Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJames Marsh Harris 
Birth7 Dec 1839, Wayne Co, TN
Census24 Jul 1860, Dist 16, Wayne Co, TN
Memoroll#1277, pg 229
Census17 Jun 1880, Osage, Benton Co, AR
Memoroll#39, pg 467
Census11 Jun 1900, Twp 8, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory
Memoroll#1850, pg 7
Census16 May 1910, Center Twp, Haskell Co, OK
Memoroll#1254, pg 25
Census24 Jan 1920, Howe Twp, Le Flore Co, OK
Memoroll#1468, pg 18
DeathApr 1920, Le Flore Co, OK
OccupationFarmer
FatherWilliam Buck Harris (1808-1871)
MotherMary Pollard Shelton (1817-1908)
Misc. Notes
Son of William Buck Harris (1808-1871) of North Carolina and Mary Isabella Allen (1817-1908) of Humphries County, Tennessee.
Listed with his parents as a laborer (19, TN) in 1860.
He is listed in the 1880 census, as a farmer (41, TN) with his children Nettie (10), Margaret (8), and Will (5) all born in Arkansas, but without his wife, and apparently living with the family of her parents, Christopher (62, NC) and Margaret (67, TN) Cook.
Listed widowed with his daughter’s family in 1900.
Listed as James Harris (75, TN) widowed and alone in the 1910 census.
Listed as Jim Harris (80, AR) widowed and living with the family of his son Will in the 1920 Oklahoma census, just a couple months before his death.
Listed with his parents as a laborer (19, TN) in 1860.
He is listed in the 1880 census, as a farmer (41, TN) with his children Nettie (10), Margaret (8), and Will (5) all born in Arkansas, but without his wife, and apparently living with the family of her parents, Christopher (62, NC) and Margaret (67, TN) Cook.
Listed widowed with his daughter’s family in 1900.
Listed as James Harris (75, TN) widowed and alone in the 1910 census.
Listed as Jim Harris (80, AR) widowed and living with the family of his son Will in the 1920 Oklahoma census, just a couple months before his death.
Spouses
Misc. Notes
Daughter of Christopher Columbus Cook (b. 1818, NC) and Margaret Crawley (1813, TN)
Listed with her parents as age 12 in the 1860 Missouri census.
Children:
Nettie Ollie 20 Sep 1870,
Margaret Bell 11 Oct 1872,
William Marsh 16 Jun 1875
Listed with her parents as age 12 in the 1860 Missouri census.
Children:
Nettie Ollie 20 Sep 1870,
Margaret Bell 11 Oct 1872,
William Marsh 16 Jun 1875
ChildrenMargaret Bell “Maggie” (1872-1962)