Eighth Generation

8787. Annie Theodosia "Dosia" Jacobs was born on 22 February 1890 in Beech Grove, Coffee Co., TN. Annie died in Scottsboro, Jackson Co., AL on 24 October 1974 and was buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Scottsboro, Jackson Co., AL in October 1974 .²⁷¹¹⁶

Annie Theodosia "Dosia" Jacobs and Mitchell Luther Harris were married on 14 March 1910 in Scottsboro, Jackson Co., AL.²⁷¹¹⁷ Mitchell Luther Harris⁴²¹² was born on 2 October 1878 in Fayetteville, Cumberland Co., NC. Mitchell died in Scottsboro, Jackson Co., AL on 25 May 1961 and was buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Scottsboro, Jackson Co., AL in May 1961 .²⁷¹¹⁸

Mitchell Luther Harris graduated The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1908. He was called as Pastor to The Scottsboro First Baptist Church at a salary of $500.00 per year. THere he met "Annie Dee" Annie Theodosia Jacobs and they were married may 10, 1910. From Scottsboro, he accepted a call to The First Baptist Church of Cullman. His first child, John Clinton, was born there on April 1, 1911. From Cullman, he was called to Ozark, Alabama where his second child, Roderick Edward was born on March 25, 1913. His third child, Elmer Jacobs, was born there on September 27, 1917. In 1918, Mitchell Luther accepted a call to Prattville First Baptist Church. He served there for the next sixteen years (until 1934) and Ruth was born there on January 13, 1921 as well as fourth son, Mitchell Luther, Jr. on April 5, 1926. Most of all of the children's pre-college schooling was in Prattville.

In 1934 he accepted a call from the Guntersville First Baptist Church where he served through 1940 when declining health forced his retirement and they moved to Scottsboro, where they purchased the Colonial red brick home on Scott Street. This was the former home of his Sister-in-law, Veda Spivey. They lived there the remainder of their lives.

Information provided by John Clinton Harris of Scottsboro to Albert W. Carhart (Kerrville TX).

Annie Theodosia "Dosia" Jacobs and Mitchell Luther Harris had the following children:

+16086	i.	John Clinton Harris.
16087	ii.	Roderick Edward Harris was born on 25 March 1913 in Ozark, Dale Co., AL. Roderick enlisted in the US Army on 25 April 1942 at Fort McClellan, AL.²⁷¹¹⁹ Roderick died in Naples, Italy on 29 March 1945 and was buried at "Rodrick Edward Harris was "killed as a flight engineer on a bombing mission over Germany. Plane damaged by ground fire but returned and blew up trying to land." Information from John Clinton Harris (Roderick's brother). Cedar Hill Cemetery in Scottsboro, Jackson Co., AL in April 1945 .²⁷¹²⁰ "Roderick Edward Harris, the second child was born August 25, 1913 in Ozark, Dale County, Albama. Clinton was named after his Maternal Grandfather, so Roderick was named after his Paternal Grandfather. Their boyhood friends that we can remember in Ozark were, " Sonny Boy " Reynolds, Norman Holman, Harry Mixon and Howard Valentine, all neighbors with whom Clinton entered the first grade at the school in Ozark. In 1918, Dada accepted a call from the First Baptist Church of Prattville, Alabama. In September, Clinton entered the second grade in the elementary school which was called the Prattville Academy and two years later, Roderick began his school education there. The famous Southern Poet, Sidney Lanier, was Principal there many years. When Roderick was in the second grade, he had a mastoid desease in one of his ears. This was a very serious disease and surgery for those days was not well developed and he suffered with healing for a long time and left a deformed ear for all of his life. Roderick also played a soprano saxaphone in the Autauga High School Band and Orchestra, The Town Band, Church Orchestra and later in the W & L Band Roderick was the athlete in the family and played on the High School football and basketball teams. Selma and Prattville High Schools were big rivals and in some of our old newspaper clippings is a report of the football game in which guard Roderick out played his opponent, Shug Jordan, who later starred at Auburn and becamefamous as Auburn's football coach for many years. When Clinton was a senior at W & L, Freshman Roderick entered and they had connecting rooms in Lee's Dormitory. Rod, as he was now known, went out for intra-mural football team and was awarded a medal as an All-School player. After football season, he made the freshman swimming team, later, he made the varsity as the 440 yard free style swimmer. I believe they were undefeated during his four years. Rod majored in accounting and each summer he served as water front director at Camp Shenandoah, Island Ford, Virginia. After graduation, he spent his first year working at the Jacobs Manufacturing (stove foundry) in Bridgeport. Rod also tired of labor union strikes, so he obtained a Double Cola Bottling franchise for the Greeville, NC area which he operated until it became obvious with a low draft number, he would be called to service Early in World War II, so he decided it best to sell the bottling company and worked for a few months as an accountant with The Department of Agriculture in Memphis, Teneessee. Upon being drafted, he was sent to Keesler Air Field, Biloxi, Mississippi, where he was trained in Hydraulics on airplanes and very shortly was shipped overseas through North Africa and on to an airbase in Naples, Italy. We do not know how many missions he was a flight engineer but were informed by Telegram that he was killed on March 29, 1945. We were later informed by his Commanding Officer that he was killed in line of duty. After the war, we were informed by his buddy and another friend, Bufford Burroughs, who had worked with Rod at Jacobs Manufacturing in Bridgeport (Bufford and Clinton had also worked together) Gave Clinton the details he knew. Bufford and Rod were stationed on the same Naples Airbase but neither knew the other was there. The bomber was on a mission, apparently over Germany, when it was badly damaged by ground anti-air attacks. They were able to get back to Naples but it was so damaged that they were unable to bring it down on two attempts. On the third attempt, as it hit the ground, it exploded and all the crew were killed. After the war, his remains were returned to Scottsboro's Cedar Hill Cemetary where he was given a Military Funeral. His name is listed with other victims on a monument on the Courthouse Square in Scottsboro. There is also a bronze tablet in the entrance gateway at W & L and on another bronze tablet in the W & L library." Information from John Clinton Harris, with help from Bufford Burroughs.
+16088	iii.	Dr. Elmer Jacobs Harris.
+16089	iv.	Dr. Ruth Harris.
+16090	v.	Mitchell Luther Harris Jr..
16091	vi.	This infant son was born and died on 28 February 1928 in Prattville, Autauga Co., AL at and was buried at. Cedar Hill Cemetery in Scottsboro, Jackson Co., AL in March 1928 . Unnamed Harris was born (date unknown).