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Merle Allen Harris 1920–1997 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Mar 1920

Birth Location: DeWitt County, Illinois, United States of America

Death Date: 5 June 1997

Death Location: Clinton, Dewitt Co, Illinois

Father: Joseph Harris

Mother: Nellie Allen

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Merle Allen Harris was born in 1920 in DeWitt County, Illinois, United States of America, the child of Joseph Joe Harris And Nellie Manerva Allen. Merle Allen Harris passed away in 1997 in Clinton, Dewitt Co, Illinois.

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Biography

  • Merle Allen Harris was born in 1920 in DeWitt County, Illinois, United States of America, the child of Joseph Joe Harris And Nellie Manerva Allen.
  • Merle Allen Harris passed away in 1997 in Clinton, Dewitt Co, Illinois.

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Merle Harris's Ancestors

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Merle Harris
1920–1997
Birth Place: DeWitt County, Illinois, United States of America
Parents
Joseph (Joe) Harris
1885–1964
Estill Co, Kentucky / Panola, Kentucky
Nellie (Manerva) Allen
1884–1959
Homer, Champaign Co, illinois
Grandparents
Ristoin Harris
1839–1918
Red Lick, Estill Co, Kentucky
Emaline Johnson
1853–1932
Locus Branch, Estill County, Kentucky, United States of America
Abram (Y) Allen
1858–1946
Vermilion, Illinois, USA
Martha (Francis "Mattie") Wright
1858–1931
Arkansas, USA
Great-Grandparents
Jeremiah Harris
1811–1882
Frances Pearson
1820–1906
Richard Johnson
1828–1904
Nancy Kelly
1832–1919
Justus Allen
1816–1860
Margaret Custer
1814–1864
George Wright
1828–
Sarah King
1837–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Johnson
1802–1888
Mary Warner
1810–1875
John Kelly
1804–1880
Sarah Vaughn
1804–1863

Merle Harris's Timeline

2 Records

1920
27 Mar 1920
Birth of Merle Allen Harris in DeWitt County, Illinois, United States of America
DeWitt County, Illinois, United States of America
1997
5 June 1997
Age 77
Death of Merle Allen Harris in Clinton, Dewitt Co, Illinois
Clinton, Dewitt Co, Illinois

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Mar 1920
    Event Place: DeWitt County, Illinois, United States of America
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 June 1997
    Event Place: Clinton, Dewitt Co, Illinois

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