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Abel Harris

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Abel Harris

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
1863 (aged 71–72)
Swannanoa, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Morganton, Fannin County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Son of Isham Harris & Anne Campbell

Married Elizabeth Mashburn Davis abt. 1821

Father of eight children:

Margaret Eliz. Harris (Ashworth)- 1823-1898
John Harris - 1824-1849*
James Wesley Harris - 1827-1904
Susan Selina Harris (Brevard) - 1830-1902
Ann Elizabeth Harris (Davidson) - 1832-1915
Abel Franklin Harris - 1834-1862*
Thomas Lenora Harris - 1836-1929
Merritt N. Harris - 1841-1849*

*Sons, John and Merritt, died in Buncombe Co., N.C. in 1849 from typhoid fever; Abel Franklin died in 1862 from disease in Petersburg, Va. while in service to the CSA.
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Son of Isham Harris & Anne Campbell

Married Elizabeth Mashburn Davis abt. 1821

Father of eight children:

Margaret Eliz. Harris (Ashworth)- 1823-1898
John Harris - 1824-1849*
James Wesley Harris - 1827-1904
Susan Selina Harris (Brevard) - 1830-1902
Ann Elizabeth Harris (Davidson) - 1832-1915
Abel Franklin Harris - 1834-1862*
Thomas Lenora Harris - 1836-1929
Merritt N. Harris - 1841-1849*

*Sons, John and Merritt, died in Buncombe Co., N.C. in 1849 from typhoid fever; Abel Franklin died in 1862 from disease in Petersburg, Va. while in service to the CSA.
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Inscription

"Buried on his plantation near Ashville, N.C." - Erected 1980 by Those That Care.



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