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John Milton Harney

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John Milton Harney (1789–1825) was an American physician and poet.

Life

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He was born in Delaware on 9 March 1789. He studied medicine and settled in Kentucky. After the death of his wife in childbirth, he took work with the New York Enquirer.[1]

He then travelled to Europe, accepted a naval appointment, and spent several years in South America.

On his return he edited a paper, the Savannah Georgian.[1] He became a Catholic, joined the Dominicans, then beginning their mission in Kentucky.

He died at Somerset, Kentucky, on 15 January 1825.[2]

Works

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He was the author of a number of poems printed in various magazines. In 1816 he published anonymously Crystallina; a Fairy Tale, in Six Cantos.[3] Works published posthumously were The Fever Dream, from his time in Savannah, Georgia, and "Echo and the Lover".[1]

Family

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He was the elder brother of William Selby Harney;[4] their father, Thomas Harney, was an officer in the Revolutionary War.[2]

He married Eliza Cooper, daughter of Judge John Rowan. She died in 1815.[5]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c "Descendants of Thomas Harney 3rd - Chart".
  2. ^ a b Meehan, Thomas Francis (1910). "Harney" . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. see para (2) John Milton Harney, Brother of....
  3. ^ http://198.82.142.160/spenser/BiographyRecord.php?action=GET&bioid=35403[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Meehan, Thomas Francis (1910). "Harney" . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. see para (1) William Selby Harney; Soldier, convert....
  5. ^ The Papers of Henry Clay. Volume 4: Secretary of State, 1825 (1972), p.491.

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