Ella A. Harris

Ella A. Harris

• Father: Ira A. Harris b. 1816, d. 1869
• Mother: Dilue W. Rose b. 28 April 1825, d. 2 April 1914

• Ella A. Harris was born in September 1848 in Texas.
• She married A. C. McNeely on 8 March 1866 in Colorado County, Texas, with John Jacob Scherer, Lutheran minister, officiating.
• A. C. McNeely and Ella A. Harris appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Calvert PO, Robertson County, Texas. Other members of the household included Nancy McNeely and Nettie McNeely. Also in the household was O. Crutchfield, age 26, also a bookkeeper.
• She married John A. Guynn, son of Isom Guynn and Mary Wicker, on 10 July 1876.
• John A. Guynn and Ella A. Harris appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Eagle Lake, Colorado County, Texas. Other members of the household included Milby Edward Guynn.
• Ella A. Harris became a widow at the 8 June 1894 death of her husband John A. Guynn.
• Ella A. Harris appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Eagle Lake, Colorado County, Texas. Other members of the household included Milby Edward Guynn.
• Ella A. Harris appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Eagle Lake, Colorado County, Texas. Other members of the household included John Albert Guynn and William Cleveland Guynn.
• Ella A. Harris died on 12 March 1913 at age 64.
• She was interred at Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Columbus, Colorado County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 12 March 1913 in the Weimar Mercury: (Eagle Lake, Tex., March 12) Mrs. Ella Guynn, one of the older residents of Eagle Lake, died this evening at 6 o’clock. She leaves three sons, M. E. Guynn, active vice president of the Eagle Lake State Bank; John A. Guynn and W. C. Guynn, both connected with the rice business; an aged mother Mrs. Dilue Harris; one sister, Mrs. George S. Zeigler, and two brothers, L A. Harris of Altair and Guy Harris of Galveston.

• Last Edited: 15 Feb 2011