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Joseph W HARRIS (VETERAN)

Harris Family Plot Cemetery
Faulkner County,
Arkansas

Cenotaph
LIEUTENANT
1805 - May 18, 1837

Lt. Joseph W. Harris, U.S.A.

Joseph W. Harris of New Hampshire, received appointment to the military academy at West Point at the age of 17 and graduated in 1825. He was assigned to accompany a group of 750 Cherokees aboard the steamboat Yeatman. They were forced to land at Cadron, April 8, 1834, because of low water.

The Indians were stricken with cholera. Lt. Harris also became ill. He retired from the army because of his poor health and died May 18, 1837, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire at age 32.

Erected by the Conway Chamber of Commerce. Faulkner County Historical Society in cooperation with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers October, 1989.

Contributed on 4/11/15 by hawkinsdonna
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Submitted: 4/11/15 • Approved: 4/14/15 • Last Updated: 4/17/15 • R1069111-G0-S3

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