Show GENEALOGY All communications ii tl ns bo ud united C l lo 10 M t 13 Elizabeth lle for I or First NOHh and Main streets I ke k chairman ch ono filc ot or Ilo Hern The nrc III atory and will U i l l the oC H tH I 1 ef MARTIN HARRIS rebel Co Jon Jan 2 Mrs Elizabeth C McCune Suit Lake fako CH It Dear I enclose the Iho ge gl genealogy of ot the tho ancestors of ot Martin witness to 10 Dool of ot Mormon I thought i omo of ot thc readers might bo be interested In his Puritan an ancestry and more because ho was such flueh sucha a prominent figure In tn bringing forth the Buk of ot Mormon und and of ot his hili becoming lI the th first financial friend to the tho Church to lo the Prophet Joseph I nm lUll sure l lr thai my Is too lengthy for COl COlour your our valuable space hut but wilt will alo you yuu permission to cut It down own wherever It run CUll bo Ju destroying Its It I historical cal and value lIlu I re ro remain main your yo III brother and well wisher wI In Inthe the Ihl cause of ur salvation for the th dead I S Utah Jan l 12 To Sifa SU ll Gates Gales und C McCune 1 ICI Halt Lake Lako City Dear Sisters tUsler 1 Your Y note at ut hand which was for forwarded warded to me mo at lit I have been e In Temple for tor my kindred dead You ask usk for Cor further Information the tho article I 1 wrote of the th genealogy ot or Martin Har Harris ris Yos It was your YOlI humble who compiled tho genealogy of ot our family and had tile the experience at lit and afterwards was US 10 1 e with such valuable Information In the tho connecting link In our genealogy It was In III 1893 1899 thai I completed my in Pennsylvania after which 1 I stat il 11 out In genealogical research ant lot knowing where or how be Jc begin gin for COT It had been beell my III idea to look up nil all people of tho same name and as nil ascertain certain if te wore kindred 1 but was coon discouraged from such sueh an ever ver everlasting lasting method of lit obtaining genealogies gies I 1 soon found a better WilY way with Inspiration ur III my guide und teacher 1 adopted the tamo lII O plan as IS you dear in Ih the columns in the Iho News which I now read with and cut out und preserve every for 1 I my IllY friends to read rea in to get converted to the great gr lIt work Those names that I seemed nt Rochester scattered through the tho along with other und I have compiled l the names In hi family order of ot belonging to tome me According to ta your request lIt I of or Mai tin Harris which hl IM tho one that wan Wl talon taken utter after ho came to Utah and Jt Is Ii the only one I have setu of ot him with tho exception of or ono that was printed In ln tho Contributor years cars ago along ulon with tho ot of the Prophet und tho other othol two witnesses 1 have hao not seen any 1111 picture pl ot of the tho homo of Martin In Palmyra The Tho old Harris farm Is now cut up Into city lots and IIII other small tracts Am very Cr grateful to you ou for tOI tho Interest you ou haw have shown us In III your our willingness to publish a sketch of ot Martin Harris who is la my fathers undo uso mo for fIlL intruding upon your y ur valuable time And AnI may God bless utI prosper you In the tho glorious 1 work ot If of tho dead Your brother In the tho cause ANDEll I S Secretary hll Harris Genealogical Asso AUTIN ANCESTRY In tho Iha following paragraphs uio given en on tho genealogy of ot tho ancestors or Martin Harris witness to Book ot of Mormon Monnon and incidents nUI leading Ita to 10 the discovery ot or tho genealogy gen ot or hla an ancestors In America There Thero lias been as yet no 1111 giving u 1 continuous lino IIno ot or genealogy of ot this Harris family only a Il family record leading back to Nathan Harris father of ot Martin who was a pioneer plon r of lr Palmyra N Y und a 1 I lent hunter and whose hollo exploits with his hi I and whoso exploits with his killing the wild animals of lit that sec liCe section tion uro UIO related by tho old ol set settlors A line of ot family tradition point pointed ed back to Island as liS tho homo of or their In Ameri Amerl America ca and upon this Information tho compiler made a 11 thorough research of ot the genealogical records th lilah through somo ot or the tho largest 11 II of ot the tho east cast where much Information wan waa obtained con COli I corning the tho family of ot Rhode nho E Island However thelo was III not yet u I connecting link to join thorn tham to tl their family record therefore the compiler concluded ho had ha almost reached tM end of ot his hili resources of ot on this matter but bul decided on u lust to take n 1 trip trIll to Palmyra once tin th homo ot his ancestors There he found no nu ono OliO of ot the Ih all hud had In III tho long ugo 1110 However the tho old farm of It Martin Harris Harrl which ho gave gou Jur thu tho Hist publication of ot tho Hook Book ot Mormon III Is II stilt pointed out to thu visitor tor Thu over tha tho hills hili to where lit OliO iino of ot the family lived but bul upon upun there ho h found that who wore not In Um hud loft tho tIO HO 0 ho h concluded to 10 go 10 to and lak lul till Hit train for the UI wont j city he Ie tho Ihl way 10 the depot and started In that l hut owing tu to his hili got Kut Into IntI u Il and 1111 1 no III attention to o hero hu he Willi going 1101 II a till 1111 liu hll hud passed the th lumo up 1111 Kile canal CIJI hv h that ho h hud thu u pot ol th n ha LI the tho way buck receiving linns which he hl again paid mi to lU hut around through thu tho till 1111 he h es espied e pied u II which road ii n Library Hu his hie flint OllIt im pr Milun to Iu ard ur l IN very IOLlI by II the librarian wn gu him access to hi the ur ut Inland nut Jut K II as all the f 1 had the ho hI tool took Iu lck Ick und luft thu Hn H III no to tn go tu III bo 10 II rOll fin rm went down h Iho ho Bids und It I till he felt tolt batter hott I and then 1111 IT I his hi for 01 tho linn HII of pt this hIli h hD D to lu HIM III ha Iho nainoa of ot tall family win ii again ho he Will he H 11 liK 1 mid wont Into ne II lu III lui i III i In 11 uni n rn K i 1 till night mid nor u h i i y went li h 0 11 K u und u bv t Luri nest lX morning ht continued Ills hll search tor or his moat coveted and was ta tn ward by not only tho town Inlo their family fill 11 II his history hIstory tory hut Dul hundreds hUll l of It new n name ho hud not heretofore h With record of or and deaths down U lo 10 The chain wa now with hl data datil allowing thill tho of tit alar hr tin Un Harris In III Thomas Harris who amp I h his brother William from land IlIn along with l ogel Williams In till ship hll lyon and landed at nt De Do December cember 1030 and fill I In HiM IMS assisted Williams In III founding fo u II and ulal in which col colony COlon ony on and vicinity four generations of tho Iho family were wc burn h Thomas rho 1 and Nathan who W Of ot othi his hi posterity two runs Martin 1 and Harris and one daughter r Nao Naomi mi ani who married wore were the he I only I ones olles to join tho thu hurch to tho research rOll of the compiler nUll and If there be any 1111 of the other of this family who aio 1110 Interested In work worl 11 no would be h l pleased please to hear heur from thorn Tho religious proclivities of the fore forefather father of this family to America Is Il U Illustrated In III tho following extract nom New N V Judged All Aft After Aller er these thos come Thos Harris from Island Into Inlo Oll colony who lug 1111 against your pride and oppression loll us liS ho could have liberty to speak in m your meeting place at lit Boston alter I C tho priest hud ended warning the noo poll plo of thc tho II I day of or tho l God which was Wll coining that town and country You Yo pulled 1 ani an hauled him by the hair hah ot or his head out of ot your meeting and a Il hand hah was placed ed over oer his mouth to keep It ep him from frum speaking forth and then hud your our governors und deputies with oth other er magistrates and committed to pris prison on without or OJ l ole etc and while In prison be hall had 12 22 blows blo following an 11 duys do Imprisonment five ot which ho was kept without brt ad Such a U Inver lovel of ot religious lib liberty liberty erty was tho ancestor lo of or the tho witness 1 lJ to tho Book ot Mormon ANDEn II S HARRIS HAnniS Utah MANTI M Jr TEMPLE WORK family by F 1 D Salt Luke Lake City nice Ulce family by b L h R dead of oC Cedar C City nice family by b King IllIg lints ot King Kingston stan ston family by b Ed Hie Ill Illson son sou of or Mexico family of Now England by b David Rogers of ot St SI George family by h Mrs MIs James Wat Watson son of Salt City Rogers family by Caroline R H Smoot of or Povo 00 nules family by C A Terry oC St HI StGeorge George family by 11 A L I Terry of ot o Riddle family and others by b Isaac BiddIe of family by 11 C O l Dunn of ot family by Mrs Orpha M II MEverett Everett dead of St Rt George Roberts family 1 by Benjamin of oC 1100 Roberts by b Mrs E B S Cant Cun field of or Runyan family by M F I of family I by 11 Dr John dv ad of Provo Howley family II Y by 11 John Rowley Howle ot o Mexico I family by y A H Raleigh h of or SnIt Salt Lake City 11 I family by AV C of or Sc lo und families by h Vm of Mt Shattuck family by h Jl I V 1 worth nf She t ml by Daniel Shep hurt ot Monti smith family by bo John Johl i L B H r rS S St e by b Albert Smith dead 1 or f by hy Mary A Larson ot amily by b Mrs MI ot or orA A I I of by byr h hC r C A of or Fork FOIk family film 11 by b B jJ Starr of or 1 George s of by byA h hA A W f 1361 of or family of NoW New by II family of ot Stratum family by Oliver oC by hy ErastiW J SnOw Sn of St Georgo I ISnow Snow family IV h and R n Snow of or Suit Snit Lake T e City by b Ammon l lI M 11 I ley ot o by b A C G Mantl family of oe England by A C CSmith CSmith Smith of f Stiles family by I T 1 J Patton ot 1100 l family by h Nelson l of ot Sawyer family by j Abraham Day Da of or orl l l family by b of Grass Valley Ya II 0 Scott family by John Johll D Chase of or lI family by hy Jiro ot or Stevens family of f New N England by hy Dr of ot Salt Lake City Cily Stow Htow family of ot Massachusetts by Caroline R H Smoot of Provo family by hy N dead of or |