Grant B. Harris

WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY     (Washington County, Utah)

GRANT BROOKS & ELEEN ROSALIA HIGBEE HARRIS

(businessman)

BIOGRAPHY

Grant Brooks Harris was born in St. George on June 12, 1904.

Eleen Raosalia Higbee was born in Toquerville on June 29, 1906.

Grant & Eleen were married on October 3, 1928 in St. George.

Grant was an Army Captain in World War II.

He returned to St. George and operated G. B. Harris Repair Service.

Grant published a book in 1980, "Shanley: Pennies Wise - Dollars Foolish".

Grant died in St. George on May 30, 1983 and is buried in Plot C_28_15_4 of the St. George City Cemetery.

Eleen died in St. George on August 10, 1994 and is buried in Plot C_28_16_6 of the St. George City Cemetery.


FAMILY

Grant's Parents and Siblings:
    Abner Britnell Harris
    Mary Brooks Harris
        Louie Harris
        Grant Brooks Harris
        Edith Harris
        Goldia Helene Harris
        Evelyn Lipton Harris

(3/1/1867-3/1/1934)   (married 6/3/1901)
(2/7/1877-10/30/1966)
(4/25/1902-11/28/1955)   (married William Earl Miller and Elias Penn Smith)
(6/12/1904-5/30/1983)   (married Eleen Rosalia Higbee)
(10/14/1906-6/9/1973)   (married George Burton Milne)
(11/17/1908-9/23/1932)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(1/13/1911-12/16/1997)   (married Robert McLeod Plunkett,
    Michael Stinson Ward, Tip Lipton, and Bert Elwood Crane)

Eleen's Parents and Siblings:
    Edwin Richard Higbee
    Eva Geary Page Higbee
        Eleen Rosalia Higbee
        Wilma Lorine Higbee
        Magnolia Higbee
        Lamond Page Higbee
        Maree Higbee
        Gena Higbee


(1/15/1883-8/16/1983)   (married 8/28/1905)
(5/22/1883-1/18/1973)
(6/29/1906-8/10/1994)   (married Grant Brooks Harris)
(10/29/1909-1/27/2007)   (married William Arthur Kemp)
(2/24/1913-12/6/1994)   (married Eugene R Palfreyman)
(7/18/1919-6/3/1995)   (married Franke J. Shipp and Janice Clark)
(12/8/1921-5/2/2009)   (married Dean Crosby Gardner)
(10/12/1923-3/25/2005)   (married Melville Hirschi)

Grant & Eleen's Family:
    Grant Brooks Harris
    Eleen Rosalia Higbee Harris  
        Jeannine Harris
        Helen Harris
        Rosalee Harris
        Goldie Maree Harris


(6/12/1904-5/30/1983)   (married 10/3/1928)
(6/29/1906-8/10/1994)
(8/18/1929-2/4/2020)   (married George Stanford "Stan" Holt)
(3/15/1932-1/28/2013)   (married Larry Spargo and Lyle Ritz)
(3/20/1938-8/14/1990)   (married Lorraine Hunt and Xxxxxxxxxxx Off)
(11/8/1941-1/31/1944)


PHOTOS

TBD


REFERENCES

FamilySearch entry for Grant Brooks Harris

Shanley: Pennies Wise - Dollars Foolish
Book by Grant B. Harris
Published by the Vantage Press in New York,   1980,   334 Pages

Eleen and Grant Harris Memorial Bench

Find-A-Grave entry for Grant Brooks Harris

BillionGraves entry for Grant B. Harris

FamilySearch entry for Eleen Rosalia Higbee

Find-A-Grave entry for Eleen Higbee Harris