Mrs. Mary White Harris: Any Family Connections?

I was going through my Great Grandfather Isaac Blakey’s Civil War pension records. I came across the names of George Harris and Joseph Harries. I started searching for them. I found out that they were brothers.

The photo is a copy of general affidavit from Isaac Blakey’s pension claim records. It was dated on May 30, 1892. Isaac was 46 and he needed two witnesses to verify that his name was Isaac Blakey. .

I discovered that George’s and Joseph’s father was Abram / Abraham Harris. Then I began a search for Abram Harris. I discovered that Abram Harriss married a Mary White on November 20, 1870 in Chariton County, Missouri.

I search the 1880 Missouri census records for Mary Harris and located her with her husband Abram.. She was born in Missouri around 1850. I couldn’t find anything else about her..

.I discovered that Joseph Harris was listed on the 1920 and 1930 Missouri censuses living in the household of a Mrs. Mattie White. Wondering, if there was a connection between Joseph and Mattie? Mattie’s daughter Miss Oressia Herefore was the informant on Joseph / Joe Harris’ 1949 death certificate. And Mattie White was the sister of Isaac Blakey. Isaac’s name was Isaac White. However, he choose the surname BLAKEY.

Oh, the wonder of how they could have been related. Joseph married a Irene Hayes. She had a daughter name Laura Belle Boone. Laura’s father was William Spencer White. And William’s father was Andrew Jackson White. Andrew was said to have been the brother of Isaac and Mattie. Hmm!

Thanks for reading.
Mrs. Mary White Harris: Any Family Connections?

God bless
S.A. Blakley

  Posted on March 19, 2025 by Susan Ann Blakley on  another website.