Ft. Worth Wedding Pictures ca. 1905

Fort Worth University Catalog 1909

We know this is one of Virginia Shumate Moran's sisters.  I'm leaning toward it being Maibelle.  She married Newton Temple Harris Sr about 1905.  Three of the pictures had been framed as a triptych and was hanging in Virginia's room at Moran Place.  Over the years the pictures faded till the bride had become a ghost.  I played around with it and have brought the images out, not back to their original state, but enough that we can see she was a beautiful bride.

The photographer was Frank Leffler of Ft. Worth Texas. 

William Shumate Harris of Ft Worth

Taken at Bryant Studio Inc
705 1/2 Main St
Fort Worth Tex.
William Shumate Harris

William Shumate Harris is our 1st cousin once removed.  His parents were Newton Temple Harris of Texas and Maibelle Shumate of Kentucky.  William was born May 24, 1911 in Texas.  According to the 1940 Census he was was a 28 year old attorney living at home with his mother and sister.  He died September 26 1973.  The death record indicates he was married but at this time I haven't been able to find a name or when he might have married or if they had any children.

If he has descendants or if anyone knew him we'd enjoy hearing from you.  It's always nice to be able to add more leaves to the family tree.

Two Texas Harris', A Shumate and a Moran

This photograph helped me fill in some of the information for the Harris branch from Texas.   Uncle Brud is 62 years old in this picture that I believe was taken at the Moran home in Dresden Tennessee.  The boy named Jim, well, I haven't figured out who he is yet.  There are a lot of Jim's in the Moran extended family it's just a matter of narrowing it down to which Jim.

Maibelle Shumate Harris is Brud's sister-in-law and the sister of Virginia Shumate Moran.  Maibelle and Virginia's parents were Nathan McClary Shumate and Margaret Jane Adams of Rockcastle County Kentucky.  Their youngest sister was Louise Shumate Durway who passed away in 1921.  Maibelle ws married to Newton Temple Harris, the brother of Virginia and Mattie Mai who are also pictured here.

Newton Temple (not pictured), Bertie Victoria (not pictured), Mattie Mai and Virginia Frances are the children of William Dawson Harris and Mary (Mollie) Rush Temple. Their grandfather was W. Miniard (Maynard) Harris who was born in North Carolina.  An excellent resource for the Harris family is The Edward Harris Family Its Lineage and Traditions by Marie Harris Key.

Mattie Mai Harris married Elisha Brinton Ingram March 7, 1916 in Tarrant County, Texas. Their daughter Martha M. Ingram was born in 1924.

Virginia Frances Harris was the youngest child of William and Mollie Harris.  She never married.

Bertie Victoria Harris, how much more Victorian of a name can you get than Bertie Victoria?? Bertie married Henry Lee Spencer and they had a daughter named Mary Katherine Spencer.

Newton Temple Harris married Maibelle Shumate.  They had five children: Newton Temple Harris Jr, William Shumate Harris, Margaret Frances Harris, and one set of twins Joseph Brinton Harris Sr and his unnamed sister who died at birth.

I don't know who annotated the back of the picture with the names but I salute them!!!