Background
Harris, Heaton W. was born on April 23, 1858 in Alliance, Ohio, United States. Son of Joel G. and Louisa E. Harris.
Harris, Heaton W. was born on April 23, 1858 in Alliance, Ohio, United States. Son of Joel G. and Louisa E. Harris.
Graduate Mount Union College, 1882. Bachelor of Laws, Cincinnati Law School, 1887.
Practiced law at Alliance in firm of Fording & Harris, 1887-1899. Consul at Mannheim, Germany, 1899-1907. At Nuremberg, March, 1907-December, 1908.
Consul-general at-large, December, 1908-August, 1912.
Consul-general at Frankfort-on-Main, Germany, August, 1912-February, 1917, at Stockholm, Sweden, March 1917-January 1918, at Havana, Cuba, January since 1918.
Member Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Married Effie Leek, of Alliance, January 19, 1889.