Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Mattoon, Illinois, and Louisville, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Callista O. Harris. Father of Mary C. Harris and James S. Harris. Attorney in Mattoon in 1860. Employed Laura Verbruke as a domestic servant in Coles County, Illinois, in 1860. Employed Catharine Sympson as a servant in Coles County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Coles County, Mattoon, p. 53.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 3, p. 268B.

Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Roll #7007129, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 124-25.

Citation

Harris, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202938 (November 12, 2026).

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The people, organizations, and places listed below appear in the same documents as James Harris (Mattoon, Illinois, and Louisville, Kentucky, attorney). They are sorted by the number of documents they share.

Documents (4)

Petition
Hamilton Pope et al. to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-10-24
Petition
Herny Stern to Beriah Magoffin
1861-11-26
Petition
James Harris, Robert F. Baird, and Jonathan H. Price to Thomas E. Bramlette
Legal/Financial
John Homire et al. to James F. Robinson

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