DIED, near Belton, Bell County, Texas, July 30th, A.D. 1879, James B. Harris, aged 69 years. The subject of this notice was born in Middle Tennessee, September 28th, 1809, and when quite a young man entered the ministry as a Cumberland Presbyterian preacher. Shortly afterward he emigrated to Washington County, Arkansas, and for many years labored zealously for the cause of his Maker. In the year A.D. 1849 he emigrated to Texas, and settled near the village of Larissa, in Cherokee County, where he remained for twenty-five years. Brother Harris was noted for his consistency as a Christian, and for his courtesy towards other denominations. During a ministry of forty-five years, he was never heard to utter a harsh word against those who differed with him in religion. He was a great revivalist, and did more than his part towards advancing the cause of Christianity.

Brother Harris came to Bell County A.D. 1874, to be near and spend his last days among his children, to whom he was devotedly attached. Excessive mental labor and the loss of his wife produced paralysis of the brain, of which he died. Brother Harris leaves a host of friends, who will read this notice with sadness. He was buried with Masonic honors on South Noland's Creek, Bell County, Texas, July 31st, 1879. "Peace to his ashes."
                A FRIEND.

[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, August 28, 1879, page 1]

[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1880, page 100]

"Ministers of Arkansas Presbytery who became members of Washington Presbytery at its organization [1838] included B. H. Pierson, J. F. King, James B. Harris, and William T. Larimore."

"In September, 1843, presbytery [Arkansas] met at the Shiloh meetinghouse, Pope County. ... Petitions for ministerial services included ... and one from Piney for James B. Harris."

Minister: James B. Harris
How Added: Received
Presbytery: by Arkansas
Year: 1837

[Source:Campbell, Thomas H. Arkansas Cumberland Presbyterians 1812-1984: A People of Faith. Memphis, Tennessee: Frontier Press, 1985, pages 39, 41 & 307]