Maj. John R. Harris and Maria Black

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Husband Maj. John R. Harris ^{1 2 3}

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            AKA: John K. Harris
           Born: 
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           Died: 1874 3 4
         Buried: 

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         Father: Ephraim Harris (      -1825) 3 5 6
         Mother: Hannah Elliott (      -      ) 5

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Maria Black ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Mariah Black 7 8
           Born: 1802 9
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           Died: Aft 1883
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         Father: Adam Black (1763-1816) 7 10 11 12
         Mother: Polly Allegan (1769-1841) 7 10 11

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Maj. John R. Harris

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He started a carding mill east of Harrisville, Pennsylvania, which he ran four years. He then removed to Harrisville and was a merchant and hotel-keeper until his death. He began his career as a merchant in 1827. His brother, Ephraim, was in partnership with him several years. He was a man of prominence and influence; he was a Major of militia and served three terms as Representative to the Legislature and three terms as State Senator.

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General Notes: Wife - Maria Black

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Harrisville, Butler Co, PA

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 399.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 595, 1025.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 812.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 784.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 399, 403.

6 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 784.

7 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 81.

8 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 436.

9 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1025.

10 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 595.

11 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1234.

12 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 149.