ALFRED ENOS HARRIS -- 118th INFANTRYCORPORAL OF THE 118TH INFANTRY - AlfredEnos Harris enlisted in the 118th Infantry on July 29, 1862, and wasmustered in as a private on August 30th. The next day the regimentleft for Washington to serve for 3 years. He survived two years and waswounded at 2nd Fair Oaks at the end of October 1864. He spent the restof the war in hospital and was mustered out as a corporal from hospitalin Troy, NY, on July 19, 1865.The Plattsburgh Sentinel of February 17, 1925, carried the obituary ofAlfred E. Harris from the Winnebago Exchange of two months before."On May 6, 1845, Alfred E. Harris, the youngest of a large family ofchildren, was born in the home of Enos and Amanda (Baker) Harris atBeekmantown. He was reared in a home in which every member was of itsown volition affiliated with the Methodist Church through membership,and which gave to the church two of its boys to be ministers.At ten years of age Alfred Harris enlisted as a soldier of the Lord inthe church, and at seventeen, he enlisted as a soldier under the Starsand Stripes and for three years served his county in the army during theCivil War. He was a member of the G. A. R. Post of Winnebago, whoseranks are lamentably thinning rapidly.On June 20, 1868, he was united in holy wedlock with Mary A. Smith ofChamplain. Their home was blessed with four children, one of whom -Edith - preceded the father in 1893.For a while Mr. and Mrs. Harris lived in LaSalle County, IL, removing toIowa in 1870 where Mr. Harris became known as a very successful farmer.Leaving the farm in 1906 they came to Minnesota and became residents ofWinnebago, where they have resided ever since. Having lived more than ahalf century together, Mr. and Mrs. Harris decided in the past summer tosee the old home in New York state. It was a happy trip for them fromAugust 9th to the last of September, when they again reached Winnebago.Mr. Harris came from a musical family, and it was a happy hobby of histo instruct the boys and girls of the countryside in the art of singingin a singing school. Conscious to the last he bade goodbye to loved oneswho cared for him during his last illness, at 10:30 A. M., Monday,December 22, 1924.He leaves to mourn his going, his aged life companion, two sons,Clarence W., of Mason City, IA and Frank A. of Winnebago, one daughter,Mrs. Winefred M. Snow of Clear Lake, IA; one grandchild, and the last ofthe Harris family, a maiden sister - Lauretta Harris, of New York, andmany friends in this community and elsewhere.The funeral service was held Tuesday afternoon at the Methodist church.Rev. E. H. Knehans officiating. Quartette sang \"Nearer My God toThee,\" \"Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me\" and \"Lead Kindly Light.\"
