Father: Judge Thomas Walton Harris (1789-1866)
Mother: Harriet Hines Holt (1799-1838)
03/14/1838 - Mother, Harriet, died in Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS
1847 - Freshman, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY (from: Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS)
1849 - Admitted into the United States Military Academy, New York, but did not graduate
12/13/1850 - Student, 3rd Ward, Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS (lived with his parents & sibs - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as Sampson Harris)
1851-1852 - Attended, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (from: Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS; preceptor: Dr. T. N. Love)
1852-1854 - Attended, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
1854 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS; thesis: "Wounds"; preceptor: Dr. Love) [This was Dr. Thomas N. Love, who practiced medicine in Lowndes Co., MS.]
07/05/1855 - Married, Sarah Ann Butler (~1837-????), Lowndes Co., MS
08/10/1860 - Practiced medicine, Lowndes Co., MS (lived with wife, Sarah, and two children - indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as S. H. Harris)
05/24/1861 - Enlisted as Sgt., Capt. J. W. Benoit's Co., 14th MS Infantry, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, Corinth, MS
05/27/1861 - Mustered into service, Provisional Army of the Confederate States
06/07/1861 - Granted 4 day furlough
06/30/1861 - 5th Sgt., Co. K, 14th MS Infantry
12/31/1861 - Sgt., Co. K, 14th MS Infantry
03/14/1862 - "Discharged by order of Genl. A. S. Johnston"
09/22/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, 14th MS Infantry, Clinton, MS
04/10/1866 - Father, Thomas, died and left "Temple Heights", an antebellum home in Columbus, MS, in a trust to Dr. Harris, his wife, Sarah, and their children
1867 - "Temple Heights" was sold to Mrs. Frances Jane Butler Fontaine
06/30/1870 - Practiced medicine, Lowndes Co., MS (lived with wife, Sarah A., and two children - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as "J. H. Harris")
00/00/1875 - Died (buried: Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS)
06/03/1880 - Widow, Sarah, lived in Lowndes Co., MS [indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as S. B. Harris - suffering from inflammation of the bowels]
Michael Angelo & Carol "Dixie" Beard provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
11/04/2018. Unpublished database.
Mother: Harriet Hines Holt (1799-1838)
03/14/1838 - Mother, Harriet, died in Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS
1847 - Freshman, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY (from: Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS)
1849 - Admitted into the United States Military Academy, New York, but did not graduate
12/13/1850 - Student, 3rd Ward, Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS (lived with his parents & sibs - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as Sampson Harris)
1851-1852 - Attended, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (from: Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS; preceptor: Dr. T. N. Love)
1852-1854 - Attended, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
1854 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS; thesis: "Wounds"; preceptor: Dr. Love) [This was Dr. Thomas N. Love, who practiced medicine in Lowndes Co., MS.]
07/05/1855 - Married, Sarah Ann Butler (~1837-????), Lowndes Co., MS
08/10/1860 - Practiced medicine, Lowndes Co., MS (lived with wife, Sarah, and two children - indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as S. H. Harris)
05/24/1861 - Enlisted as Sgt., Capt. J. W. Benoit's Co., 14th MS Infantry, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, Corinth, MS
05/27/1861 - Mustered into service, Provisional Army of the Confederate States
06/07/1861 - Granted 4 day furlough
06/30/1861 - 5th Sgt., Co. K, 14th MS Infantry
12/31/1861 - Sgt., Co. K, 14th MS Infantry
03/14/1862 - "Discharged by order of Genl. A. S. Johnston"
09/22/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, 14th MS Infantry, Clinton, MS
04/10/1866 - Father, Thomas, died and left "Temple Heights", an antebellum home in Columbus, MS, in a trust to Dr. Harris, his wife, Sarah, and their children
1867 - "Temple Heights" was sold to Mrs. Frances Jane Butler Fontaine
06/30/1870 - Practiced medicine, Lowndes Co., MS (lived with wife, Sarah A., and two children - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as "J. H. Harris")
00/00/1875 - Died (buried: Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS)
06/03/1880 - Widow, Sarah, lived in Lowndes Co., MS [indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as S. B. Harris - suffering from inflammation of the bowels]
Michael Angelo & Carol "Dixie" Beard provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
11/04/2018. Unpublished database.
Father: Judge Thomas Walton Harris (1789-1866)
Mother: Harriet Hines Holt (1799-1838)
03/14/1838 - Mother, Harriet, died in Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS
1847 - Freshman, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY (from: Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS)
1849 - Admitted into the United States Military Academy, New York, but did not graduate
12/13/1850 - Student, 3rd Ward, Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS (lived with his parents & sibs - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as Sampson Harris)
1851-1852 - Attended, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (from: Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS; preceptor: Dr. T. N. Love)
1852-1854 - Attended, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
1854 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS; thesis: "Wounds"; preceptor: Dr. Love) [This was Dr. Thomas N. Love, who practiced medicine in Lowndes Co., MS.]
07/05/1855 - Married, Sarah Ann Butler (~1837-????), Lowndes Co., MS
08/10/1860 - Practiced medicine, Lowndes Co., MS (lived with wife, Sarah, and two children - indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as S. H. Harris)
05/24/1861 - Enlisted as Sgt., Capt. J. W. Benoit's Co., 14th MS Infantry, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, Corinth, MS
05/27/1861 - Mustered into service, Provisional Army of the Confederate States
06/07/1861 - Granted 4 day furlough
06/30/1861 - 5th Sgt., Co. K, 14th MS Infantry
12/31/1861 - Sgt., Co. K, 14th MS Infantry
03/14/1862 - "Discharged by order of Genl. A. S. Johnston"
09/22/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, 14th MS Infantry, Clinton, MS
04/10/1866 - Father, Thomas, died and left "Temple Heights", an antebellum home in Columbus, MS, in a trust to Dr. Harris, his wife, Sarah, and their children
1867 - "Temple Heights" was sold to Mrs. Frances Jane Butler Fontaine
06/30/1870 - Practiced medicine, Lowndes Co., MS (lived with wife, Sarah A., and two children - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as "J. H. Harris")
00/00/1875 - Died (buried: Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS)
06/03/1880 - Widow, Sarah, lived in Lowndes Co., MS [indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as S. B. Harris - suffering from inflammation of the bowels]
Michael Angelo & Carol "Dixie" Beard provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
11/04/2018. Unpublished database.
Mother: Harriet Hines Holt (1799-1838)
03/14/1838 - Mother, Harriet, died in Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS
1847 - Freshman, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY (from: Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS)
1849 - Admitted into the United States Military Academy, New York, but did not graduate
12/13/1850 - Student, 3rd Ward, Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS (lived with his parents & sibs - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as Sampson Harris)
1851-1852 - Attended, Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (from: Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS; preceptor: Dr. T. N. Love)
1852-1854 - Attended, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
1854 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS; thesis: "Wounds"; preceptor: Dr. Love) [This was Dr. Thomas N. Love, who practiced medicine in Lowndes Co., MS.]
07/05/1855 - Married, Sarah Ann Butler (~1837-????), Lowndes Co., MS
08/10/1860 - Practiced medicine, Lowndes Co., MS (lived with wife, Sarah, and two children - indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as S. H. Harris)
05/24/1861 - Enlisted as Sgt., Capt. J. W. Benoit's Co., 14th MS Infantry, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, Corinth, MS
05/27/1861 - Mustered into service, Provisional Army of the Confederate States
06/07/1861 - Granted 4 day furlough
06/30/1861 - 5th Sgt., Co. K, 14th MS Infantry
12/31/1861 - Sgt., Co. K, 14th MS Infantry
03/14/1862 - "Discharged by order of Genl. A. S. Johnston"
09/22/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, 14th MS Infantry, Clinton, MS
04/10/1866 - Father, Thomas, died and left "Temple Heights", an antebellum home in Columbus, MS, in a trust to Dr. Harris, his wife, Sarah, and their children
1867 - "Temple Heights" was sold to Mrs. Frances Jane Butler Fontaine
06/30/1870 - Practiced medicine, Lowndes Co., MS (lived with wife, Sarah A., and two children - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as "J. H. Harris")
00/00/1875 - Died (buried: Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Lowndes Co., MS)
06/03/1880 - Widow, Sarah, lived in Lowndes Co., MS [indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as S. B. Harris - suffering from inflammation of the bowels]
Michael Angelo & Carol "Dixie" Beard provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
11/04/2018. Unpublished database.
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