Notes on Alexander Harris
Wife: Mary Hilhouse
Born: Between 1810/20
Died: Between 1844/50
Children:
1) Maxy A. Harris
Born: About 1840
2) Ira A. Harris
Born: 1844
Died: July 17, 1863 - In route from Vicksburg, Mississippi
Children:
2) Mary Elizabeth Harris
Born: 1847
Wife: Ary Jane Sawyer
Born: June 12, 1835 - South Carolina
Married: February 12, 1860 - Pickens Co., Georgia
Died: June 14, 1914 - Cullman Co., Alabama
(Ary Jane married second William D. Stephens by whom she had 4 more children.)
Children:
1) Martha Ann Harris
Born: December 18, 1860 - Blount Co., Alabama
Married: May 13, 1885 - Cullman Co., Alabama
Died: May 1927 - Jefferson Co., Alabama
Spouse: Isaac C. Turner
2) Charles William Ira Harris
Born: December 18, 1862 - Blount Co., Alabama
Married: January 16, 1887 - Cullman Co., Alabama
Died: May 14, 1953 - Cullman Co., Alabama
Spouse: Susannah Elina Fannin
3) Arie A. Harris
Born: December 25, 1864 - Blount Co., Alabama
Married:
Died: July 19, 1951 - Cullman Co., Alabama
Spouse: 1)John Matthews; 2)W. I. Armstrong
Alexander Harris
1 male <5; 1 male 20<30
1 female 20<30
Total of 3 people in home; 1 employed in agriculture
2) 1850 Forsyth Co., Georgia census, Dwelling # and Family #425
Alexander Harris, 38, M, Farmer, Real Estate - $150, born VA
Kisiah, 44, F, born GA
Maxy A., 10, M, born SC
Ira A., 8, M, born GA
Henry P., 5, M, born GA
Mary E., 2, F, born GA
3)1860 Pickens Co., Georgia census, #630 or #966, Grassy Knob
Alexander Harris, 47, Farmer, born VA
Ary J., 23, born SC
Master A., 20, farm hand, born SC
Ase A., 16, farm hand, born GA
Henry P., 15, farm hand, born GA
Mary E., 13, born GA
4)Family lore as told by Ray Harris....
Alexcander was a son of an only son. For reasons unknown, Alexander's father was separated from his family. Alexander and at least one sister were raised by their mother and later their maternal grandparents. Years after he became a young man, Alexander was reunited with his father.
When Alexander moved the family to Blount Co., Alabama from Georgia, he rode ahead on horseback to scout the trail. The rest of the family went by wagon, with Ary Jane driving one wagon and Henry Pleasant driving the other.
Alexander died in Blount Co., Alabama on November 30, 1864 from wounds and complications due to a fall from a horse he was trying to break. He is buried in Hopewell cemetery, Cullman, Cullman Co., Alabama.