Benjamin Harris, from North Carolina, settled, in 1807, about six miles north from Richmond, and four miles southeast from Newport, in the south-west part of the present township of Franklin. He was a son of Obadiah Harris, Sr. He died about the year 1850, on the farm on which he first settled. He had fifteen children, thirteen of whom attained to the age of majority and were married:

1. Obadiah, who married Sarah, daughter of John Lewis, of Green, and settled on Green's Fork, near Williamsburg, now resides near Indianapolis.

2. Pleasant, who married Hannah Massey, and settled in New Garden ; afterward on Nettle Creek, near Dalton. He has since lived at South Bend, and last in Iowa, where he died.

3. James, who married Naomi, a daughter of John Lewis, and settled on Green's Fork, where he died.

4. Beersheba, who married Job Coggeshall, and settled near Newport, where she died. He resides at Williamsburg.

5. John, who married Nancy Harvey ; settled in Center; removed thence to near Newcastle; thence to Iowa, where he died.

6. Benjamin, who married Lydia Hiatt, lived on his farm three years, and then settled near Williamsburg, where he lived until 1868, and now resides a mile from Richmond. Mrs. H. died in July, 1867; and he married in April, 1870, Hannah Ann Estell.

7. Rebecca, who married Henry Dutterow, and settled in Franklin township.

8. Sarah, who married John Catey, of Green.

9. Margaret who married John Gardner, and lives in Oregon, where he died.

10. David, who married in Illinois, and died there.

11. Aaron, who married Martha, daughter of Richard Lewis, and resides in Huntington county.

12. Elizabeth, who married Seth Gardner, and lives near Arba.

13. Nathan, who married, first, Hannah Thompson; second, Mrs. Edith Anderson, and resides at Union City.

Reference is from "History of Wayne County, Indiana by Andrew Young 1872