Harris, David (1803-1855)

Name:

Harris, David (1803-1855)

Title:

Deputy Jailor, Sullivan County, 1851
Deputy Sheriff, Sullivan County, 1851, 1854

Born:

08/13/1803

Birthplace:

Washington, NH

Died:

02/06/1855

Death Location:

Newport, NH

Residence:

Washington, NH
Newport, NH 1806-1855

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Decorative painter
Whip production
"Dealing" in gravestones
Ended career as a county jailer

Father:

Harris, Willard (1782-1848)

Mother:

Wilson, Mary

Relations:

Partnership, Willard & David Harris, Newport, 1828

Spouse:

Rosamill Hoyt (1804-1858), August 16, 1824

Children:

William Hubbard, b.c. 1825
Amanda M., b. July 24, 1826
Sylvester M., b.c. 1830
Simon Brown, b.c. 1836

Notes:

His father, Willard Harris, was a prominent Newport cabinetmaker. David Harris is assumed to be responsible for the decoration of the Bullock table because similar decoration has been found on a similar table (signed by Harris and attributed to him). Donna-Belle Garvin in Historical New Hampshire wrote that it is possible that Bullock decorated the table himself.

George N. Gage, History of Washington, New Hampshire, From the First Settlement to the Present Time. 1768-1886. (Claremont, New Hampshire: The Claremont Manufacturing Company, 1886), 466-467.

Donna-Belle Garvin, "A 'Neat and Lively Aspect': Newport, New Hampshire as a Cabinetmaking Center," Historical New Hampshire, 43(Fall, 1988)3, 204-212.

Advertisement, "New-Hampshire Spectator, Newport, NH, April 1, 1828, 1.

"Appointments by the Sheriff of Sullivan County," The Farmers' Cabinet, Amherst, NH, February 6, 1851, 3.

Death Notice, The Farmers' Cabinet, Amherst, NH, February 15, 1855, 3.

Maple Street Cemetery, Newport, NH