When Harvey Harris was born in 1798, in Oneida, New York, United States, his father, William Harris, was 51 and his mother, Susanna Winn, was 45. He married Matilda Carline Russell about 1824, in New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Lyme, Jefferson, New York, United States in 1850. He died on 16 December 1857, in Jefferson, New York, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Jefferson, New York, United States.