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Biography of Dr Harvey L HARRIS, Champaign County, Illinois

From:  "History of Champaign County, Illinois with Illustrations," 1878

DR. HARVEY L. HARRIS

Dr. HARRIS, a successful practitioner of medicine at Foosland, was born at
Nicholasville, in Jessamine county, Kentucky, August 29th, 1846. His
paternal grandfather, Rice HARRIS, was a Virginian and a Presbyterian
minister, who emigrated to Kentucky, at a very early date. Milton HARRIS,
his father, was born at Nicholasville, and married, Sarah T. PHILLIPS,
daughter of Buford PHILLIPS, connected with one of the early families of
that part of Kentucky. The only child, by this marriage, was Harvey L.
HARRIS.

In 1847, his father moved to Bloomington, Illinois, where Dr. Harris was
raised. He first attended the public schools of Bloomington. February,
1864, when a mere boy in age, he enlisted in the 20th Illinois Infantry,
and served till the close of the war, being discharged in July, 1865. His
regiment was attached to the 17th Army Corps, under Gen. Macpherson, and
served in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. He took part in
various engagements, and was in the series of fights, from Chatanooga to
Atlanta. The regiment went into the last fight before Atlanta, numbering
160 men, and came but with only sixteen left; the regiment being almost
completely annihilated. After his return from the army, he was a student at
Eureka College, in Woodford county, remaining altogether in that
institution, three years. He afterward taught school, about five years,
principally in McLean county. In the year 1871, he began the study of
medicine with Dr. J. W. Waters, an old and prominent physician of
Lexington, McLean county. He entered Rush Medical College, at Chicago, in
the fall of 1873, and attended two courses of lectures, graduating,
February l7th, 1875. Immediately after receiving his diploma, he settled at
Foosland, which town was just then beginning its growth. He has built up a
large practice, and enjoys the reputation of being a successful and popular
physician. He was married, April 2d, 1868, to Lucretia HENLINE, daughter of
Martin HENLINE, who came to Illinois from Kentucky, and was one of the
first to settle in the vicinity of Lexington, McLean county.


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