CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF Aaron Harris

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Hartington Herald  August 8, 1913

Death of Old Soldier

Aaron Bartlett Harris sacred veteran of many battles and who was one 
of the gallant company who marched with Sherman to the sea is dead. 
Aaron Harris scarred veteran upright citizen, devoted husband father. 

	Aaron Harris was born May 10, 1848 in the state of Ohio and 
died in this community Monday morning August 4, 1913. Although the 
deceased had been in poor health for a number of months, he was not 
afflicted with any acute disease and his last illness was of very 
short duration. Not over half an hour elapsed between the time he had 
taken sick and his death. 

	When yet a boy, Mr. Harris moved with his parents to Iowa and 
when the war broke out he enlisted and became a member of the cavalry. 
He served all through this war and was with Sherman when he marched to 
the sea. At the end of the war, he was discharged, but later enlisted 
and was sent to Fort Sully, SD., It was there he met his future wife, 
Mary Ann Goodwin. They were married in the early seventies and shortly 
moved to Butler Co. NE and then to Cedar Co. where they have made their 
home for the past 25 years. 

	The late Mr. Harris leaves a wife and five children. Mrs.Thomas 
Barker and Mrs. Sam Schager, Mrs. Louis Lauritsen and Henry and Minor 
Harris. Also one sister, Mrs. Clark Cooper of York, NE. Those relatives 
were present at the funeral.

	The funeral of the late Aaron Harris was held at Wynot at 2 
O’clock pm and was one of the largest which had ever been held in the 
county. 

	The services were held at the Methodist Church and were 
impressive. The floral offerings were numerous and beautiful. The 
following old soldiers acted as pallbearers; W.H. Stephenson, R.R. Eby, 
W.H. Rowell, G.S. Franks, Jas Winterringer and Wm. Winterringer. 
Interment was made in the Wynot Cemetery. 

	A nephew of the late Mr. Harris of Gordon, Jas. Harris was also 
present at the funeral. 

	The bereaved family circle will have the sympathy of many friends in 
their great loss.