FIRST–Barton, Sept. 8, 1771. Died Sept. 8, 1794. Evidently he never married as there is no other record.
Second–George S., Feb. 25, 1773. As was the custom he served an apprenticeship and learned the wagon-making business. He came to Ohio some years after and set up a wagon-making establishment in what was later incorporated as Clarksville. It was the first of the kind in that entire region and he did a good business. He became a landowner as shown by deeds in which he transferred 47 1/2 acres of land lying west and just across the road from where Springhill Schoolhouse now stands, to William Wilkerson, and an equal amount north of this to his brother, James.
George served two years or more in the War of 1812 in the campaigns along Lakes Erie and Ontario and in Canada. A long letter written by him Mar. 20, 1813, to his brother, James, tells of the hardships and privations of the times. He was then located at Ft. Findley. After the war he continued in the wagon-making business almost till his death Aug 18, 1849. He was buried in the small graveyard near the railroad but later removed and interred in the I. O. O. F. Cemetery at Clarksville, Ohio. A suitable monument marks the place. His wife’s maiden name and date of death are not known.
To the union at least two children were born, as indicated in the letter mentioned. Probably one died before maturity as there is further record of but one, Elizabeth. She married George Morrow, who for many years conducted a general store at Clarksville. Their children were:
I William Augustus, who married Alice White. Two children were born, Florence and Clara. Both died in their early twenties.
II George Maley, who married Emeline Aikin. They had one child, Laura Josephine, who married Dr. Zenas T. Garland. They had a child, May, who married Dr. Charles Ward. No children.
III Sarah F., married James W. Compton. To them were born
1 George Alexander, never married; retired and lived in Clarksville. Now dead.
2 William Harris, 3 Edgar P. Neither married, both are now dead.
4 Walter Stone, now retired and lives in a pleasant home at Orange, near New Haven, Conn. He married Kathleen Stark; following are their descendants: a Kathleen, unmarried. b Erma, who married Charles Wales, an inventor; they have one child, 1’ Charles
Compton. c James P., married Virginia Calvert of Washington, D. C. James was Lieut. Commander in the U. S. Navy and in overseas service in the World War. He has two children: 1’ Anne, 2’ Virginia. d George Stark, who was doubly gassed in the World War. He married Mary Ryan and they have two children: 1’ George Stark, Jr., and 2’ Kathleen.Third–James, married Mary Cherry.
Fourth–Fielder Bowie, Aug. 16, 1781. When near manhood he became a sailor and later enlisted as midshipman in the U. S. Navy. After a year or two of service he died Aug. 21, 1806, and was buried with military honors at sea. He was never married.
Fifth–Elizabeth, Mar. 18, 1783. She married first, McGregor, by whom she had one son, William. There is no further record of him. After the death of her first husband she married James Steele. Elizabeth also migrated to Clarksville, whether with her first or the second husband is not known. To her second marriage were born two daughters:
I Sarah Ann, who became the second wife of Dr. John Gardner a physician of Clarksville, the son of Judge John Gardner, of Chillicothe, and a nephew of Edward Tiffin, the first governor of Ohio. To the union one child was born, Henrietta, unmarried, and now living in Wilmington, O.
II Henrietta, who married Jacob R. Wysong, son of Joseph Wysong. To this couple one child was born, who did not live to maturity. The father died rather early, and the widow made her home with Sarah Ann. Both lived till about 1900.
Sixth–Sarah Ann, Nov. 8, 1787. Though duly christened Sarah Ann, from some cause she was always referred to as “Aunt Nancy Louden” by the parents of the writer. She married Samuel T. Louden, born Feb. 24, 1782. This marriage was June 27, 1803, and the young couple came to Ohio soon after. Louden seems to have been a man of some means and became one of the most prominent citizens of the community where he settled, what was later Clarksville. He built the first house there to be used as a tavern or hotel, a rather large, hewed log structure, in the loft of which the guests slept, mostly on the floor at first.
The couple seem to have had no children. The husband died Oct. 13, 1849. The general esteem in which he was held was attested by the immense crowd at the funeral. The wife died Dec. 11, 1859.
Note–When the writer was born, his father at the earnest solicitation of “Aunt Louden,” allowed her to name him. She called him “Fielder Bowie,” after her next older brother, who as a U. S. Sailor had died at sea. For half a century she had evidently retained
her girlhood affection for her sailor brother and mourned his untimely death. No explanation has been found for this name, so different from all others known in the Harris ancestry.Seventh–Josiah, born but soon expired. No date given, probably in 1790.
