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We are helping Gerri L. Moffitt and Woodrow "Woody" Harris in tracing their Prentice roots. Here is what we have so far:

1. Ellen Rebecca Prentiss was b. 3 Feb 1860 and d. 2 Dec 1903 at the age of 43 She is buried in Naples Cemetery, Chickasha, Grady Co., OK.

Although our original information from Gerri L. Moffitt and the IGI was that Ellen was b. in Indian Territory, now Oklahoma, where she d. in Chickasha, Grady Co., OK, the 1910 census record for her children, William, Ethel, Guy and Ruby, confirms that Ellen was b. in Missouri and not in Indian Territory.

Ellen m. Thomas Jefferson Harris who was b. 10 Jun 1855 in Arkansas and d. 5 Nov 1928. He also is buried in Naples Cemetery. He was the son of Thomas Ware Harris and Mary Catherine Hammons of Jackson Co., GA. Children:

1. Melviny Harris, b, 16 Sep 1876. He m. 16 Sep 1876
2. Tandy Harris, b. 5 Oct 1880, Indian Territory, OK
3. Amber Harris, b. 16 Feb 1883, Indian Territory, OK. She m. Wallace Dixon on 24 Jan 1902, Foster, OK.
4. William Vest Harris, b. 22 Feb 1886, Indian Territory, OK and d. 16 Mar 1945, OK. At home in 1910 in Bradley.
5. Dora Harris, b. 8 Apr 1886, Indian Territory, OK
6. Lizzy Myrtle Harris, b. 25 Sep 1888, Indian Territory, OK and d. 3 May 1983, Pawnee, OK. She m. 1st Frank S. Fitzpatrick on 16 Sep 1906. He was b. 28 Dec 1881, Indian Territory, OK. Children:
   1. (Living) Fitzpatrick.
   2. (Living) Fitzpatrick.
   Lizzie m. 2nd Henry Gerded Behrens in 1914, Chickasha, Grady Co., OK.

7. Ethel Harris, b. 4 Nov 1893(?), Chactaw Nation, OK. At home in 1910 in Bradley, Grady Co., OH. She m. Inger Jordan (per Wood Harris, email, 21 Sep 2007).
8. Guy Jennings Harris, b. 20 Oct 1897. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2]
9. Ruby Pearl Harris, b. 26 Apr 1900, Chactaw Nation. At home in 1910 in Bradley, Grady Co., OH.

After Ellen died, Thomas Jefferson Harris married Mary Lavina Fitzpatrick. She was b. c. 1887, OK, with her father b. in OK and mother in TX (per 1910 census in Bradley, Grady Co., OK). They had 8 children and this is the family from which Gerri's grandfather, Douglas Harris, is descended. Children shown in 1910 census in Bradley, Grady Co., OK:

1. Jorie(?) Harris, dau., b. c. 1907, OK. At home in 1910.
2. Margaretta Harris, b. c. 1909, OK.

2. Guy Jennings Harris, b. 20 Oct 1897 (per Wood Harris, email, 21 Sep 2007), Chactaw Nation, OK and d. 28 Sep 1957, Chickasha, OK. At home in 1910 in Bradley, Grady Co., OH..He appears with his family in the 1920 census in Bradley, Grady Co., OK, where he was a farm laborer. Bradley lies a few miles SE of Chickasha.

He m. Bertha Dearman (per grandson, Bob Harris, email, 7 Jul 2001). Bertha was b. c. 1899, TN, as were her parents, James T. Dearman (b. c. 1865, KY, with his parents b. in NC) and Margaret/Maggie (b. c. 1868, TN, as were her parents) with whom Bertha and Guy were living in 1930. (per 1920 census).

Shown in the 1930 census 4 doors down from James and Margaret are 4 more Dearmans; Sterling is probably the son of James and Margaret, Willie his wife, and Thelma and Howard their children.

1. Sterling T. Dearman, b. c. 1901, KY.
2. Willie Dearman, b. c. 1901, TN.
3. Thelma A. Dearman, b. c. 1922, KY.
4. Howard R. Dearman, b. c. 1918, KY.

Also living in Chickasaw in the 1930 census is Robert C. Dearman, b. c. 1894, TX and his family, Living with them is Josephine Dearman, b. c. 1862, Robert's mother. Her relationship of to Joseph Dearman, above, is not yet known.

Guy and Bertha had 1 or more children, including:

1. Woodrow Harris, b. c. 1918, OK (per 1920 census and Woodrow Harris, email, 21 Sep 2007),

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