Background
Harrah, Charles Jefferson was born on June 9, 1855 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Son of Charles Jefferson and Anna Margaret (Riehl) Harrah.
Harrah, Charles Jefferson was born on June 9, 1855 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Son of Charles Jefferson and Anna Margaret (Riehl) Harrah.
Preparatory education in France, at College Sainte Barbe and Lycee Louis Le Grand, Paris, and King’s College, London. Studied сivil engineering.
Manager People's Passenger Railway Company, 1882-1886. Treasurer Germantown Pass. Railway Company, 1883-1886.
Director Independence National Bank, 1890-1896.
President Midvale Steel Company, Philadelphia, 1890-1915.
Clubs: Union League (Philadelphia).
Married Georgina Balfour, March 5, 1877.