Leroy HARLESS

Birth:
9 Feb 1800
Prob. Giles, Va.
Death:
19 Apr 1895
Boone, W. Va.
Marriage:
21 Feb 1820
Giles, Va.
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    Letter from Boone Co. Clerk's Office, dtd. 11 Jan. 1990, concerning John L. HARLESS and Cythia ELKINS; Salt lake City FHL film #1036816, item #4-- "The HARLESS Family Associaton Bul.", pgs. 3 & 4; Salt Lake City FHL film #142 1655, item #4--"The HARLESS Family Genealogy" by J.L. PRITCHARD, M.D.; Salt Lake City FHL film #0464921--Kanawha Co., W. Va.: Marriages 1792-1869; 1860 Boone Co., W. Va. Census, pg. 63, line #14; 1850 Census of Boone Co., Va. (W. Va.).

NOTES:
    Leroy came to the Big Coal River area near Peytona, Kanawha Co. (now Boone Co., W. Virginia) in 1821.
Sarah DOUGLAS
Birth:
1800
Montgomery, Va.
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Children
Marriage
1
Edward HARLESS
Birth:
1829
Kanawha, (Boone), Va. (W. Va.)
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   NOTES:
    Md. (2) Nancy CURRY (b. 1826).
2
John Lewis HARLESS
Birth:
8 Feb 1831
Kanawha (Boone), W. Virginia
Death:
28 Sep 1916
Boone, W. Virginia
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
3
Nancy HARLESS
Birth:
1833
Kanawha, (Boone), Va. (W. Va.)
Death:
1865
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   NOTES:
    Md. Daniel BARKER (b. 1831), son of Isaac & Spicy Scott BARKER.
4
Cumberland HARLESS
Birth:
1834
Kanawha, (Boone), Va. (W. Va.)
Death:
1883
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   NOTES:
    Cumberland md. Sarah E. BARKER (b. 1840), the daughter of James B. and Mary BARKER. He was a Capt. in the cavalry.
5
Jane HARLESS
Birth:
1836
Kanawha, (Boone), Va. (W. Va.)
Death:
 
Marr:
 
6
Leroy HARLESS, JR.
Birth:
1840
Kanawha, (Boone), Va. (W. Va.)
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   NOTES:
    Leroy HARLESS Jr. md. Ellen Ann WILLIAMS, b. 1847, daughter of Henry
    WILLIAMS   and Clarissa KIRK.
7
Sarah HARLESS
Birth:
1841
Kanawha, (Boone), Va. (W. Va.)
Death:
1888
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   NOTES:
    Md. Daniel BARKER (b. 1831), son of Isaac & Spicy Scott BARKER.
8
William W. HARLESS
Birth:
1844
Kanawha, (Boone), Va. (W. Va.)
Death:
1928
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   NOTES:
    William md. Margaret JAVINS (1848-1928). William and Margaret HARLESS took care of John Lewis HARLESS' daughter, Cynthia Margaret HARLESS, for awhile after John's wife, (1) Cynthia ELKINS, died in childbirth. This temporary ar- rangement ended when John remarried in 1879 to (2) Lydia SAWYER.
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Leroy Harless - Sarah Douglas

Leroy Harless was born at Prob. Giles, Va. 9 Feb 1800. His parents were Philip Harless and Molly Stanley.

He married Sarah Douglas 21 Feb 1820 at Giles, Va. . Sarah Douglas was born at Montgomery, Va. 1800 .

They were the parents of 8 children:
Edward Harless born 1829.
John Lewis Harless born 8 Feb 1831.
Nancy Harless born 1833.
Cumberland Harless born 1834.
Jane Harless born 1836.
Leroy Harless, Jr. born 1840.
Sarah Harless born 1841.
William W. Harless born 1844.

Leroy Harless died 19 Apr 1895 at Boone, W. Va. .