Coryell TX Family Group Sheet for the FARRIS, James Nelson Family *********************************************** Copyright Bobbie Ross. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml *********************************************** Submitted by: Bobbie Ross Email address: Husband: FARRIS, James Nelson Birthdate: Dec 1, 1827 Birthplace: Franklin Co. TN Death date: 5 June 1864 Place of death: Barry Co. MO Burial: unknown Father: James FARRIS Mother: Elizabeth UNKNOWN Marriage date: 17 12 1849 Marriage place: Coffee Co. TN Wife: Arvezenia Ardella ANDERSON Birthdate: 12 9 1827 Birthplace: Franklin Co. TN Death date: 22-6-1915 Place of death: Corsicana, Navarro Co. TX Burial: Petty's Chapel, Corsicana Father: William ANDERSON Mother: unknown CHILDREN Child No. 1: FARRIS, Mary Jane Sex: F Birthdate: 17-6-1850 Birthplace: Coffee Co. TN Death date: 2-8-1852 Place of death: Coffee Co. TN Burial: unknown Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 2: FARRIS, Mirifield Scott Sex: M Birthdate: 25-7-1852 Birthplace: Coffee Co. TN Death date: unknown Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: unknown Marriage place: Spouse's name: EVANS, Maranda M. Child No. 3: FARRIS, James Elmore Sex: M Birthdate: 17-6-1854 Birthplace: Barry Co. MO Death date: 21-2-1935 Place of death: Joplin, MO Burial: unknown Marriage date: 1st 30-8-1878 Marriage place: unknown Spouse's name: 1.Nancy MANNING;2.Mary KERNON Child No. 4: FARRIS, Thomas Logan Sex: M Birthdate: 9-3-1856 Birthplace: Barry Co. MO Death date: 7-2-1936 Place of death: Coryell County, TX Burial: Restland Cemetery, Gatesville Marriage date: 26-10-1883 Marriage place: Coryell Co. TX Spouse's name: ALTUM, Obedience Child No. 5: FARRIS, Frances Elizabeth Sex: F Birthdate: 6-12-1858 Birthplace: Barry Co. MO Death date: 15-1-1937 Place of death: Coryell Co. TX Marriage date: 14-9-1877 Burial: Restland Cemetery, Gatesville Marriage place: unknown Spouse's name: NEILON, C. S. Child No. 6: FARRIS, Virginia bell Sex: F Birthdate: 5-3-1861 Birthplace: Barry Co. MO Death date: 10-5-1943 Place of death: Corsicana, Navarro Co. TX Burial: Petty's Chapel, Corsicana Marriage date: 7-9-1880 Marriage place: Waco, McLennan Co. TX Spouse's name: McBROOM, A.J. Child No. 7: FARRIS, William Nelson Sex: M Birthdate: 1-8-1864 Birthplace: Barry Co. MO Death date: 23-4-1932 Place of death: Flat, Coryell Co TX Burial: Flint Creek Cemetery, Coryell Co.TX Marriage date: 25-6-1891 Marriage place: Bell County, TX Spouse's name: ALTUM, Mary Jane Documentation: a. Family oral history and Bible Records b.1830 Franklin Co. TN page 66 c. 1840 Census Coffee Co. TN page 183 1850 Coffee Co. TN census page 73 #1030; d. 1860 census Barry Co. MO page 860, 861 Sugar Creek Township, Cassville P.O.; e.1870 census Barry Co. MO. page 762#220; f.1880 census McLennan Co.TX; g. 1900 census Van Zandt Co. TX; h. tombstone, Petty's Chapel Corsicana, Navarro Co. TX. The years that the Farris family spent in Barry Co. MO were recorded as a Pharis family, even in marriage records. Only on the census were they listed as Farris and even then were not indexed. James N. Farris was killed by bushwhackers on his way to the mill as is reported in Goodspeed's "History of Barry Co." along with 33 others of that area at that time.