Alfred Greenberry Harris⁴ (Ancil M. Harris³, Zach², Isaac¹) was born May 30, 1822 in Humphreys County, Tennessee, and died March 16, 1849 in Fayette County, Illinois. He married Mary A. "Polly" Hicks, daughter of James Thomas Hicks and Catherine Harris (Wooten², Isaac¹) on October 1, 1843 in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born March 16, 1824 in Tennessee. After his death, she married James Ewing Rhodes son of Alexander Rhodes and Elizabeth Pettitte, on October 12, 1855. The six children of James E. Rhodes and Mary A. "Polly" Hicks, and their descendants, are listed under her name in Part III, Chapter 8.2 of Descendants of Mary A. Hicks. Mary died December 12, 1897 in Fayette County, Illinois, and was buried in Little Hickory Cemetery there.

Children of Alfred G. Harris and M. A. "Polly" Hicks:

1. + James F. HARRIS   b 22 Mar 1845; m 1st Nancy C. DONALDSON; m 2nd Frances Emeline RHODES, m 3rd Ruth E. RHODES
2. Mahala E. HARRIS b 10 Jan 1847, Fayette Co., IL, d 7 Jan 1868, Fayette Co., IL,bur Little Hickory Cem.; m 29 Nov 1866, Fayette Co., IL, Richard Tillman RHODES³ [s/o McComas² (Alex¹.) and Sarah Jane Cole]; no children; he m 2nd 22 Sep 1869, Martha Caroline HICKS   [d/o James Jerdan HICKS⁴ (Cath. Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Nancy Caroline HALFORD]; descendants of Richard T. Rhodes and Martha C. Hicks are listed under her name in Part III, Ch. 8.5 of Descendants of James Jerdan Hicks
3. + William Berry HARRIS   b 29 May 1848; m 1st Nancy Jane FREEMAN; m 2nd Lenora J. SKEEN
4. Norris G. HARRIS b 25 Sep 1874, Fayette Co., IL, d 22 Feb 1875
5. Bertram H. HARRIS b 7 Dec 1879, Fayette Co., IL

James F. Harris⁵ (Alfred G.⁴, Ancil M.³, Zach², Isaac¹) and (Mary A. Hicks⁴, Catherine Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹) was born March 22, 1845 in Fayette County, Illinois. He was married three times. He married Nancy C. Donaldson, daughter of William C. Donaldson and Elvina Hicks, on April 5, 1866 in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born April 12, 1847 also in Fayette County, and died there on October 18, 1872. He married his second wife, Frances Evaline Rhodes, daughter of McComas Rhodes² (Alex¹.) and Sarah Jane Cole, on March 5, 1873 in Fayette County. She died March 7, 1882 at age 31 years 6 months and 2 days. Her birthdate was computed from her age at death to be about September 5, 1850. His third wife, Ruth E. Rhodes, was a sister of his second wife . James and Ruth were married on March 15, 1885 in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born August 27, 1864 in Ramsey, Fayette County, Illinois, and died January 3, 1938. James died December 20, 1894, and was buried in Little Hickory Cemetery, Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois where all three of his wives also were buried.

Children of James F. Harris and Nancy C. Donaldson:

1. + Mahala Bell HARRIS   b 5 Mar 1867; m 1st John W. T. HALFORD; m 2nd Chester Alton GREENLAW
2. William C. HARRIS b 11 Dec 1868, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL, d 25 Nov 1937, bur Fillmore Cem., Montgomery Co., IL; m 21 Jun 1888, Fayette Co., IL, Rebecca E. ALEXANDER (d/o Jacob ALEXANDER and Mary Ann HICKS) b 30 Sep 1870, Fayette Co., IL, d 4 Sep 1938, Montgomery Co, IL; lvd Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL, when the 1900 and 1910 censuses were taken
   
   Children:
   1. Elmer HARRIS b abt 1890., Fayette Co., IL, d age 8 years.
   2. Earl Ernest HARRIS b 18 Feb 1895., Fayette Co., IL, d 22 Oct 1918; m Bess SIMMONS
   3. Esta J. HARRIS b 6 Feb 1899., Fayette Co., IL, d 21 May 1958
   4. Everett Roe HARRIS b 10 Jul 1901, d 1964 Litchfield, Montgomery Co., IL, bur Glendale Cem., near Fillmore, Montgomery Co., IL; m Jul 1924 Bessie Eileen MEYER   [d/o George Lawrence MEYER⁶ (Cynthia F. Sears⁵, Frances J. Harris⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹)] and Florence Rebecca HARRIS⁵ (Benj. A.⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹)] b 29 Sep 1903, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL

Children of James F. Harris and Frances E. Rhodes:

1. + Charles Frederick HARRIS   b 12 Apr 1874; m 1st Effie Mary HARRISON; m 2nd Rilly J. NEATHERLY
2. + Joseph E. HARRIS   b 17 Feb 1877; m Roxie A. BULKA
3. Homer E. HARRIS b 2 Mar 1878, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL [Note: Birth record gives name Jacob A., but census, marriage, and death record gives name Homer E. Harris; Death Rec: Homer E. Harris d 30 Dec 1905 (age 26y 9m) which ends up born same month and year]; m Dora WHITTEN [d/o William Woodford WHITTEN and Mahala HICKS⁵ (Alfred R.⁴, Cath. Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹) b Dec 1880 (19-1900), Fayette Co., IL, d Nov 1960; she previously married 5 Apr 1897, Fayette Co., IL, William Leonard DYCUS
4. (son) HARRIS, b abt 1881, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL, d 2 Mar 1883
5. (son) HARRIS, b abt 1882, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL, d 2 Mar 1883

Children of James F. Harris and Ruth E. Rhodes:
1. Jesse G. HARRIS b 27 Feb 1889, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL; m Nella B. ROE
   
   Children:
   1. Alma Eileen HARRIS b 5 Oct 1916, IL, d 23 Apr 1935
   
   
2. Myrtle E. HARRIS, b Jul 1892, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL, d 25 May 1893, bur Little Hickory Cem., Fayette Co., IL

Mahala Bell Harris⁶ (Jas. F.⁵, Alfred G.⁴, Ancil M.³, Zach², Isaac¹) was born March 5, 1867 in Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois, and died April 24, 1949 in Fillmore, Montgomery County, Illinois. She married John W. T. Halford, son of William Hammond Halford and Catherine Frances Carlock, on February 9, 1885 in Fayette County, Illinois. He was born March 30, 1863 in Edinburg, Christian County, Illinois, and died March 11, 1918 in Denver, Arapahoe County, Colorado. He was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery there. They had nine children; the first four died young and were buried in Little Hickory Cemetery, Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois. She remarried in 1916 to Chester Alton Greenlaw who was born November 8, 1871 in Princeton, Washington County, Maine, and died on November 5, 1959 at age 81 years 11 months and 27 days. He was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Montgomery County, Illinois. No children were born to this union.

Children of Mahala B. Harris and John W. T. Halford:

1. (child) HALFORD b Fayette Co., IL, d young
2. (child) HALFORD b Fayette Co., IL, d young
3. (son) HALFORD b 7 Sep 1888, Fayette Co., IL, d young
4. (child) HALFORD b Fayette Co., IL, d young
5. Ivy Verna HALFORD b 19 Jul 1891, Fayette Co., IL, d Mar 1912; m 1908, Ft Collins, CO, A. A. LYONS
   
   Children:
   1. Glenn Louis LYONS b 27 Feb 1909; m 2 Jul 1927, Maxine Layton JUDD b 26 Feb 1909, div, m 2nd 9 Sep 1958, Verna Louise GRIFFITH b 11 Mar 1910, no children
   2. Dorothea LYONS b Aug 1910; m 23 May 1929, Charles C. WOLTHER b 12 Mar 1910
   
   
6. Bessie Irene HALFORD b 11 Dec 1894, Fayette Co., IL, d 14 Sep 1967, Denver, Arapaho Co., CO; m Sep 1913, Eric SOVERN b 1880, Denver, Arapaho Co., CO, d Feb 1919, Herndon, Rawlins Co., KS, bur Wilsonville, Furnas Co., NE; m 2nd 1921, Paul LOVEHE, no children; m 3rd 1926, William Ernest CHAMBLISS b 1891, d 1 Sep 1931
   
   Child of Bessie I. Halford and Eric Sovern:
   1. Elaine Luzetta SOVERN b 2 May 1915; m 26 Dec 1940, Leonard Alvin JACKSON b 6 Jan 1914
   
   
7. William James HALFORD b 18 Mar 1897, Fayette Co., IL, served in WWII; m 13 May 1918, Ruby HALBERT b Jan 1897, d 22 Jul 1942; m 2nd 1943, Florence C. CALHOUN
   
   Children of William J. Halford and Ruby Halbert:
   1. Robert Jesse HALFORD b 28 Jan 1920; m 20 Sep 1941, Bette Louise  ? , b 23 Sep 1921; m 2nd 28 Aug 1967, Rosalie SEALE
   2. William Preston HALFORD b 22 Dec 1922; m 17 Mar 1947, Patricia BURNS, b 10 Sep 1927; m 2nd Yanda VONVALKENBERG
   
   
8. Jessie Mervin HALFORD b 9 Jan 1900, Fayette Co., IL, d 1 Sep 1967, Denver, Arapahoe Co, CO; m 24 Aug 1921, Denver, CO, Mary A. ANDREATA b 4 Dec 1895
9. Henry "Harry" HALFORD b 21 Mar 1905, Morehouse, Stoddard Co., MO

Charles Frederick Harris⁶ (Jas. F.⁵, Alfred G.⁴, Ancil M.³, Zach², Isaac¹) was born April 12, 1874 in Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois, and died December 28, 1953 in Bingham, Fayette County, Illinois. He married Effie Mary Harrison, daughter of James Harrison and Miss Hollis, on February 15, 1894 in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born in October 1875 and died of consumption on August 28, 1903 at age 28 years, 10 months, and 20 days. Charles married a second wife, Rilly J. Neatherly, daughter of Hardin Neatherly and Elizabeth Elan, on May 1, 1905. She was born June 4, 1880 and died May 24, 1954. Charles and both his wives were buried in Little Hickory Cemetery, Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois. When the 1900 census was taken, the family was living in Sharon Township, Fayette County, Illinois, and they were living in the same county but in Hurricane Township at census time in 1910.

Children of Charles F. Harris and Effie M. Harrison:

1. Grace HARRIS b Aug 1899, Fayette Co., IL; m Mr. SEXTON.
2. Glen Roy HARRIS b 7 Aug 1902, Fayette Co., IL, d 29 Oct 1959, bur Glendale Cem., near Fillmore, Montgomery Co., IL
   
   
Children of Charles F. Harris and Rilly J. Neatherly:

1. Elizabeth HARRIS b 5 Apr 1906, Fayette Co., IL; m Everett CASEY,   [s/o Joseph L. CASEY and Ada May CRAIG⁶ (Rebecca J. Harris⁵, Zachariah O.⁴, Ancil M.³, Zach.², Isaac¹)], b 1904 (6-1910), Fayette Co., IL; children listed under his name in this Part, Ch. 2.7 Descendants of Zachariah Obadiah Harris.
2. Clifford HARRIS b 1908 (2-1910), Fayette Co., IL
3. Pearl HARRIS b 7 Oct 1909, Fayette Co., IL, d 11 Feb  ? ; m 21 Dec 1924 Lester B. EVENS d 3 Jun 1952, m 2nd 11 Jul 1958, Oscar BUETIKOFER
   
4. Barthold HARRIS b Fayette Co., IL; m Cleydeth HANDLEY (d/o Clarence HANDLEY and Miss LANDERS)
5. Pauline HARRIS b Fayette Co., IL; m Clarence VERICKER
6. Jessie May HARRIS b 25 Mar 1911, Fayette Co., IL, d 29 Jul 1913, bur Little Hickory Cem., Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL
7. Stella HARRIS b Fayette Co., IL m 1st Mr. SMOTH, m 2nd Harley SEATON

Joseph E. Harris⁶ (Jas. F.⁵, Alfred G.⁴, Ancil M.³, Zach², Isaac¹) was born February 17, 1877, in Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois. He died December 15, 1945, and was buried in Little Hickory Cemetery, Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois. He married Roxie A. Bulka, daughter of Mike Bulka and Liza Carter. She was born September 23, 1878, and died July 23, 1953 in Fayette County, Illinois. She was buried in Glendale Cemetery, near Fillmore, Montgomery County, Illinois. They were living in Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois, when the 1910 census was taken.

Children:

1. James A. HARRIS b 31 Oct 1900, IL, d 31 Oct 1917, bur Little Hickory Cem., Fayette Co., IL
2. Elsie Merle HARRIS b 1902 (8-1910), IL
3. Rolla L. HARRIS b 1904 (6-1910), IL
4. Effie HARRIS b 1905 (5-1910), IL
5. Delbert HARRIS b 1909 (age 10 mo 1910), IL
   [Additional children named in estate record, and data from obits, etc.:]
6. Lena HARRIS; m Oral SCRIBNER
7. Noi Lucile HARRIS; m Delbert WIGHT
8. Velva Oral HARRIS, twin, b 1917, m Emma  ? 
9. Earl Lowell HARRIS, twin, b 1917, d 17 Oct 1959; m Mary  ? 

William Berry Harris⁵ (Alfred G.⁴, Ancil M.³, Zach², Isaac¹) was born May 29, 1848 in Fayette County, Illinois, and died August 19, 1901. His name was written William G. Harris in the 1850 census record, so he was undoubtedly named William Greenberry Harris, but used "Berry" as his middle name. He was married twice. He married his first wife, Nancy Jane Freeman, daughter of Gideon Allen Freeman and Rebecca Donaldson, on September 20, 1865 in Montgomery County, Illinois. She was born October 27, 1844 in Bond County, Illinois, and died June 17, 1881. William married his second wife, Lenora J. Skeen on August 29, 1883 in Fayette County, Illinois. She was born April 19, 1861 in Bond County, Illinois. He died August 19, 1901; Lenora died January 18, 1905; both events took place in Fayette County and he and both his wives were buried in Little Hickory Cemetery, Hurricane Township, Fayette County, Illinois.

Children of William B. Harris and Nancy J. Freeman:

1. + William Allen HARRIS   b 28 Jan 1868; m 1st Ada ALEXANDER; m 2nd Rose BECK; m 3rd Louisa "Lulu" (MEHEW) LUDE
2. Dora Idell HARRIS b Aug 1871, Fayette Co., IL; m 16 Mar 1890, Fayette Co., IL, Ebenezer GAMBLE (s/o Goodrich GAMBLE and Sarah WILLIAM) b Jul 1870, MO, d 1957, bur Harris Cem., Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL
   
   Children:
   1. William G. GAMBLE b Aug 1891, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL
   2. Grace Bell GAMBLE b 12 Apr 1893, Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL, d 26 Sep 1938; m Nov 1910, Herman O. SEATON (s/o Mr. SEATON and Mary E. TURNBOW) b 1888 (22-1910)
   3. Newell GAMBLE b 1905 (5-1910), Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL
   4. Louise GAMBLE b 1907 (3-1910), Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL
   5. Verna GAMBLE b 1909 (1-1910), Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL
   
   
3. Norris G. HARRIS b 22 Sep 1874, Fayette Co., IL, d 22 Feb 1895
4. Bertram H. HARRIS b 7 Dec 1879, Fayette Co., IL

Children of William B. Harris and Lenora J. Skeen:
1. Bertha M. HARRIS b Aug 1884, Fayette Co., IL, lvd with parents in Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL, when 1900 census taken; m 3 Sep 1905, Fayette Co., IL, Francis Huntley GAMBLE (s/o Goodrich GAMBLE and Lenora J. SKEEN) b Mar 1866, MO; Bertha was his 2nd wife; he m 1st Frances Mahala MATTHEWS⁵ (Frances Hicks⁴, Cath. Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹), his 1st wife's children listed under her name in Part III, Ch. 8.8 of Descendants of Frances Hicks.
   
   Child of Bertha M. Harris and Francis H. Gamble:
   1. Blanch GAMBLE m 25 Apr 1942, Oren L. JERDAN⁶ [s/o Alexander Franklin JERDAN⁵ (Alex. M.⁴, Mary Harris³, Wooten², Isaac¹) and Arena GARLAND]
   
   
2. Ora D. HARRIS b 6 May 1887, Fayette Co., IL; m 14 Jan 1906, Nella N. ALEXANDER   (d/o John ALEXANDER and Burnetta MERRIMAN) b Sep 1891, IL, lvd Hurricane Twp., Fayette Co., IL when 1910 census taken
   
   Children:
   1. Laura HARRIS b 1907 (3-1910), IL, d 1979; m Delbert Ross FUNK (s/o Homer Charles FUNK and Chloe Irene CRUMBAUGH) b 5 Jan 1906
   2. Norma HARRIS b 1909 (1-1910), IL, d 1 Aug 1935
   3. Lenore HARRIS b 25 Aug 1912, IL, m Mr. McNUT
   4. Marie HARRIS b IL; m 1st Ivan HICKS, m 2nd Mr. BUNYARD
   
   

William Allen Harris⁵ (Wm. B.⁵, Alfred G.⁴, Ancil M.³, Zach², Isaac¹) was born January 28, 1868, in Fayette County, Illinois, and died February 7, 1930. He was married three times. He married his first wife, Ada Alexander, daughter of Jacob Alexander and Mary Ann Hicks, on June 16, 1888 in Fayette County, Illinois. Her birth, death and burial also took place in Fayette County. She was born in February 1868, died in 1903, and was buried in Little Hickory Cemetery, in Hurricane Township. William Allen married his second wife, Rose Beck, in 1906. She was born in 1861, died in 1915, and was also buried in Little Hickory Cemetery. His third wife was Louisa "Lulu" (Mehew) Lude, widow of (Reverend) Max E. Lude. Louisa and Max were buried in Pope Cemetery, Fayette County, Illinois. The dates on their tombstones were 1879-1934 for Louisa, and 1872-1910 for Max.

Children of William Allen Harris and Ada Alexander:

1. Chester HARRIS b Jan 1892, Fayette Co., IL; m Della MEHEW, sister of Lulu MEHEW
2. Myrtle Mae HARRIS b Nov 1893, Fayette Co., IL, d 17 Jun 1983, Greenville, Bond Co., IL; m 1915, Arthur VINCENT d 24 Jun 1968
3. Nancy Johnson HARRIS b Jun 1898, Fayette Co., IL
4. Bessie Fern HARRIS b 26 Jan 1901, Fayette Co., IL; m 13 Sep 1916, Fayette Co, IL, Alva Cleo COLE b 18 Jan 1899, Fayette Co., IL, d 1 Apr 1979, Hillsboro, Montgomery Co., IL, bur Glendale Cem. there
   
   Children:
   1. Helen COLE b Nov 1919; m Mar 1938 Bernard Matthew HARRIS   [s/o William Matthew HARRIS and Anna Arada MEYER⁶ (Cynthia F. Sears⁵, Frances J. Harris⁴, Wm. B.³, Wooten², Isaac¹) b 28 Nov 1921, Bingham, Fayette Co., IL; Anna Arada Meyer's children   listed in Part III, Ch. 7.1.2, Descendants of Cynthia Frances Sears
   2. Hayden COLE
   3. Nelson COLE
   
   
5. Noi HARRIS b Fayette Co., IL, d young
6. Clifford HARRIS b Fayette Co., IL, d age 2 years

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