Benjamin HARRIS
1860 Census Township 3 Range 8,Clay,Illinois (Ancestry.com)
1870 Census Clay City,Clay,Illinois (Ancestry.com)
He married Elizabeth Jane Vandeveer 1847 at Masillon, Wayne, Illinois . Elizabeth Jane Vandeveer was born at Indiana 23 Dec 1824 daughter of James Vandeveer and Esther Price .
They were the parents of 5
children:
Wesley Luther Harris
born 1848.
Rowland Harris
born Abt 1851.
Mary Teresa Harris
born 1854.
Benjamin Theodore Harris
born Abt 1857.
Joseph Denton Harris
born Abt 1860.
Benjamin Harris died 1860 at Clay City, Clay, Illinois .
Elizabeth Jane Vandeveer died 26 Jul 1894 at Clay City, Clay, Illinois .