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J. N. Harris, trustee of Tipton County, Tenn., was born at Jackson in the same State, November 10, 1846, and is a son of George N. and Eliza A. (DeWitt) Harris. He was reared at home, and received his education at the West Tennessee College at Jackson. In the spring of 1862 he enlisted in the Confederate Army, joining Gen. Cheatham’s division in Company L, Sixth Tennessee Infantry, under Capt. Robert Ford. He remained with this company about a year, and was then discharged because he was under age. He afterward joined Company G, Ninth Tennessee Cavalry, under Col. Biffle, and remained with this company until the close of the war. participating in many battles and calvary engagements. January 19, 1869, he wedded A. E. Somerville, a native of Tipton County, born in 1848, and a daughter of Rev. Joseph J. and S. A. Somerville, of Mason, Tenn. The marriage of our subject resulted in the birth of two children: Lila D. and Alice R. Mr. Harris came to Tipton County in 1869, and until 1878 was engaged in farming. He was then elected county register, and held that office two terms in succession, or until August, 1886, when he was elected to the office he now holds. He is a good officer and a much esteemed citizen. He is a Democrat in polities, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The father of our subject was born in Tennessee in 1819. When a young man he located at Jackson, and was engaged in the mercantile business at that place until the war. He was a good business manager, and amassed a considerable fortune. He died in 1884. The mother of our subject died in 1850.