Memorials › James Blair Harris Sr

James Blair Harris Sr

16 Dec 1886 – 19 Dec 1942

Birth	16 Dec 1886
Death	19 Dec 1942
Cemetery	Laurel Land Memorial Park Dallas , Dallas County , Texas , USA
Added by	Marjorie Harris McLean on 18 Dec 2013
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117290206

Bio

This was written by James Blair Harris' son James Blair Harris, Jr. in a letter to his wife while he was stationed in Guam during WWII. His words say more than any biography I could write: "Darling, I am glad you learned what a fine man my Dad was. He was the most courageous man I ever knew, and was one of the most gifted men in the state intellectually. Yes he was a professor of Music at North Texas and a talented composer. He was also a poet and enjoyed considerable aclaim as a fiction writer. Of course he was professionally a first rate Journalist. (Dallas Times). I will never be the man he was in any respect. by, James Blair Harris, Jr. (son)

Photos

Family

Parents

• John Noble Harris 1846–1930 FaG
• Mary Tabitha Blair Harris 1852–1935 FaG

Spouse

• Myrtle Alma Etheredge McKaig 1891–1968

Siblings

• Ellen Catherine Harris Nicholson 1874–1946 FaG
• Mary Tabitha Jane Harris Henson 1877–1960 FaG
• Sarah Ann Harris Moore 1880–1957 FaG
• John Adam Harris 1883–1946 FaG
• Martha Naomi "Oma" Harris Stephens 1889–1969 FaG

Children

• Maj James Blair "Jimmy" Harris Jr 1918–1979
• Marilyn Harris Ivie 1920–1997

Export GEDCOM

This person only · Entire connected family

---