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Israel Hopkins Harris

was

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county, Ohio, November

23,

1823j ^ was the son

of

Jaines

Harris

and Hebeooa C. Jennings;

the

grandson of

Mead; the great grandson of

Israel

Harris and SatTOfili^l;

the

great ̂ great-grandson of

Johh

Harris and

Rachel

Moss

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Israel Harris, the guât-grandfather of Israel llopkinit

Ilarris, was born

Feb.

16, 1746, at Cornwall, ConnB In May, 1775, he

joined the famous body of young patriots afterwaxî known as the

Green

Movintain

Boys,

and

assisted

as orderly sergeant in the

daring inish to and capture

of

Ft. Ticonder^^SL, sorrihg with Both

Warner

and probably sharing later in the outlawry of the.leadem

Of the regiment,*-

which

by

its

success opened the road;-for the

ill-fated

expedition of

Montgomery,

and

furnished supplies

for

the

siege of

Boston,

He was still with Warner s forces when that

oomnânder

joined General Stark near Eennington,

Vermont,

in

the

late siBumer of 1777 and defeated

the

efforts of Colonel Baixn to

gels 0 the supplies laid up

at

that place for

the

patriot forces,

a defeat which caused the

surrender

of Bux^ynft

at

Saratoga tiro

months afterward- Sarl;în 778 he

was

made

lieutenant, and

for

bravery

on

the battlefield given his comniission as captain in the

old Continentals*

in

1779.

In October, 178o, owing to complete

disability,

the result

of wounds and

exposure,

he

w us honor̂ ^y discharged,

and

returned

his former home, where he remained until 1782, when he

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racioved

to

Rutland

|f^rmont.

His

record as

a brave soldier,

and

above

l l

h is c on ne ct io n w ith th e

most fsanous beuid of p a r t i e a n

troops the Horth

could

b o a s t o f made him an i n s t a n t l e a d e r in

t h a t villafê. He

was one

of the

origina l members

o^f

the

Congrega-

t-tonal ohurch organised October 5 1783,

and

served

on th e o f f i i l b o a r d fo r many years»

His second son

Isrcial

was born in Williamstown Massa-

chusetts,

and

early in this, century

moved

to oentrevlllfe,

Mont-

gonery

county Ohio, where he

lived

upon the

old

Harris

se t t led by him un t i l

h is

James Harris the father of Israel Hopkins Harris was born

March 31, IBol.

He

was pre-eminently a man of^

affairs

and early

left his father s farm

to

enter business l i fe in

the

village of

Waynesrille Ohio, some nine miles from

his

birthplace.

Here he soon

built

up a profitable business

for his

general

store*

Ha

was one of the

f i r s t

porkpackers and tobacco buyers in

s o u t h e r n

Oh io .

He

diedouthern Ohio. He

died

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His wife, Rebecca

G.

Jennings, was bom

in

Gloucester county,

Hew Jersey

October 2, 18o4.

She

came

from

an

old

i=Ing;lish

family

whcê

lineage can be

traced

back

to

the Conquest.

She

died

at

the re sid en ce o f her son,

Israel

in V/aynesville, September 9

1879. She was a wom^ of

strong

individuality, and her example

influenced fo r

good a l l who Iqêw hery , i / ^ / : i-

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course in

the

Y iTTfrgft school,

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the

tutorîp

of

VI.C. Gould of Franklin Warren

county

Ohio, So great wad

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f amilia r in Rdinburg, Berlin and Paris. VMle a t y ^ e he

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was

a t t rac ted

to t heMf t

newly

K

developed study o f geo lo fj. Th<iis

science

he followed

v/ith

a ll

the-

ardor of

a lover for his mistress,

often

forgetting ; to retire

urrtil

late

a t night

in

the rapture

of

verif ication or- discovery.

The

allied

sciences

of mineralogy and conchology v/ere

taken

up

la ter

and

la ter

s t i l l followed

arclplogy.

His collection

(aJi-

of

specimens in the

four l ines

of

research

named

was

scawicely

surjDassed

fo r

completeness and accuracy of nomenclature in the

world. Certainly no o ther p riva te cabinet in America could

compare with

i t

Scien t i s t s both

a t home and abroad

have made

th o p ilg rimage

to

^-aynesville to seek i t s

aid in the i r

studies ,

finding in i t rare .specimens lacking; in

other

collections.

t was the

d e s i r e

o f ̂ r. H arr i s

to

l eavo

t l ie

r ^su l t

o f h is

yeai s

of

labor and s tudy

to

some in s t i tu t ion wliere t

would

do

most

to

advance

the

cause of

education,

and a t

the

same t ime

serve as a perpetual moniament to his memory. Tlany colleges and

univers i t ies

presented

t he i r

clairas

for

Ms

consideration, but

he f ina l ly decided tha t the col lect ion

should

be

offered

to

I

:

the national Museum in

the

Smithsonian

I ns ti tu tl t i n

Washington,

r

\^on the

oondition

that i t should

be

preserved separate and

int?3u3t under the name of The 1 .Ih Heirris

Collection,

and this

decision

was

endorsed by

his

wife

and

children.

After his death the mana^;ers of the Instrntut^ ^ were notified of

Harris* offer, aM they^accepted the coilectlon upon

P f

the terms proposed. Prof ;^ _

SchuchiB B>>,

ctu^tor of^ the

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Museum one of Lieutenant Peary s companions in the rrreenland

I, was dispatched

to

pack and ship i t

to

Washin^^;ton which

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was

done

i r o f s so r SchuchjtfW was one of Mr

constant correspondents,

and his ar^ uments had-lar^-̂ ely

inf luenced

Mr. Harr i s

f i na l decision»

Less

important

from a scientific s tandpoin t, but equally

well-knovm to

the

f?;eneral

public,

v/era the

col lect ions of

rare

coins

end

fresh

water

pearls .

Embraced

in

the

foi me r were-

specimens of the coinnr s

art

datin^^ back to the days of

the

Hornan

Republic .

N^r

Harris has

been cal led the father of pearl hunting

in

the

Mi amis, being almost the f i rs t man

to

appreciate and

Jflo

malce known

the

beauty and

value

of the

mussel

pearls

For man;; yoa- f l:- purd

.ised

almost

the

entire riroduct

of

the

two

Mi

amis, and re ta in ed for

his

o\m

grat i f icat ion

many

of

the most

valuable

specimens, some of

which from t he i r

rai e

coloring

Tiffany

pronounced tdmost priceless.

The

l a t t e r

two

collections

passed

with

the

remainder

of

the

e s t a t e \jo h is

he i r s .

Mr,

Harris served the village in

which he l ived

In

many

positions of

t rus t

but could never be induced to enter poli t ics

or accept

any position

which

would

interfere with the

l i f e

he

la id out

fo r Mmsalf

in

ear ly

years.

He was a member of

the

American

Associat ion

fo r the Ad

vancement

of Sciience,

belpnged to the Natural f?lstory Society

o f C incinna ti, the Ohio State

Archaeological and

Historical

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