The present treasurer of Macoupin county, was born in Bond county, Illinois, July 7th, 1830. His father, Pendleton Harris, was a native of Tennessee. The Harris's came from North Carolina, and were of English ancestry on the paternal side, and on the maternal, Irish. Mr. Harris emigrated to Illinois about the year 1828. He soon after married Jane Mallard, who was a native of Kentucky. In 1840 he left Bond county and removed to Bunker Hill, in Macoupin county, where he remained until 1851, when he removed to Cahokia township, where he has since resided. the subject of our sketch spent his boyhood days at work upon the farm, and attended the common schools in the winter months. When in his twenty-third year he was united in marriage to Miss Nancy Duncan; she is a native of Indiana. He continued farming until 1877, when he received the nomination for the office of county treasurer, and was elected in November of the same year, and at present discharges the duties of the office in a manner that is acceptable to his numerous friends who honored him with their suffrages. In his township he was frequently honored with offices of trust, and in all has proven himself an honest man and a careful and prudent officer. In politics he is a democrat.