John D. Harris was a son of Robert Harris and Elizabeth Burnley and possibly, a grandson of Thomas Harris, Sr. and Susan Dabney of Albemarle Co., Virginia. (For more information see Descendants of Robert Harris.)

John was born 1818, Sumner Co., Tennessee, and died 27 Aug. 1882, Trousdale Co., Tennessee. He married Mary Elizabeth Payne. Mary was a daughter of Edwin Lindsey Payne and Elizabeth A. Haynes and a granddaughter of Jesse Payne and Malinda Strother Taliaferro. For more information see Descendants of Jesse Payne.)

Mary was born 1831, Sumner Co., Tennessee, and died after 1885, Sumner or Trousdale Co., Tennessee.

John D. Harris and Mary Elizabeth Payne were married 23 Aug 1851 in Sumner Co., Tennessee.

Children of John D. Harris and Mary Elizabeth Payne:

1. Robert Edwin Harris b: 7 Jul. 1854, Sumner Co., Tennessee, d: 7 Apr. 1923, Lebanon, Wilson Co., Tennessee. Married Sarah Mildred Lynch b: 9 Sep 1856, Tennessee, d: 26 Oct 1929, Lebanon, Wilson Co., Tennessee, m: 1878, Trousdale Co., Tennessee.
   Children:
   --Robert Lynch Harris b: 22 Nov 1878, Trousdale Co., Tennessee, d: 1 Nov 1954, Lebanon, Wilson Co., Tennessee.
   --Mary E. Harris b: Dec. 1883, Trousdale Co., Tennessee.
   --Willie H. Harris b: 7 Mar 1886, Trousdale Co., Tennessee, d: 14 May 1952, Lebanon, Wilson Co., Tennessee.

2. Mary Alice Harris b: 23 Apr 1856, Sumner Co., Tennessee, d: 29 Sep 1935, Trousdale Co., Tennessee. Married James Richard Carey b: 21 Sep 1853, Tennessee, d: 26 May 1915, Trousdale Co., Tennessee, m: 1881, Trousdale Co., Tennessee.
   Children:
   --John Carey b: May 1884, Trousdale Co., Tennessee.
   --Mary Carey b: Nov 1886, Trousdale Co., Tennessee.

3. Susan B. Harris b: Feb 1861, Sumner Co., Tennessee, d: 30 Oct 1930, Lebanon, Wilson Co., Tennessee. Married Winfield Scott Chandler b: Dec 1847, Lebanon, Wilson Co., Tennessee, d: 30 Jan 1932, Lebanon, Wilson Co., Tennessee. m: abt 1879, Trousdale Co., Tennessee.
   Children:
   --Lizzie F. Chandler b: 17 Jan 1883, Lebanon, Wilson Co., Tennessee, d: 10 Oct 1899, Lebanon, Wilson Co., Tennessee.
   

4. William Thomas Harris b: 8 Aug. 1864, Castalian Springs, Sumner Co., Tennessee, d: 14 Oct. 1892, Jackson, Madison Co., Tennessee. Married Kate Robertson b: 14 Nov. 1865, Castalian Springs, Sumner Co., Tennessee, d: 23 Mar 1938, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas, m: 28 May 1881, Castalian Springs, Sumner Co., Tennessee.
   Children:
   --John Booker Harris b: 19 Dec. 1883, Gallatin, Sumner Co., Tennessee, d: 4 Jan 1925, Saint Louis, St. Louis (City), Missouri.
   --Georgie Reynolds Harris b: 15 May 1886, Gallatin, Sumner Co., Tennessee, d: 16 Jun. 1951, Saint James, Phelps Co., Missouri.
   --Carrie Lee Harris b: 22 Feb. 1890, Gallatin, Sumner Co., Tennessee, d: 26 Jun. 1931, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas.
   --Kate Harris b: 24 Mar. 1892, Union City, Obion Co., Tennessee, d: 2 Mar 1984, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas.