HARRIS, Dr. Shorland
HARRIS, RUSSELL
Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 11/18/2014 at 05:19:19
The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Monday, June 01, 1953
Mason City Centennial Edition, Section 3DR. HARRIS PHYSICIAN IN CRIMEAN WAR
[Section 3, Page 4] One of the early physicians and druggists in Mason City was Dr. Shorland Harris. His drug store stood on the north 22 feet of the present First National Bank Building.
Born in England [July 22] 1829, Dr. Harris got his medical training in Europe and was in the medical corps during the Crimean War, serving both as physician and linguist as he could speak most of the European languages.
Dr. Harris came to America in 1853 and practiced in New York, Canada and Chicago before coming to Mason City in 1869. In 1872 he was married to Emily Russell. Their son, LeRoy Harris is a present resident of Mason City.
NOTE: Dr. Harris died in 1907. Emily (Russell) Harris was born in 1847, and died in 1933. Their son, LeRoy "Roy" Vivian Harris, was born in 1877, and died in 1978. Roy's wife Edna S. was born in 1889, and died in 1975. They were interred at Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery, Mason City.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, November of 2014
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