 1869 d.  6 Aug 1869

4.  George Wiley Harris  b. 19 Oct 1870 d. 30 Dec 1956 m. Florence YOUNG 28 Feb 1897   b. 23 Jne 1880 d.  5 May 1949

5.  Raymond D. Harris b. 15 Jan 1873 m. Maggie DAVIS

6.  Jonathan L. Harris b.  6 May 1875 m. Minnie KURTZ m. Florence RICH

7.  Luilla L. Harris b. 26 July 1877 d. 25 Oct 1931 m. Elmer JONES  b. 11 Oct 1877 d. 24 May 1957

8.  Clarence Eugene Harris b. 25 Dec 1880 d. 18 Mar 1968 m. Ida Florence SIMMS 8 Mar 1908  b.  4 Aug 1885 d. 28 Dec 1964

9. Thomas Ralph Harris b. 20 Sep 1884 d.  8 May 1964 m. Lillie WINDLAND m.2nd Clara SPITZER b.1884 d. 1953

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1. Wayne County Press, John Lappin, 21 August 1952

10. Lee Harris b. 22 Feb 1886 d.  9 July 1961 m. Lizzie STATES
m. 2nd Nora MILLS

11. Infant son b. 6 Sep 1888  d.  9     1888

12. Blanche Harris b.  6 Jan 1893 d.  6 Jne 1981 m. Roy BURKETT 29 Apr 1912  b. 1880 d. 1968
 
 

MINERVA HARRIS, daughter of Jonathan HARRIS and Sarah SMITH
was born in Monroe County, Ohio 24 Mar 1846. She married 2 Feb 1876 William P. EIKELBERRY. They had three children.

1. Edward Eikelberry b. 17 Jne 1877

2. Frederick Eikelberry b. 21 May 1882

3. Alta May Eikelberry b. 25 May 1885
 

GEORGE WILEY HARRIS, son of Thomas J. HARRIS and Martha S.
O'KELLY was born 19 Oct 1870 in Jeffersonville, Wayne County,
Illinois. He married 28 Feb 1897 in Jeffersonville, Florence Etta YOUNG. She was born 23 June 1880 daughter of John YOUNG and Evaline Euretta McKITRICK. George "Wiley" was a teacher and a farmer. He died 30 Dec 1955 in Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois. Florence died 5 May 1949 in Middleton, Logan County, Illinois. George is buried in the Oak Valley
Cemetery beside his parents in Lamard Township, Wayne County, Illinois, and Florence is buried at the Irish Grove Cemetery in Logan County. They had nine children.

1. Leslie Eugene Harris b. 25 Sep 1900 d.  5 Sep 1986  (never married)

2. Herman Samuel Harris b. 11 May 1902 d.  7 Oct 1988 m.. Pearl Ann THOMASON 29 Dec 1925

3. Clara Olive Harris b. 22 Dec 1904 d. 27 Jan 1969 m. Guy LANE 16 Jan 1925

<>4. Herschel Hillard Harris b. 2 Feb 1907 d. 26 Mar 1984 m. Clara G. TABOR 30 Dec 1926   b. 23 Aug 1900 d. 14 May 1940
m. 2nd. Lula Mae SCHOTT 1 Nov 1951   b.  9 Oct 1913 d. 24 Apr 1987
 
5. Victor Cecil Harris b.  3 Mar 1909 d. m. Pauline BROWN Dec 1930

6. Opal Stella Harris b. 12 Jan 1911 d. 25 Mar 1930  (never married)

7. Otis Kelly Harris b. 13 Feb 1913 m. Marie BLAKE 1 Jne 1937

8. Homer Young Harris b. 13 July 1915 d.  1 Sep 1944 m. Margaret SMITH 6 July 1943 Homer died in WW II (bomber pilot, all crew died)

9. Harvey Vernon Harris b. 18 July 1922 m. Joan GEARY 21 Dec 1944  b. 23 Jan 1926

Sources: Ruby H. Campbell research, Birth, marriage, death
certificates. Wayne County Press, 21 Aug 1952. IGI sheets.
 

HERSCHELL HILLARD HARRIS, son of George W. HARRIS and
Florence E. YOUNG was born 2 Feb 1907 in Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois. He married 30 Dec 1926 in West Plains, Howell County, Missouri Clara Grace TABOR. She was born 23 Aug 1900 daughter of John Sevier TABOR and Susie BATEMAN. She died 14 May 1940 in Sims, Wayne County, IL. She is buried at Richland Cemetery in Wayne County. Herschell married second in Piggott, Arkansas 1 November 1951 Lulu Mae SCHOTT-MORLAN. She was born 12 September 1915 in Wayne County, Illinois.  Herschell had six children by his first wife Clara and two children by his second wife Lulu.  Herschell died 26 Mar 1984 and is buried at McLeanboro, Hamilton County, IL.

1. Ruby Pauline Harris b. 15 Aug 1928 m. Ernest CAMPBELL 7 Nov 1945   b.  9 Mar 1921 d. 11 Apr 1974

2. Dorothy Agnes Harris b. 14 Oct 1930 m. James SCHRADER (div. 1960) m. 2nd. Joseph ULETT 28 Oct 1968 b. 13 Oct 1919 d. 1 Feb 1988

3. Harvey Louroy Harris b. 23 Dec 1931 m. Esther SMITH (div) b.  8 May 1935

<>4. Robert Eugene Harris b. 11 Jan 1934 m. Neva WILLIAMS 5 Oct 1952 (div. 1967) b. 23 July 1934 m. 2nd Antonia HARVEY       
 

5. Leland Howard Harris b. 24 Jne 1936 m. Lois ILES

6. Helen Louise Harris b.  8 Feb 1938 m. George LAUGHARD 8 Oct 1957   b.  8 Oct 1924

7. Brenda Kay Harris b. 27 Apr 1954 m. Dillard MEDLOCK  (div)
m. 2nd Robert BROWN (div.)

8. Herschell Ray Harris b.  8 Sep 1956 m. Sheila SCHROEDER  1974 (div) m. Patricia _____  1978
 

RUBY PAULINE HARRIS, daughter of Herschell H. HARRIS and Clara G. TABOR was born 15 Aug 1928 in Mt. Pulaski, Logan County, Illinois. She married 7 Nov 1945 in McLeanboro, Hamilton County, Illinois Ernest Dale CAMPBELL. He was born 9 Mar 1921 son of Loren CAMPBELL and Myrtle Floy JENKINS in Wayne City, Wayne County, Illinois. Mr. Campbell died 11 Apr 1974 in Peoria, Illinois and is buried in Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois. He was a veteran of World War II, European Theater Operations, serving from Dec 1941, until Oct 1945. Ruby and Ernest had four children.

1. Ernest Dale Campbell Jr. b. 17 Feb 1947  Viet Nam Vet. m. Carol Ann WASSON 19 Dec 1967 (div 1970) m. 2nd Juanita Noreen FURNESS 7 Aug 1971 (div 1979)

2. Carolyn Ann Campbell b. 21 Dec 1949 m. David Aubrey ROBERTSON 20 Jan 1968

3. Dana Stephan Campbell b. 19 Oct 1954 m. Joy DAMARIAN  (div)
m. Angela Antonini NEELEY 15 Oct 1987

4. Dennis Gale Campbell b. 31 May 1957 m. Christine RATLEDGE 14 Mar 1981
 

RAYMOND D. HARRIS, son of Thomas J. HARRIS and Martha S. O'KELLY was born 15 Jan 1873 in Wayne County, Illinois. He married Maggie DAVIS. They had seven children, all born in Wayne County.


1. Ruby Harris m. Virgil ANDERSON 

2. Ruth Harris m. Cecil MILLER

3. Amy Harris m. Orville BARR

4. Mattie Harris m. Russell TALBERT

5. Raymond Harris m. Dorothy GAINS

6. Chester Lee Harris
 

JONATHAN HARRIS, son of Thomas J. HARRIS and Martha S. O'KELLY was born 6 May 1875 in Wayne County, Illinois. He married first Minnie KURTZ. She died and he married second Florence RICH. He had two children by his first wife
and three children by his second.


1. Glen Harris  d.   1940's died in World War II
2. Berlin Harris
3. Bern Harris  d.   1940's died in World War II
4. Maurine Harris
5. Melba Harris

 

LUILLIA (LULU) HARRIS, daughter of Thomas J. HARRIS and
Martha S. O'KELLY was born 26 July 1877 in Wayne County,
Illinois. She married Elmer JONES. They had three children.


1. John J. Jones b. 31 May 1905 d.  4 Aug 1939
2. Luella Blanche Jones b. 31 Mar 1909 m. William STONE
3. Burke Jones  b. 21 May 1911 d. 30 Dec 1981  

                

CLARENCE EUGENE HARRIS, son of Thomas J. HARRIS and Martha S. O'KELLY was born 25 Dec 1880. He married Ida Florence SIMMS by whom he had four children.

1. Edgar Ford Harris  b. 13 Feb 1909 d. 19 Jan 1991 m. Thelma BURTON 19 Oct 1930 b. 11 Aug 1910 d. 20 July 1988

2. Ordie Harl Harris  b.  5 May 1912 d. 1980 m. Eileen PURDUE

3. Max Kelly Harris b.  3 Aug 1915 m. Dorothy CALDWELL

4. Mary Pauline Harris b. 22 Jan 1921 m. Orville LOFTIN

More on this line: Harold Dale Harris, Route 1 Box 81 Fairfield, IL 62837  pdharris "at" wabash.net

RALPH HARRIS, son of Thomas J. HARRIS and Martha J. O'KELLY was born 20 September 1884. He married Lillie WINDLAND. She died and he married second, Clara SPITZNER 1878-1953. He had three children by his first wife. Ralph died 8 May 1964 and is buried in Oak Valley Cemetery.


1. Jesse Harris m. Nellie EMERSON
2. Sylvia Harris m. Fred HAVERSTICK
3. Genevive Harris m. Edward WATTS

 

LEE HARRIS, son of Thomas J. HARRIS and Martha S. O'KELLY was born 22 February 1886. He married first Lizzie STATES. She died and he married Mrs. Elnora MILLS. He had a son by his first wife. Lee died 9 July 1961.

1. Earl Harris m. Iva POTTORFF m. 2nd Ruth PERRY
 

BLANCHE HARRIS, daughter of Thomas J. HARRIS and Martha S. O'KELLY was born 1 April 1893 and died 6 June 1981. She married Roy BURKETT (1890-1968) by whom she had five children.

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1. Elmo Burkett m. Gladys POWLESS   

2. Lorena Burkett (twin) m. Stanley PEDICORD

3. Dorena Burkett (twin) m. Shirley MILLNER

4. Vivian Burkett m. Billie HICKS

5. Patricia Faye Burkett m. Earl SULLENS
 

Preface /Contents

Chapter 7 Pages 103-106