D Wayne Harris

Brief Life History of D Wayne

When D Wayne Harris was born on 28 May 1829, in Stark, Ohio, United States, his father, Jacob Harris, was 43 and his mother, Susannah Hartman, was 42. He married Matilda E Baldwin on 22 November 1855, in Posey, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Harris Township, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Indiana, United States in 1870. He died on 4 March 1884, in Elk City, Montgomery, Kansas, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Elk City, Montgomery, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

D Wayne Harris
1829–1884
Matilda E Baldwin
1834–1912
Marriage: 22 November 1855
Florence M Harris
1856–1951
Harry J Harris
1860–1935

Sources (10)

  • Dewane Harris, "United States Census, 1850"
  • D Wane Harris, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
  • Wayne Harris, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1836

Historical Boundaries 1836: St Joseph, Indiana, United States

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English (southern England and south Wales): from the personal name Harry + genitival -s. This surname is also established in Ireland, taken there principally during the Plantation of Ulster. However, in some cases, particularly in families coming from County Mayo, Harris can be an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEarchadha. This surname is also very common among African Americans.

American shortened and altered form of Greek surnames begining with Cha(r)-, such as Chasandrinos (variant of Kassandrinos, a habitational name from the Kassandra peninsula of Chalkidiki), and various patronymics from the personal name Charalampos (see Charos ). In North America, the surname Harris may possibly also originate from a transferred use of the Greek personal (given) name Charis or Harris (shortened forms of Charalampos) as a surname (i.e. as a replacement of the original surname).

Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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