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Harris, William R.
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FIRST: William
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MID: R.
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| BORN: 9 Aug 1827
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DIED: 17 Oct 1913
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BURIED: 19 Oct 1913
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OCCUPATION: Blacksmith; Farmer
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| BIRTH PLACE: Boonville, Cooper Co., Missouri
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| DEATH PLACE: Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
MARRIAGE - Elizabeth Baird, 17 May 1853 May 1853.
1880 OR CENSUS - William Harris, age 52, b. Missouri, occupation blacksmith, ,is enumerated with wife Elizabeth J., age 43, b. Arkansas, along with children John T., age 21, Mary E., age 16, Sarah M., age 14, Lucinda, age 12, Lucina, age 12, and Ida May, age 6, all born in Oregon.
1900 OR CENSUS - William Harris, age 72, b. Missouri, occupation blacksmith, is enumerated with his wife of 47 years, Elizabeth J., age 63, b. Dec 1836 in Arkansas, mother of 12 children, 6 of whom are living at the time of the census, along with grandsons Arthur, age 11, b. Dec 1888 in Oregon, and Clyde, age 19, b. Sept 1881 in Oregon. Also enumerated with the family is May [or Mary] Rose [Robinson is written, and then crossed out], age identified as mother-in-law [of William], age 86, b. Jun 1814 in Kentucky, mother of 16 children, 10 of whom are living at the time of the census, and her husband of 32 years, William H. Rose, age 84, b. Jul 1815 in Maine.
BIOGRAPHICAL: "The subject of this sketch was born at Boonesville [sic], Missouri, August 9, 1827. Nothing is known at this time of his parentage or early life, prior to 1849, when he came over the Oregon trail to the Willamette Valley. From the Dalles he came via the Columbia river. He took up a donation land claim near Brooks in Marion County, and in 1853 he was married to Elizabeth Baird of Lane county, Oregon. The Baird family came from Fayetteville, Arkansas (where Elizabeth was born on December 9, 1836), to California by way of the ox team, and in 1848 took passage on a sail boat at San Francisco for Astoria. It took them six weeks to make the trip, as their boat encountered a severe storm that blew them nearly to the Sandwich Islands before they could right themselves for their destination. The Baird family settled in Lane county, Oregon" [clipping, not cited]
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OBITUARY:
At Brooks, Oregon Friday, October 17, 1913, at 1 p.m., William Harris, aged 86 years.
The funeral will be held fro the residence at Brooks at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The vburial will be at the Pioneer cemetery.
Deceased was the father of Mrs. D. H. Craven, of Portland; Mrs. F. E. Brown, of Council, Idaho; J. H. Harris, of Brooks, and Mrs. J. E. Allison and G. H. Harris, of Salem.
He was born in Boonville, Mo., in 1827 and came to Oregon across the plains in 1849. He settled in Benton county, near Monroe, until 1874, when he removed to Brooks where he resided until the time of his death, with the exception of two years spent in Salem. He was married in 1853 to Elizabeth Baird, at Monroe, who died in January, 1910, after fifty-seven years of wedded life.
Mr. Harris was a member of the First Methodist church nearly seventy years. He was noted for his generosity and kindness and led an exemplary life.
Daily Capital Journal 18 Oct 1913, 4:5
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INSCRIPTION:
William Harris
1827-1913
Father
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SOURCES:
Hollin
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (Marion County 1913) #3559
1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Labish Pct., pg 62D)
1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Brooks, ED 124, sheet 9B)
DCJ 18 Oct 1913, 4:5
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