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About Daniel Harris
"New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/24ZK-JW6 : accessed 20 December 2015), Daniel Harris and Kate Hart, 26 May 1872; citing Marriage, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,543,860. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=131946085 Daniel Harris; last survivor of 8,000 Jewish war veterans of the Civil War, died on Feb. 8 at his residence in Brooklyn in his 99th year.
Harris, honorary commander of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States, was born in London, England, in 1846. At the age of 17, he enlisted in the Union forces as a sailor. Giving his name as George Irving, and his age as 21, he served on the sloop-of-war Saratoga, which was part of the fleet blockading Georgia.
Harris ... was one of the last living persons to have met President Lincoln. Following his enlistment, he was sent to Washington where, with a group of 30 other volunteer sailors from New York, he was welcomed by the Civil War President.
Source: Detroit Jewish News, Feb 16, 1945, p. 15
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Daniel Harris's Timeline
| 1846 |
February 18, 1846
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Aldgate, London, England
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| 1873 |
January 8, 1873
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Brooklyn, New York, Kings County, New York, United States
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| 1876 |
1876
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Brooklyn, New York, Kings County, New York, United States
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| 1877 |
October 18, 1877
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| 1880 |
April 25, 1880
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Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
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| 1882 |
1882
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Brooklyn, New York, Kings County, New York, United States
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| 1945 |
February 8, 1945
Age 98
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Brooklyn, New York, Kings County, New York, United States
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Washington Cemetery Brooklyn Kings County (Brooklyn) New York, USA
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