Brief Life History of Reuben H
When Reuben H Harris was born on 3 May 1844, in Lee, Iowa, United States, his father, James Harris, was 33 and his mother, Judith Bohannon, was 33. He married Esther A Walker on 12 June 1862, in Clinton Township, Wayne, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Polk Township, Jefferson, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Monroe Township, Wayne, Iowa, United States in 1860. He died on 17 April 1888, in Clinton Township, Wayne, Iowa, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Greer Cemetery, Wayne, Iowa, United States.
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- Ruben Harris, "United States Census, 1850"
- Reuben Harris, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Ruben Harris, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Wayne, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Wayne, Iowa, United States
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
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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