William Harris/Florence Johnson of Ky., Montgomery Co., Alabama
 

Source: Dictionary Of Alabama Biography

WILLIAM HARRIS, Baptist minister, was born June 6, 1848, at
Frankfort, Kentucky, and died in Montgomery, December 26, 1891; son
of Hickman Henry Harris, a resident of Henderson, Kentucky, and a
lawyer; grandson of Samuel and Jane Harris, and of William and
Elizabeth Hickman; great-grandson of Rev. William Harris, the first
Baptist preacher in Kentucky. He was educated at Georgetown College,
Ky., and received the honorary degree of D.D. from Shurtleff college,
Mo., in 1887; served pastorates in St. Joseph, 1877-1882, St. Louis,
Mo., 1882-1888, Baltimore, Md., 1888-1891. He died as pastor of First
Baptist church of Montgomery.  He was an ardent prohibitionist; and a
Democrat. Married: July 26, 1879, in Louisville, Ky., to Florence
Ina, daughter of Thomas Pinckney and Mary Emmeline (Jones) Johnson of
that city; granddaugher of Colbert and Susan (Hunt) Johnson, and of
Hezekiah and Caroline Ann Jones. Children: 1. Paul Hickman, m. Rhea
Corwin, of Chicago; 2. Florence Emmeline, m. Charles Cornell. Last
Residence; Montgomery.

Ira L. Harris III
Evansville, Indiana