Person:William Harris (238)

William Harris

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Facts and Events

Name^[1]	William Harris
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`		Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
Military^[1]	Abt 1846	Mexican WarNavy Commander
Death^[1]	Abt 1847	died during the Mexican War in Veracruz, Mexico

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 William Harris, in Davis, William Watts Hart; John Woolf Jordan; and Warren Smedley Ely. History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time. (New York, Chicago: The Lewis publishing company, 1905)
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... Jack Harris married Jane Hunt, of New Jersey. His son William was a commander in the navy, and drowned off Vera Cruz during the Mexican war, trying to save the life of a brother officer. ...