Her parents were Frank York & Eliza D. Cottrell (Wisconsin)
Mrs. Harris was one of the very few still living who viewed the site of Ritzville before there ws even a house, prior to her death Sunday. She came to Adams county in the fall of 1880, after her husband, the late Jared M Harris, had built a house near the site of the present Marcus Thom house. Mr. and Mrs. Harris and their children and a party of settlers came west from Wisconsin three years before, in 1877 by covered wagon, requiring nearly three months to make the journey to Walla Walla, where they settled until Mr. Harris and several others decided to move to the present site of Ritzville.
Mr. and Mrs Harris lived on his homstead tract until 1887 when he sold his land to J. H. Spanjer and moved further out on some land which he bought. In 1890, they moved back to Ritzville, where Mr. Harris established himself in the livery business. He retired from active business in 1887 and died in 1918.
Mrs. Augusta M. Harris, nee York, was born Feb. 16, 1859 on a farm in Dodge county Wisconsin, one of a family of nine. She was married on June 25, 1865 to Jared Harris in Wisconsin. They live in Wisconsin for some time and later in South Dakota before coming west.
Death came unexpectedly to Mrs. Harris. She suffered a paralytic stroke last Sunday morning about 9:30 a.m. and fell to the floor in her home fracturing her left hip and left arm. She regained consciousness only at intervals before her death about 4:30 p.m. She had been in fair health recently.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist church with the Rev. Richard Decker officiating. Burial was in the Ritzville cemetery.
She was the mother of six children, four of whom survive; three daughters, Mrs. Nora Edward of Ritzville; Mrs. Laura Comparet of Portland and Nettie Harris of Seattle; one son, Clifford of San Diego, Calif. She is also surivived by one brother, Will York of Ashland, Oregon and six grandchildren. Mrs. Harris was well know in the Big Bend county and was affectionately called "Grandma" Harris by many.
Ritzville Journal Times March 9, 1939 Sue Gardner & gapwork90
Mrs. Harris was one of the very few still living who viewed the site of Ritzville before there ws even a house, prior to her death Sunday. She came to Adams county in the fall of 1880, after her husband, the late Jared M Harris, had built a house near the site of the present Marcus Thom house. Mr. and Mrs. Harris and their children and a party of settlers came west from Wisconsin three years before, in 1877 by covered wagon, requiring nearly three months to make the journey to Walla Walla, where they settled until Mr. Harris and several others decided to move to the present site of Ritzville.
Mr. and Mrs Harris lived on his homstead tract until 1887 when he sold his land to J. H. Spanjer and moved further out on some land which he bought. In 1890, they moved back to Ritzville, where Mr. Harris established himself in the livery business. He retired from active business in 1887 and died in 1918.
Mrs. Augusta M. Harris, nee York, was born Feb. 16, 1859 on a farm in Dodge county Wisconsin, one of a family of nine. She was married on June 25, 1865 to Jared Harris in Wisconsin. They live in Wisconsin for some time and later in South Dakota before coming west.
Death came unexpectedly to Mrs. Harris. She suffered a paralytic stroke last Sunday morning about 9:30 a.m. and fell to the floor in her home fracturing her left hip and left arm. She regained consciousness only at intervals before her death about 4:30 p.m. She had been in fair health recently.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist church with the Rev. Richard Decker officiating. Burial was in the Ritzville cemetery.
She was the mother of six children, four of whom survive; three daughters, Mrs. Nora Edward of Ritzville; Mrs. Laura Comparet of Portland and Nettie Harris of Seattle; one son, Clifford of San Diego, Calif. She is also surivived by one brother, Will York of Ashland, Oregon and six grandchildren. Mrs. Harris was well know in the Big Bend county and was affectionately called "Grandma" Harris by many.
Ritzville Journal Times March 9, 1939 Sue Gardner & gapwork90
Her parents were Frank York & Eliza D. Cottrell (Wisconsin)
Mrs. Harris was one of the very few still living who viewed the site of Ritzville before there ws even a house, prior to her death Sunday. She came to Adams county in the fall of 1880, after her husband, the late Jared M Harris, had built a house near the site of the present Marcus Thom house. Mr. and Mrs. Harris and their children and a party of settlers came west from Wisconsin three years before, in 1877 by covered wagon, requiring nearly three months to make the journey to Walla Walla, where they settled until Mr. Harris and several others decided to move to the present site of Ritzville.
Mr. and Mrs Harris lived on his homstead tract until 1887 when he sold his land to J. H. Spanjer and moved further out on some land which he bought. In 1890, they moved back to Ritzville, where Mr. Harris established himself in the livery business. He retired from active business in 1887 and died in 1918.
Mrs. Augusta M. Harris, nee York, was born Feb. 16, 1859 on a farm in Dodge county Wisconsin, one of a family of nine. She was married on June 25, 1865 to Jared Harris in Wisconsin. They live in Wisconsin for some time and later in South Dakota before coming west.
Death came unexpectedly to Mrs. Harris. She suffered a paralytic stroke last Sunday morning about 9:30 a.m. and fell to the floor in her home fracturing her left hip and left arm. She regained consciousness only at intervals before her death about 4:30 p.m. She had been in fair health recently.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist church with the Rev. Richard Decker officiating. Burial was in the Ritzville cemetery.
She was the mother of six children, four of whom survive; three daughters, Mrs. Nora Edward of Ritzville; Mrs. Laura Comparet of Portland and Nettie Harris of Seattle; one son, Clifford of San Diego, Calif. She is also surivived by one brother, Will York of Ashland, Oregon and six grandchildren. Mrs. Harris was well know in the Big Bend county and was affectionately called "Grandma" Harris by many.
Ritzville Journal Times March 9, 1939 Sue Gardner & gapwork90
Mrs. Harris was one of the very few still living who viewed the site of Ritzville before there ws even a house, prior to her death Sunday. She came to Adams county in the fall of 1880, after her husband, the late Jared M Harris, had built a house near the site of the present Marcus Thom house. Mr. and Mrs. Harris and their children and a party of settlers came west from Wisconsin three years before, in 1877 by covered wagon, requiring nearly three months to make the journey to Walla Walla, where they settled until Mr. Harris and several others decided to move to the present site of Ritzville.
Mr. and Mrs Harris lived on his homstead tract until 1887 when he sold his land to J. H. Spanjer and moved further out on some land which he bought. In 1890, they moved back to Ritzville, where Mr. Harris established himself in the livery business. He retired from active business in 1887 and died in 1918.
Mrs. Augusta M. Harris, nee York, was born Feb. 16, 1859 on a farm in Dodge county Wisconsin, one of a family of nine. She was married on June 25, 1865 to Jared Harris in Wisconsin. They live in Wisconsin for some time and later in South Dakota before coming west.
Death came unexpectedly to Mrs. Harris. She suffered a paralytic stroke last Sunday morning about 9:30 a.m. and fell to the floor in her home fracturing her left hip and left arm. She regained consciousness only at intervals before her death about 4:30 p.m. She had been in fair health recently.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Methodist church with the Rev. Richard Decker officiating. Burial was in the Ritzville cemetery.
She was the mother of six children, four of whom survive; three daughters, Mrs. Nora Edward of Ritzville; Mrs. Laura Comparet of Portland and Nettie Harris of Seattle; one son, Clifford of San Diego, Calif. She is also surivived by one brother, Will York of Ashland, Oregon and six grandchildren. Mrs. Harris was well know in the Big Bend county and was affectionately called "Grandma" Harris by many.
Ritzville Journal Times March 9, 1939 Sue Gardner & gapwork90
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