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
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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) |
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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) |
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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
TBDREFERENCES
FamilySearch entry for Grant Brooks HarrisShanley: 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