Background
FARIS, Charles B. was born on October 3, 1864 in near Charleston. Mississippi Company, Missouri, United States. Son of James White and Willie Ann (Stovall) Faris.
FARIS, Charles B. was born on October 3, 1864 in near Charleston. Mississippi Company, Missouri, United States. Son of James White and Willie Ann (Stovall) Faris.
University of Missouri, Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Pedagogy, 1889, Doctor of Laws, 1922. St. Louis Law School, Washington University, 1890-1891.
Admitted to Missouri bar, 1891, and practiced in Caruthersville. City attorney, 1892-1893. Prosecuting attorney, Pemiscot Company, 1893-1899.
President Bank of Caruthersville, 1898-1910.
Member Missouri House of Representatives, 36th General Assembly. Judge 28th Judicial Circuit, 1910-1912.
Judge Supreme Court of the Missouri for term 1912-1922, resigned, October 31, 1919, to become United States district judge for Eastern District of Missouri, serving until February 6, 1935. Circuit judge 8th Circuit, February 6-December, 1935.
Member of the board curators University of Missouri, 1903-1909 (president 1907-1909). Member board control Cottey College for Young Women, Nevada, Missouri, 1916-1919.
Married Anna L. McClanahan, August 22, 1894. Children: James Claiborn (deceased), Adalyn (Mistress Harold Moore), Charles Breckenridge (deceased), Mary Lee, James White, William Breckenridge.