Records:  Harris, Samuel B., Unknown Co., KY
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2000 13:35:32 -0700

From: "Linda Katherine Jenkins-Wensel" <kanichi@theriver.com>
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Subject: BIO: Samuel B. HARRIS b. KY

Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical.
Charles Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884.
Monroe County Biographical Sketches, Richland Township, p. 629

  HARRIS  CHAMBERS

Samuel B. HARRIS is a native of Kentucky, was born June 16 1823, and is the 
third of the seven children of Thomas HARRIS. Our subject was brought to 
Owen County, Ind., by his parents when seven year of age, whom he assisted 
on their farm until he became sixteen, when he went under apprenticeship to 
the blacksmith trade for three years, after which he started a shop on his 
father's farm, and later traveled as journeyman, and taught six terms of 
school.  By these means, he save sufficient to purchase a farm, and afterward 
engaged in business in Ellettsville for seventeen years, and then erected a 
woolen mill.  About 1864, he moved to Coles County Ill., where he built a saw 
and grist mill, and later returned to his old home and engaged in milling 
successfully. September 10, 1846, he married Miss Endemile CHAMBERS, a union 
favored with six children, of whom four survive - Mary F., John R., 
William B. and Perry Oliver.  Mr. HARRIS is a consistent Freemason, a 
Republican, and in religion a Universalist.  He was instrumental in 
establishing the first newspaper in the town, and which he passed to his son, 
who is now editor thereof.  Mr. HARRIS is a prominent and esteemed citizen, 
and was for three years Postmaster at Ellettsville.

Data Entry Volunteer - Linda Jenkins Wensel
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