Charles Jenkins Harris
Born: November 26, 1833
Birthplace: Milledgeville, Georgia
Father: Iverson Louis Harris 1805 – 1876
(Buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia)
Mother: Mary Euphemia Davies 1807 – 1891
(Buried: Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia)
Wife: Mary Clopton Wiley 1837 – 1914
(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia)
Children:
Mary Euphemia Harris Whitfield 1858 – 1907
(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia)
J. W. Harris 1859 – 1932
(Buried: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Seattle, Washington)
Eugene Blount Harris 1862 – 1935
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Macon, Georgia)
Howell Clopton Harris 1868 – 1935
(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia)
Marion Wiley Harris 1870 – 1912
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Macon, Georgia)
Henry L. Harris 1871 – 1935
(Buried: Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts)
Anne Clopton Harris 1873 – 1891
(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia)
Education:
Studied law under his Father Iverson Harris
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Macon, Georgia
Civil War Career:
1862: Captain of Company K, 59th Georgia Infantry Regiment
1862: Major of 59th Georgia Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1863: Lt. Colonel of 59th Georgia Infantry Regiment
1863: Resigned rank as Lt. Colonel on July 10
1864: Colonel of 3rd Georgia Reserves Regiment
1864: Resigned as Colonel on November 5
Occupation after War:
Attorney in Macon, Georgia
1877 – 1878: Georgia State Representative
Died: January 22, 1893
Place of Death: Macon, Georgia
Age at time of Death: 59 years old
Burial Place: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia
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