John and Elizabeth Stansberry Harris

John and Elizabeth Stansberry Harris
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John H. Harris was born July 15, 1836 in KY to Josiah M. and Sarah Tipton Harris. He was one the eldest of nine known children. Margrete Elizabeth Stansberry was born October 1, 1841 to Moses and Affa Knight Stansberry in New Hope, Ohio. She was one of ten known children.

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Top row, standing L to R: Ben, James, Art, Sarah.
Row 2: (sitting) Charlie, Tom
Bottom Row: Frances, Frank, Margrete Elizabeth and John Harris
(Fred, not in above photo, is in photo below.)

Fred Harris and wife
Winnifred Hammel

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to see a photo of Sarah in her old age.

John and Margrete were married March 19, 1858, and had nine children. They died in Meeker, OK and are buried in the New Hope cemetery there.

Frances Harris b: February 27, 1859 in Oketa, KS d: August 08, 1934 in Oketa, KS

Sarah J. Harris b: October 15, 1860 in Falls City, Richardson Cty., NE

Thomas Jefferson Harris b: June 04, 1863 in Stillwater OK

Charles Harris b: Abt. 1865 in Meeker, Lincoln Cty,. OK

Ben Harris b: 1872 in Meeker, Lincoln Cty,. OK d: 1943

James Luther Harris b: September 02, 1875 in Dawson, NE

Fred Emmet Harris b: October 18, 1880 d: March 10, 1952

Frank Harris b: 1884 in Meeker, Lincoln Cty., OK d: 1957

Art Harris b: June 10, 1889 d: 1966

The following was in the papers given to me by Evelyn Harris Fowler of Meeker, OK. I have not followed up on this information, but I thought it was certainly worth copying here.

March 26, 1978
I thought I would write and tell you a little about the Harris Family. I have a whole notebook full of highlights. The first Harris that we can locate in the family was John Harris who lived in Hanover county, Virginia. Thats where Richmond is. That was in the early 1700's. John's son was Daniel, and his son was Cornelius. They were all devout Quakers and were fined and imprisoned for not paying taxes of the time to the Episcopal church. They married into the Stanley, Hutchins and Webber families. The Webbers were German. Cornelius's son Daniel married Jane Vivion or (Ione Vivion) and they moved to Kentucky, Estill Co. There is much information on Jane's family. It goes back to some wealthy and famous English people. Daniel and Jane's son, Josiah M. Harris was a blacksmith who married Sarah Tipton, and they moved to Nebraska in 1858 or so. They settled and raised a large family there. Josiah would be your (Wink or cousins) great-grandfather. His sister and family moved with them and her great-grandaughter lives in Oregon and sent me most of this information. Josiah's oldest son was John H. Harris, your grandfather who moved in 1900 to Oklahoma.

My grandfather Edd(Gus) Dickinson died about 8 years ago. In 1970. My grandmother, Mandy died in '74. My great-grandmother was Rebecca Francis (Harris) Dickinson.

Suzanne Dickinson Mahlik

I would like to credit Evelyn Harris Fowler of Meeker OK for all the information, assistance and family photos she let me copy back in 1980. Evelyn has long since passed away, but her work has been preserved. Thank you, Evelyn!

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