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William S. S. Harris, dealer in drugs, was born one mile west of Troy, August 8, 1839, son of Hon. William S. S. Harris, who was born in Williamson County, May 9, 1809, and came to Obion County in 1827. He was a lawyer of note and was at one time clerk of the county court and register of the county. In 1849 and 1850 he represented Obion, Weakley and Henry Counties in the State Senate. He was judge of the probate court, and died in February, 1859. His wife’s maiden name was Anzeletta Z. Meadows. She was born in Jackson County, Tenn., in 1814, and came to Obion County in 1824, and is now one of the oldest living settlers of Obion County. Our subject is the fifth of nine children and is of Scotch-Irish origin. He received a common school education and remained on the farm until 1858, when he engaged in his present business in Troy. In 1861 he enlisted in Avalanche Company, Ninth Tennessee Infantry, Confederate States Army, as a private, and was in the service about three years. He returned home in 1864. He is the oldest druggist in Obion County, and was married in October, 1871, to Mary E. Ruddell, of Missouri. She was born in 1849 and is the mother of two children: Lambert C. and Lester Gay. Mr. Harris is a Democrat and Mason—Western Sun Lodge, No. 88; Obion Chapter, No. 33; Trojan Council, No. 18. His wife belongs to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.