Harris, Arthur Tol

Other Events:

• Military Servic: Company L, 2nd Alabama Infantry, Spanish American War

Notes:

In correspondence between Sue Towhey and Myrtle Harris Conway Dec 29, 1980:
? Sue Towhey
"My question concerns the fact that their are seven unmarked (except by bricks) small infant graves in this plot- who are they????"

Reply by Aunt Myrtle:
"The grave on the extreme left is a grave of a friend and she gave my Dad the half lot to look after this grave. That is one.
Three are babies of Dad's brother Toll Harris and wife Minnie, two were where my Barbara and Gerald were buried and I just never took the bricks away when we took their concrete slab away. But will do it the next time I am there.
As many times as I have cleaned the lot I just didn't want to throw them away. Does that sound silly?"

Buried:
The headstone is inscribed:

Tol Harris

Co. L
2 ALA INF.
SP AM WAR

Family/Spouse: McGuire, Minnie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Family story says that Thomas left his wife for a Sunday School Teacher from their town and left for Texas. He never divorced Susan and thus was a bigamist. More research needs to be done on this story and Thomas's location in the 1880's.

Thomas married Barnes, Susan A.. Susan (daughter of Lancaster, Martha) was born on 04 Sep 1846 in , , Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Birth year discrepancy (see census)