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Harris, Lee O

soldier, educator, poet, author, was born Jan. 30, 1839, in Chester county, Pa. After receiving a thorough education he entered educational work, and is now county superintendent of schools of Hancock county, Ind. He served in the union army during the civil war; was second lieutenant of company G, fifth regiment Indiana cavalry; then became first lieutenant of company C, one hundred and forty-eighth regiment Indiana infantry; and major of the Indiana legion. He is the author of a novel entitled The Man Who Tramps; and a volume of poems entitled Interludes; and has contributed extensively to current literature.

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