Enoch Harris

Brief Life History of Enoch

When Enoch Harris was born on 29 May 1842, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Robert Harris Jr., was 34 and his mother, Hannah Maria Eagles, was 24. He married Jane Ann Hoskins on 31 December 1866, in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. He died on 26 September 1924, in Portage, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Portage Cemetery, Portage, Box Elder, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Enoch Harris
1842–1924
Jane Ann Hoskins
1851–1938
Marriage: 31 December 1866
Laura Bell Harris
1867–1877
Emma Eveline Harris
1870–1953
Ransom Enoch Harris
1872–1970
Robert Cromwell Harris
1874–1964
William Daniel Harris
1877–1960
George Fuller Harris
1880–1882
Wilford Thomas Harris
1882–1969
Annie Jane Harris
1883–1930
Anna Eliza Harris
1885–1948
Parley Browett Harris
1887–1887
Mary Lucinda Harris
1888–1888
Grace Elizabeth Harris
1889–1906
Lovina Henrietta Harris
1891–1908
Ellen Arvilla Harris
1893–1894

Sources (112)

  • Enoch Harris, "United States, Census, 1880"
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  • Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848.

World Events (8)

1845 · Oh My Father

"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."

1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized

Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

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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Story Highlight

THE LIFE OF ENOCH HARRIS And cherished memories of him by some of his posterity. (Written in October of 1954, no author noted) lwh

Enoch Harris was one of 15 children who blessed the home of Robert Harris Jr. and Hannah Maria Eagles. They welcomed him into their family on a lovely spring day, May 29, 1843. They were then living …

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