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Obadiah Harris

Biography

• Obadiah Harris was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Center Township, Marion, Indiana.
• He was born on 5 February 1789 in Deep River, Guilford, North Carolina.
• He and Ruth Huff were married on 17 March 1846 in Marion County, Indiana.^1,2,3
• He died on 2 April 1875, at age 86, in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.^4,3
• He witnessed the death of David Huff on 16 March 1877 in Mallot Park, Marion, Indiana.^5,1,6

Citations

1. [S11153] GenealogyBank, USA GenealogyBank recorded as Extract #11864 GenealogyBank, online http://www.genealogybank.com, GenealogyBank (), downloaded 25 Aug 2011. (http://www.genealogybank.com)
   Indianapolis_Sentinel_1877-03-22_4
2. [S14553] Indiana State Library Genealogy Database Marriages thru 1850
   Last Name: HARRIS First Name: OBADIAH Spouse- Last Name: HUFF Spouse- First Name: RUTH County: Marion Date: 3-17-1846 Remarks:
3. [S11153] GenealogyBank, USA GenealogyBank recorded as Extract #11864 GenealogyBank, online http://www.genealogybank.com, GenealogyBank (), downloaded 25 Aug 2011. (http://www.genealogybank.com)
   
4. [S14385] Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2011 (http://search.ancestry.com/)
   
5. [S8983] Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/index.html)
   Name: David D Huff
   Birth Date: 1808
   Death Date: 16 Mar 1877
   Burial Place: Marion, Indiana, USA
   Cemetery: Fall Creek Union Cemetery
   URL: http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestr...
6. [S8813] Sherilyn Johns Sherilyn Johns, Email Correspondence with Sherilyn Johns
   The father of these children, David Huff was a native of Somerset County, Pa and the only son of Jesse and Lydia Drake Huff. The family moved to Ohio when David was an infant, and resided in the Buckeye State for about fifteen years. In September, 1843, he came to Indiana and located at Malott Park, Marion County, where the remainder of his life was spent. He was a turner, chair maker and painter by trade, and followed these occupations in early life, but during his later years he engaged in farming. His death occurred at the age of sixty-eight. His widow is still living and is now (1893) 78 YEARS OF AGE

Laura Harris

Parents

Biography

• Laura Harris was born on 12 February 1851 in Wayne, Indiana.
• She and Henry W. Carpenter were married before 1887.
• As of before 1887, her married name was Laura Carpenter.
• She witnessed the death of Ruth Huff on 18 June 1887 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.^1,2
• Laura Harris died in February 1917, at age ~66.

Citations

1. [S8983] Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/index.html)
   Ruth H Harris BIRTH 9 Jul 1806 DEATH 18 Jun 1887 (aged 80) BURIAL Crown Hill CemeteryIndianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA  Show Map PLOT Sec: 21, Lot: 58 MEMORIAL ID 45924951 · View Source
2. [S11153] GenealogyBank, USA GenealogyBank recorded as Extract #11864 GenealogyBank, online http://www.genealogybank.com, GenealogyBank (), downloaded 25 Aug 2011. (http://www.genealogybank.com)