Samuel Harris (ca. 1781-1843)
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This white person has 2 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-05415
- Given Name
- Samuel
- Family Name
- Harris
- Birth Date
- 1781
- Death Date
- 1843
- Sex
- Male
- Occupation
- Medical and Funerary
- Biographical Description
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Dr. Samuel Harris was a physician who lived in Camden in the 19th century. He was the son of a prominent doctor named Isaac Harris Sr of Pittsgrove, Salem County. After studying medicine with his father, he practiced for a few years in Philadelphia and then moved to Camden around 1811, when Camden was still part of a municipality called Newton Township. He had his office on Cooper Street, near Front Street.
In 1816, he manumitted a Black woman named Selena who had once belonged to his deceased father. - Keywords
- white person
- Enslaver of
- Selena (b. ca. 1781)
- Child of
- Isaac Harris Sr. (ca. 1741-1808)
- References
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John R. Stevenson, The History of Medicine and Medical Men of Camden County, New Jersey (L. J. Richards & Co., 1886), p. 7–8, https://archive.org/details/historyofmedicin00stev/page/7.
This person is represented on the following page(s):
Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/290221675/samuel-harris - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1807-11-07 Will (of Isaac Harris Sr.): Selena (Role: Heir or Beneficiary)
- 1816-11-16 Manumission: Selena (Role: Enslaver, Manumitter)
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