John Lewis HARLESS

Birth:
8 Feb 1831
Kanawha (Boone), W. Virginia
Death:
28 Sep 1916
Boone, W. Virginia
Burial:
Sep 1916
Boone, W. Va.
Marriage:
Abt 1854
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    "The PHIPPS Family of North Carolina & Virginia" by Mullins & Craven; Eurie Joy Phipps FOGLE; Jerome Kenton PHIPPS; Ltr. from Boone Co. Clerk's Office, dtd. 11 Jan. 1990, on John L. and Cynthia Elkins HARLESS; SLC FHL film #1036816, item 4, "The HARLESS Family Association Bulletin", pgs. 3&4; SLC FHL film #1421655, item 4, "John Philip HARLESS Genealogy", pg. 40; 1860 Boone Co., W. Va. Census, pg. 63, line 36; Leda Opal Harless PRITCHARD (grddtr. of John L. & Lydia Sawyer HARLESS), who did live in Greenville, Ohio for many years but now resides in a retirement home in the city of Portsmouth, Ohio; The 1880 Boone Co., W. Va. Census, pg. 40, that shows the family living in Peytona, Boone Co., W. Va. as follows: John L. HARLESS, age 49, b. W. Va.--Lydia, age 40, b. Ohio (John md. her in 1879)--James A., age 21, b. W. Va.--Sarah F., age 16, b. W. Va.--Charles C., age 14, b. W. Va.--Cynthia M., age 2, b. W. Va.--& Nathaniel P., age 1, b. W. Va.; From an acquired list of the children of John Lewis and Cynthia Elkins HARLESS that was penned by Cynthia Margaret HARLESS, their daughter, sometime prior to her death and kept for many years in the possession of Eurie J. Phipps FOGLE.

NOTES:
    John md. wife (2) Lydia SAWYER in 1879 who was from Ohio (they lived in Peytona, Boone Co., W. Va.). Wife (1), Cynthia ELKINS died in the childbirth of Cynthia Margaret (Maggie) HARLESS. William HARLESS, John's brother, took care of John Lewis HARLESS' daughter, Cynthia Margaret HARLESS, for awhile after Cynthia ELKINS died in childbirth. William and his wife, Margaret, ended this temporary arrangement when John remarri
Cynthia (Cinthia) ELKINS
Birth:
13 Mar 1838
Kanawha (Boone), W. Va.
Death:
27 Aug 1877
Peytona, Boone, W. Va.
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    Same as John Lewis HARLESS'.

NOTES:
    Cynthia Elkins HARLESS died in childbirth of Cynthia Margaret HARLESS on 27 Aug. 1877.
Children
Marriage
1
Francis Asbury HARLESS
Birth:
28 Feb 1855
Boone, W. Va.
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    See John Lewis HARLESS for sources.
2
Eliza Emmeline HARLESS
Birth:
15 Mar 1857
Boone, W. Va.
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    See John Lewis HARLESS for sources.
3
Henry Harvey HARLESS
Birth:
26 Jan 1858
Boone, W. Va.
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    See John Lewis HARLESS for sources.
4
James Andrew HARLESS
Birth:
11 Mar 1859
Boone, W. Va.
Death:
Abt 1900
Colo.
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    See John Lewis HARLESS for sources.

NOTES:
    James, at the age of 20, went to Missouri and worked on a farm there. Later, he was electrocuted by some machinery in Colorado at about the age of 41 (as per Leda Opal Harless PRITCHARD). James never married (as per Leda Opal Harless PRITCHARD).
5
Thomas Wheeler HARLESS
Birth:
10 Dec 1861
Boone, W. Va.
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    See John Lewis HARLESS for sources.
6
Sarah Frances HARLESS
Birth:
29 Apr 1864
Boone, W. Va.
Death:
12 Oct 1945
Boone, W. Va.
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    See John Lewis HARLESS for sources.

NOTES:
    Sarah's husband (1), MORRISON died. She then married husband (2), Leland TOTTEN. They had two sons: John TOTTEN, who died in Boone Co., W. Va. in about the year of 1927 and Ira TOTTEN, who might have died young (as per Leda Opal Harless PRITCHARD).
7
Charles Clark HARLESS
Birth:
18 Apr 1866
Boone, W. Va.
Death:
1893
Boone, W. Va.
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    See John Lewis HARLESS for sources.

NOTES:
    Charles md. (1) Mary F. MEADOWS, b. 1868, daughter of John and Artie Estep MEADOWS. Charles md. (2) Virginia BARKER. Leda Opal Harless PRITCHARD, believed that Charles died of pneumonia while in his twenties at the old home place in Boone Co., W. Va.
8
Jason Edward HARLESS
Birth:
20 Nov 1867
Boone, W. Va.
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    See John Lewis HARLESS for sources.
9
Gideon Oscar HARLESS
Birth:
19 Apr 1870
Boone, W. Va.
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    See John Lewis HARLESS for sources.
10
Ethan Ezra HARLESS
Birth:
27 Nov 1871
Boone, W. Va.
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    See John Lewis HARLESS for sources.
11
Cynthia (Danarios?) HARLESS
Birth:
12 May 1874
Boone, W. Va.
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    See John Lewis HARLESS for sources.
12
(unnamed) HARLESS
Birth:
27 Oct 1876
Boone, W. Va.
Death:
27 Oct 1876
Boone, W. Va.
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    See John Lewis HARLESS for sources.

NOTES:
    This child was "stillborn".
13
Cynthia Margaret (Maggie) HARLESS
Birth:
27 Aug 1877
Peytona, Boone, W. Va.
Death:
22 Oct 1942
Akron, Summit, Ohio
Monterville Monroe PHIPPS 
Marr:
30 Oct 1901
Peytona, Boone, W. Va. 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    Same as Monterville Monroe PHIPPS'.

NOTES:
    Buried: in Bailey Cemetery. Cynthia M. HARLESS, the last child born to John L. HARLESS and Cynthia ELKINS (died in childbirth). John's brother, Wil- liam W. & Margaret HARLESS, cared for Cynthia til John md. (2), Lydia SAWYER.
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John Lewis Harless - Cynthia (Cinthia) Elkins

John Lewis Harless was born at Kanawha (Boone), W. Virginia 8 Feb 1831. His parents were Leroy Harless and Sarah Douglas.

He married Cynthia (Cinthia) Elkins Abt 1854 . Cynthia (Cinthia) Elkins was born at Kanawha (Boone), W. Va. 13 Mar 1838 .

They were the parents of 13 children:
Francis Asbury Harless born 28 Feb 1855.
Eliza Emmeline Harless born 15 Mar 1857.
Henry Harvey Harless born 26 Jan 1858.
James Andrew Harless born 11 Mar 1859.
Thomas Wheeler Harless born 10 Dec 1861.
Sarah Frances Harless born 29 Apr 1864.
Charles Clark Harless born 18 Apr 1866.
Jason Edward Harless born 20 Nov 1867.
Gideon Oscar Harless born 19 Apr 1870.
Ethan Ezra Harless born 27 Nov 1871.
Cynthia (Danarios?) Harless born 12 May 1874.
(unnamed) Harless born 27 Oct 1876.
Cynthia Margaret (Maggie) Harless born 27 Aug 1877.

John Lewis Harless died 28 Sep 1916 at Boone, W. Virginia .

Cynthia (Cinthia) Elkins died 27 Aug 1877 at Peytona, Boone, W. Va. .