Private Co B 42nd Wis Inf - Civil War
m/1 Laura E. Gorsuch m. April 5, 1866
m/2 Penina Beeman m. September 1, 1878
m/3 Martha Euphemia Elizabeth Doudna m. January 1, 1893
m/4 Almira Jane Sparling-Foreman m. September 6, 1923
SAMUEL HARRIS has been a resident of Richland county since his boyhood days and is a member of one of the well known pioneer families of the town of Marshall, where he is now the owner and operator of a well improved farm, also having the distinction of being a veteran of the Civil War. In the sketch of the life of his elder brother, Thomas, appearing in this volume, is given detailed record of the family history, so that a repetition of the data is not demanded in the present connection. He was born in the province of Ontario, Canada, Feb. 16, 1844, and in the same year his parents removed to Onondaga county, New York, where they remained until 1855 and where he received his rudimentary education in the common schools. In the year mentioned the family came to Richland county and he was a lad of eleven years at the time, so that the conditions and incidents of the pioneer days were firmly impressed upon his youthful and plastic mind. He early began to do hard work in connection with the reclaiming of the old homestead farm, in the town of Marshall, and he attended school at irregular intervals, during the winter terms. He continued to reside with his parents until he was thirty-two years of age, save for the period of his service in the Civil War, having married in the meanwhile. On Aug. 19, 1864, he enlisted in Company B, Forty-second Wisconsin volunteer infantry, being stationed with his command at Cairo, Ill., from September of that year until March, 1865, on guard duty, and being thereafter at Springfield, the capital of that state, until the close of the war, having received his honorable discharge June 20, 1865 at Madison, Wis. Though he took part in no decisive battles he was ever ready to respond to the call of duty and it was but a contingency that he was not called to the field of conflict. Mr. Harris bought a farm of sixty acres in the town of Aken, the same having been partially improved. He resided on the place five years and then returned to the old homestead, a part of which he owned. After the death of his mother, he continued to reside on the homestead until November, 1903, when he sold the same, since which time he has lived on his present farm, in section 28, the same comprising forty-one and one-half acres of most arable land, well improved and under a high state of cultivation. He is a general farmer and stock-grower and is a man of progressive ideas and of marked loyalty as a citizen. He gives his allegiance to the Republican party, and has served twenty years as a member of the school board. His wife is a member of the United Brethren church at English Ridge. Apr. 15, 1866, Mr. Harris was married to Miss Laura Gorsuch, of Hudson, St. Croix county, Wis., and she died in 1877. Of the five children of this union only the second is living, - Otis, who is a farmer in Akan township. Those deceased are Hattie, Ida, Bertha and Charles. As his second wife, Mr. Harris married Miss Penina Beeman, who was born in Indiana and whose death occurred in 1889. Her only child, Jay, died at the age of twelve years. January 1, 1894, Mr. Harris married Miss Martha Doudna, and they have one daughter, Laura H., who is attending the district school near her home.
m/1 Laura E. Gorsuch m. April 5, 1866
m/2 Penina Beeman m. September 1, 1878
m/3 Martha Euphemia Elizabeth Doudna m. January 1, 1893
m/4 Almira Jane Sparling-Foreman m. September 6, 1923
SAMUEL HARRIS has been a resident of Richland county since his boyhood days and is a member of one of the well known pioneer families of the town of Marshall, where he is now the owner and operator of a well improved farm, also having the distinction of being a veteran of the Civil War. In the sketch of the life of his elder brother, Thomas, appearing in this volume, is given detailed record of the family history, so that a repetition of the data is not demanded in the present connection. He was born in the province of Ontario, Canada, Feb. 16, 1844, and in the same year his parents removed to Onondaga county, New York, where they remained until 1855 and where he received his rudimentary education in the common schools. In the year mentioned the family came to Richland county and he was a lad of eleven years at the time, so that the conditions and incidents of the pioneer days were firmly impressed upon his youthful and plastic mind. He early began to do hard work in connection with the reclaiming of the old homestead farm, in the town of Marshall, and he attended school at irregular intervals, during the winter terms. He continued to reside with his parents until he was thirty-two years of age, save for the period of his service in the Civil War, having married in the meanwhile. On Aug. 19, 1864, he enlisted in Company B, Forty-second Wisconsin volunteer infantry, being stationed with his command at Cairo, Ill., from September of that year until March, 1865, on guard duty, and being thereafter at Springfield, the capital of that state, until the close of the war, having received his honorable discharge June 20, 1865 at Madison, Wis. Though he took part in no decisive battles he was ever ready to respond to the call of duty and it was but a contingency that he was not called to the field of conflict. Mr. Harris bought a farm of sixty acres in the town of Aken, the same having been partially improved. He resided on the place five years and then returned to the old homestead, a part of which he owned. After the death of his mother, he continued to reside on the homestead until November, 1903, when he sold the same, since which time he has lived on his present farm, in section 28, the same comprising forty-one and one-half acres of most arable land, well improved and under a high state of cultivation. He is a general farmer and stock-grower and is a man of progressive ideas and of marked loyalty as a citizen. He gives his allegiance to the Republican party, and has served twenty years as a member of the school board. His wife is a member of the United Brethren church at English Ridge. Apr. 15, 1866, Mr. Harris was married to Miss Laura Gorsuch, of Hudson, St. Croix county, Wis., and she died in 1877. Of the five children of this union only the second is living, - Otis, who is a farmer in Akan township. Those deceased are Hattie, Ida, Bertha and Charles. As his second wife, Mr. Harris married Miss Penina Beeman, who was born in Indiana and whose death occurred in 1889. Her only child, Jay, died at the age of twelve years. January 1, 1894, Mr. Harris married Miss Martha Doudna, and they have one daughter, Laura H., who is attending the district school near her home.
Private Co B 42nd Wis Inf - Civil War
m/1 Laura E. Gorsuch m. April 5, 1866
m/2 Penina Beeman m. September 1, 1878
m/3 Martha Euphemia Elizabeth Doudna m. January 1, 1893
m/4 Almira Jane Sparling-Foreman m. September 6, 1923
SAMUEL HARRIS has been a resident of Richland county since his boyhood days and is a member of one of the well known pioneer families of the town of Marshall, where he is now the owner and operator of a well improved farm, also having the distinction of being a veteran of the Civil War. In the sketch of the life of his elder brother, Thomas, appearing in this volume, is given detailed record of the family history, so that a repetition of the data is not demanded in the present connection. He was born in the province of Ontario, Canada, Feb. 16, 1844, and in the same year his parents removed to Onondaga county, New York, where they remained until 1855 and where he received his rudimentary education in the common schools. In the year mentioned the family came to Richland county and he was a lad of eleven years at the time, so that the conditions and incidents of the pioneer days were firmly impressed upon his youthful and plastic mind. He early began to do hard work in connection with the reclaiming of the old homestead farm, in the town of Marshall, and he attended school at irregular intervals, during the winter terms. He continued to reside with his parents until he was thirty-two years of age, save for the period of his service in the Civil War, having married in the meanwhile. On Aug. 19, 1864, he enlisted in Company B, Forty-second Wisconsin volunteer infantry, being stationed with his command at Cairo, Ill., from September of that year until March, 1865, on guard duty, and being thereafter at Springfield, the capital of that state, until the close of the war, having received his honorable discharge June 20, 1865 at Madison, Wis. Though he took part in no decisive battles he was ever ready to respond to the call of duty and it was but a contingency that he was not called to the field of conflict. Mr. Harris bought a farm of sixty acres in the town of Aken, the same having been partially improved. He resided on the place five years and then returned to the old homestead, a part of which he owned. After the death of his mother, he continued to reside on the homestead until November, 1903, when he sold the same, since which time he has lived on his present farm, in section 28, the same comprising forty-one and one-half acres of most arable land, well improved and under a high state of cultivation. He is a general farmer and stock-grower and is a man of progressive ideas and of marked loyalty as a citizen. He gives his allegiance to the Republican party, and has served twenty years as a member of the school board. His wife is a member of the United Brethren church at English Ridge. Apr. 15, 1866, Mr. Harris was married to Miss Laura Gorsuch, of Hudson, St. Croix county, Wis., and she died in 1877. Of the five children of this union only the second is living, - Otis, who is a farmer in Akan township. Those deceased are Hattie, Ida, Bertha and Charles. As his second wife, Mr. Harris married Miss Penina Beeman, who was born in Indiana and whose death occurred in 1889. Her only child, Jay, died at the age of twelve years. January 1, 1894, Mr. Harris married Miss Martha Doudna, and they have one daughter, Laura H., who is attending the district school near her home.
m/1 Laura E. Gorsuch m. April 5, 1866
m/2 Penina Beeman m. September 1, 1878
m/3 Martha Euphemia Elizabeth Doudna m. January 1, 1893
m/4 Almira Jane Sparling-Foreman m. September 6, 1923
SAMUEL HARRIS has been a resident of Richland county since his boyhood days and is a member of one of the well known pioneer families of the town of Marshall, where he is now the owner and operator of a well improved farm, also having the distinction of being a veteran of the Civil War. In the sketch of the life of his elder brother, Thomas, appearing in this volume, is given detailed record of the family history, so that a repetition of the data is not demanded in the present connection. He was born in the province of Ontario, Canada, Feb. 16, 1844, and in the same year his parents removed to Onondaga county, New York, where they remained until 1855 and where he received his rudimentary education in the common schools. In the year mentioned the family came to Richland county and he was a lad of eleven years at the time, so that the conditions and incidents of the pioneer days were firmly impressed upon his youthful and plastic mind. He early began to do hard work in connection with the reclaiming of the old homestead farm, in the town of Marshall, and he attended school at irregular intervals, during the winter terms. He continued to reside with his parents until he was thirty-two years of age, save for the period of his service in the Civil War, having married in the meanwhile. On Aug. 19, 1864, he enlisted in Company B, Forty-second Wisconsin volunteer infantry, being stationed with his command at Cairo, Ill., from September of that year until March, 1865, on guard duty, and being thereafter at Springfield, the capital of that state, until the close of the war, having received his honorable discharge June 20, 1865 at Madison, Wis. Though he took part in no decisive battles he was ever ready to respond to the call of duty and it was but a contingency that he was not called to the field of conflict. Mr. Harris bought a farm of sixty acres in the town of Aken, the same having been partially improved. He resided on the place five years and then returned to the old homestead, a part of which he owned. After the death of his mother, he continued to reside on the homestead until November, 1903, when he sold the same, since which time he has lived on his present farm, in section 28, the same comprising forty-one and one-half acres of most arable land, well improved and under a high state of cultivation. He is a general farmer and stock-grower and is a man of progressive ideas and of marked loyalty as a citizen. He gives his allegiance to the Republican party, and has served twenty years as a member of the school board. His wife is a member of the United Brethren church at English Ridge. Apr. 15, 1866, Mr. Harris was married to Miss Laura Gorsuch, of Hudson, St. Croix county, Wis., and she died in 1877. Of the five children of this union only the second is living, - Otis, who is a farmer in Akan township. Those deceased are Hattie, Ida, Bertha and Charles. As his second wife, Mr. Harris married Miss Penina Beeman, who was born in Indiana and whose death occurred in 1889. Her only child, Jay, died at the age of twelve years. January 1, 1894, Mr. Harris married Miss Martha Doudna, and they have one daughter, Laura H., who is attending the district school near her home.
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