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Rebecca Kirby Harris

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
Aug 1884 (aged 77–78)
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 3, grave 5, Chapel Hill Circle
Memorial ID
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She was interred at Elmwood Cemetery on August 31 1884. She was 78 years of age and died of "paralysis". Cemetery records indicate there was no professional undertaker and that the "relatives" took care of her remains.

Rebecca Kirby married Sherrod W. Harris on September 20 1835. They had seven children: Simeon M., Caladonia, Isaac N., John S. Madison W., Mary R., Julius B. Harris.

1850 Census Marshall County MS
Sherrod Harris, age 53, Farmer and Minister, Real Estate Value $2000, NC
-Rebecca Harris, age 44, NC
-Lucy M. Harris, age 17, Alabama
-Simeon M. Harris, age 15, Alabama
-Elizabeth A. Harris, age 15, TN (married Hardeman A. Abington in Marshall County Mississippi Sept 19 1854)
-Caladonia Harris, age 11, MS (married Solomon Dudley Liles in Marshall County Mississippi December 4 1870. They had a daughter named Pearl born Sept 1875 and William F born March 1877. Caladonia died sometime prior to Dec 15 1881 as that is when Solomon married Celest Daniel.)
-Isaac N. Harris, age 10, MS
-John S. Harris, age 9, MS
-Madison W. Harris, age 8, MS
-Mary R. Harris, age 4, MS, (married John Winfield McKenzie in Marshall County Mississippi Dec 12 1866)
-Julius B. Harris, age 2, TN
-Margaret Freeman, age 13, TN
She was interred at Elmwood Cemetery on August 31 1884. She was 78 years of age and died of "paralysis". Cemetery records indicate there was no professional undertaker and that the "relatives" took care of her remains.

Rebecca Kirby married Sherrod W. Harris on September 20 1835. They had seven children: Simeon M., Caladonia, Isaac N., John S. Madison W., Mary R., Julius B. Harris.

1850 Census Marshall County MS
Sherrod Harris, age 53, Farmer and Minister, Real Estate Value $2000, NC
-Rebecca Harris, age 44, NC
-Lucy M. Harris, age 17, Alabama
-Simeon M. Harris, age 15, Alabama
-Elizabeth A. Harris, age 15, TN (married Hardeman A. Abington in Marshall County Mississippi Sept 19 1854)
-Caladonia Harris, age 11, MS (married Solomon Dudley Liles in Marshall County Mississippi December 4 1870. They had a daughter named Pearl born Sept 1875 and William F born March 1877. Caladonia died sometime prior to Dec 15 1881 as that is when Solomon married Celest Daniel.)
-Isaac N. Harris, age 10, MS
-John S. Harris, age 9, MS
-Madison W. Harris, age 8, MS
-Mary R. Harris, age 4, MS, (married John Winfield McKenzie in Marshall County Mississippi Dec 12 1866)
-Julius B. Harris, age 2, TN
-Margaret Freeman, age 13, TN


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