His death certificate records Robert Lee Harris, age 61 years 4 months, born 14 Nov 1875 in Kentucky, died 14 March 1937 in Portsmouth, Scioto Co., Ohio, residence 1520 Mound St., widowed, late wife Etta Royse, father Hayden Harris, mother’s maiden name Clarissa Nickell, both born in Ky, burial in Greenlawn.

Her death certificate records Etta Harris, age 58 years 1 month 29 days, born 10 June 1878 in Elliott Co., Ky, died 9 Aug 1936 in Portsmouth, Scioto Co., Ohio, residence Wheelers Mill, Ohio, married, wife of Robert Lee Harris, father William Royse, mother’s maiden name Georgia Ann Riddle, burial in Greenlawn.

(There is no evidence that the William Royse family ever lived in Elliott Co. Probably the informant assumed that Elliottsville was in Elliott Co.)

Their marriage is not recorded in Rowan Co.; it probably took place in Fleming.

1920 census of Scioto Co., Ohio, Portsmouth ward 4, enumerated 5 Jan, lists on p. 2A as family #22/28, at 2410 Gallia St:
Harris, Robert L., 43, clerk at N&W Rwy supply house; Ettie, wife, 42; Nora, dau, 23, divorced, vaudeville actress; Allie, son, 19, shoe worker in shoe factory; Eva, dau, 16; Golda, dau, 11; Ernest, son, 8; Edith, dau, 3. Ernest and Edith born Ohio Ky Ky, all others Ky Ky Ky.

1930 census of Scioto Co., Ohio, Portsmouth ward 4, enumerated 7 May, lists on p. 41B as family #780/964, at 2410 Gallia St:
Harris, Robert, 53, age at first marriage 24, retail merchant of groceries; Etta, wife, 50, age at first marriage 18; Allen, son, 29, laborer at railroad slope (? shope?); Elva, dau, 21, finisher at show factor; Edith, dau, 12, b. Ohio Ky Ky. All others born Ky Ky Ky.