Background
Harris, Charles Joseph was born on September 11, 1853 in Putnam, Connecticut, United States. Son of William and Zilpah (Torrey) Harris.
Harris, Charles Joseph was born on September 11, 1853 in Putnam, Connecticut, United States. Son of William and Zilpah (Torrey) Harris.
Educated, Yale, class of 1874, and St. Louis Law School Has been largely interested in development of Western North Carolina and especially identified with mining of kaolin in the United States President Harris Company, Jackson County Bank (Sylva, North Carolina), Harris Granite Quarries (Salisbury, North Carolina). President Asheville Daily Times Company, 1920. Retired, 1941. Delaware-at-large Republican National Convention, Chicago, 1908.
Republican candidate for government of North Carolina, 1904, member United States Industrial Commission, 1898-1902. President Yale Alumni Association of North Carolina.
President Asheville Daily Times Company, 1920. President Yale Alumni Association of North Carolina Clubs: Metropolitan (Washington).
Clubs: Metropolitan (Washington).