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Isaac S Harris

Birth	:	8 Feb 1847 Salem, Henry County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	1928
Burial	:	Union Cemetery, Union, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.2303009, -93.0639038
Plot	:	Spc 21
Inscription	:	Father
Description	:	From the 1911 book Past and Present of Hardin County Iowa, pp. 1027-1028: Isaac S. Harris One of the best known and most progressive citizens of Union , Hardin county, is Isaac S. Harris, a man who has succeeded at his chosen life work because he has labored persistently and earnestly along conservative lines. He was born at Salem, Iowa, February 8, 1847, and he is the son of Cornelius and Patience (Pierson) Harris, both natives of the state of North Carolina, who came to Hardin county, Iowa, about 1852 and were first settlers. They spent their lives on a... Read More	From the 1911 book Past and Present of Hardin County Iowa, pp. 1027-1028: Isaac S. Harris One of the best known and most progressive citizens of Union , Hardin county, is Isaac S. Harris, a man who has succeeded at his chosen life work because he has labored persistently and earnestly along conservative lines. He was born at Salem, Iowa, February 8, 1847, and he is the son of Cornelius and Patience (Pierson) Harris, both natives of the state of North Carolina, who came to Hardin county, Iowa, about 1852 and were first settlers. They spent their lives on a farm, and both died at Bangor , Iowa , he in 1865 and she in 1855. They were Quakers in religious belief. Seven children were born to them. Cornelius Harris was twice married, his second wife being Lydia George, of Iowa . She died in Kansas in 1900. Two children were born of this second union. Three children are living by the first wife, namely: Isaac S. of this review; Maria lives near Whitten, Hardin county; Isom lives in Osceola , Iowa . To the second union Emmons and Will C. Harris, of Burr Oak, Kansas , were born. Isaac C. Harris [sic] of this review received by a limited education. He was compelled to go between five and six miles to school. He started in life for himself when but a boy sixteen years old. He was one of the patriotic lads of the North who offered his services to the Union , during the great Rebellion, enlisting in February, 1864, in Company C, Forty-fifth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He was sent to Nashville , Tennessee , and was in the battle there, later took part in numerous skirmishes. He was in the Army of Cumberland, and was sick a great deal during his service of a year and five months. He was discharged in July, 1865, after a faithful service, and returning to Iowa , he worked out near Bangor . He saved his money and later bought a good farm of one hundred and sixty acres south of Union , Iowa , and there made his home for thirty-two years. He made all the improvements on the place and was very successful as a general farmer and stock raiser, and he developed one of the best and richest farms in that locality. In 1908 he bought six hundred and forty acres in Hyde county, South Dakota . Mr. Harris was married in 1873 to Lorain Humphrey, who was born in Columbiana county, Ohio , in 1855. She was the daughter of J. W. and Lydia (Stockwell) Humphrey, natives of Vermont . They came to Iowa in 1858 and located in Winneshiek county. J. W. Humphrey died October 3, 1898 , at Cresco, Howard county, Iowa . Lydia Humphrey died April 16, 1904 , in Hardin county, Iowa . Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Harris: Minnie married R. L. Anderson and they live in Union township, this county; Guy, who is farming in Hyde county, South Dakota , married Jenette Ross; Leo, who is farming in Hyde county, South Dakota , married Fannie Meloy; Carl C. is in the regular army, Third Regiment, now stationed at San Francisco, California; Nellie is living at home. Helen died at the age of two years. Mr. Harris has devoted his life to farming, having started in a small way, but he has achieved a large measure of success through his energy, courage and good management. Politically, he is a Republican and he is a member of the Methodist church and the Grand Army of the Republic. He is well known and has a host of warm personal friends throughout this locality. Info provided by Robert Fahey.

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Latitude: 42.2303009
Longitude: -93.0639038

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Lorain Humphrey Harris

(1855 - 1925)

Siblings

(unknow - unknow)

Maria Ellen Harris Hickman

(1852 - 1931)

William Cornelius “Will” Harris

(1864 - 1943)

Children

Minnie L Harris Anderson

(1871 - 1950)

George Harris

(1878 - 1951)

Guy F Harris

(1878 - 1951)

Carl Cornelius Harris

(1885 - 1956)

Helen E Harris

(1893 - 1895)

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1. Union Cemetery
Union, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.2303009, -93.0639038

2. Bentley Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.2089000, -93.0597500

3. Whitney Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.2347000, -93.0258000

4. Hauser Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.2528000, -93.0302963

5. Miller Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.2064018, -93.1014023

6. Sheppard Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.2672005, -93.0843964

7. Liscomb Cemetery
Liscomb, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1875000, -93.0151000

8. Chester Friends Church Cemetery
New Providence, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.2374992, -93.1419983

9. Francisco Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.2888985, -93.0456009

10. Bangor Friends Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.1702995, -93.0836029

11. Benson Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.2522011, -92.9807968

12. Hadley Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.2672005, -93.1544037

13. Xenia Cemetery
Gifford, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.3119011, -93.0781021

14. Bethel Grove Cemetery
Albion, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1505000, -93.0317500

15. Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery
Clemons, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.2019830, -93.1710300

16. Dunn Settlement Cemetery
Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.2018000, -93.1710000

17. Whitaker Family Burial Ground
Moningers, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1414727, -93.0759251

18. Honey Creek Cemetery
New Providence, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.2505989, -93.1849976

19. New Providence Cemetery
New Providence, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.2877998, -93.1671982

20. Everist Cemetery
Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1292000, -93.0877991

21. Bevins Grove Cemetery
Saint Anthony, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1506004, -93.1557999

22. Gaer Ballard Cemetery
Albion, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1290000, -93.0187000

23. Highland Cemetery
New Providence, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.2783012, -93.2117004

24. Illinois Grove Cemetery
Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1850014, -93.2146988