Joseph Archibald Harris, Autauga Co., Alabama
 

Source: Dictionary Of Alabama Biography

JOSEPH ARCHIBALD HARRIS, author and teacher, was born March 9, 1845,
at Prattville; son of Buckner and Sarah Marian (McKeithen)Harris. He
received his preparatory education in the private schools of
Prattville.  His couse at the University of Alabama was interrupted
by the War of Secession in which he served for four years as a
private in the Montgomery "True Blues." C.S.Army.  After the
cessation of hostilities he devoted himself to writing and teaching.
he is a Democrat; and an Episcopalian. Author: "Idylls of fancy."
Beside the foregoing he has contributed regularly to many of the
leading newspapers and periodicals in America. Married: May 12, 1872,
to India, daughter of Charles Edward and Mary L. Crenshaw. Children:
1. May; 2. Hugh, deceased; 3. India, deceased; 4. Joseph Archibald;
5. Samuel Smith; 6. Chiles. Residence: Robinson Springs.

Ira L. Harris III
Evansville, Indiana