Chapter 9

BARNABAS C. HARRIS, son of George Harris and Hannah TUNIS was born in Essex County, New Jersey in 1768. He came with his parents to Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1787, where he married Esther MILLER of Millersburg, PA., January 19, 1796. They had eleven children.

Mr. Harris being a man of energy and ambition, and wishing to better his condition in life, left Pennsylvania and removed to the Northern part of the State of Ohio, then a vast wilderness. He settled in Trumble, now Mahoning County, Ohio in April 1804 where he resided forty-five years. He was a blacksmith by trade, but owned a farm which he carried on at the same time. They were Presbyterians in religion. He raised a family of ten children and lived to see them all grow to man and womanhood, marry and settle in life. His wife died July 2, 1838, and he survived her over eleven years.  He died
December 18, 1849 at the ripe old age of eighty-one years four months and three days. Children:

1. John Harris b. 12 Nov 1796 d. 1797

2. Pamelia Harris b. 21 Feb 1798 m. Andrew MORRISON 21 Mar 1820

3. Esther Harris b. 19 Nov 1799 m. James WILSON 20 Mar 1821

4. Nehemiah Harris b. 20 Jan 1801 d. 30 Oct 1878 m. Anna McGUFFEY 12 May 1824

5. Katherine Poe Harris b.  9 Apr 1803 d. Oct 1885 m. Josiah COTTON 1 Jan 1828

6. Susanah Harris b. 27 Apr 1805 d. 1864/65 m. Alexander COTTON 27 Apr 1826

7. George Washington Harris b. 21 Jne 1807 m. Eliza McBRIDE 29 Nov 1832

8. Hannah Tunis Harris b. 15 May 1809 d.  9 Sept 1850 m. William JOHNSON in July 1825 who d. 21 June 1854

9. Barnabas Tunis Harris b. 21 May 1811 d.  9 Sep 1871 m. Rachael MARQUIS Sept 1835

10. Phebe Harris b. 14 Sep 1813 m. Samuel H. McBRIDE 3 Oct 1836     d.  5 Mar 1881

11. Sarah Harris b. 25 Feb 1816 m. William GEALY 11 Jan 1838
 

PAMELIA HARRIS, daughter of Barnabas C. Harris and Esther MILLER was born in Washington County, PA. 21 February 1798. When six years of age her parents moved to Trumble County, Ohio where she grew to woman -hood and married Andrew MORRISON March 21, 1820. Mr. Morrison was an Irishman by birth; was highly educated, had spent part of his youth in Spain, and served for a time in the British Army under the Duke of
Wellington. They had eight children; three died in infancy.

1. Adaline C. Morrison b. 26 Jan 1821 m. Robert GEORGE 17 Dec 1846

2. Esther Ann Morrison b. 22 Jan 1823 m. John H.S. TRAINOR 10 Oct 1849

3. Sarah Clarissa Morrison b.  9 Dec 1824 m. John STERLING 30 Apr 1856

4. Salinda Morrison b. 1826 m. T.R. LAIRD

5. Thomas S.C. Morrison  b. 1828 d. about 1863 m. ______? ________?
 

ESTHER HARRIS, daughter of Barnabas C. Harris and Esther MILLER was born 19 November 1799 in Washington County, PA. When four years old her parents removed to Trumble County, Ohio. She married James WILSON 20 March 1821 by whom she had six children.

1. Harris Wilson d. at 19 years
2. Caroline Wilson d. at 17 years
3. Newton Wilson  married and had two children, William and George Wilson.

6. Leander Wilson d. at 4 years
 

NEHEMIAH HARRIS, son of Barnabas C. Harris and Esther MILLER
was born 20 January 1801 in Washington County, PA. When he was three he moved to Trumble, now Mahoning County, Ohio with his parents. He married Anna McGUFFEY 12 May 1824. She was a sister of Wm. H. McGuffey who wrote McGuffey readers and spellers. They had nine children of whom two died in infancy. Mr. Harris' children are all supposed to have been born in Mahoning County, Ohio. Nehemiah moved to Hardin County, Ohio in 1855 where he died 30 October 1878. He was a farmer by occupation and a member of the Presbyterian Church.

1. Theodore Calvin Harris b. 11 Nov 1827 m. 1st Sarah STAMBAUGH 3 July 1851 and d. 12 Oct 1860 m. 2nd Lizzie JEWELL 10 June 1862

2. Angeline Harris b. 22 Oct 1829 m. David STIRGEON

3. John Tunis Harris b. 1 Mar 1831

4. Hamilton Harris b. 11 July 1833 m. 1st Cadence McFARLIN 9 Apr 1857 who d. 7 Aug 1874.  He m. 2nd Lavina McFARLIN

5. Erastus Poe Harris b.  3 Nov 1835 m. 1st Carrie Welbourn WYCHE 1 May 1861 d. 22 Feb 1862 m. 2nd Ella May WOLF 14 Jan 1864 d. 24 Dec 1876 m. 3r Lou Jannett PERRY 4 Aug 1884

6. Byron Harris b.  4 Feb 1837
                                               twins
7. Hadassa Harris b.  4 Feb 1837 m. Ezra B. HIESTAND 17 July 1856
 

KATHERINE POE HARRIS, daughter of Barnabas C. Harris and Esther Miller Poe was born 9 April 1803 in Washington County, PA. When an infant her parents moved to Trumble, now Mahoning County, Ohio. She married Josiah COTTON 1 January 1828 by whom she had six children. Mrs. Cotton, after the death of her husband, lived with her daughter Mrs. Fritz T. Jeannot in Youngstown, Ohio where she died in Oct 1885 aged eighty-three years. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.

1. Elisha McCurdy Cotton b.  3 Nov 1828 m. Elizabeth RISSER 17 Aug 1852 d. 21 Jne 1865

2. Thirzah Jane Cotton b.  3 Mar 1830 m. Craft C. CARROLL 5 Nov 1858

3. Alexander Cotton b. 25 Aug 1832 d. 25 Nov 1862 m. Elizabeth M. PORTER 5 Sept 1862  (no issue)

4. John Harris Cotton b. 27 Nov 1834 d. 12 Oct 1862

5. Hadassa Mary Cotton b.  9 Feb 1839 m. Fritz Tell JEANNOT 13 Nov 1867

6. Josiah Scott Cotton b. 2 Sep 1845 d. 9 Feb 1864                                                                                                                                                       More on the Katherine and Josiah Cotton Family

1. Sarah Sabina Cotton  b. 17 Feb 1827 d.  Sept 1884 m. Alexander W. ROGERS 1 Jan 1849.

4. Josiah Scott Cotton  b. 25 Feb 1837 m. Mary KUSTER 14 Sep 1862
 

GEORGE WASHINGTON HARRIS, son of Barnabas C. Harris and
Esther MILLER was born 21 June 1807 in Trumble, now Mahoning
County, Ohio. He married Eliza McBRIDE 29 November 1832. They lived in Mahoning County until about 1865, when he, like his ancestors, was imbued with the spirit of pioneer life. They went to Iowa and settled in Washington County. They celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary, November 29, 1882, attended by a large crowd of friends and neighbors. The following was taken from an Iowa newspaper, where it was published. 
 Photo/Woodcut George W. Harris

"The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. George Harris was celebrated at their home in Highland Township, Washington County, Iowa on the evening of November 29, 1882. About 200 guests were present, including friends, neighbors and children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. After the
guests had assembled, Hon. E.F. Brockway was called to the chair, and letters of congratulation read from absent friends. A great many presents were given, among which might be mentioned the following: gold headed cane for Mr. Harris and gold glasses for Mrs. Harris, from friends in Ohio; easy chair for Mr. Harris, from Bethel Church; easy chair for Mrs. Harris, from neighbors; buffalo robe and gold glasses for Mr. Harris; hanging lamp, set of solid silver spoons, silk tidies, wedding cake, $15 in gold coin, and numerous smaller gifts, by friends and neighbors; gold ring, from daughter
Hetta to mother; Turkish rug, from Mrs. John Lytle; china cups and saucers, from Mr. and Mrs. James Lytle; wedding cake, from Mrs. Waddle; foot warmers, from Mrs. Nicola; gold chain and pin, from Mr. and Mrs. Ab Anderson; oil painting from Edgar and Ella Wilson; album, ottomans, majolica ware, silk handkerchiefs, articles of clothing and money, from children and grandchildren. Presentation speeches were made by Mr.  Brockway, Mrs. Dihel, Mr. McKee and Edgar Wilson. Mr. Harris was too full--- for utterance, but Prof. McKee came to his rescue, and made responses for him and Mrs. Harris. After the ceremonies were over, a supper, provided by the guests was served. The evening was enjoyed by all present. They had seven children--- two sons and five daughters.

1. Hannah Harris b.  8 Sept 1833 m. Samuel McKEE 1861

2. Esther Harris  b. 15 Mar 1835 d. 12 Feb 1888 m. James McGEEHAN 4 Jne 1856

3. Pamelia Harris b. 21 Jan 1838 m. T.A. DIXON

4. Lydia S. Harris b. 14 Jan 1840 d. infancy

5. Samuel H. Harris b. July 1824 d. infancy

6. Alexander C. Harris b. 15 Mar 1845 d. 13 Sept 1878 m. Lizzie CABEEN

7. Clarissa Harris b. 7 May 1847 d. 22 July 1879 m. E.G. WILSON 13 Sept 1877
 

LINES WRITTEN ON THE FIFTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
                OF MR. AND MRS. GEORGE HARRIS.

                 By Mrs. S.J. (Harris) Keifer
 

            Fifty years through shine and shadow,
                 Fifty years my gentle wife,
               You and I have walked together,
                Down the rugged road of life.

             From the hills of Spring we started,
               And through all the Summer land,
               And the faithful Autumn country,
               We have journeyed hand in hand.

        Fifty years we have borne the heat and burden,
                 Toiling faithfully and slow;
               We have gathered in our harvest
                  With rejoicing, long ago.

                No more dangers to encounter,
              No more hills to climb, dear wife;
               Nothing now but simple walking,
                'Til we reach the end of life.

               We have had our time of sorrows,
                And our time of anxious fears,
            But the road lies straight before us,
               And the miles are short and few.

                 In the sunny Summer country,
                  Far behind us now, we say,
               Many of our friends grew weary,
                 And we left them on the way.

               See! our road is growing narrow,
             And what is it? dear wife, you say;
            Yes, I know our eyes are growing dim,
                But we have not lost the way.
 

I will still further add that very few set out hand in hand on life's pathway, are allowed the privilege at the close of half a century of married life, to clasp anew before family and friends, the same hands, and experience the enjoy- ment and congratulations of a Golden Wedding. Still fewer can look back over that length of time and see with satisfaction, the completion of early plans and the realization of youthful hopes and aspirations; but such, I trust, is the good fortune of Mr. and Mrs. George Harris, who celebrated their 50th
anniversary of their marriage on November 29, 1882. Mr. Harris is a leading Elder in the Presbyterian Church, in which he and his wife belong.
 

HANNAH TUNIS HARRIS, daughter of Barnabas C. Harris and Esther MILLER was born 15 May 1809 in Trumble, now Mahoning County, Ohio. She married William JOHNSON in July 1825, by whom she had four children. Hannah died September 9, 1850, aged forty-one years, leaving a husband and four children to mourn the loss of a kind mother and affectionate wife. Her husband, William died June 21, 1854.

1. McMiland A. Johnson b.  4 Nov 1831 m. Martha S. HOUSTON 2 Jan 1855

2. Thadeus Sobisky Johnson b. 12 May 1835 d. 21 Jan 1869

3. Monroe W. Johnson b. 26 June 1840 m. Hettie BOOK

4. Pamelia S. Johnson b.  4 Sept 1844 d. Oct 1864 m. Baxter WILSON Dec 1863
 

BARNABAS TUNIS HARRIS, son of Barnabas C. Harris and Esther
MILLER was born 21 May 1811. He married Rachael MARQUIS in
September 1835, by whom he had four children. Mr. Harris was a farmer by occupation and resided at or near Pulaska, Lawrence County, PA. He was a Presbyterian in religion. He died 9 September 1871.

1. Jerome B. Harris b. 19 Apr 1836 m. _______? ______?

2. Merthyan Harris b. 20 Sept 1837 d. 30 June 1848

3. Marquis Harris b. 1 Feb 1839 m. Jane OLIVER 26 Jan 1866

4. Samuel Harris b.  6 July 1843 m. Elizabeth WILSON
 

PHEBE HARRIS, daughter of Barnabas C. HARRIS and Esther MILLER was born 14 September 1813 in Mahoning County, Ohio. She married Samuel H. McBRIDE 3 October 1836 by whom she had three children. Mr. and Mrs McBride resided at Lowellville, Ohio. After the death of her husband, who died March 5, 1881 she went to live with her children. She was living in Cleveland, Ohio in 1883.

1. Leander McBride b. 18 Dec 1837 m. Harriet E. WRIGHT 18 Feb 1863.

2. John Harris McBride b. 31 Jan 1843 m. Elizabeth A. WRIGHT 26 May 1868.

3. Rose Hadassah McBride b. 26 May 1850 m. Samuel E. BROWN 22 June 1869.
 

SARAH HARRIS, daughter of Barnabas C. Harris and Esther MILLER was born 25 February 1816 in Mahoning County, Ohio. She married William GEALY 11 January 1838 by whom she had ten children. Mrs. Gealy was born, raised and married at Coitsville, Ohio. After her marriage they removed to New Bedford, Lawrence County, Pa. She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church. It is supposed that all of her children were
born in Pennsylvania.

1. Watson Gealy b.  7 May 1840 d.  1 Apr 1872 m. Josephine FORTUNE 15 May 1865   who d.  6 Dec 1870.

2. John Harris Gealy b. 18 Feb 1842 m. Susan WALKER 23 Feb 1864.

3. Martha Gealy b. 23 May 1844
                                              twins
4. Esther Gealy b. 23 May 1844

5. Phebe S. Gealy b.  3 Sept 1847

6. Merthyan C. Gealy b. 26 Nov 1849 m. J.H. BROWNLEE 13 Jan 1876.

7. Barna T. Gealy b. 17 Oct 1851 m. Ella ROSS 31 Oct 1878.

10. Sarah E. Gealy b.  2 Nov 1857 m. David McCLENNAHAN 8 Apr 1879.
 

ADALINE C. MORRISON, daughter of Pamelia Harris and Andrew
MORRISON was born 26 January 1821 in Hubbard, Trumble County,
Ohio. She married Robert GEORGE of Scroggsfield, Carroll County, Ohio, Dec 17 1846. They had five children. Mr. and Mrs. George lived near Kensington, Colombiana County, Ohio in 1886.

1. Thomas M. George b. 29 Sept 1847 m. Anna ANDERSON 8 Dec 1870.

2. Byron C. George b.  9 Sep 1850 m. Eliza Jane KENEDY 10 Sep 1874.

3. Sample C. George b. 25 Nov 1852 m. Anna ERHEART 10 Sep 1874.

1. Lena Verona Trainor b.  9 Nov 1850 m. James A. MAHEW 15 Jan 1873.

2. Mary Clairabel Trainor b. 19 July 1852

3. Alma Leland Trainor b. 17 Oct 1854

4. Arthur Morrison Trainor b. 24 Apr 1857 d. 27 Dec 1857

5. John Walter Trainor b.  9 Feb 1859 m. Annettie LEACH 10 Feb 1885.

6. William M. Trainor b. 23 July 1861
 

SARAH CLARISSA MORRISON, daughter of Pamelia Harris and Andrew MORRISON was born 9 December 1824 in Mercer, Mercer County, PA.  She married John STERLING April 30, 1856. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Sterling is in the grocery and provision business. They lived in Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio in 1887. No children as of this writing.
 

THOMAS S.C. MORRISON, son of Pamelia Harris and Andrew MORRISON was born about 1828. He married, wife's name unknown, and had three children of whom but one is living. Mr. Morrison died at the age of thirty-five years; his death, and that of his wife's, was sixteen days apart. He was a lawyer and an editor. At the time of his death he had been probate Judge nine years. Children's names not known.
 

THOMAS M. GEORGE, son of Adaline C. Morrison and Robert GEORGE was born 29 September 1847 in Carroll County, Ohio. He married Anna ANDERSON of Colombiana County, 8 December 1870.
They had two children. Mr. George was in the Mercantile business, lived in Hanoverton, Ohio in 1886.

1. Edward R. George b.  9 Sept 1871

2. Lillie Gertrude George b. 22 Sep 1873
 

2. Alva George b.  2 Sept 1881

3. Ida George b. 15 Aug 1884
 

SAMPLE C. GEORGE, son of Adaline C. Morrison and Robert GEORGE was born 12 July 1855 in Carroll County, Ohio. He married Anna ERHEART of Hanoverton, Ohio 10 Sep 1874, by whom he had three children. Mr. George is a carpenter by occupation and a Republican in Politics. He lived at Salem, Ohio in 1886.

1. Warren George b.  2 Apr 1879 d. 13 Aug 1880

2. Newton George b. 18 Nov 1881

3. Charles H. George b. 24 Jan 1885
 

JOSEPH B. GEORGE, son of Adaline Morrison and Robert GEORGE
was born 12 July 1855 in Carroll County, Ohio. He married Matilda Jane GRIMES 7 September 1878. They had one child. Mr. George is a farmer by occupation and a Democrat in Politics.

1. Therla Vesta George b. 1880
 

2. George T. Mahew b.  6 Jan 1876
 

JOHN WALTER TRAINOR, son of Esther A. Morrison and John H.S.
TRAINOR was born 9 February 1859 in Steubensville, Jefferson County, Ohio. He married Annettie LEACH 10 February 1885. He was a lawyer.
 

THEODORE CALVIN HARRIS, son of Nehemiah Harris and Anna
MCGUFFEY was born 11 November 1827 in Mahoning County, Ohio.
He married Sarah STAMBAUGH 3 July 1851 by whom he had four
children. Sarah died 12 October 1860 and he married for his second wife Lizzie JEWELL of Brookfield, Ohio 10 June 1862. He had five children by his second wife. Mr. Harris is a carpenter by occupation. He also owns a good farm which he carried on. His family are Presbyterians. He lived near
Struther's, Mahoning County, Ohio in 1885.

1. Henrietta Harris b. 25 Nov 1852

2. Frank Harris b. 15 July 1854

3. Charles H. Harris b. 26 May 1856

4. Lucy Harris b. 26 Jan 1858

5. Tunis Harris b.  5 Apr 1863

6. Adda Harris b. 18 Sept 1864

7. Edward Harris b.  9 May 1866

8. Clara Harris b. 24 Dec 1867

9. Ella Harris b. 29 Nov 1870
 

JOHN TUNIS HARRIS, son of Nehemiah Harris and Anna MCGUFFEY
was born in Mahoning County, Ohio 1 March 1831. In 1855 or 1856 he went West and commenced railroading. First he ran a frieght train; from that to what is called jib conductor, then contractor and builder, and then passenger conductor, which position he held in 1887. He is probably one of if not the oldest passenger conductors in the West. He has been for twenty years on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and Wabash systems. Everybody in railroad circles knows Jack Harris, as he is called. He is very popular. He has made more money than any of the rest of his father's family. He owns a large quanity of land in Ohio. He bought land at Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri when the place was first laid out, and still owns a large number of lots at that place. He made the most money by an investment in the M., K. & T. lands when they went down to 10 and 15 cents on the dollar. He then invested $45,000 or over at that rate. At the present time he is running a passenger train out of St. Louis over the Illinois Central, a sort of jib or formost run. In all probability he will continue in the business until age compels him to give it up. He is hale and hearty and jolly. He lived at St. Louis in 1887.
 

HAMILTON HARRIS, son of Nehemiah Harris and Anna McGUFFEY was born 11 July 1833 in Mahoning County, Ohio. He married Cadence McFARLIN 9 April 1857 by whom he had three children. Cadence died 7 August 1874 and Hamilton married second Lavina McFARLIN 19 January 1876. Mr. Harris was a carpenter by occupation and lived near Youngstown, Ohio in 1885.

1. Myrtle L. Harris

2. William N. Harris

3. Minnie Harris
 

EDWIN POE HARRIS, son of Nehemiah Harris and Anna McGUFFEY
was born 3 November 1835 in Mahoning County, Ohio. He was first christened Erastus Poe Harris but disliked his first name and insisted on being called Edwin, and by this name he is known. 

Photo/Woodcut of Edwin Poe Harris

From this time we may date the unsettled and wandering life which has distinguished this one from the other members of the same family. Arriving at Leavenworth, Kansas, the excitement of the surroundings and the romance of a trip over the then almost trackless plains, induced the young Doctor to
readily accept the offer of Russel----Majors and Waddell, then the principal Government contractors, of a position as physician to the men of their many trains bound for Fort Bridger (in the Southwestern corner of Wyoming Territory), and ultimately Salt Lake City. It is impossible in this sketch to give the many and stirring experiences of this trip which consumed almost the entire season for crossing the plains, then not accomplished as now. Slow, weary months of draying. through the sand, often suffering for water and
menaced by treacherous Sioux, Cheyennes, and Arapahoes, finally brought the trains through to Fort Bridger, where arrangements were made for the Winter. The greater portion of the transportation men were enlisted for nine months service, and our young Doctor was placed in charge as employed surgeon and physician, by the United States.

During the month of November, which is the beginning of winter there, the Morman scouts passed from their camps into Echo Canyon around Fort Bridger, by routes well known to them, and intercepted the remainder of the supply trains when they had reached Hanis Fork and the main Green River, and burned a large amount of commissary stores intended for winter rations, and as a result the troops were left with less than half rations. This was a serious matter at that time, as there were no means of relief to depend on but the slow ox or mule train that would have to haul every pound of provision for over 600 miles, and that in mid-winter. Everybody got hungry, and the six ounces of flour a day, which was all the scanty store would allow, only kept the men with good appetites. The oxen that hauled out the summer supplies were killed for beef---such of them as did not die of starvation, and the old mules, when too poor to do more service, were slaughtered by the soldiers to add at least a soup bone. Any Indian's dog that might chance to stray into
camp, was speedily dispatched and served up roasted under the name of Morman shoat. Our subject took his chances with the balance, as there was little or no difference between the rations of officers and men. Dr. Harris has often averred that this experience effectually cured him of severe dyspepsia, from which he had suffered for years. It is more probable that the invigorating climate and pure air had more to do with the cure than dog meat or poor mule.

In the Spring, the Peace Commissioners sent out by the Government, made terms with Brigham Young, without any fight, much to the disappointment of the soldiers, and all moved on into the Great Salt Lake valley.

After the nine months the men were disbanded. Dr. Harris remained in Salt Lake City for several months. The city was full of desperate characters, and one night in a difficulty over a card game, in which our subject was mixed, one of the parties received a pistol ball through his throat. and as the
wounded man was connected with the army, and had influence, it was thought best to leave the city without advertising what route had been taken. The man shot recovered, however, after a long time. Dr. Harris accompanied by but one tried friend, started West intending to make California if
possible, but after going in that direction some 300 miles they turned south and east, and coming down Laramie Fork, struck the overland route again, south of old Fort Laramie, reaching the Missouri River, at Atchison, Kansas, then a small town. There obtaining passage on a boat, they disposed of their faithful horses and landed at Boonville, Missouri.

It seems this wandering had satisfied Dr. Harris, for a while at least. He went directly to the residence of John S. Jones, of Pettis County, MO., with whom he had been associated while on the plains, and by his advice and through his assistance, established himself in Longwood, Missouri, in the practice of
Medicine, where he rapidly gained a lucrative practice, and there became acquainted with and married, Carrie Welbourn Wyche, on May 1, 1861. She was a highly educated and accomplished young lady from Yazoo City, Mississippi. Her parents both being dead, she resided with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Jones.

The year, 1861, and until February 1862 contained possibly the greatest joy and the deepest sorrows of any in the varied life of the subject of our sketch. The same day of his marriage he started with his young bride to visit the scenes of her childhood and meet the friends of her early youth; returning, they reached Deer Park, the elegant home of her uncle, John S. Jones, on the night of the thirteenth of June, and the next morning he was aroused by messengers carrying the proclamation of Gov. Calib Jackson, calling for 50,000 men to defend the state of Missouri. Kissing his bride goodbye, while still in bed, he mounted his horse and set out for Georgetown, the county town, to see what course was to be taken, expecting confidently to be back at dinner. How little can we see into the future. That fond kiss was the last he
was ever to bestow on her who was then to him more than life itself.

Reaching Georgetown, everything was excitement and enthusiasm. A company of volunteers was speedily raised, and he was elected one of the officers, little thinking they would so soon be called into service, but before evening a dispatch ordering every available man to Boonville, was received. The company must go and go at once. It was never dreamed but that a few days absence, at furtherest, would be all that would be required. The result of that battle, probably the first field fight of the long and bloody war, on
the seventeenth of June 1861, is a matter of history. From Boonville, the scattered and disorganized recruits were driven to Cowskin Prairie, in the extreme southwest corner of the state. The circumstances of war prevented his ever returning, and we will not dwell on the misery which the memory of that hurried parting must always bring up. But the limits allowed in this sketch will not permit us to follow closely the months that followed. After the bloody battle of Wilson's creek, or Springfield, he tried to reach home, but the country was full of enemy.

At the battle of Elk Horn, our subject was taken prisoner, and although not belonging to the medical staff of the army he was compelled to do duty as a surgeon for the wounded Confederates, who were left without any medical assistance by their own army, except, perhaps, one or two field surgeons.
Dr. Harris, during the battle of Elk Horn, and in fact from the time of the Drywood fight near Fort Scott, was Captain of Company C of the second Missouri Calvalry. He was kept on the battlefield at Elk Horn, assisting in caring for the wounded, until the 18th of April 1862, when he succeeded in making his escape. Joining the Confederate forces, then at Little Rock,
Arkansas, he made his way to Corinth, Mississippi, where the Missouri troops had been taken. It was on his arrival there that he learned the sad news that the bride he had left so hurriedly, expecting to be absent from her side but a few hours, had been taken by the hand of death, forever from his
sight. She died on February 22, 1862, leaving an infant daughter two weeks old. This was a terrible experience, and for months he was perfectly indifferent whether he lived or died. After passing through the campaigns of that summer in Mississippi, the Missouri troops were sent west of the river,
and we find Dr. Harris in Fort Smith, Arkansas, in charge of the Third Division Hospital of the army under General Hindman. In February, 1863, he was sent to Boggy Depot, Choctaw Nation, as Medical Parvey, or for the Department of North Texas and the Indian Territory, which position he
retained until the close of the war.

Dr. Harris married for his second wife, Miss Ella May Wolf, January 14, 1864. Miss Wolf was a quarter-blood Cherokee, a daughter of Judge Thomas Wolf, one of the prominent men of the Cherokee Nation, and a son of the hereditary war chief of that tribe. Miss Wolf was a beautiful and accomplished woman, and devotedly attached to her husband.

After the close of the war, Dr. Harris removed to the Cherokee Nation and again resumed the practice of medicine. His reputation soon gave him an extensive practice, and his home near Tahlequah was all that could be desired, and it is to this day one of the most beautiful locations in that
beautiful country. He, however, unfortunately for himself, got mixed up in the politics of the country and owing to his influence with the then ruling party he was intensely hated by the opposite party. It can be truly said that during the
life of Louis Downing, then Chief of the Nation, no white man within its limits wielded the political influence that did the subject of these lines.

Upon the death of Col. Downing, however, the opposite party obtained control of the country, and Dr. Harris was forced to leave to escape assassination. While absent in Kansas waiting for an opportunity to return, his wife was suddenly taken ill and passed away before he could reach her side, although he braved all danger, and went immediately on receipt of the
news of her illness. She died December 24, 1876, leaving a husband and one child, a daughter, Ida. After the death of his wife, and the excitement of political differences had somewhat died out, he returned to Muscogee and established a new newspaper, the Indian Progress, in connection with Col.
E.C. Boudinot, probably the most intelligent and best known of any member of the Cherokee tribe. The enterprise, however, was not a success, and the policy advocated by the paper made it necessary, first, to remove the press to Vinita, and finally, to adandon the paper entirely. Boudinot and Harris
advocated a progressive policy for the Indians, and this did not suit the ruling men of the tribes, who prefer to keep things as they are so they may be benefited at the expense of the many.

Dr. Harris was about this time, placed in charge of the asylum for the insane and indigent maimed and crippled persons of the Cherokee Nation, which position he held for over a year. His management as medical officer gave perfect satisfaction, but political favorites had to be provided for, and the changes made in the force employed around the institution so disarranged his plans and the work and systems inaugurated, that he resigned his position in disgust and again left the Cherokee Nation, this time going among the
Choctaws and Chickasaws, where he had many friends.

Locating at McAllister, he opened a drug store, in connection with D.M. Hailey, of that place, and at the same time devoted his leisure to furnishing the Star Vindicator, a weekly newspaper of the place with his ideas on the Indian problem. The paper, like the Indian Progress, did not add to his popularity, and was finally abandoned. It became quite evident that publishing a newspaper in the Indian country and calling things by their right names, or expressing honest convictions, would never succeed until a different state of
things existed. Dr. Harris has probably done more than any one man in the entire territory to show the Indians their only hope of existence lay in an abandonment of the title in common by which they hold their lands, and the securement, while it was yet possible, of a title in severalty. He has never advocated opening up the country all through, though often charged with such opinions; but he has tried in all ways to convince the Indians that a change in their land title must come. These opinions, and his open and somewhat
defiant mode of proclaiming them, has been the cause of all his trouble and his great danger in the country.

When the coal mines were opened at Savanna, Dr. Harris, in company with D.M. Hailey, the principal owner in the mines, were the first ones to settle at Savanna, when , in the course of three or four years, they succeeded in opening the finest mines in the territory. Here Dr. Harris was placed in charge of all the men employed by the coal company, which company was really a part of the Mo. P.R.U. system, and for four or five years he did all the medical and surgical work of the company. Sometimes as many as 500 men with their families, had to be cared for, and the work required was more
than one man could stand. Owing to the presence of gas in large quantities in the mines, and bad ventilation, explosions were frequent, and men were daily hurt and mangled until it sometimes looked like the results of a battle. Dr.
Harris' skill as a surgeon was recognized all over the country as with a peer. The constant work was more than his health could stand, and after taking in another surgeon for a few months, he finally quit the mine practice entirely.

Dr. Harris took for his third wife, Lou Jannett Perry, August 4, 1884. Mrs. Perry was the widow of the Hon. Eli Perry, one of the solid men of the Choctaw Nation. Mrs. Perry was a Chickasaw, who had received a thorough education in the Eastern States, and who had continued to improve her ample opportunities after she returned to the Nation. She had known
the Doctor from the time he first came to the Choctaw Nation, during the war, and in her Dr. Harris has found a most loving and devoted wife, and one who is proud of her husband, and only happy when she is by his side or doing something that may add to his enjoyment. As a thorough housewife, their elegant home is at all times the picture of neatness and order, and the signs of her handiwork, in paintings, embroidery and fancy stitching is seen in all parts of her home. Mrs. Perry, now Mrs. Harris, was also possessed of
large properties in farm, ferries and improvements, besides the best blooded herd of cattle probably in the Choctaw Nation, to which Dr. Harris has made liberal additions. Mr. and Mrs. Harris are now living very comfortably at Savanna, Indian Territory, where the Doctor has built a good house and
is surrounding it with shrubbery and fountains and other elements of use and ornament, with the expectation of their spending what is left of life. The main cattle ranch is twenty-five miles west, and is claimed to be most advantag-
eously located. There will probably be from 1,000 to 1,200 beef steers from four to six years old, matured on the ranch this year, 1887. Raising cattle is the most independant and least laborious mode of obtaining a livelihood. The Doctor at present does but little practice, only attending special cases. He is assistant surgeon for the Sedalia Division of the Mo. P.R.R., and examining surgeon for the pension office, and several insurance corporations.

Until four years ago his years had lain but lightly, but since then he has aged quite rapidly, and although usually in fair health, is growing old. He had one child by his first wife: Carrie Harris, born 8 February 1862; and three children by his second wife, two dying in infancy, the other one, Ida Harris, born 24 November, 1864. His present wife has never had any children, but their home is made lively by the prattle of the grandchild and her mother, yet a gay young woman, and the many visitors who always find comfort and a
welcome in the hospital home. Probably with the exception of the enemies made in the Cherokee Nation, no white man within the limits of the Indian Territory is more generally known or can count more friends among the Indians than Dr. E. Poe Harris. He lived at Savanna, Indian Territory in 1887.

1. Carrie Harris b.  8 Feb 1862 m. ______? WEHRLE

2. Ida Harris b. 24 Nov 1864 m. W.J. CULBERTSON 6 Jan 1886
 

2. Annie Margrette Hiestand b. 20 Sep 1861 d.  1 Aug 1862
 

ELISHA McCURDY COTTON, son of Katherine P. Harris and Josiah
COTTON was born  3 Nov 1828 in Trumble County, Ohio. He married Elizabeth RISSER at Ashland, Ohio 17 August 1852. His wife died 21 June 1865 and they had no children. He was a widower in 1885 and lived in Chariton, Lucas County, Iowa. He was Superintendent of the Public Schools of that place in 1883.
 

HADASSA MARY COTTON, daughter of Katherine P. Harris and Josiah COTTON was born 9 Feb 1839 in Ohio. She married Fritz Tell JEANNOT 13 November 1867 at New Castle, Pennsylvania, by whom she has four children. Mr. and Mrs Jeannot lived in Youngstown, Ohio in 1884. They are members of the Presbyterian Church.

1. Hadassa M. Jeannot b. 31 Dec 1869 d. 12 Jan 1870

2. Lillie Jeannot b. 15 Dec 1870 d. 27 Nov 1876

3. Mary Cotton Jeannot b. 23 May 1874

4. Frederick C. Jeannot b.  5 Dec 1879
 

2. Harry B. Rogers b. 18 June 1851 d. 7 Jan 1864

3. Jerry Sands Rogers b. 23 Feb 1853

4. James Tunis Rogers b.  7 Nov 1855 d. 23 Apr 1872

5. Thaddeous Kuscioska Rogers  b. 7 Nov 1856
 

JOHN TUNIS COTTON, son of Susanah Harris and Alexander COTTON was born 29 January 1830. When but a young boy he went to Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio and in company with his cousin, Thomas S.C. Morrison, published a campaign paper at Harlem Springs in 1844. Some time that fall he returned to his home in Trumble County, Ohio and lived with his uncle George Harris, for a few years. He then went to Bedford,
Cuyahoga County, Ohio and learned the harness trade, and in 1852 he went to Sterling, Illinois, and from there to Independence, Iowa, where he bought a saw mill, but when the Pike's Peak excitement broke out, he sold his mill and went to Pike's Peak, and for a number of years was lost to his friends, but at the close of the war he turned up in the Tenth United States Army Corps of the regular army, where he had served five years. He was mustered out of the service in Nashville, Tennessee, and from there he went to Indianopolis, Indiana; stayed for a while, and from there he started for
Omaha, Nebraska, and has never been heard from since; is supposed by his friends to be dead.
 

LORENA COTTON, daughter of Susanah Harris and Alexander COTTON was born 30 November 1832. She married William MARQUIS, a widower with one child, a daughter, and her senior sixteen years, by whom she had six sons. Mr. and Mrs. Marquis are members of the old school Presbyterian Church. They lived at Pulaski, Pennsylvania in 1883.

3. David Colham Marquis d. in infancy

4. William Marquis
                   twins
5. Samuel Marquis

6. Josiah Scott Marquis
 

2. Sucie Cotton b. 28 Jan 1865 d. 24 July 1866

3. James Cotton b. 14 Sept 1866 d.  5 May 1872
 

BARNA BEN ROGERS, son of Sarah S. Cotton and Alexander W. Rogers was born 17 October 1849. He married Mary Katherine SHEARS in 1870. They had one child, a daughter born 13 July 1872. Mr. Rogers is a farmer, gardener and fruit grower. He lived near Little Rock, Arkansas in 1883.
 

JERRY SANDS ROGERS, son of Sarah S. Cotton and Alexander W.
Rogers was born 23 February 1853. At the age of 15 months he had a stroke of paralysis which left him always lame. He educated himself to teach. He commenced teaching school when only sixteen years old and followed it ever since. In the spring of 1875, he went to the University at Charlottsville,
Virginia, and in the winter of 1875-76, taught near Richmond, Virginia. In May, 1876, he went from there to Iowa and taught, and from Iowa to Arkanasas, where he taught. He lived in Little Rock at last account.
 

HANNAH HARRIS, daughter of George Harris and Eliza McBRIDE
was born 8 September 1833 in Mahoning County, Ohio. She married Samuel McKEE, a United Presbyterian minister, in 1861, by whom she had six children, of whom but four are living. Charles, Florence, David, and Paul. Their oldest son Charles, lived in Burlington, Iowa in 1883. Mr. McKee was a professor of the Academy at Washington, Iowa in 1883.
 

ESTHER HARRIS, daughter of George Harris and Eliza McBRIDE was born 15 Mar 1835 in Mahoning County, Ohio. She married James McGEEHAN 4 June 1856 by whom she had five children. They were members of the Presbyterian Church and lived near Coitsviile, Ohio in 1885. Frank McGeehan died 12 February 1888 leaving a wife and child.

1. Emma Caroline McGeehan b. 13 Feb 1857

2. Frank McGeehan b. 11 July 1859 d. 12 Feb 1888

3. Harris McGeehan b.  4 Mar 1865

4. William McGeehan b.  8 Aug 1867

5. Emery Russell McGeehan b.  9 Aug 1870 d.  9 Mar 1872
 

PAMELIA HARRIS, daughter of George Harris and Eliza McBRIDE was born 21 January 1838. She married T.A. DIXON and had four children. Mr. Dixon was in the Dry goods business until the war of Rebellion broke out. He enlisted in the Nineteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteers. After being in the army for some time he was taken sick, lay sick for some time, on account of
which he was discharged and sent home. He began to get well, and as there was going to be a draft, and not wishing to have the name of being drafted, and being a true Union man and wishing to uphold the banner of his country, he enlisted again and went into the army; was wounded and lay in hospital
near Washington, D.C.; came home a cripple; lived a few years and died from the effects of the wound.

1. Minnie Dixon m. ______? McGUGEN

2. Harris Dixon

3. Loraora Dixon
                 twins
4. Oralora Dixon
 

ALEXANDER C. HARRIS, son of George Harris and Eliza McBRIDE
was born 15 March 1845 in Mahoning County, Ohio. When he was about twenty years of age he went with his parents to Washington County, Iowa. He married Lizzie CABEEN by whom he had three girls. Bertha, Clara, Hortense, and Julia Harris. Mr. Harris died 13 September 1878. He went into a well to do some work and came in contact with foul air and was smothered in a few moments. He left a lovely wife and three small children
to mourn his loss. He was a farmer and lived near Washington, Iowa.
 

CLARISSA HARRIS, daughter of George Harris and Eliza McBRIDE
was born 7 May 1847 in Mahoning County, Ohio. In 1865 she went with her parents to Washington County, Iowa. She graduated from the University at Iowa City. She married E.G. WILSON 13 September 1877 and died 22 July 1879. No children.
 

McMILAND A. JOHNSON, son of Hannah T. Harris and William JOHNSON was born 4 November 1831. He married Martha S. HOUSTON 2 Jan 1855 by whom he had three children. Mr. Johnson enlisted in the army in a company of independant volunteers. Capt. Kistland of Roland, Ohio was elected their Lieutenant and was masses with the 125th Ohio at Cincinnati and served in the Kentucky campaign against the Rebel General Kirby Smith.

2. McMiland H. Johnson b. 24 Feb 1859

3. Harris Poe Johnson b. 26 Sept 1869
 

THADEUS SOBISKY JOHNSON, son of Hannah Harris and William
JOHNSON was born 12 May 1835. When quite young spent some three years in the employ of the United States government transporting stores to the various Indian agencies, and afterward went with General Walker to Central America, and with him, after many successful battles, was defeated and surrendered to the native army at the city of Honduras. He remained a prisoner for several months, and finally was released through the influence brought to bear on the British Consul at that post. He arrived at the city of New Orleans in March 1861 and in June 1861 he drilled a regiment at
Jacksonville, Illinois and tendered his services to the United States. He was with General Rosencrans at the taking of Nashville, Tennessee and stationed there where he remained until the close of the war, in charge of the government shops and supply under General Howe. During the siege of Nashville by General Hood, in December 1864 he contacted a severe cold
which settled in his lungs and finally caused his death. He died 21 January 1869.
 

MONROE W. JOHNSON, son of Hannah T. Harris and William JOHNSON was born 26 June 1840. He married Hettie BOOK, by whom he had one child, a daughter named Hannah, after her mother. Mr. Johnson, at the breaking out of the Civil War, enlisted in May 1861 in Company E, Twenty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteers. He was with Gen. McClellan's army, first in West Virginia and afterwards transferred to the East. He was
wounded at the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, and on account of his being wounded, was discharged about April 1863. He was assigned a position in the Quartermaster's department headquarters, first at Reading and then at Harrisburg, PA., which position he held until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged from service. Mr. Johnson lived in Youngstown, Ohio in 1883 and was a lawyer. 

PAMELIA S. JOHNSON, daughter of Hannah T. Harris and William JOHNSON was born 4 September 1844. She married Baxter WILSON
in December 1863. They had one daughter, named, Pamelia S. after her mother. Mrs. Wilson died in October 1864. Her daughter lived with her uncle, M.A. Johnson in Chicago, Illinois in 1885.
 

JEROME B. HARRIS, son of Barnabas T. Harris and Rachael MARQUIS was born 19 April 1836 and married in 1871. His wife's name is not known but they had six children. Mr. Harris was a carpenter and builder by occupation. He lived near Beverly, Randolph County, Virginia in 1883.

1. Lenora Harris b.  3 Apr 1872

2. Gailord Harris b. 11 Apr 1874

3. Jerrold Harris b. 21 Jan 1876

4. Tunis Harris b. 15 July 1878

5. Mary Harris b. 19 May 1880

6. Raphael Harris b.  1 Mar 1882
 

MARQUIS HARRIS, son of Barnabas T. Harris and Rachel MARQUIS
was born 1 February 1839 in Lawrence County, PA. He married Jane OLIVER 26 January 1866. They had six children. Mr. Harris lived in Lawrence County until September 1868 when he removed with his family to Rice County, Minnesota. He was a farmer and a member of the Presbyterian Church. He lived near Faribault, Minnesota in 1883.

1. Emily Harris b. 15 Nov 1866

2. Slemmer Harris b. 19 June 1869 d. 12 Mar 1870

3. Sarah Rachel Harris b. 30 May 1871

4. James Oliver Harris b. 19 Oct 1873 d. 1874

5. Mary C. Harris b. 24 Feb 1876

6. Jane M. Harris b. 10 June 1878
 

SAMUEL HARRIS, son of Barnabas T. Harris and Rachel MARQUIS
was born 6 July 1843 in Lawrence County, PA. He married Elizabeth WILSON by whom he had four children. Only one survived; no names given. Mr. Harris, at the breaking out of the Civil War, enlisted in 1861 and served for three years. He was wounded at the battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864, in Virginia and was discharged 27 August 1864. He was a farmer and lived near Pulaski, Pa., in 1883. He was a Presbyterian.
 

JOHN HARRIS McBRIDE, son of Phebe Harris and Samuel H. McBRIDE was born 31 January 1843. He married Elizabeth A. WRIGHT at Fitchburg, Massachusetts 26 May 1868. They had four children. Mr. and Mrs.McBride are Presbyterians.

1. Herbert McBride b.  5 Sept 1869

2. Grace Elizabeth McBride b. 23 Jan 1876

3. Malcolm Lee McBride b. 22 Aug 1878

4. Edith Lydia McBride b. 17 Feb 1880
 

ROSE HADASSAH McBRIDE, daughter of Phebe Harris and Samuel H.
McBRIDE was born 26 May 1850. She married Samuel E. BROWN at
Lowellville, Ohio 22 June 1869. They had one child.

1. Marguerite Harris Brown b. 21 Apr 1870
 

WATSON GEALY, son of Sarah Harris and William GEALY was born
7 May 1840. He married Josephine FORTUNE 15 March 1865. They had two children. Mr. Gealy was a merchant and died on 6 December 1870 and his wife died 1 April 1872. Their youngest child died 2 June 1872. Father, mother and child all died in a little over a year.
 

JOHN HARRIS GEALY, son of Sarah Harris and William GEALY was
born 18 feb 1842. He married Susan WALKER 23 February 1864 and had four children. Mr. Gealy enlisted in Battery B, First Pennsylvania Artillery and was elected second Lieutenent and served his country throughout the war.

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