Millie Ann Ogan

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Never married. According to Reginald Ogan she broke her back in a fall while crossing the Plains from Missouri to California in 1853. According to Elizabeth Ogan she was strapped to a chair until her back healed. She lived with her parents. In 1860 Millie was living with Teresa and Thomas Maxey, her sister and brother-in-law.

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James S. was born in St. Charles County, MO. as the family was moving to Boone Co., MO. After marrying (1837) in Rocheport, MO, he and Elizabeth moved in 1838 to near Meadville, Linn Co., MO. James and his brother Irvin were noted hunters in Linn Co., MO. With five children the family moved by horse drawn-wagons to San Jose, California via the Carson Pass in 1853 with brother John Martin Ogan and their families. -I do certify that I joined in the bonds of matrimony on the 12th day of November 1837 Mr. James Ogan of Linn County, Mo to Miss Elizabeth Harris of Boone County, MO & state aforesaid given under my hand this 9th day of February 1838.- James W. Daly, J.P. Recorded Feby 9th 1838 Roger N. Todd clerk. In 1869 James S. moved his family from the San Jose area by wagon to Carpinteria, CA. James was 6 feet 2 in. James S. wife Elizabeth and Lucy Ann Harris (John Martin (Jack) Ogan's wife) were sisters. Census info- 1840 Locust Twp, Linn Co., MO - Living with them was a male 15-20 years old and 2 dtrs <5. 1850 50th District Linn Co., MO Property value of $700. 1860 San Jose Twp, Santa Clara Co., CA 1880 San Jose Twp, Santa Clara Co., CA with unmarried dtr Millie 1890 no info James played the violin.

James married Elizabeth Berry Harris on 12 Nov 1837 in Rocheport, Boone County, MO. Elizabeth (daughter of Higgason Harris and Nancy Garland) was born on 16 May 1817 in Rocheport, Boone County, MO; died on 17 Dec 1906 in Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, CA; was buried on 19 Dec 1906 in Carpinteria Cem., Carpinteria, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elizabeth Berry is perhaps named after James Berry, her great uncle, a famous Indian fighter in Kentucky. James Berry's home was on the headwaters of Tate's Creek near Irvine's Lick Station, within a short distance of Richmond, KY, where he died. Elizabeth is related to the Daniel Boone and Kit Carson through her grandmother, Nancy Grubbs. There is likelihood of Indian (Cherokee, Blackfeet (of Virginia) or Choctaw) ancestry through the Garlands. She quit smoking her pipe at age 70 according to Aunt Sis (Elizabeth Ogan Morris). 1900 Carpinteria, Santa Barbara Co., CA with dtr Millie.

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I thank Alice Maxey Topham ( ) for arrangement and dates of Harris children. In 1819 he came to Boone Co., MO and settled on Bonne Femme Creek. (Alicia Towster). In 1826 served on a Boone Co., MO jury. In 1830: nearby households were David, Thomas, Tyre. On 26 Aug 1839, Boone County, Higgason Harris and A.W. Turner witnessed the will of William Jones, Sr.

Higgason married Nancy Garland on 16 Dec 1800 in Madison County, KY. Nancy (daughter of Thomas Garland) was born about 1780 in Virginia, USA; died before 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Nancy Garland may have been 1/2 Native American. Garlands in early Kentucky ( from Alicia Towster): On 8 May 1783 Peter Garland of VA obtained a military bounty for 4000 acres in KY due for 3 years as a Captain in the Continental Line. On 22 Nov 1783, Lincoln Co. (later Madison Co), KY, Jno Garland filed 3 entries on a branch of Casey's Creek/River; on 1 Jan 1784, an entry below Bryant's Lick; total size about 70,000 acres. In 1800, John Garland and Thomas Garland appear on Madison Co. tax lists (1800 census of KY). Thomas Garland, over 45, appears in the 1810 Madison Co., KY census. Marriages: 16 Dec 1800, Madison Co., KY, Higgason Harris m. Nancy Garland. 2 Jun 1803, Madison Co., KY, Tyre Harris m. Sally Garland. In 1805, Madison Co., KY, Robert Garland married Jane Flack (likely the same Robert that appears in Warren County, KY, with Higgason Harris in 1810; he does not, however, appear on the 1830 census index for Missouri).

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Miller, D. H.
Histories and Genealogies of the families Miller, Woods, Harris, Maupin...Dabney, Martin, Gentry et al.
Richmond, KY 1907
pages 276-280, 287

Robert Harris, son of the old Kentucky pioneer, Christopher Harris and his wife Mary Dabney, was born in Virginia, where he married Nancy Grubbs, sister of Higgason Grubbs, an old Madison County pioneer, and one of the early holders of Fort Boonsborough. ... and often visited their father and father-in-law, aforementioned at Ft. Booneborough and Grubbs Fort, where they enjoyed the company of old holders of the fort, and were all acquainted with the old pioneers Daniel Boone, Simon Kenton, and others. They spent their remaining days in Madison County.

Robert married Nancy Grubbs about 1769 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. Nancy (daughter of Higgason Grubbs and Lucy Harris) was born on 24 Nov 1749; died on 30 Apr 1835 in Madison County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]