Sadie Elizabeth (Holbrook) Harris (1904 - 1999)

Born 19 Aug 1904 in Letcher, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Spence Edward Harris — married 1 Jan 1923 in Sergent, Letcher, Kentucky, United States

Died 22 May 1999 at age 94 in Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Sadie was born in 1904. She was the daughter of Nancy P. Holbrook (1884-1966) and Blaine Adams.

The 1910 Census^[1] shows her at age 5 with her mother in the home of her grandparents in Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky.

The 1920 Census^[2] shows her at age 15 with her mother in the home of her grandparents in Letcher County, Kentucky.

She married Spence Harris on 1 Jan 1923 in Sergent, Letcher County, Kentucky.^[3] From census information, their children are:

1. Spence Harris Jr. (1923–1998)
2. Opal Harris (1925–2013)
3. Viola G Harris
4. Wm T Harris (1929–2014)
5. Raymond Harris (1931–2013)
6. Stephen Harris (1933–2011)

The 1930 Census^[4] shows her at age 25 with her husband and four children in East Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky.

The 1940 Census^[5] shows her at age 36 with her husband and six children in Magisterial District 1, Letcher County, Kentucky.

She passed away in 1999. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M267-FYS : accessed 28 January 2021), Sadie Holbrooks in household of E A Halbrooks, Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 143, sheet 12A, family 204, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 491; FHL microfilm 1,374,504.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHGV-PXV : 3 January 2021), Sady E Holbrook in entry for Enoch A Holbrook, 1920.
3. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2D8-5NVF : 29 November 2018), Spencer Harris and Sadie Holbrook, 01 Jan 1923; citing Marriage, Sergent, Letcher, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 1,943,340. It is this marriage record that names her father.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMX1-B6F : accessed 28 January 2021), Sadie Harris in household of Spence Harris, East Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 21, sheet 27B, line 97, family 521, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 765; FHL microfilm 2,340,500.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7TY-W4P : 9 January 2021), Sadie Harris in household of Spencer Harris, Magisterial District 1, Letcher, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67-2, sheet 19B, line 42, family 294, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1330.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #85709607 page for Sadie Elizabeth Holbrook Harris (19 Aug 1904–22 May 1999), citing Green Acres Cemetery, Ermine, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA; accessed 27 January 2021; Maintained by Brian K. Caudill (contributor 48482664).

• FamilySearch profile for Sadie Elizabeth Holbrook (1904–1999), accessed 27 Jan 2021.