BIO:  HARRIS, Richard W., M.D., s/o William G. & Isabel (McKune) Harris

Submitted by:  ivie@tima.com   (Diana Flynn)

HARRIS   MCKUNE   LET   TAYLOR
History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana
Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers, 1885
History of Pike County, Jefferson Township, p. 457

RICHARD W. HARRIS, M.D. a prominent physician of Pike County, Ind., was born
in Spencer County, Ind., October 28, 1856.  His parents, William G. and
Isabel (McKune) Harris, are natives, respectively of Alexandria, Va., and
Nelson County, Ky.  When quite a small lad, William went to Philadelphia,
where he was apprenticed to a cabinet-maker.  He pursued his trade in
Kentucky for some time, when he married and came with his wife to Spencer
County, Ind., about 1843.  Here they lived until 1865, when they moved to
Huntingburgh, Ind., and have since made their home there, with the exception
of a few years.  The Doctor was raised on a farm and received a limited
education.  When twenty-one years old he began teaching, going to school and
reading medicine, and in the winter of 1875-76 he attended the Kentucky
Medical College and graduated from that institution in 1877.  He then located
in Algiers, where he has since been successfully practicing his profession.
He has been very successful and is said to have the largest practice of any 
physician in the county.  June 8, 1870, he married Louella A. Lett, daughter
of Isaac and Mary (Taylor) Lett.  They became the parents of four children,
three now living; Maude M., John W., Audie (deceased) and Sallie.  The
doctor is a member of the I.O.O.F. and I.O.R.M.  He is a leading Democrat
of the county and has been honored with the office of township trustee,
elected in 1884.  His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
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