Family Group Sheet


Name Pleasant Hayden Harris
Birth 19 Sep 1832, Johnson Co., Kentucky
Death 19 Dec 1919, Portsmouth, Richland Co., Ohio
Father William Harris (~1795-)
Mother Mary Horn (-<1850)
Other spouses Virginia C. Kendall
Marriage 11 May 1856, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Clarissa Nickell
Birth 8 Feb 1839, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death 30 Dec 1922, Portsmouth, Richland Co., Ohio
Father Fowler Nickell (1817-1881)
Mother Nancy Jane Brown (1820-1903)
Children
1 M William Fowler Harris
Birth 18 Apr 1857, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Dulcina Epperhart
2 M John Jackson Harris
Birth 12 Oct 1858, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 23 Mar 1946
Spouse Sarah Isabell Fletcher
3 M Henry C. Harris
Birth 17 Dec 1859, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 1948
Spouse Nancy Elizabeth Epperhart
Notes for Pleasant Hayden Harris
Juanita Blair lists Pleasant as being born in Johnson Co. in 1832, but it wasn't formed until 1843. So she must mean an area that later became part of Johnson County, probably Floyd.
Census
1860 census of Rowan Co., Ky, lists this family as:
Harris, P. H., 27; Clairesa, 21; Wm. F., 3; John J., 2; H. C., 5/12; Amanda J., 6. All born in Kentucky.
Amanda being listed at the end would usually suggest that she is a niece or other relative of Pleasant Hayden rather than a daughter, but according to Juanita C. Blair, her direct descendant, she is a daughter of P. H. and his first wife Virginia Kendall.

1870 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Christy Creek precinct, lists as family #35:
Harris, Hayden, 38, farmer; Clarrissa, 32; Amanda, 15; William, 13; John, 11; Henry, 10; Nancy, 7; Sarah, 6; Eliza, 4; Mary, 1; Nickell, Nancy, 46, domestic servant. All born in Ky.
(Nancy is Clarissa's mother, the wife of Fowler Nickell, who is listed separately in household #45.)
Notes for Pleasant Hayden & Clarissa (Family)
Pleasant and Clarissa had 13 children. For a complete list, see Don Nickell's web site.17
Last Modified 22 Apr 2002 Created 30 Jun 2002 by Reunion for Macintosh