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Below is a family biography included in The History of Crawford County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1888.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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L. E. Harris, a native of Washington County, Mo., was born in 1830. In the family of his parents, Thomas and Mary (McMurtrey) Harris, were nine children, but two of whom are living. The parents were natives of Tennessee, and in early life residents of Washington County, Mo., where they married, and whence, in 1831, they moved to a farm in Crawford County, which was their home the remainder of their lives. The mother was a member of the Methodist Church. L. E. Harris was reared and educated in Crawford County, and upon reaching manhood began life for himself as a hired hand. In 1855 he married Elizabeth Eaton, who was born in Washington County in 1835. Mr. and Mrs. Harris are the parents of nine children, five of whom are living, viz.: James T. and William P. (twins), Sarah E., Angeline M. and Ezra O. During the war Mr. Harris served in the Enrolled Missouri Militia, and in political faith he is a Democrat. Having farmed and rented land for some years after marriage, he then purchased a small tract, which he has increased to the amount of 1,250 acres, a just reward of his industry and good management. A resident of Crawford County for fifty-seven years, he is an enterprising farmer and a highly esteemed citizen.

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This family biography is one of 117 biographies included in The History of Crawford County, Missouri published in 1888.  For the complete description, click here: Crawford County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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