Background
Frederick Brown Harris was born April 10, 1883, in Worcester, England, the son of George Thomas and Ellen (Griffiths) Harris. His father was also a minister.
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Education
He was raised in New Jersey and studied at Dickinson College and Drew Theological Seminary (1912).
Career
He came with his family to the United States as a small boy. He was ordained to the Methodist ministry in 1909. Harris served these pastorates in succession: Greenwood Avenue Methodist Church, Trenton, New Jersey, 1909-1913.
Saint Luke"s Methodist Church, Long Branch, New Jersey, 1914-1918.
Grace Methodist Church, New York City (1918–1924). During his pastorate there, he would serve as Chaplain of the Senate (1942–1947) and (1949–1969), his time of service interrupted by the chaplaincy of Peter Marshall.
Harris retired from Foundry in June 1955.
