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Updated: 12-30-2019 06:12:94.


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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Martha "Mattie" Alice Harris: Birth: 14 Feb 1851 in Amherst or Nelson County, Virginia. Death: 24 Dec 1929 in Baltimore, Maryland

  2. Lucy A. Harris: Birth: 1855/1857 in Virginia. Death: 30 Aug 1893 in Baltimore, Maryland

  3. Samuel Moman Harris: Birth: Dec 1859 in Virginia. Death: Sep 1934 in Baltimore, Maryland

  4. Mary E. (Emma) Harris: Birth: 26 Jul/Oct 1861 in Virginia. Death: Nov 1951 in Maryland

  5. Nancy ("Nanny") Lee ("Lea") Harris: Birth: 1867 in Virginia.

  6. Alexander Hall Harris: Birth: 22 Feb 1869 in Maryland.

  7. Robert Clayton Harris: Birth: 3 Aug 1876 in New Market, Maryland. Death: Aug 1967 in Cockeysville, Baltimore County Maryland

  8. Person Not Viewable

  9. Person Not Viewable

  10. Person Not Viewable


Sources
1. Title:   Mt. Olivet Cemetery Records, Baltimore, MD
Text:   Alexander H. Harris and Naomi Harris are buried in same plot as Martha A. Harris. Dates of death are consistent for Alexander and Martha being the parents of Martha A. Harris.
  Death certificate of Martha A. (Harris) Smith lists her mother's name as Nancy Henchel born in Va on Feb 14 1851
2. Title:   1870Maryland Census
Text:   Family listed in Baltimore in 1870 Maryland Census. 7th Ward. Alexander Harris listed as blacksmith., wife Nanny (Nancy) and daughter, Nannie both listed as "seamstress".
3. Title:   1880 Virginia Census
Text:   Family (minus Martha and Lucy) was living in Virginia in 1880. Alexander Harris was a blacksmith in Massies, Nelson County, Virginia.

Notes
a. Note:   1. BOTETOURT CO., Marriage Bond, 1848: 18 Dec. 1848 -- pg. 473 [VaStLib, microfilm #?]:
 Alexander Harris & Nancy Hensley. Father Willis Hensley, witness and surety.
  2. 1850 Virginia Census
  District 56 and a half, Rockingham, Virginia
  Louis Harris 60 Occupation None b. VA
 Hiram " 31 Occupation blacksmith b. VA
 Mary " 26 b. VA
 Alexander " 24 Occupation blacksmith b. VA
 Nancy " 16 b. VA
 Martha " 4/12 b. VA
 Martha " 53 b. VA
 William J. Rains 8 b. VA
  3. Alexander Harris listed as blacksmith in 1870 Baltimore Census.
  1870 Maryland Census
  Baltimore City 7th Ward
  Harris, Alexander H. 45 Blacksmith b. VA
 " Nanny G. 34 Seamstress b. VA
 " Mattie A. 19 Seamstress b. VA
 " Lucy A. 15 b. VA
 " Samuel M(H) 11 b. VA
 " Mary E. 8 B. VA
 Lea (Lee), Nanny [Harris] 3 b. VA
 " Alexander H. Jr [Harris] 1 b. MD
  4. Family not listed in 1880 Maryland Census. However, the same family (with age discrepancy only for father) appears to be living in Massies Mill, Nelson County, Virginia in the 1880 Virginia Census. The family is the same as that listed in 1870 in Maryland except that Martha and Lucy are not listed and there is an addition child, Robert L. Harris, 5 yr.born in Maryland. Martha and Lucy Harris were married by 1880 and living in Baltimore.
  5. 1880 Virginia Census
  Massies, Nelson County, Virginia
  Alex. H. Harris 60 b. VA Parents born VA blacksmith
 Nannie " wife 35 b. VA Parents born VA
 Samuel M. " son 21 b. VA works on farm
 Emma " dau 18 b. MD
 Nannie Lee dau 14 b. MD
 Alexander " son 10 b. MD
 Robert L. " son 5 b. MD
  6. American Civil War Soldiers
  Not sure this is the same Alexander Harris but the dates fit.
  Alexander Harris
 Born: 19 Mar 1825
 Enlisted as Private on 20 Apr 1864
 Enlisted in Company H, 5th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 20 Apr 1864
 POW on 2 Apr 1865 at Petersburg, VA
 Confined on 6 Apr 1865 at Hart's Island, NY Harbor
 Released on 20 May 1865
  7. Baltimore City Death Certificate
  Death 25 Jul 1885
  8. Mt. Olivet Cemetery Records, Baltimore, MD.
  Lot # 3-D; Owners SAMUEL F. SMITH, E. BEATTY GRAFF and HOPKINS;
 Alexander H.HARRIS, Aug. 26, 1885; Naomi HARRIS, Jan. 24, 1902;
 Nannie Louise NICHOLSON, June 19, 1958; disinterred Dec. 7, 1936;
 "old brick grave here"; Naomi E. NICHOLSON, Aug. 6, 1909; Stillborn of
 T. & F. BARBER, June 4, 1919; Samuel F. SMITH, Apr. 11, 1922;
 Martha A. SMITH, Dec. 27, 1929; John W. RIGGIN, Mar. 28, 1955
  9. Information from Bob Harris of Amherst, Virginia

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