Jacob Harris

Background

Harris, son of Reuben and Rowena (Woodbury) Harris, was born in Winchendon, Massachusetts, January 24, 1830.

Education

He graduated from Yale College in 1854.

Career

The year after graduation he spent in Strasburgh, Pa, studying law and teaching. After an interval of more than a year, caused by severe illness, he resumed the study of law in June, 1837, with Honorary Giles II Whitney, of Winchendon.

A few years ago he removed to Boston, where he died, after many months of suffering, of Bright"s disease of the kidneys, February

6, 1875. This article incorporates public domain material from the Yale Obituary Record.

Achievements

• In 1859, he removed to East Abington (in that portion which is now Rockland), Massachusetts, and won for himself a leading position in the Plymouth County Bar.

Membership

He was for two sessions a member of the Massachusetts Legislature.