W. Henry Harris

(1859-1886)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

W. Henry Harris was born on March 10, 1859. He died on December 9, 1886, and was buried in Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery in Bahama, NC.

Places of Residence

• Bahama, NC [1].

Relatives

• Parents: Robert Harrison Harris [1] and Jane Rebecca Parker (1839-1869)  [1].
• Maternal grandparents: David Parker, [Jr.] (1814-1841) and Jane Rebecca Nelson (1819-1839).
• Siblings: two brothers, Charles Harris (b. 1861) and David D. Harris (1857-1932).

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).