JOHN O. HARRIS.
In these days of up-to-date farming it is a pleasure to note the essential facts in the career of a farmer who is in some ways a leader in his class in the community in which he lives. Such a farmer is John O. Harris, of Clay township, Knox county, Ohio, who is the owner of one hundred and eight acres of land comprising his homestead and one hundred and twenty acres constituting an independent farm in Harrison township.
Mr. Harris was born in Jackson township. Knox county, Ohio, March 29, 1849, a son of Samuel Harris, a native of Ohio, who was an early settler in the county. Elijah Harris, father of Samuel Harris and grandfather of John O. Harris, was also a pioneer in Knox county. Sarah Hill, who married Samuel Harris and became the mother of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Knox county. Samuel Harris died a the age of seventy-eight years: his wife at the age of sixty-five years. They were the parents of one daughter and two sons, and our subject was the youngest of their three children.
John O. Harris was reared in Clay township and educated in the common schools in his vicinity. He has become prominent as a farmer, is an active member of the Disciple church, and is locally influential in the Democratic party. He was married in June. 1876. to Miss Lydia Cochren, a na
tive of Morrow county, Ohio, and a daughter of John and Delia A. (Walker) Cochren. A biographical sketch of her father appears on another page of this work. She was reared in Howard township, Knox county, and is an accomplished woman, highly esteemed by all who know her. She has borne her husband a son and a daughter named Vincie Craig and Sallie.
THE Biographical Record OF KNOX COUNTY OHIO . To Which Is Added An Elaborate Compendium Of National Biography ILLUSTRATED - Google Books
In these days of up-to-date farming it is a pleasure to note the essential facts in the career of a farmer who is in some ways a leader in his class in the community in which he lives. Such a farmer is John O. Harris, of Clay township, Knox county, Ohio, who is the owner of one hundred and eight acres of land comprising his homestead and one hundred and twenty acres constituting an independent farm in Harrison township.
Mr. Harris was born in Jackson township. Knox county, Ohio, March 29, 1849, a son of Samuel Harris, a native of Ohio, who was an early settler in the county. Elijah Harris, father of Samuel Harris and grandfather of John O. Harris, was also a pioneer in Knox county. Sarah Hill, who married Samuel Harris and became the mother of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Knox county. Samuel Harris died a the age of seventy-eight years: his wife at the age of sixty-five years. They were the parents of one daughter and two sons, and our subject was the youngest of their three children.
John O. Harris was reared in Clay township and educated in the common schools in his vicinity. He has become prominent as a farmer, is an active member of the Disciple church, and is locally influential in the Democratic party. He was married in June. 1876. to Miss Lydia Cochren, a na
tive of Morrow county, Ohio, and a daughter of John and Delia A. (Walker) Cochren. A biographical sketch of her father appears on another page of this work. She was reared in Howard township, Knox county, and is an accomplished woman, highly esteemed by all who know her. She has borne her husband a son and a daughter named Vincie Craig and Sallie.
THE Biographical Record OF KNOX COUNTY OHIO . To Which Is Added An Elaborate Compendium Of National Biography ILLUSTRATED - Google Books
JOHN O. HARRIS.
In these days of up-to-date farming it is a pleasure to note the essential facts in the career of a farmer who is in some ways a leader in his class in the community in which he lives. Such a farmer is John O. Harris, of Clay township, Knox county, Ohio, who is the owner of one hundred and eight acres of land comprising his homestead and one hundred and twenty acres constituting an independent farm in Harrison township.
Mr. Harris was born in Jackson township. Knox county, Ohio, March 29, 1849, a son of Samuel Harris, a native of Ohio, who was an early settler in the county. Elijah Harris, father of Samuel Harris and grandfather of John O. Harris, was also a pioneer in Knox county. Sarah Hill, who married Samuel Harris and became the mother of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Knox county. Samuel Harris died a the age of seventy-eight years: his wife at the age of sixty-five years. They were the parents of one daughter and two sons, and our subject was the youngest of their three children.
John O. Harris was reared in Clay township and educated in the common schools in his vicinity. He has become prominent as a farmer, is an active member of the Disciple church, and is locally influential in the Democratic party. He was married in June. 1876. to Miss Lydia Cochren, a na
tive of Morrow county, Ohio, and a daughter of John and Delia A. (Walker) Cochren. A biographical sketch of her father appears on another page of this work. She was reared in Howard township, Knox county, and is an accomplished woman, highly esteemed by all who know her. She has borne her husband a son and a daughter named Vincie Craig and Sallie.
THE Biographical Record OF KNOX COUNTY OHIO . To Which Is Added An Elaborate Compendium Of National Biography ILLUSTRATED - Google Books
In these days of up-to-date farming it is a pleasure to note the essential facts in the career of a farmer who is in some ways a leader in his class in the community in which he lives. Such a farmer is John O. Harris, of Clay township, Knox county, Ohio, who is the owner of one hundred and eight acres of land comprising his homestead and one hundred and twenty acres constituting an independent farm in Harrison township.
Mr. Harris was born in Jackson township. Knox county, Ohio, March 29, 1849, a son of Samuel Harris, a native of Ohio, who was an early settler in the county. Elijah Harris, father of Samuel Harris and grandfather of John O. Harris, was also a pioneer in Knox county. Sarah Hill, who married Samuel Harris and became the mother of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Knox county. Samuel Harris died a the age of seventy-eight years: his wife at the age of sixty-five years. They were the parents of one daughter and two sons, and our subject was the youngest of their three children.
John O. Harris was reared in Clay township and educated in the common schools in his vicinity. He has become prominent as a farmer, is an active member of the Disciple church, and is locally influential in the Democratic party. He was married in June. 1876. to Miss Lydia Cochren, a na
tive of Morrow county, Ohio, and a daughter of John and Delia A. (Walker) Cochren. A biographical sketch of her father appears on another page of this work. She was reared in Howard township, Knox county, and is an accomplished woman, highly esteemed by all who know her. She has borne her husband a son and a daughter named Vincie Craig and Sallie.
THE Biographical Record OF KNOX COUNTY OHIO . To Which Is Added An Elaborate Compendium Of National Biography ILLUSTRATED - Google Books
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