72yrs 9mos 29days. Son of Jacob and Charlotte Dismukes Harris. Husband of Mariah G. Harris. He had been a "preacher"; Bishop of Zion AME Church, and lived at 802 W. Monroe St. in Salisbury at the time of his death.
From the book "Oakdale/Union Hill Cemetery Salisbury, North Carolina
A History and Study of a Twentieth Century African American Cemetery" (Second Edition) By Reginald W. Brown.
"Cicero Richardson Harris
Principal, teacher, A.M.E. Zion Bishop. Held the first classes of Zion Wesley Institute at his home in Concord, NC in December 1879. When Zion Wesley Institute, the progenitor of Livingstone College, moved to Salisbury, NC in October of 1882, he was an instructor at the Institute along with his wife Mariah, during the presidency of J.C. Price."
(J.C. Price was the first president of Livingstone College, and is buried on the college campus.)
From the book "Oakdale/Union Hill Cemetery Salisbury, North Carolina
A History and Study of a Twentieth Century African American Cemetery" (Second Edition) By Reginald W. Brown.
"Cicero Richardson Harris
Principal, teacher, A.M.E. Zion Bishop. Held the first classes of Zion Wesley Institute at his home in Concord, NC in December 1879. When Zion Wesley Institute, the progenitor of Livingstone College, moved to Salisbury, NC in October of 1882, he was an instructor at the Institute along with his wife Mariah, during the presidency of J.C. Price."
(J.C. Price was the first president of Livingstone College, and is buried on the college campus.)
72yrs 9mos 29days. Son of Jacob and Charlotte Dismukes Harris. Husband of Mariah G. Harris. He had been a "preacher"; Bishop of Zion AME Church, and lived at 802 W. Monroe St. in Salisbury at the time of his death.
From the book "Oakdale/Union Hill Cemetery Salisbury, North Carolina
A History and Study of a Twentieth Century African American Cemetery" (Second Edition) By Reginald W. Brown.
"Cicero Richardson Harris
Principal, teacher, A.M.E. Zion Bishop. Held the first classes of Zion Wesley Institute at his home in Concord, NC in December 1879. When Zion Wesley Institute, the progenitor of Livingstone College, moved to Salisbury, NC in October of 1882, he was an instructor at the Institute along with his wife Mariah, during the presidency of J.C. Price."
(J.C. Price was the first president of Livingstone College, and is buried on the college campus.)
From the book "Oakdale/Union Hill Cemetery Salisbury, North Carolina
A History and Study of a Twentieth Century African American Cemetery" (Second Edition) By Reginald W. Brown.
"Cicero Richardson Harris
Principal, teacher, A.M.E. Zion Bishop. Held the first classes of Zion Wesley Institute at his home in Concord, NC in December 1879. When Zion Wesley Institute, the progenitor of Livingstone College, moved to Salisbury, NC in October of 1882, he was an instructor at the Institute along with his wife Mariah, during the presidency of J.C. Price."
(J.C. Price was the first president of Livingstone College, and is buried on the college campus.)
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