Josiah A. Harris, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJosiah A. Harris
American mayor
Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1808
Date of Death: 21-Aug-1876
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Josiah A. Harris
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- Harris (January 15, 1808 – August 21, 1876) was the mayor of Cleveland, Ohio in 1847. Harris moved from Becket, Massachusetts in 1818 to North Amherst in Lorain County.
- Harris was elected sheriff of Elyria in 1832 and began the Ohio Atlas & Elyria Advertiser, a weekly newspaper.
- Harris moved to Cleveland in 1837 and purchased the Cleveland Herald and Gazette, where he proudly supported the Whig party.
- He was elected mayor 10 years later in 1847.
- He began to lose interest in the Herald and ended up quitting journalism altogether after the Civil War.
- He retired to a farm in Rocky River.
- Harris suffered a series of strokes and died at his daughter's home.
- He is buried in the Erie Street Cemetery. Harris married Esther M.
- Race in 1830 and had four children: Bryon C., Brougham E., Zacharia, and Helen.
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