Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Harkness, J. E. June 24, 1842 - 
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J. E. HARKNESS, millwright, was born June 24, 1842, in Cheshire Co., N. H.; 
son of Elisha and Ann (Burgess) Harkness. He enlisted, July 21, 1861, in the 
3d N. H. V. I., Co. I, and re-enlisted in January, 1864, in same regiment and 
company, and served till July 25, 1865. He was wounded June 13, 1863, at 
Morris Island, S. C., in the right leg, by the explosion of a shell. May 13, 
1864, at Drury's Bluff, Va., he received a gun-shot wound in his right thigh, 
which disabled him for active duty, and the balance of his term was spent in 
doing hospital duty, except the last three months, during which time he acted 
as Company Clerk. In the fall of 1865, he went to Iowa, and lived in Jones 
County till December, 1869, then came to La Crosse, and has been here since. 
He was married, March 22, 1864, in New Hampshire, to Miss Jane Howe of his 
native county, while home on a furlough. Has no children.

Additional Comments:
From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 759 - 760.

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