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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Nancy Walker Harris
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Nancy Walker Harris
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| LAST NAME: Harris
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FIRST NAME: Nancy
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MIDDLE NAME: Walker
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| MAIDEN NAME: Hodge
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| TITLE: Mrs.
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GENDER: F
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| BORN: 26 Nov 1821
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DIED: 18 Nov 1907
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BURIED: 28 Nov 1907
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OCCUPATION: Housewife
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| BIRTH PLACE: Sangamon Co., Illinois
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| DEATH PLACE: Oak Grove, Polk Co., Oregon
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OSBH DC (Marion Co., 1907) #5168 - female, widow, b. Illinois, d. 18 Nov 1907 west of Salem, Oregon at the age of 85 years 11 months, undertaker A. M. Clough, informant Mrs. Boon of Salem, Oregon. Age: 85 years, 11 months, 22 days.
MARRIAGE - Nancy W. Hodge md Hugh Harris 7 Apr 1840 in McLean Co., Illinois.
BIOGRAPHICAL (Source - Portrait and Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley, pg 492):
Nancy W. Harris.
The daughter and granddaughter of pioneers, it was natural that Mrs. Nancy W. Harris should have the same courage that made her ancestors leave their homes in the land of their birth, and start a away into the wilderness to aid in the upbuilding of a new territory and grapple with the greater opportunities of a new country. Her grandfather, Francis Hodge, of English blood, made his home in North Carolina, where he married Miss Nancy Walker, who was of Scotch-Irish descent. Their son, William H. Hodge, the father of Mrs. Harris of this review, was born in Wentworth, Rockingham county, N.C., January 14, 1794. In 1820, he settled in Sangamon county, Ill., having previously spent some time in Tennessee and Kentucky. In Kentucky, he married Miss Rachel Wall, a native of that state, born in Warren county, March 9, 1799. Their marriage occurred in 1814, the couple being very youthful. Mr. Hodge spent his years engaged in tilling the soil, though for four years, from 1827 to 1831, he served as sheriff of Tazewell county, Ill. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hodge, of whom Margaret Robinson is deceased; Nancy W. Harris is the subject of this review, and was born in Sangamon county, Ill., November 26, 1821; Andrew met his death in the Mexican war; Newton lives in McLean county, Ill.; Mary J. Hill makes her home in California; William lives in McLean county, Ill.; James resides in the same location; and Harriet Woodworth lives in Bloomington, Ill. The father and mother both died in McLean county, to which they had come at an early day, mention being made of them as among the first settlers of that county.
Nancy W. Hodge married Hugh C. Harris, who was born in Athens county, Ohio, December 20, 1818, the son of Francis Harris. The Harris family settled early in Delaware county, Ind., and there Hugh C. grew to manhood and engaged in farming. When twenty-one years of age he left home, and coming to Illinois, he settled in McLean county in the neighborhood of the Hodge farm, where he engaged in farming for himself. April 7, 1840, occurred the marriage of Nancy W. Hodge and Hugh C. Harris, the two making their home in Illinois until 1853, when they decided to try their fortunes on the western slop of the United States, both having the pioneer principles firmly implanted in their lives. The commenced the journey March 18, 1853, from the home place in McLean county, bound for Oregon. They started with twenty-two head of cattle, but on their arrival at Eola September 18 of the same year they had but eleven. The same winter they bought a farm near Rickreall, Polk county, where they continued to live for five years, at the end of which time they traded for their present place, a farm of one hundred and ninety acres located at Oak Grove. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Harris are as follows: William H., deceased; Mariam Allen, of Salem; Emmeline Hannah, of Salem; Charles, deceased; Elizabeth Heise, on an adjoining farm; Scott, of Spokane, Wash.; Belle Putnam, of Gilliam county; Mary Chitwood, deceased; Emerson, at home; Ollie Goodnough, of Portland; and Andrew, of California. Five of the children were born in their Illinois home.
The death of Mr. Harris, April 27, 1888 [1887], was a much regretted occurrence, he being accidentally killed while on the road to Rickreall with a load of produce. He had always been a prominent man in the community, taking a intelligent interest in the affairs of the day, serving as road supervisor and in various school offices for several years. He was a Republican in politics. Religiously he belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church of Oak Grove, where Mrs. Harris still holds membership.
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OBITUARY:
Harris, Nancy (Mrs. Hugh). Died at the family home at Oak Grove, Polk county, Oregon, Monday, at 5 a.m., November 18,1907, Mrs. Nancy Harris, aged 85 years, of heart failure, and diseases attendant upon old age. The deceased was the widow of Hugh Harris, who preceded her to the grave several years ago. She was born in Illinois, and came to Oregon in 1853, settling upon the farm where she has since resided almost continuously. The funeral will be held from the Oak Grove church at 10 o'clock today, conducted by the Rev. W. H. Selleck. Interment will be made in the Salem Odd Fellows' cemetery, where services will be held from 1:30 p.m.
Oregon Statesman 19 Nov 1907
PIONEER AND MOTHER OF THIRTEEN CHILDREN. Salem, Or., Nov 22 - (Special) Mrs. Nancy Walker Hodge Harris, who died November 17, was born in Sangamon County, Illinois, November 26, 1821. Her parentage was of the Scotch-Irish stock and she inherited the sturdiness of one and the good humor of the other. In 1825, her parents moved to Bloomington, Ill., where at 15 years of age she united with the Methodist church in which she retained active membership for 71 years.
In 1839, she was married to Hugh Harris to whom she bore 13 children, 11 of whom reached maturity. In March 1853, with her husband and five children she crossed the plains with ox teams, experiencing the perils and hardships incident to such a journey. They reached Oregon in October and settled on a farm near Dallas where, in an old-fashioned log-house,
Mrs. Harris reared her family, dispensed a gracious hospitality and served God. She early united with the Methodist class at Dallas. Her home was open always to the early itinerant preachers. Robert Waller, the Hines, Doones, and their associates shared and extolled her hospitable table. The growth of her neighborhood made it possible to establish a preaching point near her home, which, under her inspiration, soon made possible the erection of a church at Oak Grove from which she was buried. She boarded free of cost the builders of the edifice. Her husband died in 1887, and she passed away near her old home, November 17, 19071 survived by two sisters, on brother, eight children, 28 grandchildren and seven great- grandchildren. Her mind was clear to the last and her cheerfulness and wit never failed her.
Oregon Statesman 22 Nov 1907
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INSCRIPTION:
Nancy Hodge Harris
Nov. 26, 1821 Nov. 17, 1907
(shares monument with Hugh Harris)
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SOURCES:
LR
LD
OSBH DC (Marion Co., 1907) #5168
Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900
DAR pg 45
S&H pg 5
Saucy
PBRW, pg 492
OS 19 Nov 1907
OS 22 Nov 1907
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| LOT: 506
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SPACE: C
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LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.215'
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LATITUDE: W 123° 02.860'
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