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     George Henry Shaw was born on 4 May 1852 in Edwards Twp., St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹

     Charles Harris was born on 22 June 1829 in Annsville Twp., Oneida Co., New York.¹ He married Esther Shaw, daughter of Noah Shaw and Lavinia Stiles.¹ He died on 15 February 1907 in Oswegatchie, St. Lawrence Co., New York, at age 77, from broncho-pneumonia, with contributory organic heart disease.¹ He was buried on 17 February 1907 at East Pitcairn Cemetery in Pitcairn, St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹
     He served during the Civil War in Company A, 186th Regiment, New York Infantry. He was mustered in on 20 August 1864 in Wilna, New York, and mustered out on 18 July 1865 in Albany, New York, with an honorable discharge.¹

     Evaline Harris was born on 19 August 1869 in Pitcairn Twp., St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹ She married Everett L. Davis on 4 December 1892 in Edwards Twp., St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹ She died on 10 July 1893 at age 23.¹

     Lyndon George Harris was born on 22 July 1871 in Pitcairn Twp., St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹ He married first Lillian May Pinney, daughter of Roswell L. Pinney and Martha A. Mattoon, on 23 December 1895 in Edwards Twp., St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹ He married second Susan Finley, daughter of Seaman Finley and Clara May Kelley, on 7 July 1909 in Carthage, Jefferson Co., New York.¹ He married third Luella Weekes in December 1933 in Copenhagen, Lewis Co., New York.¹ He died on 14 November 1954 in Lowville, Lewis Co., New York, at age 83, of a myocardial infarction after changing a tire on a car. He had suffered from heart disease for two years.¹ He was buried at Riverside Cemetery in Copenhagen, Lewis Co., New York.¹

     Lany Sophia Harris was born on 16 February 1873 in Pitcairn Twp., St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹ She married Frank H. Johnson on 28 January 1891 in Edwards Twp., St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹ She died on 23 July 1898 at age 25.¹ She was buried at East Pitcairn Cemetery in Pitcairn, St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹

     Charles Henry Harris was born on 1 October 1874 in Pitcairn Twp., St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹ He married Clara M. Maybee on 12 September 1900.¹ He died about 1950 in Fine Twp., St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹ He was buried at Woodland Cemetery in Fine, St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹
     He and Clara had two known children, Roscoe Hudson (b 5 September 1901, d 24 March 1954) and Burton L. (b 8 February 1904, d 18 October 1964).¹

     Mahala Lovina Harris was born on 10 June 1877 in New York.¹ She married Bertin Fenton on 11 July 1895.¹ She died in 1934.¹ She was buried at East Pitcairn Cemetery in Pitcairn, St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹

     Everett L. Davis was born about 1868 in Fine Twp., St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹ He married Evaline Harris, daughter of Charles Harris and Esther Shaw, on 4 December 1892 in Edwards Twp., St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹

     Frank H. Johnson was born about 1867 in Fowler Twp., St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹ He married Lany Sophia Harris, daughter of Charles Harris and Esther Shaw, on 28 January 1891 in Edwards Twp., St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹

     Clara M. Maybee was born in August 1881 in Fine Twp., St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹ She married Charles Henry Harris, son of Charles Harris and Esther Shaw, on 12 September 1900.¹ She died in 1944 in Fine Twp., St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹ She was buried at Woodland Cemetery in Fine, St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹
     She and Charles had two known children, Roscoe Hudson (b 5 September 1901, d 24 March 1954) and Burton L. (b 8 February 1904, d 18 October 1964).¹

     Bertin Fenton was born about 1874 in New York.¹ He married Mahala Lovina Harris, daughter of Charles Harris and Esther Shaw, on 11 July 1895.¹ He died in 1936.¹ He was buried in Pitcairn Twp., St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹

     Lillian May Pinney was born on 12 September 1876 in Edwards Twp., St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹ She married Lyndon George Harris, son of Charles Harris and Esther Shaw, on 23 December 1895 in Edwards Twp., St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹ She died on 6 December 1908 in South Edwards, St. Lawrence Co., New York, at age 32.¹ She was buried at East Pitcairn Cemetery in Pitcairn, St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹

     Spencer Forrest Harris was born on 14 September 1904 in Fine Twp., St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹ He married first Thelma Rosamond Margaret Ayers on 20 August 1925.¹ They were divorced on 2 November 1931 in Reno, Nevada.¹ He married second Margaret F. Carroll on 10 November 1931 in Messena, St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹ Their marriage was annuled about 1932.¹ He married third Katherine Jeanette Irvine about 1933.¹ He died on 19 December 1964 in Spokane, Spokane Co., Washington, at age 60.¹ He was buried in Spokane, Spokane Co., Washington.¹
     He and his first wife Thelma had one known child, Rosemary Elinor.¹ He and his third wife Katherine had the following known children: Nancy Ann, Lawrence Spencer, James Philip, Spencer John, Susan Mary.¹

     Susan Finley was born on 10 October 1891 in Macomb Twp., St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹ She married Lyndon George Harris, son of Charles Harris and Esther Shaw, on 7 July 1909 in Carthage, Jefferson Co., New York.¹ She died on 7 March 1933 in Denmark Twp., Lewis Co., New York, at age 41 from a cerebral hemorrhage, with contributory diabetes mellitus and chronic nephritis.¹ She was buried on 10 March 1933 at Riverside Cemetery in Copenhagen, Lewis Co., New York.¹

     Luella Weekes was born in 1877.¹ She married Lyndon George Harris, son of Charles Harris and Esther Shaw, in December 1933 in Copenhagen, Lewis Co., New York.¹ She died in 1963 in Falls Church, Fairfax Co., Virginia.¹ She was buried at Harrisville Cemetery in Harrisville, Lewis Co., New York.¹

     Everette Charles Harris was born on 2 March 1911 in Fine Twp., St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹ He married first Leta Mae Curtis on 25 June 1932 in Copenhagen, Lewis Co., New York.¹ He married second Louella M. Berrus on 26 March 1966 in Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., New York.¹ He died on 17 February 1983 in Watertown, Jefferson Co., New York, at age 71 from ventricular fibrillation, with contributory congestive heart failure and arterial heart disease.¹ He was buried at Riverside Cemetery in Copenhagen, Lewis Co., New York.¹
     He and his first wife Leta had the following known children: Everette Charles Jr. (b and d 23 January 1934), Carl William (b 25 June 1935, d 9 March 1962), Leon Lindon, John Henry, Enid Marion, George Seaman, Everette Charles II.¹

     Lyndon Paul Harris was born on 1 August 1913 in Fine Twp., St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹ He married Esther Mae Montondo on 9 October 1936 in Pulaski, Oswego Co., New York.¹ He died at 7:13 PM on 13 October 1995 at his home in South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana at age 82.² Funeral services were held at the Community Congregational Church in South Bend on 17 October 1995. He was buried at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Osceola, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.²
     He graduated from Syracuse University in Syracuse, Onondaga Co., New York, and later from Johnson Bible College in Binghamton, Broome Co., New York.² He began his ministry at a Methodist church in Granby Center, Oswego Co., New York, in 1935.³ He became a Congregational minister in a suburb of Wilkes Barre, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, in 1944.³ He moved to Dundee, Monroe Co., Michigan, in 1952.³ In 1959 he began his service as the minister at the Community Congregational Church in South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.³
     He suffered a heart attack on Good Friday in 1981, and was unable to actively resume his ministry.^4,5 He retired on 1 December 1981, and was immediately appointed Pastor Emeritus by the congregation. He was honored during an open house at his church on 22 November 1981.^3,4
     He was a member of the National Association of Congregational Churches, serving on its Spiritual Resources Commission, and of the National Association of Evangelists. He also served locally on the executive committee for crusades, and helped organize the Billy Graham Crusade at the University of Notre Dame.³
     Charles and Verda Swikert, and their daughter Ruth Towne and her family, all belonged to the Community Congregational Church in South Bend, Indiana, where Rev. Harris was the minister. Rev. Harris also officiated at the wedding of Rebecca Towne and Mark Stradtner. Through their common ancestors Ephraim Stiles and Esther Moseley, Rev. Harris and Charles Swikert were third cousins, but never knew it.⁶

     Thelma Rosamond Margaret Ayers was born on 7 January 1907 in Harrisville, Lewis Co., New York.¹ She married Spencer Forrest Harris, son of Lyndon George Harris and Lillian May Pinney, on 20 August 1925.¹ They were divorced on 2 November 1931 in Reno, Nevada.¹
     She and Spencer had one known child, Rosemary Elinor.¹

     Margaret F. Carroll was born on 20 July 1904 in McKeever, Herkimer Co., New York.¹ She married Spencer Forrest Harris, son of Lyndon George Harris and Lillian May Pinney, on 10 November 1931 in Messena, St. Lawrence Co., New York.¹ Their marriage was annuled about 1932.¹

     Katherine Jeanette Irvine was born on 14 January 1910 in Mount Jewitt, McKean Co., Pennsylvania.¹ She married Spencer Forrest Harris, son of Lyndon George Harris and Lillian May Pinney, about 1933.¹ She died in September 1973 in Spokane, Spokane Co., Washington, at age 63.¹
     She and Spencer had the following known children: Nancy Ann, Lawrence Spencer, James Philip, Spencer John, Susan Mary.¹

     Leta Mae Curtis was born on 26 August 1909 in Montague Twp., Lewis Co., New York.¹ She married Everette Charles Harris, son of Lyndon George Harris and Susan Finley, on 25 June 1932 in Copenhagen, Lewis Co., New York.¹ She died on 8 March 1965 in Watertown, Jefferson Co., New York, at age 55, from a cerebral hemorrhage, with contributory essential hypertension.¹ She was buried at Riverside Cemetery in Copenhagen, Lewis Co., New York.¹
     She and Everette had the following known children: Everette Charles Jr. (b and d 23 January 1934), Carl William (b 25 June 1935, d 9 March 1962), Leon Lindon, John Henry, Enid Marion, George Seaman, Everette Charles II.¹

     Louella M. Berrus was born in 1921.¹ She married Everette Charles Harris, son of Lyndon George Harris and Susan Finley, on 26 March 1966 in Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., New York.¹ She died on 17 February 1974 in Adams, Jefferson Co., New York.¹ She was buried at Riverside Cemetery in Copenhagen, Lewis Co., New York.¹

     Esther Mae Montondo was born on 20 December 1907 in New York, New York.¹ She married Lyndon Paul Harris, son of Lyndon George Harris and Susan Finley, on 9 October 1936 in Pulaski, Oswego Co., New York.¹ She died at 10:41 AM on 27 July 1997 at her home in South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana, at age 89.² Funeral services were held at the Community Congregational Church in South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana on 30 July 1997. She was buried at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in Osceola, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.²
     She graduated from Johnson Bible College in Binghamton, Broome Co., New York.² She taught Sunday School for many years at the Community Congregational Church in South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana, where her husband was minister. She also taught piano and organ.^2,3 She was ordained as a minister at the church on 4 October 1981.³ After her husband's death in 1995, she lived with her daughter Pat Morgan and her family.² She was a member of the National Association of Congregational Churches.²