William I GEORGE

Notes

58. Emily Eveline GEORGE

NOTES:

Will dated April 13, 1933

House on 638 e. Sumach St. Walla
Walla, Washington

Acreage at peppers crossing

5 living children

James William Harris

Eva Hughes Goodman

Alice Watson

John F. Harris

Rose Della Dalton

Each grandchild (1) one dollar

Everything else to be split between children

I hereby direct that my body be given decent burial in the Ford (Valley) Cemetery in Umatilla County, Oregon in
accordance with my station in life.

Receipts: Groseclose Funeral Home;
Services/with casket $
185.00 Cemetery
(lot, opening grave,Tent,and drapies) 32.50
Music 5.00
Telephone 1.25
Ambulance Call 3.50
Sales Tax 1.80
Total $ 229.05

For Nursing Emily Harris during her last illness 3 nights at $4.00 per night Mrs. G.A. Webb
12.00

2 years taxes and interest paid on Acreage E. E.Hughes
78.00

AM Jenson Co.
1 union suit 1.95
1 Hose.79 1
thread.05
4 yds Crepe 4.00
3 yds crepe o'dear.75
Tax.15
Total $7.69
By Mrs.Rose Dalton

Hartleys Grocery Due on Grocery account 10.78

Dr. E. L. Whitney Medical car during last illness 29.00

Walla Walla General Hospital
3 1/2 days hospital care
17.5 0 Lab work 5.00
Medicine 1.45
Total 23.95

Rose Dalton filed petition to be adminster of will
$1000.00
Rose Dalton 310.00
John Harris 283.42
Emily Hughes Goodman 300.00
William Harris 100.00
Grandchildren 12.00
John Harris 26.58
Emily Goodman 10.00
William Harris 210.00
William also recieved the 8.00 dollars for his children this was never given to them !
Total Estate $ 2,641.47

NOTES
The George's was the second wagon train to come to the Mission in Walla Walla. (which I checked dates and that would have been in the 1840s)

Emily George was about 8/10 years old and her job was to pickup
buffalo chips for the fires. She wander too far off one day and when
they found her she was surrounded by Indians. Because of her Bright
Red Hair the Indians did not know if she was real or not. They thought she was a special person and they backed away and left. She also said that this Emily was a Herb Woman which the knowledge was handed down from her mother.

Now by 1864 the Indians would have known white people for quite some time and Red Hair would not have bothered them, so maybe it was it the 1840s.

Also said that Emily's father James shipped Camels into the county to go thur the desert parts instead of horses.

John William HARRIS

NOTES:
Census:
1850 Tobin TWP, Perry, Indiana

Batch & SheetNumber: 7015910 67 Source Call Number: 538427 Type: Film

RECORDS
Harris Family History:
Father: John William Harris Born 16 Dec 1847 Indiana

Came to Oregon Jan 1863 age 18 Oregon Statehood 1859

Washington Statehood 1889

Homestead in Washington on State line at Peppers Corner

Mother: Emily Eveline George Born 15 Sept 1854
Indiana Crossed plains to Washington Territory 1864, with parents age 10

RECORDS John William Harris married Emily Eveline George 21 Aug 1868 Walla Walla, Washington
Records at County House in Walla Walla.

Children:
James William Harris Born 12 Sept 1869 (Sunday Morning) Walla Walla Co., Stateline, Washington

George Andrew Harris Born 17 Aug 1874 Walla Walla Co, Washington

Mary Elizabeth Harris Born 08 Sept 1871 Died 11 Nov 1871 Walla Walla Co., Stateline, Washington

Eveline Emily Harris Born 01 June 1877 Walla Walla Co., Stateline, Washington

John Franklin Harris Born 26 Feb 1880 Home Birch Creek, Umatilla Co., Oregon

Alice Etta Harris Born 22 Aug 1884 Garfield County, Washington (Near Pataha)

Thomas Edgar Harris Born 15 Feb 1887 Died 12 May 1889 2 Years 2 Months 27 Days

Rose Della Harris Born 30 Jul 1892 Walla Walla Co., Pepper
Crossing, Washington

RECORDS In the year 1881 John & Emily Harris filed permission claim at Garfield County, Washington.

In the year 1889 John & Emily Harris with their family moved back to Walla Walla County.

In 1890 they moved to Pepper Place on the Walla Walla River in
Washington.

Possible source for information: Roberta Watson Campbell
(Harold Glenn) Star Route, Echo, Oregon 97826

John william Harris, drowned in the Yellow Hawk Creek .
He sat by the river everyday in a chair, the bank gave away and his body was never found.

Emily was said to be a "herb woman"

NOTES:
Have hand written Marriage Document
Also have copy of document of Deed that John gave his wife for the sum of one dollar a parcel of land that belonged only to her.
Dated August 1, 1901.

NOTES:
Reord of him paying for Cemetery plots at Ford(Valley) Cemetery, Umatillia Co. Oregon.