George B. Harris, Secretary of the Wisconsin Butter it Cheese Company, is one of the well known business men in this portion of the state. His birth occurred in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., February 10, 1861.
His father, James B. Harris, was a native of Glasgow, Scotland, but when about nine years old he accompanied his parents to the United States. In early life he turned his attention to the manufacture of cheese, becoming not only an extensive manufacturer, but also an authority on all questions pertaining to that business. At one time he owned and operated some ten factories.
In 1877 he was chosen by the Canadian Government to give instruction on the subject of cheese-making, and for three years traveled and delivered addresses. Later he was sent by the Scottish Dairyman's Association back to his native land on a similar mission, spending two seasons in that way.
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George 15. Harris received a good education in Ives Seminary, of Antwerp, N. Y. When sixteen years of age he began work in a cheese factory, and after becoming master of the business took charge of his father's factories. His brother, John H., who had also grown up in the business, came to Clinton Junction, Wis., in 1879, to take charge of a factory at that place, but in 1881 resigned that position to start a factory for himself at Spring Prairie, Wis. The subject of this article was called to fill the place left vacant by the resignation of his brother, remaining one season. He then purchased the interest of his brother's partner at Spring Prairie, the firm becoming Harris Bros. Their business was rapidly extended until they had sixteen factories in operation.
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SOURCE: https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/wch/id/46669
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His father, James B. Harris, was a native of Glasgow, Scotland, but when about nine years old he accompanied his parents to the United States. In early life he turned his attention to the manufacture of cheese, becoming not only an extensive manufacturer, but also an authority on all questions pertaining to that business. At one time he owned and operated some ten factories.
In 1877 he was chosen by the Canadian Government to give instruction on the subject of cheese-making, and for three years traveled and delivered addresses. Later he was sent by the Scottish Dairyman's Association back to his native land on a similar mission, spending two seasons in that way.
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George 15. Harris received a good education in Ives Seminary, of Antwerp, N. Y. When sixteen years of age he began work in a cheese factory, and after becoming master of the business took charge of his father's factories. His brother, John H., who had also grown up in the business, came to Clinton Junction, Wis., in 1879, to take charge of a factory at that place, but in 1881 resigned that position to start a factory for himself at Spring Prairie, Wis. The subject of this article was called to fill the place left vacant by the resignation of his brother, remaining one season. He then purchased the interest of his brother's partner at Spring Prairie, the firm becoming Harris Bros. Their business was rapidly extended until they had sixteen factories in operation.
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SOURCE: https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/wch/id/46669
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George B. Harris, Secretary of the Wisconsin Butter it Cheese Company, is one of the well known business men in this portion of the state. His birth occurred in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., February 10, 1861.
His father, James B. Harris, was a native of Glasgow, Scotland, but when about nine years old he accompanied his parents to the United States. In early life he turned his attention to the manufacture of cheese, becoming not only an extensive manufacturer, but also an authority on all questions pertaining to that business. At one time he owned and operated some ten factories.
In 1877 he was chosen by the Canadian Government to give instruction on the subject of cheese-making, and for three years traveled and delivered addresses. Later he was sent by the Scottish Dairyman's Association back to his native land on a similar mission, spending two seasons in that way.
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George 15. Harris received a good education in Ives Seminary, of Antwerp, N. Y. When sixteen years of age he began work in a cheese factory, and after becoming master of the business took charge of his father's factories. His brother, John H., who had also grown up in the business, came to Clinton Junction, Wis., in 1879, to take charge of a factory at that place, but in 1881 resigned that position to start a factory for himself at Spring Prairie, Wis. The subject of this article was called to fill the place left vacant by the resignation of his brother, remaining one season. He then purchased the interest of his brother's partner at Spring Prairie, the firm becoming Harris Bros. Their business was rapidly extended until they had sixteen factories in operation.
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SOURCE: https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/wch/id/46669
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His father, James B. Harris, was a native of Glasgow, Scotland, but when about nine years old he accompanied his parents to the United States. In early life he turned his attention to the manufacture of cheese, becoming not only an extensive manufacturer, but also an authority on all questions pertaining to that business. At one time he owned and operated some ten factories.
In 1877 he was chosen by the Canadian Government to give instruction on the subject of cheese-making, and for three years traveled and delivered addresses. Later he was sent by the Scottish Dairyman's Association back to his native land on a similar mission, spending two seasons in that way.
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George 15. Harris received a good education in Ives Seminary, of Antwerp, N. Y. When sixteen years of age he began work in a cheese factory, and after becoming master of the business took charge of his father's factories. His brother, John H., who had also grown up in the business, came to Clinton Junction, Wis., in 1879, to take charge of a factory at that place, but in 1881 resigned that position to start a factory for himself at Spring Prairie, Wis. The subject of this article was called to fill the place left vacant by the resignation of his brother, remaining one season. He then purchased the interest of his brother's partner at Spring Prairie, the firm becoming Harris Bros. Their business was rapidly extended until they had sixteen factories in operation.
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SOURCE: https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/wch/id/46669
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