Descendants of Elisha Harris and Sarah Tayler
Cranston County, Rhode Island
Generation No. 1
1. ELISHA7) HARRIS, JOSEPH6, ELISHA5, JOSEPH4,
TOLERATION3, ANDREW2,
WILLIAM1) was born September 08, 1791 in Cranston, Providence, Rhode
Island1, and
died February 01, 1861 in Coventry, Kent, RI1. He married SARAH TAYLER1,
daughter of WILLIAM TAYLER.
Notes for ELISHA HARRIS:
Elisha Harris was governor of Rhode Island from 1847 to 1849.
He attended the schools of his native town and the East
Greenwich (RI) Seminary.
He later was employed as a bookkeeper in the Roger Williams Mills at
Phenix, RI. 1n 1822 he acquired a water privilege above Phenix on the
Pawtucket River where he began manufacturing on his own account. He
was
successful from the beginning.
He was not an office seeker, but he accepted when he felt it was his
duty
to do so. He represented the town of Coventry in the Legislature several
sessions, was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1846, and Governor of
Rhode
Island in 1847, and was re-elected to this office in 1848. He also
represented the State in the General Assembly for several years.Governor
Harris was a Presidential Elector in1861. From 1846 to 1861 he was
president of a Providence bank.
Source; Governors for Three Hundred Years ,1638-1954, Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations, State of Rhode Island, Aug.,1954.
Children of ELISHA HARRIS and SARAH TAYLER are:
i. ------------8 HARRIS2.
ii. CATHERINE G. HARRIS2.
iii. ELIZA A. F. HARRIS2, m. HENRY HOWARD; d. 19053.
Notes for HENRY HOWARD:
Henry Howard was governor of Rhode Island from 1873 to 1875.
Source; Coventry Celebration, A Pictorial History by Donald A. D'Amato,
Donning Pub. Co.,1991.
Endnotes
1. Governors for Three Hundred Years,1638-1954,Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations,by Ralph S. Mohr,page 146.
2. Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, J.H.Beers,
Chicago, 1908, Vol.2, page 761.
3. D'Amato, Donald A.; Coventry Celebration, A Pictorial History,
Donning Pub. Co.,1991, Page 65.
Thanks to Lewis Harris LHarris4@tampabay.rr.com