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John Winfred "Dink" Harris

Male 1913 - 1990  (76 years)


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  • Name John Winfred "Dink" Harris 
    Born Aug 27, 1913  Hazel, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Aug 01, 1990  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma county, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Oak Lawn Cemetery, Sulphur, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • He had a good heart and loved to sing and play the guitar.  He witched water and oil wells, drove bulldozers with his son Jim and worked in the oil fields hoping to strike a big vein.
    Person ID I1981  mykindred
    Last Modified Oct 9, 2006 

    Father Enoch Marther "Mike" Harris,   b. Oct 19, 1887, Thrifty, Brown county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 28, 1983, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma county, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years) 
    Mother Theodore "Theo" Jones,   b. Aug 06, 1891, Ardmore, Carter county, Chickasaw Nation, I.T. (Oklahoma), USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 23, 1968, Sulphur, Murray county, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married Oct 12, 1908  Tyrola, Pontotoc county, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Theo and Marther married on the Tryole Bridge, near Ardmore Oklahoma, with one foot in the Chickasaw Nation and one foot in the Seminole Nation (from Marther's obituary).
      Theodore and Martha "Mike" lived on a farm near Maud.  Mike was a Baptist song leader and preacher and they both played the organ.  Oil was discovered on their farm and they moved to Sulphur and had a ranch there.  They bought the Rose Clinic in Sulphur and Theo worked for Dr. Rose.
      Les said they moved from Maud to Berwin and then to Sulphur where they bought a building and put a hospital in it.
      In the 1910 census of Seminole County, Konawa Township (May 11, 1910) Martin (22) and Theo (18) Harris are living with Uncle Zeb Seybold (28) and a nephew, John (6).
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    Family ID F774  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ruby Marie Sutton,   b. Jun 30, 1914, North of Ardmore, Oklahoma on Cado Creek Find all individuals with events at this location,   d.
    Married Mar 31, 1931  Berwyn, Oklahoma (now Gene Autry, OK) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The whole family enjoyed getting together and playing music.  Some played the guitar, some the violin and grandma Theo played the piano. They sang a lot of gospel songs.
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    Children 
    +1. Jimmie Charles Harris,   b. Sep 20, 1932, Berwyn, Oklahoma (now Gene Autry, OK) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 16, 1999  (Age 67 years)
     2. Shirley Jean Harris,   b. Dec 07, 1935,   d. Jun 10, 1936  (Age 0 years)
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    Family ID F1014  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Harris, John Winfred 'Dink' (1913-1990)
    Harris, John Winfred "Dink" (1913-1990)
    Theodore (JONES) HARRIS (1892-1968), daughter of Cora Vitura (SEYBOLD) and John JONES with her children Opal & Winfred ("Dink") in Maud, Oklahoma  (circa 1914).
    Harris, Haskell (1915-1983)
    Harris, "Dink" (1913-1990)
    Winfred "Dink" (1913), Opal (1911) and Haskell HARRIS (1915),

  • Sources 
    1. [S28] Harris, Fern (wife of Haskell Harris).

    2. [S31] Harris, Jim and Shirley.