Giles Thomas Harris, Sr.

1877 - 1966  (89 years)

• Name	Giles Thomas Harris
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	3 Oct 1877	Saline County, Missouri
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Dec 1966	Marshall, Saline County, Missouri
  Buried	11 Dec 1966	Ridge Park Cemetery Marshall, Missouri
  Person ID	I1571	Treespot
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	Philip Watkins (Confederate) Harris,   b. 2 May 1842, Appomattox County, Virginia ,   d. 23 Oct 1906, Norton, Saline County, Missouri  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Almeda Holmes,   b. 15 Sep 1845, Virginia ,   d. 27 Feb 1887, Marshall, Saline County, Missouri  (Age 41 years)
  Married	13 May 1868	Saline County, Missouri
  Family ID	F426	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ruth Tuders,   b. 17 Jan 1895, Colorado ,   d. 14 Dec 1929, Marshall, Saline County, Missouri  (Age 34 years)
  Married	24 Oct 1915	Excelsior Springs, Missouri
  Children	1. Giles Tomas Harris, Jr.,   b. 21 Nov 1918, Marshall, Saline County, Missouri ,   d. 19 Oct 1989  (Age 70 years)   2. Wilma Ruth Harris,   b. 28 Feb 1923, Marshall, Saline County, Missouri ,   d. 1 Mar 2005, Marshall, Saline County, Missouri  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2018
  Family ID	F1830	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 3 Oct 1877 - Saline County, Missouri Died - 8 Dec 1966 - Marshall, Saline County, Missouri Buried - 11 Dec 1966 - Ridge Park Cemetery Marshall, Missouri  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Harris Siblings - 5 of 15 who survived to adulthood, 4 children died in infancy, so 11 siblings grew to adulthood Left to right: Giles Harris Sr., Emma Harris Morton Solomon, Mollie Harris Vardiman, Thee Harris (half-brother) Front: Stella Harris Nunn
  		Grandfather and Grandson 1961 Giles Harris Sr., age 83 Lanny Clyde Harris, age 12
  		1963 Father and grown children Father - Giles Harris Sr. (right side) Son - Giles Harris Jr. (Went by "Junior") Daughter - Wilma Harris
  		Giles Harris Sr. 1963
  		Father and Son Giles Harris Sr. Giles Harris Jr. (went by "Junior")
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  		Father and Son Giles Harris Sr. (right) Giles Harris Jr. (left)

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		The Marshall Republican Marshall, Saline County, Missouri 29 April 1904 page 1 of 4 "Snapshots of the World's Fair" - nice description of what it was like to visit the St. Louis World's Fair, which was about two hours train ride away from Marshall, Missouri.
  		The Marshal Republican Page 2 of 4 describing St. Louis World's Fair in 1904 Harris family lived in Marshall, Saline County, Missouri at the time of the St. Louis World's Fair. If any of them went it was about a two-hour train ride. Philip Watkins Harris - age 62 Pearla Williams King Harris - age 39 (Philip's wife) Stella Almeda Harris - age 21 (daughter from Philip's 1st wife) Bertha King - age 20 (Pearla's youngest child from her 1st husband) Mary Josephine "Mollie" Harris - age 19 (youngest child from Philip's 1st wife) Thee Harris - age 9 Jack Harris - age 7 Emma Harris Morton Solomon - age 33 (Philip's oldest child) James Solomon - age 27 (Emma's husband) Tommy Morton - age 9 (Emma's son from 1st husband) Myrtle Solomon - age 5 (Emma's daughter from 2nd husband) Philip's sons from first wife: Richard Harris - age 32 Philip H. Harris - age 30 Edward Harris - age 28 Giles Harris - age 27 William Holmes Harris - age 23 Lee Watkins Harris - age 24 (newlywed, he and Daisy married Sep 1903) Daisy M. King Harris - age 22 (Lee's wife and Pearla Williams King Harris' daughter from her 1st marriage)
  		Marshall Republican Description of St. Louis World's Fair page 3 of 4
  		The Marshall Republican Description of St. Louis World's Fair in 1904 page 4 of 4
  		Giles Harris Obituary 1966

  
  

  Headstones

  Ridge Park Cemetery in Marshall, Saline, Missouri Giles Thomas Harris

  
  

  Archives » Slide Show		1880 Census Record Missouri, Saline County, Miami Head of Household - PW Harris, white, male, age 36, married, farmer, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia Wife - A, white, female, age 35, married, housekeeping, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia Daughter - EC, white, female, age 9, single, born in Missouri ? - RA, white, female, age 8, single (this should say male for Richard Ammon who was 8 years old in 1880), born in Missouri Son - PH, white, male, age 6, single, born in Missouri Son - EW, white, male, age 4, single, born in Missouri Son - TJ?, white, male, age 3, single (this should be Giles Thomas), born in Missouri Son - LW, white, male, age 5 months, single, born in Missouri Father - Ammon, white, male, age 72, widowed, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
  		1900 Census Record Missouri, Saline County, Marshall Giles Harris, male, white, age 22, single, farm laborer
  		1910 Census Record Missouri, Saline County, Marshall Township Harris Brothers: Giles T. Harris, male, white, single, age 33, farm laborer Head of Household - Lee Harris, male, white, age 30, married 6 years, farmer Wife - Daisy M., female, white, age 28, married 6 years, 1 child Daughter - Bertha, female, white, age 5, single
  		1920 Census Record Missouri, Saline County, Marshall Township Head of Household - Giles T. Harris, owns home free (not mortgaged), male, white, age 41, married, born in Missouri, both parents born in Virginia, farmer Wife - Mary, female, white, age 24, married, born in Missouri Son - Giles T., male, white, age 1 1/2, single, born in Missouri Boarder - Sallie Moore, female, white, age 71, single, born in Missouri
  		1940 Census Record Missouri, Saline County, Marshall Head of Household - Giles Harris Sr. male, white, widowed, age 62, completed 7th grade, Farmer Son - Giles Harris Jr., male, white, single, age 21, completed 8th grade, farm laborer Daughter - Wilma Harris, female, white, single, age 17, completed 10th grade