Jeptha Vining Harris (doctor)

Jeptha Vining Harris
Jeptha Vining Harris
Born	May 28, 1839; Abbeville County, South Carolina
Died	1914 (Aged 74/75); Key West, Florida
Buried	Key West, Florida
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Service/branch	Confederate States Army; Confederate States Navy
Rank	Assistant Surgeon
Battles/wars	American Civil War
Other work	Doctor, customs collector, school superintendent

Jeptha Vining Harris (May 27, 1839 – 1914) was an assistant surgeon for the Confederate States Army and Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. After the Civil War, he was a customs collector, doctor and school superintendent at Key West, Florida.

Biography

Jeptha Vining Harris was born on May 27, 1839 in the Abbeville District of South Carolina.[1] He was the sixth child of James Walton Harris and Martha Watkins Harris.[2] James Walton Harris was the first child of Jeptha Vining Harris of Georgia and Sarah Hunt Harris.[3]

Jeptha V. Harris grew up in North Carolina and Mississippi.[4] Harris was the nephew of Jeptha Vining Harris (Mississippi), a Mississippi militia (Confederate) brigadier general during the American Civil War (Civil War) and Mississippi State Senator.[5][6] He was the grandson of Jeptha Vining Harris (Georgia) and Sarah (Hunt) Harris.[5][6] The elder Jeptha Vining Harris was a Georgia militia general during the War of 1812, prominent lawyer, planter and member of the Georgia House of Representatives.[5][6]

Harris received his college and medical education at the University of Mississippi, graduating in 1859.[7][8]

Jeptha V. Harris married Mary Perkins of Mississippi on March 5, 1861.[1] They had the following children: Jeptha V. Harris, Jr., Louis A. Harris and Martha Watkins Harris.[9] Both sons were lawyers.[9]

Soon after he completed college and medical school, Harris served as an assistant surgeon in the Confederate States Army and Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War.[4]

After the Civil War, Harris and his family moved to Key West, Florida, where he became customs collector and lived in the Customs House.[4] He also resumed his medical practice.[4]

Harris was interested in promoting and improving public education. Because of this interest, he became school superintendent at Key West.[4] Harris School, which was built at Key West in 1909, was named for him.[4]

Death

Doctor Jeptha Vining Harris died November 16, 1916 and is buried in Key West Cemetery, Key West Florida.[4]

Notes

Harris, Gideon Dowse. Harris Genealogy. Columbus, Miss., Keith Printing Co., 1914. OCLC 4707316. Retrieved September 23, 2012. p. 76.
Harris, 1914, pp. 75–76.
Harris, 1914, p. 75.
Born, George Walter. Preserving Paradise: The Architectural Heritage And History of the Florida Keys. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006. ISBN 978-1-59629-152-2. p. 32.
Allardice, Bruce S. More Generals in Gray. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-8071-3148-2 (pbk.). Retrieved September 16, 2012. p. 120.
Harris, 1914, pp. 74–75, 94.
Harris, 1914, p. 79.
University of Mississippi. 'Historical and Current Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the University of Mississippi Forty-Second Session'. University of Mississippi: 1894. OCLC 18523522. Retrieved September 28, 2012. p. 40.
Harris, 1914, p. 80.

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References

Allardice, Bruce S. Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8262-1809-4.
Born, George Walter. Preserving Paradise: The Architectural Heritage And History of the Florida Keys. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006. ISBN 978-1-59629-152-2.
Harris, Gideon Dowse. Harris Genealogy. Columbus, Miss., Keith Printing Co., 1914. OCLC 4707316. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
University of Mississippi. 'Historical and Current Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the University of Mississippi Forty-Second Session'. University of Mississippi: 1894. OCLC 18523522. Retrieved September 28, 2012.

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[Harris76-1] Harris, Gideon Dowse. Harris Genealogy. Columbus, Miss., Keith Printing Co., 1914. OCLC 4707316. Retrieved September 23, 2012. p. 76.

[Harris7576-2] Harris, 1914, pp. 75–76.

[Harris75-3] Harris, 1914, p. 75.

[Born32-4] Born, George Walter. Preserving Paradise: The Architectural Heritage And History of the Florida Keys. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006. ISBN 978-1-59629-152-2. p. 32.

[Allardice120-5] Allardice, Bruce S. More Generals in Gray. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-8071-3148-2 (pbk.). Retrieved September 16, 2012. p. 120.

[Harris74-6] Harris, 1914, pp. 74–75, 94.

[Harris79-7] Harris, 1914, p. 79.

[8] University of Mississippi. 'Historical and Current Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the University of Mississippi Forty-Second Session'. University of Mississippi: 1894. OCLC 18523522. Retrieved September 28, 2012. p. 40.

[Harris80-9] Harris, 1914, p. 80.