James Harrison HARNESS

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 5 Sep 1860, Crab Orchard, Lincoln, Kentucky. ¹²⁸
1) Jas A Harness, age 42, male, can't read occupation, $800 real estate, $2500 personal estate, born in Kentucky
2) Mary P, age 40, female, born in Kentucky
3) Wm M K, age 16, male, born in Kentucky, attended school
4) Elizabeth A, age 13, female, born in Kentucky, attended school
5) Jas H, age 9, male, born in Kentucky, attended school
6) Geo W, age 5, male, born in Kentucky
7) John, age 1, male, born in Kentucky

• Census, 3 Jun 1870, Hamlet, Mercer, Illinois. ¹²⁹
1) J. A. Harness, age 51, male, white, farmer, $5500 real estate, $1040 personal estate, born in Kentucky
2) Mary P., age 50, female, white, keeping house, born in Kentucky
3) Jas Harrison, age 19, male, white, assisting on farm, born in Kentucky, attended school
4) Geo W., age 14, male, white, born in Kentucky, attended school
5) John F., age 11, male, white, born in Kentucky, attended school

• Census, 8 Jun 1880, Perryton, Mercer, Illinois. ¹³⁰
1) James A. Harness, white, male, age 61, married, retired, born in Kentucky, father born in Virginia, mother born in Virginia
2) Mary P., white, female, age 60, wife, married, keeping home, born in Kentucky, father born in Ireland, mother born in South Carolina
3) Harry, white, male, age 28, son, single, farm for hire, born in Kentucky, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Kentucky

• Census, 1 Jun 1900, Perryton, Mercer, Illinois. ¹²⁵
1) James H. Harness, head, white, male, born Dec 1851, age 45, married 18 years, born in Kentucky, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Kentucky, farmer, can read, write and speak english
2) Margaret C., wife, white, female, born in Mar 1863, age 36, married 18 years, 5 of 5 children living, born in Kentucky, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Kentucky, can read, write and speak english
3) Mary B, daughter, white, female, born in Oct 1883, age 16, single, born in Illinois, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Kentucky, at school, can read, write and speak english
4) James, son, white, male, born Aug 1885, age 14, single, born in Illinois, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Kentucky, farm laborer, can read, write and speak english
5) Myrtle, daughter, white, female, born June 1894, age 5, single, born in Illinois, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Kentucky
6) George W., son, white, male, born Aug 1896, age 3, single, born in Illinois, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Kentucky
7) Herman H., son, white, male, born Oct 1898, age 1, single, born in Illinois, father born in Kentucky, mother born in Kentucky

James married Margaret Catherine BETHURAM, daughter of William BETHURUM and Julia Ann HARNESS, on 11 May 1882 in Hamlet, Mercer, Illinois.¹²⁷ (Margaret Catherine BETHURAM was born about 1862 in , Lincoln, Kentucky.)