Wooten Harris³ (Reuben², Isaac¹) was born in Greenville County, South Carolina in about 1801. He moved with his parents to Tennessee. He married a widow, Sarah Jane (Lacks) Brugh, who was born in Tennessee in about 1815; she was 35 years of age when the Nodaway County, Missouri 1850 census was taken. She had two daughters by her first husband: 1. Sarah Brugh, born in 1829; 2. Nancy Jane Brugh, born in 1831. Nancy Jane married twice - first on March 6, 1856, in Nodaway County, Missouri, to Rev. Theve Daniel Dillon of Holt County, Missouri, and she later married William Alexander Brown.

Wooten died before October 13, 1862 in Quitman, Nodaway County, Missouri, and apparently three of his children died at about the same time. In the probate records for his estate, there is a receipt dated May 17, 1865 listing four coffins and a doctor bill for treating himself (Wooten), and three of his children - William, Pauline, and Wooten.

Children:

1. + Reuben Hickman HARRIS   b 11 Sep 1837; m Elizabeth Edna BROWN
2. John HARRIS b 1840 (10-1850), Jackson Co., TN
3. + James S. HARRIS   b 6 Mar 1843; m Sarah Jane POE
4. Sarah E. or Susan HARRIS b 1846 (4-1850), Nodaway Co., MO
5. Wooten HARRIS b 1848 (1-1850, 12-1860), Nodaway Co., MO, d abt 1862
6. Lavina HARRIS b 1850 (10-1860,) Nodaway Co., MO; m 26 Aug 1877, Nodaway Co., MO, Joseph ETHERTON
7. Pauline HARRIS b 1852 (8-1860), Nodaway Co., MO, d abt 1862
8. Margaret Ann HARRIS b 1854 (6-1860), Nodaway Co., MO; m Joseph WAKE
9. William Henry HARRIS b 9 Mar 1858, Nodaway Co., MO; m Mary Elizabeth TAYLOR

Reuben Hickman Harris⁴ (Wooten³, Reuben², Isaac¹) was born September 11, 1837 in Jackson County, Tennessee. He married Elizabeth Edna Brown, daughter of William Alexander Brown and Sarah Ann Bannister, on March 6, 1856, in Nodaway County, Missouri. Elizabeth was born June 14, 1825 at Crossroads, Hardin County, Kentucky, and died December 7, 1915, in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. Reuben and Elizabeth were buried at Quitman, Nodaway County, Missouri.

Children:

1. Margaret Ann HARRIS b 1857 (3-1860), Nodaway Co., MO; m 5 Aug 1877, Oscar HUNGATE
2. Sarah Elizabeth HARRIS b 13 May 1859, Nodaway Co., MO, d 23 Jan 1901; m 5 Aug 1877, Nodaway, Co., MO, Henry Colson NANCE   [s/o James A. NANCE and Catherine Harris⁴ (Reuben J. Harris, Jr.³, Reuben², Isaac¹)] b 26 Apr 1856, IL, d 17 Oct 1926; their child listed under his name, this Part, Ch. 7, Descendants of Reuben J. Harris, Jr.
3. (infant son) HARRIS b 1860, Nodaway Co., MO, d as infant
4. Martha Jane HARRIS b 17 Jul 1861, Nodaway Co., MO, d 29 Sep 1952; m 14 Dec 1882, Nodaway Co., MO, John Marion WATKINS
5. Melinda Belle HARRIS b 2 Mar 1863, Nodaway Co., MO, d 16 Sep 1940; m 10 Mar 1883, Nodaway Co., MO, John William BARNES
6. (infant daughter) HARRIS b 1864, Nodaway Co., MO, d 1864
7. Nettie HARRIS b 1869 (1-1870), Nodaway Co., MO

James S. Harris⁴ (Wooten³, Reuben², Isaac¹) was born March 6, 1843 in Nodaway County, Missouri, and died August 16, 1922 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. He was buried in Excelsior Springs, Clay County, Missouri. He served in Civil War Company H 25th Missouri Infantry. James married Sarah Jane Poe, on June 11, 1863 at St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri. She was born December 23, 1841 in Kentucky, according to her death certificate which gives the name of her father as Ben Poe. Sarah died on December 9, 1911 at Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. James and Sarah were buried in Salem Cemetery, Excelsior Springs, Clay County, Missouri. Data for children is from Civil War Pension Papers and grandchildren are from family records of Mary Harris Black.

Children:

1. Elizabeth Rosa HARRIS b 1 Sep 1866; m Albert W. HESSENFLOW (s/o William M. HESSENFLOW and Eliza CRAWFORD), b 1866, MO; no children
2. Susan Alice HARRIS b 23 Apr 1870, (invalid from birth)
3. + Benjamin Henry HARRIS   b 1 Jun 1872; m 1st Amy ROBERTSON; m 2nd Effie Hellen TODD; m 3rd Laura BUSTER; m 4th Ida HEDRICK
4. Marietta "Mary" HARRIS b 31 Aug 1874; m Mr. KRAUSE or CROUSE

Benjamin Henry Harris⁵ (James S.⁴, Wooten³, Reuben², Isaac¹) was born June 1, 1872, and died August 10, 1939, at Inola Rogers County, Oklahoma. He was married four times. His first marriage was to Amy Robertson on April 6, 1892. He married his second wife, Effie Hellen Todd on February 9, 1901, in Wyandotte County, Kansas. She was the daughter of John Todd and Lovisa Jane Hessenflow, and was born February 27, 1855 in Missouri. Effie died on August 8, 1908. Benjamin married his third wife, Laura Buster, on February 25 1909. She was born July 20, 1892, and died February 15, 1917. His fourth wife was Ida Hedrick. Benjamin and his wives Effie and Ida were buried in Salem Cemetery, Excelsior Springs, Clay County, Missouri.

Child of Benjamin H. Harris and Amy Robertson:

1. Claud Washington HARRIS b 22 Jan 1893, d 14 Jun 1978, Trimedical Center, Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO, bur Mt. Olivet Cem., Kansas City, Jackson Co., Mo

Children of Benjamin H. Harris and Effie H. Todd:
1. John Preston HARRIS b 4 Sep 1902, Excelsior Springs, Clay Co., MO, d 9 Dec 1954, Lexington Memorial Hospital, Lexington, Lafayette Co., MO, bur Southpoint Cem., Orrick, MO; m 19 Jun 1927, Versailles, Morgan Co., MO, Freda Pearl LEHMAN (d/o Edmund L. LEHMAN and Bertha Barbara GARBER)
   
   Children:
   1. John Preston HARRIS (liv)
   2. Barbara Ann HARRIS (liv)
   3. Mary Lou HARRIS (liv) she supplied the data tracing this line back to James S. Harris⁴, [s/o Wooten³, Reuben², Isaac¹)]
   
   
2. Vernal Meril HARRIS b 10 Dec 1903, Excelsior Springs, Clay Co., MO, d 14 Dec 1903, bur Salem Cem., Excelsior Springs, Clay Co., MO

Children of Benjamin H. Harris and Laura Buster:
1. Alva Theador HARRIS b 18 Oct 1912, d 5 Mar 1940; m 2 Jun 1936 Thelma MONCRIEF, b 14 Jun 1913
2. Edna HARRIS b 1 Mar 1914; m 1st Irvin KILPATRICK; m 2nd Roy STEWART

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