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Born 1825
From History of Randolph County, Indiana with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers : to which are appended maps of its several townships (1882)
ARON HARRIS, farmer, P. 0. Fairview, was born at Oxford, Ind. His parents, Samuel and Mary Hart moved to Montgomery County, Ohio
April of Virginio. They near Dayton, in 1827. There the subjccl'of this sketch received h In 1848, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Bond, and in 1855, came to Randolph County, locating upon a tract of heavily timbered land. His farm contains 240 acres, of which area 196 acres have been cleared by himself. His wedded life has been blessed hy nine children, seven of whom now survive, viz.: William P., Hiram J., James F., Eveline, John W., Henry F. and Ella J..Mr. Harris is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is highly esteemed as a good citizen. For several years after locating in this county, he worked at the carpenter's trade, and erected many of the first frame barns in this locality.
As printed in History of Randolph County, Indiana with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers : to which are appended maps of its several townships (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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