James Eastman Harris (May 27, 1840 – September 2, 1923) was a

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from 1897 to 1899. Harris was born to Abram and Phebe Eastman Harris in Licking County, Ohio on May 27, 1840.Herringshaw, Thomas William
Herringshaw's national library of American biography, Vol. III
p. 67 (1914) He briefly attended Bethany College starting in 1860, but his studies were interrupted by the

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. He subsequently obtained a degree from

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. In 1866, he married Angeline Mitchell, daughter of Rev. D.G. Mitchell. Becoming a teacher and a preacher, he led the Utica (Ohio) Normal Training School for Teachers for nine years. Around 1885 he moved to a farm in Nemaha County, Nebraska, and became pastor of a church in

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.Keifer, Sarah J
Genealogical and biographical sketches of the New Jersey branch of the Harris Family in the United States
pp.67-68 (1888) He was elected to the Nebraska Legislature in 1892, and in 1896 elected to serve as Lieutenant Governor.Nebraska Legislative Year Book 1897
pp. 192-93 He died in 1923 and was buried at Evergreen Memorial Park in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, James E. 1820 births Lieutenant Governors of Nebraska People from Licking County, Ohio 1923 deaths People from Auburn, Nebraska