Background
Harris, Charles Willis was born on March 16, 1873 in Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of C. Perry and Annette Maria (Parks) Harris.
Harris, Charles Willis was born on March 16, 1873 in Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of C. Perry and Annette Maria (Parks) Harris.
Bachelor of Arts, Lafayette College, 1895, A.M., 1897. Graduate Princeton Theological Seminary, 1898. Doctor of Divinity, Jamestown (North Dakota) College, 1912.
Ordained ministry Presbyterian Church, 1898. Minister at Lisbon, North Dakota, 1899-1905, Bismarck, North Dakota, 1905-1916, Bozeman, Montana, 1916-1920. University pastor Indiana U., 1920-1927.
Professor religion and chaplain Lafayette College, 1927-1943. Retired December, 1943.
Served with Young Men’s Christian Association in Advertising Educational Foundation, 1918-1919. Member American Association University Professors, Society Biblical Literature and Exegesis. Club: Torch (Easton, Pennsylvania).
Married Grace Doubleday, July 13, 1899. Children: Mary Elizabeth (Mistress Richard Brandt), Dorothy Frances (Mistress Theodore Slager).