Bio from "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904), p 1198.
T. J. HARRIS, postmaster of Wilmot, and one of the early settlers of Roberts county, was born in Illinois, July 28, 1848. His father, Thomas Harris, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, emigrated to Illinois in 1830, became prominently identified with the community in which he lived and spent the remainder of his life in that state, dying some years ago at the advanced age of ninety-three. T. J. Harris is the youngest of nine children that grew to maturity, six of whom are still living. He was reared in his native state, enjoyed the advantages of a common-school education and after beginning life for himself followed different occupations in Illinois and Minnesota until the year 1880, when he came to South Dakota, locating in Roberts county, where he engaged in buying and shipping wheat for several firms, continuing the business until the fall of 1889, at which time he took charge of a large elevator at Wilmot. After managing the latter enterprise for a period of eight years, he resigned his position for the purpose of entering upon his duties as postmaster of Wilmot, to which office he was appointed in 1897 and which he has since held, proving an efficient and popular official and performing his functions creditably to himself and satisfactorily to the public.
In addition to his official relations, Mr. Harris has large agricultural interests in Roberts county, owning two finely improved farms six miles south of Wilmot. He devotes considerable attention to these places, has reduced the greater part of his land to cultivation and realizes from it no small share of his income. Energetic and public-spirited he manifests a lively regard in the affairs of his city and county and being one of the leading Republicans of the same, has achieved much more than local repute as a politician, being widely and favorably known as a judicious party organizer and successful campaigner.
Mr. Harris is a member of the Pythian fraternity, but his acts of charity and benevolence are by no means confined to this order, being a liberal donor to all worthy objects and free to assist those who have met with misfortune or discouragements. Mr. Harris has a fine home in Wilmot and, with his wife, moves in the best social circles of the city. He was married in September, 1900, to Miss Emma A. Stowell, of Massachusetts, whose father, J. T. Stowell, was one of the pioneers of South Dakota, moving his family to the territory in 1880 and taking a prominent part in its subsequent history.
T. J. HARRIS, postmaster of Wilmot, and one of the early settlers of Roberts county, was born in Illinois, July 28, 1848. His father, Thomas Harris, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, emigrated to Illinois in 1830, became prominently identified with the community in which he lived and spent the remainder of his life in that state, dying some years ago at the advanced age of ninety-three. T. J. Harris is the youngest of nine children that grew to maturity, six of whom are still living. He was reared in his native state, enjoyed the advantages of a common-school education and after beginning life for himself followed different occupations in Illinois and Minnesota until the year 1880, when he came to South Dakota, locating in Roberts county, where he engaged in buying and shipping wheat for several firms, continuing the business until the fall of 1889, at which time he took charge of a large elevator at Wilmot. After managing the latter enterprise for a period of eight years, he resigned his position for the purpose of entering upon his duties as postmaster of Wilmot, to which office he was appointed in 1897 and which he has since held, proving an efficient and popular official and performing his functions creditably to himself and satisfactorily to the public.
In addition to his official relations, Mr. Harris has large agricultural interests in Roberts county, owning two finely improved farms six miles south of Wilmot. He devotes considerable attention to these places, has reduced the greater part of his land to cultivation and realizes from it no small share of his income. Energetic and public-spirited he manifests a lively regard in the affairs of his city and county and being one of the leading Republicans of the same, has achieved much more than local repute as a politician, being widely and favorably known as a judicious party organizer and successful campaigner.
Mr. Harris is a member of the Pythian fraternity, but his acts of charity and benevolence are by no means confined to this order, being a liberal donor to all worthy objects and free to assist those who have met with misfortune or discouragements. Mr. Harris has a fine home in Wilmot and, with his wife, moves in the best social circles of the city. He was married in September, 1900, to Miss Emma A. Stowell, of Massachusetts, whose father, J. T. Stowell, was one of the pioneers of South Dakota, moving his family to the territory in 1880 and taking a prominent part in its subsequent history.
Bio from "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904), p 1198.
T. J. HARRIS, postmaster of Wilmot, and one of the early settlers of Roberts county, was born in Illinois, July 28, 1848. His father, Thomas Harris, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, emigrated to Illinois in 1830, became prominently identified with the community in which he lived and spent the remainder of his life in that state, dying some years ago at the advanced age of ninety-three. T. J. Harris is the youngest of nine children that grew to maturity, six of whom are still living. He was reared in his native state, enjoyed the advantages of a common-school education and after beginning life for himself followed different occupations in Illinois and Minnesota until the year 1880, when he came to South Dakota, locating in Roberts county, where he engaged in buying and shipping wheat for several firms, continuing the business until the fall of 1889, at which time he took charge of a large elevator at Wilmot. After managing the latter enterprise for a period of eight years, he resigned his position for the purpose of entering upon his duties as postmaster of Wilmot, to which office he was appointed in 1897 and which he has since held, proving an efficient and popular official and performing his functions creditably to himself and satisfactorily to the public.
In addition to his official relations, Mr. Harris has large agricultural interests in Roberts county, owning two finely improved farms six miles south of Wilmot. He devotes considerable attention to these places, has reduced the greater part of his land to cultivation and realizes from it no small share of his income. Energetic and public-spirited he manifests a lively regard in the affairs of his city and county and being one of the leading Republicans of the same, has achieved much more than local repute as a politician, being widely and favorably known as a judicious party organizer and successful campaigner.
Mr. Harris is a member of the Pythian fraternity, but his acts of charity and benevolence are by no means confined to this order, being a liberal donor to all worthy objects and free to assist those who have met with misfortune or discouragements. Mr. Harris has a fine home in Wilmot and, with his wife, moves in the best social circles of the city. He was married in September, 1900, to Miss Emma A. Stowell, of Massachusetts, whose father, J. T. Stowell, was one of the pioneers of South Dakota, moving his family to the territory in 1880 and taking a prominent part in its subsequent history.
T. J. HARRIS, postmaster of Wilmot, and one of the early settlers of Roberts county, was born in Illinois, July 28, 1848. His father, Thomas Harris, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, emigrated to Illinois in 1830, became prominently identified with the community in which he lived and spent the remainder of his life in that state, dying some years ago at the advanced age of ninety-three. T. J. Harris is the youngest of nine children that grew to maturity, six of whom are still living. He was reared in his native state, enjoyed the advantages of a common-school education and after beginning life for himself followed different occupations in Illinois and Minnesota until the year 1880, when he came to South Dakota, locating in Roberts county, where he engaged in buying and shipping wheat for several firms, continuing the business until the fall of 1889, at which time he took charge of a large elevator at Wilmot. After managing the latter enterprise for a period of eight years, he resigned his position for the purpose of entering upon his duties as postmaster of Wilmot, to which office he was appointed in 1897 and which he has since held, proving an efficient and popular official and performing his functions creditably to himself and satisfactorily to the public.
In addition to his official relations, Mr. Harris has large agricultural interests in Roberts county, owning two finely improved farms six miles south of Wilmot. He devotes considerable attention to these places, has reduced the greater part of his land to cultivation and realizes from it no small share of his income. Energetic and public-spirited he manifests a lively regard in the affairs of his city and county and being one of the leading Republicans of the same, has achieved much more than local repute as a politician, being widely and favorably known as a judicious party organizer and successful campaigner.
Mr. Harris is a member of the Pythian fraternity, but his acts of charity and benevolence are by no means confined to this order, being a liberal donor to all worthy objects and free to assist those who have met with misfortune or discouragements. Mr. Harris has a fine home in Wilmot and, with his wife, moves in the best social circles of the city. He was married in September, 1900, to Miss Emma A. Stowell, of Massachusetts, whose father, J. T. Stowell, was one of the pioneers of South Dakota, moving his family to the territory in 1880 and taking a prominent part in its subsequent history.
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