Wood & Torbert Families

Rose Harris

b. circa 1865

Rose Harris was born circa 1865 in Texas.
Following emancipation, Rose Harris adopted the name Rose Harris.
Beverly and Harriet appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Danville PO, Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Rose Harris, Sally, Frances (?), Emma (?) and Julia (?). Children Sally (age 5), Frances (3), Emma (2) and Julia (6 months) are listed in the household, but nothing else is yet known of them. Rose (age 5) appears in the household again in 1880, identified as a daughter, but she appears to have been born pior to the marriage of Beverly and Harriet.
Research Note: According to inforrmation recorded in the 1900 census, at that time Beverly and Harriet had been married for about 30 years, and Harriet had 9 of 9 children living. Also, although there is significant evidence that Sam Harris was born in May 1870, he is not among the chidlren enumerated in the household in that census. Nothing further is yet known of children Sally, Frances, Emma and Julia, who were enumerated in their household in 1870.
Beverly and Harriet appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Montgomery County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Rose Harris, Sam M. Harris, Ella Harris, Fereby Harris, Gillis Harris, Liddie Dutch Harris and Benjamin Harris.
She was doing farm work, according to the 1880 census.