MEDINA COUNTY OHIO
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File contributed to Ohio Biographies Project  by
Jean Best
hgb@inreach.com
December 2002
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FROM:  HISTORY OF MEDINA CO., OH.  (Baskin & Battey - 1881)
                Page 870 - Harrisville Township

        J. W. HARRIS, Clerk, Lodi; is of the fourth generation of the
Harris family, beginning with Judge Joseph Harris;  Joseph W. is the son
of Nelson, who was the son of Albert, who was the son of Joseph, the
pioneer of Harrisville Township.  Joseph W. was born Oct. 1, 1859, in
Lodi, and is the eldest of a family of four children born to Nelson
Harris.  Since attending school, he has been clerking in his father's
store.  June, 1879, he was married to May Loomis, only daughter of  T.
G. Loomis, one of the prosperous merchants and successful farmers in the
township.  One fact is worthy of especial mention, in connection with
this brief sketch; at the time of Joseph's birth he was blessed with
eleven living grandparents.