John Clayton Harris

John Clayton Harris

• Father: Buckner Harris b. 10 November 1837, d. 7 October 1908
• Mother: Georgia Caroline Augusta Gillespie b. 8 February 1836, d. 12 November 1870

• John Clayton Harris was born on 8 December 1866 in Gonzales County, Texas.
• Buckner Harris and Mary Crenshaw Woods appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Luling, Caldwell County, Texas. Other members of the household included John Clayton Harris, James Steele Harris, Elizabeth Octavia Harris, Arthur Buckner Harris M.D. and Frank Collin Harris.
• He married Hulda A. (?) circa 1889.
• John Clayton Harris and Hulda A. (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, at Hays Street. Other members of the household included Leila A. Harris.
• He was a railroad engineer, according to the 1900 census.
• John Clayton Harris and Hulda A. (?) appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Pennsylvania. Other members of the household included Leila A. Harris.
• He was a locomotive engineer, according to the 1910 census.
• The following appeared on 12 July 1911 in the San Antonio Express: A quiet and pretty home wedding occurred last evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Clayton Harris on Carson Street when their daughter, Leila, was married to Dr. Charles Edmund Stevens [sic] of this city. The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. S. H. C. Burgin of the Travis Park Methodist Church, with only relatives and a few friends present. Dr. and Mrs. Stevens left immediately for a wedding trip.
• John Clayton Harris and Hulda A. (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, at 526 Hays Street.
• John Clayton Harris and Hulda A. (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in El Paso, Texas, at 407 Campbell Street.
• He was a master mechanic with the steam railroad, according to the 1930 census.
• The following appeared on 5 September 1946 in the San Antonio Light: In a candlelight ceremony Wednesday evening at the Mann Memorial chapel of Laurel Heights Methodist church, Miss Virginia Stephens, daughter of Mrs. Charles Edmund Stephens and the late Dr. Stephens, became the bride of Dr. Kenneth Wilson Thomas. Dr. Thomas is the son of Dr. James H. Thomas and the late Mrs. Thomas of West. [sic] Bishop John M. Moore of Dallas, [great] uncle of the bride-elect, officiated before members of the immediate families. Miss Jane McIntosh, organist, accompanied Miss Frances Lanier Smith, who sang the nuptial solos. Miss Ruth Stephens was her sister's only attendant. She wore a white silk jersey dress with a matching pleated bandeaux and carried a bouquet of white gladioli. The bride, given in Marriage by her grandfather, John Clayton Harris, was lovely in an ivory brocaded satin gown fashioned with a full skirt, long torso, marquisette yoke and long sleeves. Her ginger-tip veil was caught to a coronet of Chantilly lace embroidered with seed pearls. Dr. William A. Blueher of Albuquerque, N. M. was best man. A reception was held in the Minuet room of the Menger hotel. Mrs. H. S. Tullos, sister of the groom, assisted in receiving. Members of the house party included Mesdames Hubert Jackson, Kirby Atwood, W. Talbot Foster, Frank Huntress Jr., Alfred Beckmann, James McNamara, Jack Hardie, James Wiley Higgs Jr., Andrew Thompson, V. D. Want, Van Wyck Brinkerhoff, John H. White, Robert Raney, Donald Test and Misses Mary Jane Tullos and Pauline Strickland. Misses Bobbie Lentz and Almeda Towns were in charge of the bride's book. After a three-week trip to New Mexico and Arizona, the couple will make their home at 103 East Wildwood.
• John Clayton Harris died on 23 April 1949 at age 82 in Bexar County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 25 Nov 2007