Jefferson Lee Harbour

Background

Harbour, Jefferson Lee was born on March 31, 1857 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, United States. Son of R. R. and Mary C. (Roop) Harbour.

Education

Educated Oskaloosa.

Career

Associate editor The Youth’s Companion, 1884-1901. Author of more than 700 short stories published in The Youth’s Companion, Harper’s Bazar, St. Nicholas, The Outlook, and similar periodicals. Has lectured extensively on Blessed Be Humor, Wit and Humor of the Puritan, If I Were Twenty-one, Reminiscences of Famous Authors.

Resided at Fall River, Mass.

Connections

Married Alice E. Crowell, May 25, 1880. Married second, Mistress.

Father:

R. R. Harbour

Mother:

Mary C. (Roop) Harbour

Spouse:

Mistress

Spouse:

Alice E. Crowell