Josiah Harris, Jr.

Birth Date

1839-11-14

Death Date

1901-11-15

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Paducah, Kentucky, attorney. Columbia, Kentucky, native. Son of Josiah Harris, Sr. and Sallie W. King Harris. Married Cora Enders Harris in Paducah in 1861. Father of Hallie Harris. Attended Columbia College in Columbia, Kentucky. Attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. Attended law school at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1858. Passed the bar in Louisville in 1860. Elected prosecuting attorney of the city courts of Paducah in 1861. Confirmed as a notary public in McCracken County on February 5, 1861.

J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State pt. 2,(Louisville and Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing, 1885), 299; Find A Grave, "Josiah Harris (1840 - 1901)," Memorial #84128884, https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi/http//fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=84128884 (accessed September 27, 2017).
KYR-0001-017-0062.

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