Maceo Antonio Harris (1897 - 1920)

Born 16 Jan 1897 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Jessie M (Dabbs) Harris — married 20 May 1917 in Rollinsford, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States

Died 15 Nov 1920 at age 23 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Maceo was born in 1897 to Norman Henry Harris, and his wife Annie Louise Andrews. He was one of eight children born to this couple^[1]. In 1917, he married Jessie Hobbs.^[2]. By early 1920, he and his wife had two children, and they were living with Jessie's family. ^[3]. Maceo was working as a policeman. By the end of the year, he contracted pneumonia which resulted in his death in November. ^[4]. Maceo's son, Maceo, Jr. grew up to become a Tuskegee airman. He perished in 1944 while on a mission. He is buried in the Ardennes Cemetery. ^[5].

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXXV-FN5 : 11 March 2018), Antonio Maceo Harris, 16 Jan 1897, Brookline, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,843,699.
2. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLC8-HQ2 : 2 April 2020), Maceo Harris and Jessie M. Dobbs, 20 May 1917; citing Rollinsford, , New Hampshire, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 2,069,316.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFM5-DSC : accessed 10 July 2020), Antonio M Harris in household of William H Dabbs, Boston Ward 13, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing ED 341, sheet 8B, line 81, family 120, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 735; FHL microfilm 1,820,735.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23TJ-22W : 22 October 2019), Maceo A Harris, 15 Nov 1920; citing Death, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 10256, page 85, State Archives, Boston.
5. ↑ https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/harris%3Dmaceo

• "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXXV-FN5 : 11 March 2018), Antonio Maceo Harris, 16 Jan 1897, Brookline, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,843,699.