OBITUARY Mrs. Josephine Beauharnois Allison Harris

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        Mrs. Josephine Beauharnois Allison Harris died at her home in
Tebbetts, MO., on March 10, 1915.
        Sister Harris was one of the stalwart characters whose life carried
with it the highest ideals - and she not only believed in the best, but
lived the best.  She was kind, yet firm, and the two traits so blended that
she was an inspiration to all who aspire to strong character.
        Josephine Allison was born in Pike county, Missouri, July 18, 1835,
her parents belonging to the notable Allison family of Missouri.  She was
reared by strict Presbyterian parents, from whom she got her strong traits
of character.  She untied with the Presbyterian church when a young girl,
and remained with this church until her marriage to Hillary Smith Harris,
of Virginia, when she untied with the Methodist church, South, to be with
her husband.
        Sister Harris was the mother of seven children, namely: Mrs. Ida
Robinson, Fort Worth, Tex.; William Emmett, Tebbetts, Mo.; Edward Everette
(deceased, Leon Bibb, Mrs. A. C. Bennie, Mrs. George Dunn and Homer
Allison, of Tebbetts, Mo.
        Her strong faith and character are portrayed in her children, who
live to call her blessed, in that her teachings have save-guarded them in
life and builded them up in strong manhood and womanhood, so that we can
say, "her works do follow her."
        The funeral was conducted at her home, on March 11, after which she
was laid to rest in Riverview cemetery.  We miss her.  Her friend and
pastor, W. W. Wilson.
        The deceased was the eldest daughter of Robert Hope and Louisa
Carroll Allison, pioneer settler of Missouri.  She was a niece of the late
Byers Carroll, sister of the late Capt. Clinton Allison and aunt of Mrs. U.
E. Thurmond.