Henry Richard Harris[1]
1828 - 1909 (81 years)
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Name Henry Richard Harris Henry Richard Harris
(1828-1909)Born 2 Feb 1828 Sparta, Hancock, Georgia 
Gender Male Political 1873 - 1879 Representative, United States Congress 
Public Service Died 15 Oct 1909 Odessadale, Meriwether, Georgia Buried Greenville City Cemetery, Greenville, Meriwether, Georgia 
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Find A Grave Memorial# 7957351Notes - HARRIS, Henry Richard, a Representative from Georgia; born in Sparta, Hancock County, Ga., February 2, 1828; moved to Greenville, Meriwether County, Ga., in 1833; attended an academy in Mount Zion, Hancock County, Ga., and was graduated from Emory College at Oxford, Ga., in 1847; member of the State constitutional convention in 1861; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army as colonel; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1879); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress; elected to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887); was not a candidate for renomination in 1886; appointed by President Cleveland as Third Assistant Postmaster General of the United States and served from April 1, 1887, to March 18, 1889; engaged in agricultural pursuits; died in Odessadale, Meriwether County, Ga., October 15, 1909; interment in Greenville Cemetery, Greenville, Ga. [2]
Person ID I15746 Dickinson Last Modified 31 Aug 2015
Family Eliza Ann Gresham, b. 14 Feb 1830, d. 6 Nov 1880 (Age 50 years) Married 21 Oct 1847 Meriwether County, Georgia [3] Children + 1. Rebecca Frances Harris, b. 12 May 1856, Meriwether County, Georgia , d. 9 Apr 1895, Meriwether County, Georgia (Age 38 years)2. Lena Harris, b. Mar 1858, Meriwether County, Georgia , d. 5 Dec 1941, Meriwether County, Georgia (Age ~ 83 years) [Birth]Last Modified 31 Aug 2015 Family ID F4839 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 2 Feb 1828 - Sparta, Hancock, Georgia 
Married - 21 Oct 1847 - Meriwether County, Georgia 
Died - 15 Oct 1909 - Odessadale, Meriwether, Georgia 
Buried - - Greenville City Cemetery, Greenville, Meriwether, Georgia = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S336470] Wikipedia, (Online: https://en.wikipedia.org), Henry R. Harris, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_R._Harris.
- [S207263] Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005, (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office 20xx), online., http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000239, accessed 30 Aug 2015.
- [S336457] Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013).
Name: Henry R Harris
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 21 Oct 1847
Marriage Place: Meriwether, Georgia, USA
Spouse: Eliza A Gresham
Spouse Gender: Female
- [S336470] Wikipedia, (Online: https://en.wikipedia.org), Henry R. Harris, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_R._Harris.