HARRIS, BRANSON L.: 1817-1901.
Born Apr. 21, 1817, in Green township, WayneCounty, Ind., Branson L. Harris arrived on the Indiana scene in time to experience all the hardships and pleasures of the first pioneers. His parents were James and Naomi L. Harris, farmers.
He married Martha, Young in 1839 and survived her by less than a year, the couple having lived together sixty-one years.
Harris was elected to the Indiana State Legislature in 1853 and again in 1875 and 1877. He died in 1901.
Information from the Indiana State Library and the Richmond Public Library.
- Some Recollections of My Boyhood.
Indianapolis, 1907.
