BIO:  HARRIS, Josiah C., s/o James & Nancy (Johnson) Harris

Submitted by:  phill@redrock.net   (Phyllis Hill)

HARRIS   JOHNSON   RIGGS   BEARD   FEAGAN   BECKETT

History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana
Chicago:  The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886

Daviess County, Barr Twp., page 816

JOSIAH C. HARRIS, miller, of Montgomery, Ind., is the son of James and Nancy
(Johnson) Harris, natives of Kentucky and Tennessee, respectively.  They
were married in Kentucky in 1818 and a year later moved to Indiana, locating
on a farm in Sullivan County.  The father's death occurred in 1854, and the
mother's in 1842.  Josiah was born in Sullivan County, in 1826.  He had poor
educational advantages, owing to the scarcity of schools and the demand for
his services at home.  At the age of seventeen he began doing for himself,
working in flouring-mills in this and several other States, thereby obtaining
a thorough knowledge of the trade.  About 1850 he purchased a mill in his
native county, operating it for two years, and then began saw-milling in
connection.  In 1876 he began erecting his present large five-story mill,
and in 1884 put in the necessary machinery for the roller process.  The mill
turns off about thirty-five barrels of flour per day, and was erected at a
cost of about $30,000.  Besides this property he owns 440 acres of land in
his native county.  Mr. Harris has been married three times.  His first wife,
Leanna Riggs, born in 1835 and died in 1865, bore him seven children:  
Martin L., Julia A., Mary P., William W., Davis J., Clement L. and one
unnamed.  In 1866 he married Mary E. Beard, born in 1840.  To them were born
three children:  James B., Ernest C. and Florence J.  This wife died in 1878,
and for his third wife he took Mary J. (Feagan) Beckett, who bore him one 
child, Helen L.  For six years Mr. Harris filled the position of township
trustee with ability, and to the satisfaction of the people.
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