Harris, A. H.

HARRIS

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 12/31/2008 at 13:55:46

A. H. Harris

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.30, Council Bluffs)
A. H. Harris, retired, Council Bluffs, was born in New York in 1820. He came to Indiana in 1842, and to this county in 1854. He mentions the circumstance that three towns with who early interests he had at different times in his life been identified are now flourishing cities - Batavia, N. Y., Terre Haute, Ind., and Council Bluffs. Since coming to Council Bluffs, Mr. Harris has always dealt in real estate, and has erected no less than eight business buildings. He has been foremost in many leading enterprises; he gave $500 toward the Ogden House; $300 to the Chicago & North-Western Railway, and has financially aided many other public schemes. He was married, in Batavia, N. Y., in 1857; he has two children, both born in Council Bluffs - Ida M. and Harry. Mr. Harris has always held aloof from politics, and has never united with any secret society or church organization.