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Samuel Murrell Harris

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Samuel Murrell Harris

Birth
Harveyville, Wabaunsee County, Kansas, USA
Death
19 Feb 1944 (aged 85)
Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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His mother was Nancy Jane Murrell. Married June 14, 1881, Sarah Elizabeth Thackrey.

The Manhattan Mercury, Manhattan, KS, Sun., Feb. 20, 1944, p. 1 (Newspapers.com image 423440327):
"Samuel M. Harris, 85, died at 8:30 p.m. Saturday night at St. Mary's hospital after an illness of only four days. He was a retired dairyman who had made his home with his daughter, Miss Vida Harris...
Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the Burhew-Cowan funeral home with the Methodist pastor officiating. Mr. Harris was a member of the Methodist church. Interment will be at Sunset cemetery.
A member of the Grange, Mr. Harris was born in Wabaunsee county and had lived in Kansas all his life. He came to Manhattan in 1905.
Surviving him are six daughters: Mrs. W. H. Thompson, Marion, Kans.; Mrs. H. E. Totten, Clinton, Kans.; Miss Vida Harris of Manhattan; Mrs. R. H. Whitenach, Olathe; Mrs. M. E. Hartzler, Downer's Grove, Ill., and Mrs. B. Waterstradt, Detroit, Kans., and three sons, Frank C. Harris and Richard I. Harris. of Cleveland, and A. L. Harris of Wichita."
His mother was Nancy Jane Murrell. Married June 14, 1881, Sarah Elizabeth Thackrey.

The Manhattan Mercury, Manhattan, KS, Sun., Feb. 20, 1944, p. 1 (Newspapers.com image 423440327):
"Samuel M. Harris, 85, died at 8:30 p.m. Saturday night at St. Mary's hospital after an illness of only four days. He was a retired dairyman who had made his home with his daughter, Miss Vida Harris...
Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the Burhew-Cowan funeral home with the Methodist pastor officiating. Mr. Harris was a member of the Methodist church. Interment will be at Sunset cemetery.
A member of the Grange, Mr. Harris was born in Wabaunsee county and had lived in Kansas all his life. He came to Manhattan in 1905.
Surviving him are six daughters: Mrs. W. H. Thompson, Marion, Kans.; Mrs. H. E. Totten, Clinton, Kans.; Miss Vida Harris of Manhattan; Mrs. R. H. Whitenach, Olathe; Mrs. M. E. Hartzler, Downer's Grove, Ill., and Mrs. B. Waterstradt, Detroit, Kans., and three sons, Frank C. Harris and Richard I. Harris. of Cleveland, and A. L. Harris of Wichita."

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