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1 - Lettie HOOD HARRIS, taken at Mrs. Reed Studio in Quincy, IL, 1880's, in her teens
2 - Augusta HOOD wife of Bob HOOD Sr., taken at the F. C. Bernard Studio in Quincy, IL, 1890's, in her 40's or 50's
3 - Unidentified Family, taken in 1880's, two parents in 50's, and children in teens or 20's, believe the young woman is Lettie HOOD in photo #1
4 - Unidentified young man, taken at Grand Studio in Quincy, IL, 1890's or 1900's, in his teens
5 - Group of 4 young people, 2 females and 2 males, taken at Reed Studio in Quincy, IL, all wearing flowers may be graduation, 1890's, all in teens or 20's, one man maybe the same young man in photo #4 and one young woman may be Lettie HOOD in photo #1
6 - Unidentified boy taken at Reed Studio in Quincy, IL, 1890's, about 6 years old
7 - Unidentified girl, taken at Bernard Studio in Quincy, IL, 1890's or early 1900's, about 3 years old.
Based on limited research I was able to gather the following information regarding the family:
Lettie HOOD was b. 3 May 1871 in Payson, IL to parents James HOOD (1838-1923) and Julia E. NICHOLSON (1840-1919) who were married 1 Jun 1865 in Adams County, IL. Lettie had one sibling, a brother William HOOD (1866-1910). Lettie married John W. HARRIS (1870-1929) on 22 Dec 1889 in Payson, IL and they had two children, a daughter Florence J. HARRIS (1892-1969) and a son Charles “Charley” W. HARRIS (1894-1953). Lettie died 31 Dec 1948 in Payson, IL and is buried in the Payson New Cemetery in Payson, IL.
Augusta M. LEACH was b. 14 Feb 1846 in Fort Madison, IA, her father was O. LEACH and she married Robert HOOD (1834-1913) in 1879. They had one son, Joseph E. HOOD (b. 1865). Augusta died in 1928 and is also buried in the Payson New Cemetery in Payson, IL.
I am hoping to get this group of photographs back to family and would appreciate you contacting me if you are a member of this family or know someone who might be.
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Shelley
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My great grandfather is John Thomas Harris and my great grandmother is Edith Grace Tormey.
If there is anyone here who could help me with any information relating to Harris history that would be great.
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I found on the internet a LONNIE HARRIS who married a CELIA STALVEY and they had given the right infro for his birth, mother and father. It stated he had died in 1949 AND WERE TRYING TO LOCATE HIS FAMILY.
This may be him and if it is my brothers and myself would like to meet his family if he had any children. I tried to locate the sender of this message but could not. It was posted in 1999 on genealogy.com #2895. If anyone has any information on Lonnie and Celia it would be appreciated. I will check back later to see if anyone has posted a message. I have only one picture of Lonnie at about the age when he left home.
Thanks Nancy (Harris) Howell
Ross was the son of Pinkney Harris b Jan 29, 1843, Edgefield, SC (?) and died Jan 14, 1915 in SC (?). He was married to Mary M Wiggins b abt 1850 in Missouri and died after 1920.
Ross had the following siblings: Emma and Marcus (?)
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Jennifer
Thank you.
Unfortunately, she didn't say which ancestor or which king. It is highly unlikely she was referring to one of her own ancestors or to William's mother's family - which leaves the Harrises.
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If you have any information on the above it would be greatly appreciated