James H. Harris
James H. Harris was born around 1844 in Connecticut to John and Elizabeth Harris. His father was a merchant who owned $1,500 of personal property by 1860. The family moved to Coventry, Rhode Island, sometime before 1860. By 1870, Harris was working as a carpenter, and he owned $1,450 of real estate. He remained in his parents’ household until at least 1900. In 1910, he was working as a store keeper, and he was living with a woman named Phebe L. Cottrell. He married a woman named Ardella in the early 1910s. Harris died sometime after 1925.
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(816)Harris, James H.1844
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 2

  • (2810) [recipient] ~ Cyrus W. Remington to James H. Harris, 2 September 1863
  • (5077) [recipient] ~ Cyrus W. Remington to James H. Harris, 4 October 1863

People - Records: 1

  • (816) Harris, James H. is the [friend of] (815) Remington, Cyrus Waterman

Places - Records: 1

  • (294) [birth] ~ Connecticut

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SOURCES

1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; 1915 and 1925 Rhode Island State Censuses, available from Ancestry.com.

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