Note:This is the actual burial location ~ "memorial only" link above
Born at the settlement of Winter Quarters, Nebraska Territory, later known as Florence, Nebraska which was established as a winter encampment for LDS immigrants waiting to travel west after leaving Nauvoo, Illinois.
Seventh child of Robert Jr. Harris and Hannah Maria Eagles.
In mid July 1846, his father had marched from Council Bluffs/Winter Quarters with the U.S. Army Mormon Battalion in Company E as a private under the command of Captain Daniel C. Davis.
His mother and her six children were left in the care of Robert's sister, Martha Rebecca, his sister Diana and her husband, Thomas Bloxham. His father had volunteered to fight in the War with Mexico to earn money to finance the move of the family to the Salt Lake Valley. Robert III was born 5 and 1/2 months later in a wagon bed which had been set on the ground as a shelter for his family. They resided in the Third Ward with the Browett family, but were also listed as living in the Eleventh Ward under the stewardship of Bishop Abraham Hoagland.
His father did not know little Robert had been born and had died, until he was able to return in December of 1847 to move his family.
Note:This is the actual burial location ~ "memorial only" link above
Born at the settlement of Winter Quarters, Nebraska Territory, later known as Florence, Nebraska which was established as a winter encampment for LDS immigrants waiting to travel west after leaving Nauvoo, Illinois.
Seventh child of Robert Jr. Harris and Hannah Maria Eagles.
In mid July 1846, his father had marched from Council Bluffs/Winter Quarters with the U.S. Army Mormon Battalion in Company E as a private under the command of Captain Daniel C. Davis.
His mother and her six children were left in the care of Robert's sister, Martha Rebecca, his sister Diana and her husband, Thomas Bloxham. His father had volunteered to fight in the War with Mexico to earn money to finance the move of the family to the Salt Lake Valley. Robert III was born 5 and 1/2 months later in a wagon bed which had been set on the ground as a shelter for his family. They resided in the Third Ward with the Browett family, but were also listed as living in the Eleventh Ward under the stewardship of Bishop Abraham Hoagland.
His father did not know little Robert had been born and had died, until he was able to return in December of 1847 to move his family.
Family Members
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Joseph Harris
1836–1896
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Elizabeth Harris Van Orden
1838–1893
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William Harris
1839–1911
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Thomas Eagles Harris
1841–1928
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Enoch Harris
1843–1924
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Sarah Ann Harris Green
1845–1882
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Robert Harris III
1847–1847
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Daniel Browett Harris
1848–1922
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Maria Harris
1851–1851
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Lucy Emma Harris Phillips
1852–1919
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Jenetta Harris Parkinson
1854–1921
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Henrietta Harris Bernhisel
1854–1909
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Robert Charles "Charlie" Harris
1856–1928
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Julia Ann Harris Hall
1858–1936
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Mary Ellen Harris McCrary
1860–1921
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