Source Citations for Erastus L. Harris

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Source Citations

book-history-of-concord-1883: Erasmus Briggs, History of the Original Town of Concord, Being the Present Towns of Concord, Collins, N. Collins, and Sardinia, Erie County, New York; Rochester, N.Y. : Union and Advertiser Co.'s Print, 1883; book image (PDF), Internet Archive (https://archive.org: accessed 20 Apr 2018); original held by Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

book-memorial-record-of-iowa-v1-1896: A Memorial and Biographical Record of Iowa, Volume 1; Marceline, Missouri: Walsworth Publishing Co., 1978; book image (PDF), Google Books (http://books.google.com: accessed 19 Apr 2018); reprint of 1896 edition published Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1896; provided by the University of Wisconsin at Madison

census-us-1880-ps-ny-erie-204-29: 1880 U.S. Census, population schedule, New York, Erie County, Collins, enumeration district 204, page 29 (form/penned) or 466A (stamped); 1880 United States Federal Census, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed before 12 August 2018) ⟩ "New York ⟩ Erie ⟩ Collins ⟩ 204" image 13; citing “Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 832 (of 1454), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.”

family-gilbert-smith-family-tree: Family tree wall hanging for Gilbert Palmer Smith; created and update from the mid-1800s through 1900; privately held

marker-erastus-emily-harris-1901-1919: Gravestone of Erastus L. (1901) and Emily A. (1919) Harris; Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 18 Dec 2020), memorial IDS 27680286 (Erastus) and 27680264 (Emily), photograph uploaded 5 July 2008 to both memorials; citing “Collins Center Cemetery (Collins Center, Erie County, New York, USA), Section A Lot 92 and 92A”

story-by-the-old-mill-stream: Carlotta Wood and Nora Johnson Brown, “By The Old Mill Stream,” transcribed by {private}; unrecorded source; citing “unrecorded publisher, 21 Feb 1934”

Source Reference Details

Name Details

book-history-of-concord-1883:

Reference Detail: Pages 659-660 (PDF pages 677-678)

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Erastus L. Harris).

book-memorial-record-of-iowa-v1-1896:

Reference Detail: Pages 43-44 (PDF pages 62-63)

Comment Detail: Source implies name (_____ Harris).

census-us-1880-ps-ny-erie-204-29:

Reference Detail: Line 1, dwelling 314

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Erastus L. Harris).

family-gilbert-smith-family-tree:

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Erastus L. Harris).

marker-erastus-emily-harris-1901-1919:

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Erastus L. Harris).

Birth Details

book-history-of-concord-1883:

Reference Detail: Pages 659-660 (PDF pages 677-678)

Comment Detail: Source includes date (⟨conflict⟩) and location (Collins [, Erie County, New York]). See research notes for conflict details.

census-us-1880-ps-ny-erie-204-29:

Reference Detail: Line 1, dwelling 314

Comment Detail: Source includes age (49) and location (New York). Using the official census date of 1 June 1880 gives a birth date range from 2 June 1830 to 1 June 1831.

marker-erastus-emily-harris-1901-1919:

Comment Detail: Source includes date (1831).

Death Details

marker-erastus-emily-harris-1901-1919:

Comment Detail: Source includes date (1901).

Marriage Details

census-us-1880-ps-ny-erie-204-29:

Reference Detail: Lines 1,2, dwelling 314

Comment Detail: Source identifies Emily A. Harris as the wife of Erastus L. Harris.

family-gilbert-smith-family-tree:

Comment Detail: Source identifies Erastus L. Harris and Emily A. Smith as married.

marker-erastus-emily-harris-1901-1919:

Comment Detail: This source identifies Emily A. as the wife of Erastus L. Harris.

book-history-of-concord-1883:

Reference Detail: Pages 659-660 (PDF pages 677-678)

Comment Detail: Source includes date (February, 1863).

Miscellaneous Facts Details “Events”

book-history-of-concord-1883:

Reference Detail: Pages 659-660 (PDF pages 677-678)

Comment Detail: Source includes year (1854) of his moving to (California).

book-history-of-concord-1883:

Reference Detail: Pages 659-660 (PDF pages 677-678)

Comment Detail: Source includes approximate date (Fall 1857) and location (Collins [, Erie County, New York]).

book-history-of-concord-1883:

Reference Detail: Pages 659-660 (PDF pages 677-678)

Comment Detail: Source includes approximate date (Fall of 1857) he moved to (Collins [, Erie County, New York]).

book-history-of-concord-1883:

Reference Detail: Pages 659-660 (PDF pages 677-678)

Comment Detail: Source includes approximate date ("the breaking out of the late rebellion in the Spring of 1861") and location (Collins [, Erie County, New York]). The American Civil War started in April 1861.

book-history-of-concord-1883:

Reference Detail: Pages 659-660 (PDF pages 677-678)

Comment Detail: Source includes date (8th of August, 1861), unit (Ellsworth Regiment, the 44th New York Volunteers), and muster location (Albany [New York]).

book-history-of-concord-1883:

Reference Detail: Pages 659-660 (PDF pages 677-678)

Comment Detail: Source includes approximate date ("at the close of the war") and location (Collins [, Erie County, New York]). The American Civil War ended in April 1865.

marker-erastus-emily-harris-1901-1919:

Comment Detail: Marker is physically located in Collins Center Cemetery, in Collins Center, Erie County, New York.

Miscellaneous Facts Details “Attributes”

book-history-of-concord-1883:

Reference Detail: Pages 659-660 (PDF pages 677-678)

Comment Detail: Source notes he lived in a location until (1854) and location (Collins [, Erie County, New York]).

book-history-of-concord-1883:

Reference Detail: Pages 659-660 (PDF pages 677-678)

Comment Detail: Source includes occupation (mining).

book-history-of-concord-1883:

Reference Detail: Pages 659-660 (PDF pages 677-678)

Comment Detail: Source includes approximate date (Fall of 1858), occupation (farming), and location (Iowa).

census-us-1880-ps-ny-erie-204-29:

Reference Detail: Line 1, dwelling 314

Comment Detail: Source includes census date (1 Jun 1880) and occupation (lumber manufacturer).

census-us-1880-ps-ny-erie-204-29:

Reference Detail: Line 1, dwelling 314

Comment Detail: Source includes census date (1 Jun 1880) and location (Collins, in the County of Erie, State of New York).

Stories Details

story-by-the-old-mill-stream:

(no additional information)

General Notes Details

book-history-of-concord-1883:

Reference Detail: Pages 659-660 (PDF pages 677-678)

marker-erastus-emily-harris-1901-1919:

(no additional information)

Research Notes Details

book-history-of-concord-1883:

Reference Detail: Pages 659-660 (PDF pages 677-678)

census-us-1880-ps-ny-erie-204-29:

Reference Detail: Line 1, dwelling 314