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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.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

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.

Citation

Harris, Josiah, Jr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199179 (November 12, 2026).

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Documents (3)

Journal
Beriah Magoffin, Executive Journal, February 5, 1861
1861-02-05
Correspondence
Josiah Harris, Jr. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-01-03
Correspondence
Unknown to the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
1861-02

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