| HARRIS,
CHARLES EDWIN, son of Charles A. and Euphamea (Blake) Harris, was born
at Derby, August 28, 1852. He received his education in the public schools
of Derby, East Burke, St. Johnsbury academy and graduated from the New
Hampton (New Hampshire) Commercial college. He then entered his father's
store as a clerk and remained until 1893, when his father gave to him and
his sister, Mary E., his stock, since which time the business has been
conducted under the firm name of C. E. Harris & Co.
Mr.
Harris married Emma D. Morse of St. Johnsbury. She died soon after, and
he married, in 1878, Hattie Brockway of Burke. They have had two children,
Perley S. and Charles W.
In
1902 the firm of C. E. Harris & Co. decided to keep abreast of the
times, and so the old store was moved back and a magnificent new three-story
building was erected, where the old building stood. It is one of the finest
built and equipped business houses in northern Vermont.
Mr.
Harris has long been regarded a most popular, genial, and accommodating
citizen, and enjoys a marked degree of popularity. He has long been considered
a "jiner," and is affiliated with the Red Men, Odd Fellows, Masons, and
Junior Order United American Mechanics. For the past eight years he has
been state council treasurer of the latter body.
Mary
E. Harris was born at Derby, September 22, 1859, and received her education
in the schools of her native place, at East Burke, and graduated at the
Lyndon institute. She has always been identified with the store, and in
1893 became an equal partner in the firm of C. E. Harris & Co.
Source:
Successful Vermonters, William H. Jeffrey, E. Burke, Vermont, The Historical
Publishing Company, 1904, page 158-159.
Source:
Successful Vermonters, William H. Jeffrey, E. Burke, Vermont, The Historical
Publishing Company, 1904, page.158-159
Prepared
by Tom Dunn, June 2006
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