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John Richardson Harris died of yellow fever while in New Orleans, Louisiana, on a trip to buy equipment. He was buried in New Orleans, but the specific location of his burial is now unknown.
The two monuments pictured on this memorial page are in Glendale Cemetery, Houston, Texas. They were erected in his honor and do not represent the location of his remains.
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John R. Harris, a native of New York, and a descendant of John Harris, for whom Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was named, came to Texas in 1824 as a member of Moses Austin's colony, and founded the town of Harrisburg, and for him Harris County was named. (Source: History of Texas Biographical History of the Cities of Houston and Galveston (1895)
John Richardson Harris died of yellow fever while in New Orleans, Louisiana, on a trip to buy equipment. He was buried in New Orleans, but the specific location of his burial is now unknown.
The two monuments pictured on this memorial page are in Glendale Cemetery, Houston, Texas. They were erected in his honor and do not represent the location of his remains.
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John R. Harris, a native of New York, and a descendant of John Harris, for whom Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was named, came to Texas in 1824 as a member of Moses Austin's colony, and founded the town of Harrisburg, and for him Harris County was named. (Source: History of Texas Biographical History of the Cities of Houston and Galveston (1895)
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John Richardson Harris died of yellow fever while in New Orleans, Louisiana, on a trip to buy equipment. He was buried in New Orleans, but the specific location of his burial is now unknown.
The two monuments pictured on this memorial page are in Glendale Cemetery, Houston, Texas. They were erected in his honor and do not represent the location of his remains.
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John R. Harris, a native of New York, and a descendant of John Harris, for whom Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was named, came to Texas in 1824 as a member of Moses Austin's colony, and founded the town of Harrisburg, and for him Harris County was named. (Source: History of Texas Biographical History of the Cities of Houston and Galveston (1895)
John Richardson Harris died of yellow fever while in New Orleans, Louisiana, on a trip to buy equipment. He was buried in New Orleans, but the specific location of his burial is now unknown.
The two monuments pictured on this memorial page are in Glendale Cemetery, Houston, Texas. They were erected in his honor and do not represent the location of his remains.
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John R. Harris, a native of New York, and a descendant of John Harris, for whom Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was named, came to Texas in 1824 as a member of Moses Austin's colony, and founded the town of Harrisburg, and for him Harris County was named. (Source: History of Texas Biographical History of the Cities of Houston and Galveston (1895)
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