Husband James Harris, Esq. 1 2
Born: 1755 3
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Died: 2 Dec 1826 or 1828 - Bellefonte, Centre Co, PA 3 4
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Father: John Harris (1723-1794) 1 2
Mother: Jean Harris (Abt 1724-1807) 2
Marriage: 15 Jun 1790 2 4
Wife Ann Dunlop 2 5
Born: 15 Mar 1768 2
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Died: 8 Apr 1844 3 4
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Father: Col. James Dunlop (Abt 1727-1821) 6 7
Mother: Jane Boggs ( - ) 7 8
Children
1 M Dr. John Harris, M.D. 3 9
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Died: 1881 - Vienna, Austria 9
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Spouse: Eliza Hoge ( - ) 3
Spouse: Ellen Matilda Orbison (1816-Aft 1898) 3 9
Marr: 2 May 1837 9
2 F Jane Harris 3 10
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Died: 14 Aug 1822 10 11
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Spouse: Rev. James Linn, D.D. (1783-1868) 10 12 13
Marr: 28 Feb 1811 10
3 F Eliza G. Harris 6 14
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Died: 25 Feb 1841 6
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Spouse: Dr. Daniel Dobbins (Abt 1786-1844) 6 14
4 M James Dunlop Harris 4 15
Born: 1797 15
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Died: 26 Feb 1842 - Bellefonte, Centre Co, PA 4 15
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Spouse: Mary Ann Miller ( -1851) 16 17
Marr: 1824 15
5 M Hon. William Harris 16 18
Born: 12 Jul 1799 - Bellefonte, Centre Co, PA 16 18
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Died: 25 Oct 1865 - Bellefonte, Centre Co, PA 16 18
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Spouse: Margaret McLanahan ( - ) 18
Marr: 1820 18
Spouse: Mary Fairlamb ( -1845) 16 19
Marr: 12 Oct 1837 16 20
Spouse: Adaline Miles ( - ) 16 20
Marr: 21 Dec 1847 16 20
6 M Joseph Harris 16 20
Born: 1801 20
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Died: 14 Jul 1845 16 20
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Spouse: Jane Miller ( - ) 16 21
Spouse: Jane Huston ( - ) 22
7 M Andrew Harris 22
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Spouse: Anna Bella Johnston ( - ) 23
General Notes: Husband - James Harris, Esq.
He was born on the Swatara in Pennsylvania. With ample means and access to the extensive library of his father, his early education was thorough. He adopted the occupation of a civil engineer and April 19, 1785, was appointed deputy surveyor of Cumberland County, and on November 19, 1789, for all of Mifflin County. In September, 1787, he laid out the road from Frankstown to the Conemaugh river. He moved to Spring creek in 1795 (the old home known as "Willow Bank"), and in that year, in connection with his father-in-law, laid out the town of Bellefonte on their own property, and to their generous appreciation of the future needs of the town much is due. First donating the beautiful spring from which the town derives its name, the ground for the court house, jail and public buildings, cemetery, Presbyterian church, parsonage and academy. They then appropriated one-half of all the proceeds from the sale of not only the town lots but of out lots, covering a considerable portion of their adjoining property, to the erection of the public buildings and academy, and for an endowment of the latter. Accurate land books of sales made and receipts of the commissioners of the county and trustees of the academy for the proceeds to which each were entitled, were long in the possession of the family. James Harris was also a State Senator from Mifflin County, and the first postmaster of Bellefonte. After the erection of the county he was State Senator from the District, from 1800 to 1808. From 1789 his name is connected with all the land titles of Centre County, and his acquaintance with all the lands from the west branch of the Susquehanna to the Conemaugh, afforded the large Eastern land owners the only means of information in relation to their property in that region. He was an intimate friend and relation, by marriage, of Governor William Findlay; his correspondence with him in relation to "Frontier Defence" will be found in Pennsylvania Archives Vol. IV, 710. Mr. Harris was also largely engaged in milling operations and other business enterprises in Bellefonte, and is justly regarded as one of the fathers of the place.
General Notes: Wife - Ann Dunlop
She was a woman of more than ordinary mind and cultivation. Her taste for metaphysical reasoning led the ablest theologians of her day to seek her society, and she was the author of a book entitled The Alphabet of Thought, that was regarded by all as a work of great merit, elucidating principles requiring much study and great research.