Generation: 1
| 1. | HARRIS James (Jim) Sterling was born in Eastern NC (son of HARRIS Sterling Clary and TUTTLE Alice Jean). Other Events and Attributes:
- Address: Address:
James (Jim) Sterling HARRIS
Grifton, NC
- Living In: Grifton, Pitt, North Carolina, USA
- Occupation: 2011
- Residence: 2015, Milford, Caroline County, VA
Notes:
Allow to introduce myself.......I am James Sterling Harris.......my father's mother was Nellie Mae Clary, born in the Waverly, Va area (Surry County).
See the attached spreadsheet that goes back several generations.
Occupation:
Retired in 2011
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Generation: 2
| 2. | HARRIS Sterling Clary was born on 29 Jul 1921 (son of HARRIS William Henry, Sr. and CLARY Nell Mae); and died. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes:
Military:
1st Lieutenant in ROTC at John Marshall H. S. (Richmond, Va);
(12-7-1941 was eating lunch in Huntsville, Tn, when he heard about Pearl Harbor;
wanted to sign up with the marines but his Mother cried & begged him to wait;
enlisted in 2 weeks; at US Army OCS injured knee; kept as a 1st Sgt at OCS;
served 3 yrs 3 mos
Sterling married TUTTLE Alice Jean on 7 Aug 1944. Alice was born on 12 Jul 1921; died on 1 Dec 2013. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
| 4. |  HARRIS William Henry, Sr. was born on 2 Dec 1887 in Bahama, Durham, North Carolina, USA (son of HARRIS David Donald and BALL Laura Frances); died on 13 Apr 1958 in Richmond, Virginia, USA; was buried on 15 Apr 1958 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Lived(s) In: Bahama, Durham, North Carolina, USA
- Occupation: Richmond, Virginia, USA; Tobacco Industry
- Residence: 1917, Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Residence: 1920, Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Residence: 1930, Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Residence: 1942, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Notes:
Lived(s) In:
Moved to Richmond from here
Occupation:
Phillip Morris
Residence:
Lee Ward
Year: 1920; Census Place: Richmond Lee Ward, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia; Roll: T625_1910; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 90; Image: 916. (Name)
Residence:
Year: 1930; Census Place: Richmond, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia; Roll: 2475; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 112; Image: 486.0. (Name)
Buried:
Div 1, Sec G-4, Lot 25
William married CLARY Nell Mae about 1910. Nell (daughter of CLARY Benjamin Milton and BAIRD Elizabeth Frances, daughter of CLARY Binns Walter and BOOTH Sarah) was born on 1 Aug 1890; died on 7 Apr 1966 in Williamsburg, VA; was buried on 9 Apr 1966 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 5. | CLARY Nell Mae was born on 1 Aug 1890 (daughter of CLARY Benjamin Milton and BAIRD Elizabeth Frances, daughter of CLARY Binns Walter and BOOTH Sarah); died on 7 Apr 1966 in Williamsburg, VA; was buried on 9 Apr 1966 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Name: Nellie
- Alt. Birth: 14 Nov 1891, Waverly, Sussex County, VA
- Residence: 1930, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Notes:
Nellie was raised by her Uncle Walter Binns Clary, when her parents died. Uncle Walter lived in Manchester, Va. (later annexed into Richmond).
Social Security Death Index
about Nellie Harris
Name:Nellie Harris SSN:433-24-2242 Last Residence: Born:1 Aug 1890 Died:Jul 1965 State (Year) SSN issued:Louisiana (Before 1951)
Death occurred at Eastern State Hosp in WIlliamsburg
Birth:
From SSN death notice at Ancestry
Alt. Birth:
From: Harris200901 by: scraigh
From: Cozart & Moore of Granville, O... by: grady3021
Buried:
Div 1, Sec G-4, Lot 25
Children:
- HARRIS Virginia Blair was born on 29 Apr 1915; died in 2005 in Kentucky; was buried in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA.
- HARRIS William Henry, Jr. was born on 9 Jan 1917 in Richmond, Virginia, USA; died on 23 Jul 1965 in Smithfield, Johnston, North Carolina; was buried in Jul 1965 in Smithfield, Johnston, North Carolina.
- 2. HARRIS Sterling Clary was born on 29 Jul 1921; and died.
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Generation: 4
| 8. |  HARRIS David Donald was born on 24 Aug 1857 in Orange, North Carolina (son of HARRIS Robert Harrison and PARKER Rebecca Jane); died on 8 Apr 1932 in Durham, North Carolina; was buried in Apr 1932 in Durham, Durham, North Carolina, USA. David married BALL Laura Frances in 1882 in Durham, Durham, North Carolina, USA. Laura (daughter of BALL Marcus H. and BALL Nancy Tilly) was born on 19 Sep 1862 in Bahama, Durham, North Carolina, USA; died on 23 Nov 1938 in Bahama, Durham, North Carolina, USA; was buried in 1938 in Durham, Durham, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 9. | BALL Laura Frances was born on 19 Sep 1862 in Bahama, Durham, North Carolina, USA (daughter of BALL Marcus H. and BALL Nancy Tilly); died on 23 Nov 1938 in Bahama, Durham, North Carolina, USA; was buried in 1938 in Durham, Durham, North Carolina, USA. Children:
- HARRIS Mabel Jane was born on 17 Nov 1883; died on 12 Mar 1946.
- HARRIS Earl Glendon was born on 8 Mar 1885; died on 6 Jul 1969.
- HARRIS Emmaline Temperance was born on 11 Apr 1886 in Orange County, North Carolina; died on 12 May 1982.
- 4. HARRIS William Henry, Sr. was born on 2 Dec 1887 in Bahama, Durham, North Carolina, USA; died on 13 Apr 1958 in Richmond, Virginia, USA; was buried on 15 Apr 1958 in Richmond, Virginia, USA.
- HARRIS Elizabeth Jones L. was born on 25 Feb 1889; died on 30 Nov 1975.
- HARRIS Annie Lane was born on 8 Oct 1890; died on 4 Jul 1990.
- HARRIS Dora Ball was born on 27 May 1893; died on 21 May 1894.
- HARRIS Nannie Mae was born on 27 Nov 1894; died on 13 May 1898.
- HARRIS Frank Fisher was born on 15 Jul 1897; died on 4 Mar 1969.
- HARRIS Robert Harrison was born on 24 Dec 1898 in Durham, North Carolina; died on 21 May 1958.
- HARRIS Sterling Holt was born on 16 May 1900 in Durham, North Carolina; died on 8 Jul 1960.
- HARRIS Ruth Elizabeth was born on 27 Jun 1903 in Durham, Durham, North Carolina, USA; died on 31 Dec 1968.
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| 10. | CLARY Benjamin Milton was born on 26 May 1842 in Greensville County, Virginia (son of CLARY Alexander Thomas and BISHOP Anna (Anne) Elizabeth); died in 1894; was buried in Waverly, Sussex County, VA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Education: educated at the Blackwater Academy
- Census: 1860, Sussex County, VA
- Military: Abt 1861; Civil War - Southampton Greys
- Occupation: 1880, Prince George County, VA; Farmer
- Residence: 1880, Prince George County, VA; Brandon District
Notes:
Aug 2007,According to Kenneth Coker, there is a Clary cemetery on the farm property previously owned by Robert Bishop, now owned by Patsy Westbrook Jenkins, on Beaverdam Rd. (Old Rt. 40) outside of Waverly. Kenneth has a photo of Benjamin Clary,Sr. Elizabeth Frances Baird was Ben. Sr. 3rd wife.
Name : B. M. Clary 1880 Census
Residence : Prince George, Virginia, United States
Gender : Male
Age : 37
Birth date : 1843
Birth place : Vir
Relationship to head-of-household : HD
Occupation : Farmer
Father birth place : VA
Mother birth place : VA
Marital status : Married
Race or color : W
Census city :
Census township : Brandon District
Census county : Prince George
Census state : VA
NARA film number : T9-1384
Page : 436
Film number : 1255384
Collection : 1880 United States Census
BENJAMIN M. CLARY SURRENDERED APPOMATTOX 3RD VA.INF.,CO.D,PVT. PG.81
Military:
Co D. 3rd Virginia Infantry, Southampton Greys
surrendered at Appomottax (April 9, 1865)
Thomas and Benjamin did not join the Surry or Sussex units, as most of these were cavalry units; enlistees were required to provide horse, rifle & certain other equipment.
Benjamin married BAIRD Elizabeth Frances. Elizabeth (daughter of BAIRD Alexander Peter, Jr. and BOOTH Rebecca Ann) was born on 4 Sep 1862 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died in 1892; was buried in Surry County, VA (Lois Goodrich Cemetary on Rt 612). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 11. | BAIRD Elizabeth Frances was born on 4 Sep 1862 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States (daughter of BAIRD Alexander Peter, Jr. and BOOTH Rebecca Ann); died in 1892; was buried in Surry County, VA (Lois Goodrich Cemetary on Rt 612). Other Events and Attributes:
Notes:
She was said to be a woman of great charm and beauty.
Buried:
Also shows buried at Grape Hill Cemetery from notes from Brenda Johnson Duckwall
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