History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 658, Farmers' Township
Hiram H. Harris; P. O., Table Grove. At 22 years of age this man
settled on the northwest quarter of sec. 31, in Farmers’ township, -
nice rolling prairie. His father, James H., was a native of N. H., and
raised in Mass. When he obtained his majority he went to Cayuga Co., N.
Y., and from thence to Onondaga Co. While in N. Y. he engaged in
farming and salt-manufacture. He emigrated to McDonough Co. in 1834 or
’35, where he established the first dairy in McDonough Co. He has since
died, leaving many friends to mourn the loss of one so highly esteemed.
Our subject, H. H. Harris, owns 529 acres of land and is a leading
farmer and stock-raiser in this part of Fulton county. He was married,
Aug. 4, ’36, to Lydia Rutledge, by whom he had 4 children, of whom 1 is
living. Mrs. H. died Nov. 24, 1864; and he was married again, Jan. 8,
1872, this time to Mary E. Robinson, by whom he had 2 children, of whom
one is living; the only boy living is Horace B. Mrs. Harris’ brother,
Benjamin Robinson, came to Illinois in 1849, where he pursued the
occupation of tailor successfully until his death, which occurred Feb.
7, 1879.
