Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-12-16
DcnIh Of su, LoycngoOd.

Capt. George w. Harris, better Known
as ''Sut Lovengood, died in Knoxville on
Saturday night last, at half-past IL o'clock.
BIS deeth was sudden and unexpected. A
gentleman, who was well acquainted with
Capt. Harris, entered the cars Of the East
Tennessee and Virginia Railroad train i'm
mediately upon its arrival at the depot, at
] o'clock, on Saturday, when he saw Capt.
Harris lying on seat, evidently suffering
intense agony, and unable to move or to
speak. Assistance being called, he was
carried TO the AtlIin House, placed upon
bed, and medical attendance procured.
The Knoxville Wh&g commenting upon
the condition in which he was found in the
cars. iutimates that his death might have
been produced by poison, as it was re-
ported that when he left home he had
considerable amount of money on his per-
son, and when found stretched upon the
seats in the cars, speeches., powerless and
senseless, he had none.
The following biography of the life of
Capt. Harris, taken from the Knoxville
Press end Herald, will be read with inter
est by the numerous friends of the deceased
in this city;
George w. Harris was born III North
CaroliEs in the year 1915. When small
boy his parents moved to Knoxville, where
the lad grew up to manhood During his
boyhood, George was known among his
companions and their parents as boy
gifted with genius beyond his fellows
When but lad, and small for one OF his
age, George constructed q miniature steam
boat, which he announced to his com
panions, with boyish pride, would on
certain day be exhibited in flag pond, in
Knoxville, now covered over by the rail
road depots, the Atkins House, the hotel
in which Harris breathed hislast, and other
structures of modern Knoxville. On the
day appointed, all Knoxville went to see
the miniature steamboat, steam never hav-
ing been used in the then frontier town.
The boat worked well and excited the an
ticipations Of the most sanguine believer
Of the youths genius.
His taste for literature, then of small &C
count among the hardy pioneers and In
dian fighters, was marked. His facilities
for learning were few and small, he never
attending school more than eighteen months
during his boyhood.
He served an apprenticeship at the jew
elry business with Samuel Bell, and when
nineteen years old was made Captain of the
5b6dlu6I huOANhlCs plying up dhO NO"A
the waters of the Holston and Tennessee
rivers.
Soon afterwards he married a daughter
of Peter Nance, of Knoxville, with whom
he lived happily, until her death, some
years ago.
In 1889 and 1910, Mr.. Harris wrote
number of articles for the Knoxville ArguS,
during the Harrison campaign. In the
Governors campaign, in 1S41, he also con-
tributed series of papers to the same jour
nal His forclble and happy style of COM
position was well received by the public,
and encouraged him to more ambitious at
tempts in journalism.
In 1S43, he commenced a series of
humorous articles in the New York Spirit
Of tie Times, under the nom de plume of
Sugar Tail, which met with gratifying
success.
The famous 'Sut Lovengood" papers
first appeared in the UNION AND AMERICAN,
of Nashville, in 1858, and were continued
in that journal until the war. Since then
Mr. Harris has frequently contributed to
the Press and Messenger.
Since the war, Mr.. Harris has been re-
siding in Trenton, Ga, and latterly in De-
catur, Ala, in which town he married Mrs.
Jennie E. Pride, on the 10th of October, of
the present year.
Mr.. Harris was q man of kind and gen.
erous impulses, and was remarkably free
from faults. He ever proved kind to his
family and open-handed to the the poor.
For many years a member Of the First
Presbyterian Church of this city, he led
consistent christian life. OF George w.
Harris, it may truly be said:
None knew him but to love him.
None named him but to praise.