Known as L. Harris Hiscock, he was born in
Pompey, New York on May 2, 1824. He taught school while
studying law with
Daniel Gott, and served as Pompey's
School Superintendent from 1845 to 1847. In 1848, he began to practice law in
Tully. Hiscock later moved to
Syracuse, and in 1855, he founded with his brother Frank the law firm known today as Hiscock and Barclay. L. Harris Hiscock was prominent in
Democratic politics and served as
Onondaga County Surrogate Judge from 1852 to 1856. In 1865, by now a
Republican as a result of his pro-
Union position during the
American Civil War, Harris was elected to the
New York State Assembly, and he served until his death. While in
Albany as a delegate to the
state constitutional convention, Hiscock was murdered on June 4, 1867, by
George W. Cole, a
major general in the
Union Army who accused Hiscock of having an affair with Mrs. Cole. Cole was acquitted at his 1868 trial on the grounds of "momentary insanity." Hiscock was buried at
Oakwood Cemetery in
Syracuse. ==Family==