Transcribed from "TULARE AND KINGS COUNTIES,"
Eugene L.
Menefee and Fred A. Dodge Historic
Record Company, Los Angeles,
California (1913) page 586
JESSE W. HARRIS and INDIA PEACOCK
In that grand old midway state, Missouri, in the historic old
county of St.
Clair, Jesse W. Harris, now a well-known contractor man of affairs
at
Corcoran, Kings county, Cal., was born February 24, 1869. When he was
five
years old he was taken to Union City, Ind. He was educated in public
schools
in that state and at the State Normal school at Winchester, Ind. One
of the
conditions under which some students are admitted to State Normal schools
is
that they shall teach for a certain time after their graduation. Mr.
Harris
devoted seven years to that work and won great success as an educator.
In
1907 he came to California and stopped for a short time in Los Angeles,
then
came to Corcoran to assist in the erection of a sugar factory which
is one
of the conspicuous buildings of that town. Eventually he went into
contracting and building, in connection with which he later took up
real
estate, in both fields of endeavor being satisfactorily successful.
In all
directions may be seen buildings which attest his mechanical
skill and his
business ability, and he has turned some of the notable local land
deals of
the last few years.
On November 6, 1894, Mr. Harris married Miss India Peacock, who
was born in
Indiana, June 14, 1876. Fraternally he affiliates with the Independent
Order
of Odd Fellows and with the Knights of the Golden Eagle. As a citizen
he is
public-spirited to a degree that makes him dependably helpful in any
emergency demanding action for the good of the community. He is filling
the
office of justice of the peace with the highest honor and integrity
and to
the general satisfaction of the people of the town, who have learned
to
respect and abide by his judgment and to seek his friendly advice in
the
private settlement of many of their difficulties.
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