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Thomas Harvey Harris

Birth	:	8 Jul 1833 Mason City, Mason County, Illinois, USA
Death	:	23 Dec 1896 Dawes County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Highland Center Cemetery, Dawes County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.6100006, -103.1258011
Description	:	Thomas Harvey Harris July 8,1833-Dec 23,1896 Thomas Harvey Harris was the youngest of seven children born to John B. Harris and Mary Cook Officer. He was born on the 8th of July, 1833 near Jacksonville in Morgan County, Illinois. When he was about 12, the family moved to Menard County, Illinois where his parents remained for the rest of their lives. On December 30, 1858 he married Grizell Grace Shephard, daughter of James and Margaret Park Shephard in Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois. The couple made their home in Menard County, where all of their eight children were born. The... Read More	Thomas Harvey Harris July 8,1833-Dec 23,1896 Thomas Harvey Harris was the youngest of seven children born to John B. Harris and Mary Cook Officer. He was born on the 8th of July, 1833 near Jacksonville in Morgan County, Illinois. When he was about 12, the family moved to Menard County, Illinois where his parents remained for the rest of their lives. On December 30, 1858 he married Grizell Grace Shephard, daughter of James and Margaret Park Shephard in Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois. The couple made their home in Menard County, where all of their eight children were born. The family moved to Fremont, Dodge County, Nebraska in 1880. In 1885, Thomas and his son John went west to Dawes County in 1885 to homestead on a place 12 miles north of the present Hunter ranch on the Niobrara River. The following year, in 1886, the rest of the family joined them. The Thomas homestead was on the edge of the Pine Ridge which extends into South Dakota becoming the Black Hills. The area is now known as the Nebraska National Forest. Thomas’ daughter Nellie, who married Jim Hunter, remembers that in the early days, ranchers would drive their teams and wagons to the Pine Ridge for lumber. “They would stop at my father’s place over-night and water their stock,” she said. She recalls one night when 16 outfits were camped there. Mr. Harris charged the ranchers 5 cents per head to water their stock. “We had the first windmill in the district and our well was 240 feet deep,” Mrs. Hunter said. Among the first to settle near the Hunter ranch were Joe McMannis, the families of J. C. McCorkle, James and William Hollinrake, Rev. N. E. Gardner, who was to be the first pastor of the congregational church in Hemingford, Ira S. Reed, and the Harris family which had three young daughters. The families often got together to socialize. After a series of dances and parties, one of the Harris daughters, Anna, became engaged to young James Hunter. Plans were made for the wedding in the Harris home. Joe McMannis, a bachelor friend of the groom to be, and the J. C. McCorkle family, escorted James to the wedding. Inice McCorkle Dunning, of Pacific Grove, California, was a small child in 1888. She later wrote her memories of the event. “When the wedding day came, we all went in lumber wagons to the Harris home. Jim was riding with Uncle Joe in the front spring seat, and my parents in the back seat. We kids were in the back of the wagon on a bed of straw and a quilt. I can remember seeing Jim stick his feet out over the dashboard to cool them - pinched from the new wedding shoes. He was accustomed to cowboy boots. The house was so crowded with grownups that we children had to play outdoors.” Thomas and Grizell remained on their homestead in Dawes County for the rest of their lives, and are both buried in the Highland Center Cemetery close to their home.

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Thomas Harvey Harris's memorial is located at: Highland Center Cemetery, Dawes County, USA.
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Thomas Harvey Harris death on 23 Dec 1896 in Dawes County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 42.6100006
Longitude: -103.1258011

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Grizell Shepherd Harris

(1836 - 1906)

Siblings

James Officer Harris

(1816 - 1904)

Children

Mary Jeanette Harris Reed

(1861 - 1918)

Nancy Grizell “Nannie” Harris Bullock

(1863 - 1938)

Anna Sarah “Annie” Harris Hunter

(1869 - 1894)

Salina Elinor “Nellie” Harris Hunter

(1870 - 1954)

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Nearby Cemetories:

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Coordinate: 42.6100006, -103.1258011

2. Evergreen Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6646710, -103.0608510

3. Bethel Cemetery
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5. Belmont Cemetery
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6. Harvey Cemetery
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7. Marsland Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.4660988, -103.2838974

8. Shisler Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.7930984, -103.0875015

9. Parrish Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.5633000, -103.3703500

10. Whitney Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.7705994, -103.2564011

11. Antelope Springs Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6185000, -102.8706100

12. Saint John Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6680984, -103.3964005

13. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Chadron, Dawes County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5547300, -102.8429000

14. Calvary Cemetery
Chadron, Dawes County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8224983, -103.0085983

15. Greenwood Cemetery
Chadron, Dawes County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8272018, -103.0239029

16. Crawford Cemetery
Crawford, Dawes County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7181015, -103.4052963

17. Grace Episcopal Cemetery
Chadron, Dawes County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8267000, -102.9996000

18. Highland Cemetery
Dawes County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8163986, -102.9302979

19. Katen Cemetery
Box Butte County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4267006, -102.8908005

20. Fort Robinson Cemetery
Crawford, Dawes County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6594850, -103.4680050

21. Antelope Cemetery
Hay Springs, Sheridan County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7144970, -102.7727290

22. Highland Cemetery
Hay Springs, Sheridan County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7145500, -102.7727500

23. Ball Cemetery
Hemingford, Box Butte County, USA
Coordinate: 42.3372300, -103.2293300

24. Hemingford Cemetery
Hemingford, Box Butte County, USA
Coordinate: 42.3125000, -103.0541992