Charles V. HARRIS ^475,4393

  General Notes:

CHARLES V. HARRIS, locomotive engineer, L. V. R. R., Sayre, is a native of Elmira, N. Y., and was born April 22, 1851. His parents were Joseph H. and Mary (Cooley) Harris, the former a native of Luzerne county, and the latter of Elmira, N. Y. The father, who was a farmer, was born in November, 1822, and died in St. Paul, Minn., in October, 1890; the mother resides in St. Paul. The great-grandfather Harris was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, under Gen. Sullivan. Charles V. is the eldest in a family of six children, of whom three are living. He was reared in Elmira until the age of twelve years, when they removed to this county. He received a common-school education, and began braking on the L. V. R. R. in April, 1873, and commenced firing in July, 1874; was promoted to engineer May 4, 1880, and has held the position since. He was married in Chemung in January 1873, to Emma, daughter of Samuel and Melvina (Mower) Coddington, natives of Sullivan county, N. Y., former of whom was a millwright, and died in 1860; the latter now resides with Mr. Harris in Sayre. Mrs. Harris is the second in a family of three living children, and was born in Sullivan county, N. Y., in October, 1852. To Mr. And Mrs. Harris have been born three children: John C., Guy M. and Jessie M. Mr. Harris is a member of the F. & A. M., Waverly Lodge, No. 407, of Cayuga Chapter, No. 245, of St. Oner's Commandery, No. 19, Elmira, also a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Division No. 380. Mrs. Harris is a member of the Sexennial League. Mr. Harris is a Republican.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• Living: 1873, Sayre, Bradford Co., Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴⁷⁵

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Barton, Tioga Co., New York, USA. ²⁸¹⁹

Charles married Emma J. CODDINGTON, daughter of Samuel O. CODDINGTON and Lavinia Maria MAURER, on 8 Jan 1873.⁴⁷⁵ (Emma J. CODDINGTON was born on 9 Oct 1850 in , , New York, USA ⁴³⁹².)