Residence Sutton VT;
Enlisted on 9/12/1861 as a Private.
On 9/21/1861 he mustered into "D" Co. VT 4th Infantry
He Re-enlisted on 12/15/1863; Mustered Out on 6/5/1865
POW 6/23/1864 Weldon Railroad, VA' Paroled 2/28/1865
Promotions: Corpl 1/1/1863; Sergt 6/12/1864
Spent one day on Belle Island.
Arrived Andersonville 7/12/64.
Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64.
Held at Savannah, Charleston, Florence, Greensboro, and Raleigh.
Paroled at North East Ferry on Cape Fear River north of Wilmington, North Carolina, 2/28/65.
Sailed on the Lady of Lyons to Annapolis, Maryland. Mustered out 6/5/65.

Enlisted at age 14 1/2 in 1861 and was age 17 when captured. He was 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighted 96 lbs when he arrived in Wilmington. Claimed in "A Prison Story" he escaped three times, once at Andersonville and was at large in Charleston for two weeks before being recaptured. But he also related he was captured at "Reams' Station." Granted an invalid pension in 1889.

SOCIAL EVENTS.
L. B. Harris
Luther B. Harris, cashier of the Lyndonville National Bank, died in the directors room of the bank last Wednesday morning very suddenly of apoplexy. His health had been precarious for some time although he still kept at work. The funeral services were held on Saturday last, at 2 p.m., in his home at Lyndon Center. The officiating clergyman was the Rev. J. W. Burgin of Charleston, a former Baptist pastor, assisted by the Rev. James J. Hutchinson. The bearers were Grand Army comrades: J. T. Gleason, George Shorey, Austin Bean, John Murch, W. F. Stoddard, F.E. Cobleigh. According to his expressed wish the Post performed no ritual ceremony, but simply escorted his body to the grave. All the flags have been at half-mast during the week and all the business places were closed during the hours of the funeral.

Luther B. Harris was born on Jan. 14, 1847, at Worcester, the son of the Rev. Lucius T. Harris and Anna Ladd Harris. His father later returned to Sutton, where part of his boyhood was spent. His career has been so varied, so interesting and adventurous, that a book might easily be written on his life. At the age of 14 1/2 being then a large, strong, well-developed boy, he joined the Union Army, and here his fine physique alone carried him through much suffering. A prisoner of the rebels, he saw and felt the interior of Libby and Andersonville, Florence, Milan and Saulsbury prisons, being released only at the close of the war, although he had assisted comrades to escape. After the war he worked as postal clerk, civil engineer, telephone manager, farmer and stock raiser, granite cutter, collector, author, lecturer, banker and accountant. Always successful, always versatile, interested in every phase of life, he made himself acquainted with a large part of the earth's surface and developed that interesting and sunny personality which won him many friends. During the western years, and others spent in Texas, he became much interested in some of the Indian tribes. He was adopted into a tribe in New Mexico and his relations with them were intimate and friendly, hardly a year passing that he did not visit them at Acoma their village. About 1877 he started in the telephone business in Manchester, N.H., going from there to Brooklyn, N.Y., managing and extending the business, then so new, and making It very successful. Then he came to Lyndon where he purchased the Fletcher farm, where are now the farm buildings of Speedwell Farms, and went to raising fancy stock, Herefords and Aberdeen Angus cattle and fine Shropshire sheep. He has been connected with the Lyndonville National bank since it was founded in 1884, being vice president, president and cashier. The present beautiful building was planned and erected by him. He worked as a granite cutter, partly to supply physical exercise, but indulged in as a pleasure. He made pedestals, watering troughs and historical markers which he placed throughout the state. He remodeled his beautiful home at Lyndon Center and filled it with marvelous collections of old china, colonial furniture and furnishings, Indian blankets and pottery. His sugar place, and sheep farm, were widely known and he lectured on various subjects. As long as Donatello's lions guard the bank entrance and Pietro Tacca's wild boar the fountain and park at the Center, so long will Lyndon honor Luther Harris's memory, for they were tangible gifts from his Italian visits, and speak of his generosity. And there are many poor people in this vicinity who have experienced his generosity. For he was liberal with help and money, keeping himself in the background as far as possible, but doing much unostentatious good. Always dear to him were the G.A.R. men, whose number is diminishing so rapidly. He was state department commander in 1898 and attended the National Encampment at Cincinnati in that year, accompanied by the Lyndonville Military Band. W. H. Child was then quartermaster and E. L. Wells adjutant. He disliked all forms and ceremonies, and his influence was always towards simplicity. Personally very modest and retiring, only those who knew him intimately appreciated his interesting personality.

Mr. Harris married in 1867 at Burke, Olive E. Powers of Sutton. Four sons were born to them: Henry, who died in infancy, William, Lucius and Theodore, who survive him, with five grandchildren.
--St. Johnsbury Caledonian. Vol: November 19, 1913, P. 7, Image 7

Residence Sutton VT;
Enlisted on 9/12/1861 as a Private.
On 9/21/1861 he mustered into "D" Co. VT 4th Infantry
He Re-enlisted on 12/15/1863; Mustered Out on 6/5/1865
POW 6/23/1864 Weldon Railroad, VA' Paroled 2/28/1865
Promotions: Corpl 1/1/1863; Sergt 6/12/1864
Spent one day on Belle Island.
Arrived Andersonville 7/12/64.
Sent to Millen, Georgia, 11/11/64.
Held at Savannah, Charleston, Florence, Greensboro, and Raleigh.
Paroled at North East Ferry on Cape Fear River north of Wilmington, North Carolina, 2/28/65.
Sailed on the Lady of Lyons to Annapolis, Maryland. Mustered out 6/5/65.

Enlisted at age 14 1/2 in 1861 and was age 17 when captured. He was 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighted 96 lbs when he arrived in Wilmington. Claimed in "A Prison Story" he escaped three times, once at Andersonville and was at large in Charleston for two weeks before being recaptured. But he also related he was captured at "Reams' Station." Granted an invalid pension in 1889.

SOCIAL EVENTS.
L. B. Harris
Luther B. Harris, cashier of the Lyndonville National Bank, died in the directors room of the bank last Wednesday morning very suddenly of apoplexy. His health had been precarious for some time although he still kept at work. The funeral services were held on Saturday last, at 2 p.m., in his home at Lyndon Center. The officiating clergyman was the Rev. J. W. Burgin of Charleston, a former Baptist pastor, assisted by the Rev. James J. Hutchinson. The bearers were Grand Army comrades: J. T. Gleason, George Shorey, Austin Bean, John Murch, W. F. Stoddard, F.E. Cobleigh. According to his expressed wish the Post performed no ritual ceremony, but simply escorted his body to the grave. All the flags have been at half-mast during the week and all the business places were closed during the hours of the funeral.

Luther B. Harris was born on Jan. 14, 1847, at Worcester, the son of the Rev. Lucius T. Harris and Anna Ladd Harris. His father later returned to Sutton, where part of his boyhood was spent. His career has been so varied, so interesting and adventurous, that a book might easily be written on his life. At the age of 14 1/2 being then a large, strong, well-developed boy, he joined the Union Army, and here his fine physique alone carried him through much suffering. A prisoner of the rebels, he saw and felt the interior of Libby and Andersonville, Florence, Milan and Saulsbury prisons, being released only at the close of the war, although he had assisted comrades to escape. After the war he worked as postal clerk, civil engineer, telephone manager, farmer and stock raiser, granite cutter, collector, author, lecturer, banker and accountant. Always successful, always versatile, interested in every phase of life, he made himself acquainted with a large part of the earth's surface and developed that interesting and sunny personality which won him many friends. During the western years, and others spent in Texas, he became much interested in some of the Indian tribes. He was adopted into a tribe in New Mexico and his relations with them were intimate and friendly, hardly a year passing that he did not visit them at Acoma their village. About 1877 he started in the telephone business in Manchester, N.H., going from there to Brooklyn, N.Y., managing and extending the business, then so new, and making It very successful. Then he came to Lyndon where he purchased the Fletcher farm, where are now the farm buildings of Speedwell Farms, and went to raising fancy stock, Herefords and Aberdeen Angus cattle and fine Shropshire sheep. He has been connected with the Lyndonville National bank since it was founded in 1884, being vice president, president and cashier. The present beautiful building was planned and erected by him. He worked as a granite cutter, partly to supply physical exercise, but indulged in as a pleasure. He made pedestals, watering troughs and historical markers which he placed throughout the state. He remodeled his beautiful home at Lyndon Center and filled it with marvelous collections of old china, colonial furniture and furnishings, Indian blankets and pottery. His sugar place, and sheep farm, were widely known and he lectured on various subjects. As long as Donatello's lions guard the bank entrance and Pietro Tacca's wild boar the fountain and park at the Center, so long will Lyndon honor Luther Harris's memory, for they were tangible gifts from his Italian visits, and speak of his generosity. And there are many poor people in this vicinity who have experienced his generosity. For he was liberal with help and money, keeping himself in the background as far as possible, but doing much unostentatious good. Always dear to him were the G.A.R. men, whose number is diminishing so rapidly. He was state department commander in 1898 and attended the National Encampment at Cincinnati in that year, accompanied by the Lyndonville Military Band. W. H. Child was then quartermaster and E. L. Wells adjutant. He disliked all forms and ceremonies, and his influence was always towards simplicity. Personally very modest and retiring, only those who knew him intimately appreciated his interesting personality.

Mr. Harris married in 1867 at Burke, Olive E. Powers of Sutton. Four sons were born to them: Henry, who died in infancy, William, Lucius and Theodore, who survive him, with five grandchildren.
--St. Johnsbury Caledonian. Vol: November 19, 1913, P. 7, Image 7