★★★ Harris, Charles Jenkins

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)​

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J. W. Harris 1859 – 1932​

(Buried: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Seattle, Washington)​

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Eugene Blount Harris 1862 – 1935​

(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Macon, Georgia)​

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Howell Clopton Harris 1868 – 1935​

(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia)​

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Marion Wiley Harris 1870 – 1912​

(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Macon, Georgia)​

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Henry L. Harris 1871 – 1935​

(Buried: Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts)​

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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​

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1862: Major of 59th​ Georgia Infantry Regiment​

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1862 – 1863: Lt. Colonel of 59th​ Georgia Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Resigned rank as Lt. Colonel on July 10​

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1864: Colonel of 3rd​ Georgia Reserves Regiment​

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1864: Resigned as Colonel on November 5​

Occupation after War:

Attorney in Macon, Georgia​

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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