The Leonard Harris Family
The below information is based on stories told to me by my
grandparents and my mom, Judy Harris...Jo
On December 13, 1903, Leonard Harris was born to George Bryson Harris and Minnie Jones Harris. Minnie Jones Harris passed away when Papa Harris was about 7 yrs old. On her death bed she asked her boy to promise her to be good and meet her in heaven.
Papa Harris and his siblings lived with relatives for a time after her death; Nolan, Leonard, Eunice, and Myrtice were their five children. After about three yrs, GB Harris published an ad for a mail order bride to take care of him and his five children. A lady named Ida answered the ad, days later, GB Harris gathered up his five kids, met her and married her that very day. Ida failed to mention she only had one arm, (she lost the other at a young age when ran over by a train.) The five children returned home with them and they went on to have three more children....Fred, Emma and ILabee.
