HEADSTONE READS; FATHER.

FAMILY HISTORY, DAVID LEE HARRIS BORN 1830-DIED 1917, MARRIED (1) JULIA ANN CONAWAY (BORN 1838 DIED 1870) ON 5-5-1857,SEVEN CHILDREN. MARRIED (2) SARA J. "SALLY" BRAY (BORN 1841-DIED 1920) ON 8-3-1870,FIVE CHILDREN

AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER (JOHN HARRIS) IN KENTUCKY, DAVID LEE HARRIS MOVED TO LINCOLN CO. TN, TO WORK AS A TANNER WITH HIS UNCLE JOEL M. HARRIS AT HOWELL,TN.
IN 1860 DAVID BOUGHT EIGHT-HUNDRED ACRES NEAR BRIGHTON. HE WAS A FARMER,AND A LOGGER. HE OWNED A TWO-HUNDRED ACRE TRACT AT HIGH TOP ,NEAR BEAR WALLOW, AND A FOUR-HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ACRE TRACT ON THE MOUNTAIN NEAR NEW MARKET,AL.
HE WAS A REVENUE OFFICER FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN LINCOLN COUNTY TN.

TIDBITS FROM THE FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER

JUNE 29,1871.
DAVID L. HARRIS ELECTED TREAS.OF THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS-SURPRISE LODGE NO.153 OF FLINTVILLE.

AUGUST 23, 1888
MESSRS.D.L. HARRIS AND J.L. BAXTER MADE A TRIP TO NASHVILLE LAST WEEK IN THE INTEREST OF THE FARMERS ALLIANCE.

MAY 14,1891
MR.D.L. HARRIS HAS ONE OF THE FINEST COLTS, FROM HIS CELEBRATED NOOSLEY MARE,THAT WE HAVE SEEN.IT GOES ALL THE GAITS NATURALLY AND FAST. YOU OUGHT TO SEE THIS COLT. THE OWNER SAYS $500 IS NO MONEY FOR THE YOUNGSTER. MR. THOMAS TAYLOR, THE OWNER OF THE SIRE OF THE COLT, SAYS HE IS NOT AFRAID FOR IT TO BE SHOWN ANYWHERE OR AGAINST ANY NUMBER OF COLTS.

JULY 9,1891
MR.DAVID L. HARRIS AND HIS DAUGHTER, MISS ALICE, LEFT LAST TUESDAY FOR WEAKLEY COUNTY,WEST TN.. TO VIST RELATIVES.THEY EXPECT TO BE GONE ABOUT TWO WEEKS.

JULY 23,1891
OUR WORTHY CITIZEN, DAVID L. HARRIS, ESQ., AND HIS BEAUTIFUL AND ACCOMPLISHED DAUGHTER, MISS ALICE, HAVE RETURNED FROM WEST TENNESSEE.

MAY 17,1894
J.A. McKINNY, ESQ,. WITH MISSES IDA AND SALLIE CORDER SPENT LAST SUNDAY AT D.L. HARRIS.

MAY 27,1897
ESQ,. D.L. HARRIS REPORTED THAT HE THOUGHT HE WAS TAKING THE BIG-HEAD A FEW DAYS AGO WHEN HE STARTED TO COME TO FLINTVILLE IN A DOUBLE TURN-OUT, BUT HE WAS OUT TO CHURCH LAST SUNDAY AND SAID HE THINKS THE ATTACK IS GOING TO BE VERY LIGHT, NOT BAD ENOUGH TO DISFIGURE HIM.

NOVEMBER 13,1913
LAST MONDAY SECRETARY OF STATE R.R. SNEED ISSUED A CHARTER TO THE CITIZENS' BANK OF FLINTVILLE, WITH A CAPITAL STOCK OF $10,000. THE INCORPORATORS ARE DAVID L. HARRIS , JOHN M. HARRIS, L.R. NOE, E.O.HUDSON AND JOHN YOUNG. THIS WILL BE THE NINTH BANK DOING BUSINESS IN LINCOLN COUNTY.