James Wesley Harris ^{2 3 4 5 6}

   Cause of his death was pneumonia, cerebral hemorrhage.¹⁰

  General Notes:

His father was born in Mississippi or Missouri, and his mother in Texas or Alabama. Her maiden name was Green. At the time of the 1900 and 1910 census, he was farming his own farm in Mills County, Texas. At the time of the 1920 census, he and daughter Leslie were living in Mills County, Texas, where he farmed. He was paying a mortgage on his home. At the time of the 1930 census, he was a general farmer in Scurry County, Texas. (Royal Bynum, son in law, was supposed to make payments as his lease on the farm, but let it get repossed by the bank.) He was married to Minnie, 20 years his junior. Apparently it was a second marriage for her also. L. E. Bynum was the informant on his death certificate.

  Additional Information:

• Alt. Birth, 24 Aug 1865. ¹⁰

• Alt. Birth, Oct 1866. ¹¹

• Death Certificate Image: here.

• FindAGrave: Memorial# 50999702.

James married Sarah Adaline Head, daughter of James Blakely Head and Asenath Catherine Baker, on 29 Dec 1888 in , Mills County, Texas.¹ (Sarah Adaline Head was born on 1 Mar 1863 in Texas,⁸ died on 27 Aug 1916 in Center City, Mills County, Texas ⁸ and was buried in Center City Cemetery, Center City, Mills County, Texas ¹².)

  Marriage Notes:

Rev. C. V. Oswalt, minister, performed the ceremony.

James next married Minnie McDowell, daughter of James W. McDowell and Victoria Tibbs. (Minnie McDowell was born on 13 Feb 1887 in Texas,⁸ died on 19 Apr 1951 in Oklahoma ⁸ and was buried in Tecumseh Cemetery, Tecumseh, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma ¹³.)