Mary A. Harris

1866 - 1924  (58 years)

• Name	Mary A. Harris  [1, 2]
  Birth	28 Apr 1866	Arkansas   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	12 Jul 1924  [2]
  Burial	Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	In her annotated transcription of the Myrtle Springs cemetery, Kay Parker McCary shows her as a daughter of Samuel HARRIS and Susan F. PICKARD, and wife of Joseph E. Meeks. Her headstone is inscribed "The Lord is my Shepherd-Rest Mother rest in quiet sleep whiel friends in sorro over thee weep."
  Person ID	I42846	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2013

  
  

  Family	Joseph Edward Meeks,   b. Dec 1860, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1887
  Children	1. William Edward Meeks,   b. Nov 1887, Texas d. 25 Apr 1965, Alexander City, Tallapoosa County, Alabama (Age ~ 77 years)   2. Joseph C. Meeks,   b. 16 Feb 1892, Sabine County, Texas d. 15 Nov 1959, Galveston, Galveston County, Texas (Age 67 years)   3. Leander A. Meeks,   b. 23 Jul 1893, Sexton, Sabine County, Texas d. 21 Jul 1950, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana (Age 56 years)   4. Carroll "Cary" Robert Meeks,   b. 16 Oct 1896, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas d. 9 Apr 1971, Center, Shelby County, Texas (Age 74 years)   5. Rosa "Rosie" Lee Meeks,   b. Dec 1898, Texas d. 30 Oct 1934 (Age ~ 35 years)
  Family ID	F12789	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2013

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 Apr 1866 - Arkansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S384] 1900 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1900 United States Federal Census, the Twelfth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, relationship to the head of household, color or race, sex, month and year of birth, age at last birthday, marital status, number of years married, the total number of children born of the mother, the number of those children living, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, if the individual was foreign born, the year of immigration and the number of years in the United States, the citizenship status of foreign-born individuals over age twenty-one, occupation, and more. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1900 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, JP 5 Enumerated 15 Jun 1900 SD 8 ED 72 Sheet 16A Stamped 156 218-218 (Reliability: 3). [S39] McCary, Kay P. "Myrtle Springs Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.