A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Vermont > Rutland http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=627 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=55811 Submitted by: Joan H. Bixby Article Title: Rutland Daily Herald Article Date: May 16 1908 Article Description: Obituary of Levi Harris. Article Text: LEVI C. HARRIS. Civil War Veteran, Who Died Thursday , Claimed to Be First Man to Pay Taxes in City of Rutland. The funeral of Levi C. Harris, who died last Thursday morning at his home, No. 46 Watkins avenue of senile debility,will be held at the house this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery. Mr.Harris claimed the distinction of having been the first man to pay taxes in the city of Rutland. He was born in Moriah, N.Y., April 22, 1838. He married MIss Lucy Palmer at Point Henry, N. Y. June 23, 1860. Mr. Harris was a veteran of the civil war having enlisted from Westport, N.Y.in December,1863, in Company D, 2d New York cavalry and was honorably discharged at the close of the war. His early life was passed in New York state. In 1875 he moved to Vermont where he had since resided, having lived in Rutland for the last 16 years. Mr. Harris is survived by his wife, three daughters, Mrs.L.E. Matthews of this city, Mrs.G. A. Miller of Bellows Falls, and Mrs.C.D.Estabrook of Claremont, N.H., one son. R. L.Harris of South Norwalk, Ct., seven grandchildren, one of whom, Miss Ida Meader has resided with him since birth, and three great-grandchildren. He also leaves four brothers, Asa of Ticonderoga, N. Y., Fayette of Panton, Henry of Addison and Guy of Milton. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ VT-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com