Lee Watkins Harris

1880 - 1958  (78 years)

• Name	Lee Watkins Harris
  Born	7 Jan 1880	Missouri
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Jan 1958	Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado
  Buried	Las Animas Cemetery, Bent County, Colorado
  Person ID	I1580	Treespot
  Last Modified	25 May 2018

  
  

  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	Daisy M. King,   b. May 1882, Missouri ,   d. 4 Mar 1961, Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Married	21 Sep 1903	Marshall, Saline County, Missouri
  Children	1. Bertha Harris,   b. Abt 1905, Missouri ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Robert Harris,   b. 22 Oct 1910, Sulphur Springs, Missouri ,   d. 1998  (Age 87 years)
  Last Modified	25 May 2018
  Family ID	F435	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 7 Jan 1880 - Missouri Married - 21 Sep 1903 - Marshall, Saline County, Missouri  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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

  
  

  Headstones

  Tombstone for Lee and Daisy King Harris in Las Animas Cemetery, Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado

  
  

  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, Miami Township (Part 1 of 2) Head of Household - PW Harris, age 58, birthplace - Virginia Wife - Pearla, age 35, birthplace - Missouri Son - Lee Harris, age 20, birthplace - Missouri Son - William Harris, age 19, birthplace - Missouri (Step)Daughter - Daisy I King, age 18, birthplace - Missouri Daughter - Stella Harris, age 17, birthplace - Missouri Stepdaughter - Bertha King, age 16, birthplace - Missouri Daughter - Mollie Harris, age 15 Son - Thee Harris, age 5 Son - (Martin Jack) Harris, age 3
  		1900 Census Record Missouri, Saline County, Miami Township (Part 2 of 2) Head of Household - PW Harris, age 58, birthplace - Virginia Wife - Pearla, age 35, birthplace - Missouri Son - Lee Harris, age 20, birthplace - Missouri Son - William Harris, age 19, birthplace - Missouri (Step)Daughter - Daisy I King, age 18, birthplace - Missouri Daughter - Stella Harris, age 17, birthplace - Missouri Stepdaughter - Bertha King, age 16, birthplace - Missouri Daughter - Mollie Harris, age 15 Son - Thee Harris, age 5 Son - (Martin Jack) Harris, age 3
  		1903 Marriage Record Missouri, Saline County Groom: Lee Harris Bride: Daisy King m. 21 Sept 1903
  		1910 Census Record Missouri, Saline County, Marshall Head of Household - Lee W. Harris, male, white, age 30, 1st marriage, married 6 years, born in Missouri, both parents born in Virginia, farmer, general farmer Wife - Daisy M., female, white, age 28, 1st marriage, married 6 years, 1 child, born in Missouri, Father born in Illinois, Mother born in Missouri Daughter - Bertha Harris, female, white, age 5, single, born in Missouri, both parents born in Missouri
  		1920 Census Record Colorado, Bent County, Precinct 13 Head of Household - Lee Harris, owns house free (no mortgage), male, white, age 40, married,born in Missouri, father born in West Virginia, mother born in Maine, farmer Wife - Maggie Harris, female, white, age 35, married, born in Missouri, both parents born in Pennsylvania Daughter - Bertha Harris, female, white, age 14, single, born in Missouri Son - Robert Harris, male, white, age 9, single, born in Missouri
  		1940 Census Record Colorado, Bent County, Farm Head of Household - Lee W Harris, male, white, age 60, married, completed 9th grade, born in Missouri, lived in same house in 1935, farmer, worked 60 hrs last week Wife - Daisy M Harris, female, white, age 57, married, completed 8th grade, born in Missouri Daughter - Bertha Harris, female, white, age 35, single, completed 8th grade, born in Missouri, Rural public school teacher, worked 50 hrs last week