When William Bowen Harless was born in 1831, in Giles, Virginia, United States, his father, Anthony Phillip Harless I, was 40 and his mother, Rosanna Williams, was 33. He married Harriet Frances Epling on 27 November 1849, in Giles, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He died in 1862, in Craig, Virginia, United States, at the age of 31.
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German: probably a variant of Harlass or Harles, dialect forms for a hornet (Middle High German harliss and horniss), a nickname for a person with a stinging disposition.
English: probably a variant of (H)arliss, a nickname from Middle English earles ‘earless’, probably denoting someone who was deaf rather than one literally without ears.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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