Harris family papers 1795-1875 (Bulk: 1836-1852)

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Harris family papers 1795-1875 (Bulk: 1836-1852)

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/sjmh/00062/00062-P.html

Correspondence, financial, and legal papers briefly document four generations of the Harris family of Texas.

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Albert and Ethel Herzstein Library,

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Harris, John, b. 1760

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Harris family

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When John Richardson Harris came to Texas in 1824, he continued his family's pioneer tradition. John Harris immigrated from England, settled in Pennsylvania, and founded the town of Harrisburg in the early 18th century. His son, Samuel Harris, eventually settled in the frontier region of New York. John Harris, the father of John R. Harris, was born in 1760, the eldest child of Samuel and Elizabeth Harris. He remained in New York, marrying Mary Richardson in 1789 and having ten child...

Harris, David, 1795? -1841?

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Harris, John Briscoe, 1821-1867

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Birdsall, Lewis, 1770-1843

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Lewis Birdsall, the son of Benjamin Birdsall, married Patience Lee in 1790 in Columbia County, New York. Their eldest of five children, Jane, was born in 1791 followed by Maurice Lee, Egbert B., Eliza, and Lewis A. In 1800 the family moved to Seneca County, New York, and settled on a farm between Waterloo and Seneca Falls. Jane married John Richardson Harris in 1813. After meeting Moses Austin while living in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, the Harrises decided to emigrate to Texas. While Jane returne...

Theodore Keller ＆ Co.

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Harris, DeWitt Clinton, 1814-1861

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DeWitt Clinton Harris was born on July 17, 1814, the eldest child of John Richardson Harris and Jane Birdsall. In 1833, he and his mother traveled to Texas and settled in Harrisburg. Not long after arriving, Harris became involved in the growing hostilities between the Mexican government and American settlers. In 1835 he, along with merchant Andrew Briscoe, was imprisoned by Mexican customs officials at Anahuac. In the Republic of Texas, Harris served in the early Harris County and Harrisburg go...

Harris, John Goodrich, b. 1850

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Sabrina City Company

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Cox, Leland J.

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