JOSEPH HARRIS, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Hazel Green; owns 400 acres of land, valued at $50 per acre; born in England in 1823; came to America in 1844, and settled in Hazel Green, and engaged in mining; located on his present farm in 1855. Married Rebecca Bawden, a native of England; they have eleven children - John F., Mary E., Rebecca, Joseph, Charles, Ethelinda, Jacob, Nettie, Thomas, Belle and Allie. Mr. Harris has been a member of the Legislature three terms; elected in 1860, 1869 and 1871.
This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.