Father, Nathan Harris (1771-1852)
Mother, Ann Allen Anderson (1791-1852)
1840 - Attended, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (from: Augusta Co., VA)
1841-1842 - Attended, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
1842 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: VA; thesis: "Cynanche Trachealis")
03/16/1845 - Married, Elizabeth Allen "Eliza" McCue (~1810-1874), Augusta Co., VA
06/26/1850 - Practiced medicine, District No. 2, Augusta Co., VA (lived with wife, Eliza, and son, John W. Harris [2 y.o.] - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as Clement R. Harris)
09/24/1852 - Mother, Ann, died
11/20/1852 - Father, Nathan, died
~1857-1861- Member, Virginia State Senate [Note: This service was "during the winters, only".]
07/30/1860 - Practiced medicine, Culpeper Co., VA (lived with wife, E. A., and two children - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as C. R. Harris)
07/14/1861 - In a letter written to Gen. Beauregard, Brandy Station, VA, on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, from Culpeper Co., VA, "Dear Sir, I am at a loss to whom I should direct this letter, it may be proper that I should direct it to Dr. [James Henry] Gaskins. I desire to be useful so as far as my services will aid the sick & convalescent. I desire no appointment or position for its emoluments or honors. The Convalescent patients at Culpeper C. [Court] House rally badly. After their diseases have left them & there is a return to health (except the prostration) they need as a rallying point quietness, sleep, purer air than can be obtained in a Hospital & proper foods with other comforts in order that the recuperative forces may not be retarded in their efforts. I have therefore through the instrumentality of neighbors induced the Physicians to occasionally to send into the Country such Cases as are apparently well but need a rallying point such as can be obtained in the country by every family taking 2 or more as they can accommodate. I have now several in my House under my care & 12 or 14 South Carolinians & Mississippians in the vicinity who in 8 or 10 days have regained their strength rapidly & several will leave for duty in a day or so. They complain that after the measles & other diseases have subsided that it is sufficient to get sleep. Crammed
in with the sick & the stir necessary to nursing prevents their getting the amount of sleep necessary to recuperate as fast & they are thus disqualified from Service much longer than they would otherwise be. With the physicians at the [Culpeper] C.H. [Court House] & most of our physicians under 45 in this county being in the army we who are left are over tasked with the practice at Hand yet if you or Dr. Gaskins will give
me an appointment or some position by which my counsel will prevail & have their due weight in advising the removal of such soldiers to the country as can be improved & their situation will allow, I will endeavor to
visit the Hospital at least once a week & get conveyances free of charge to the Government, to convey them and to such of my County men as will take them. My declaration too that they have no contagious diseases but infeebled [sic - enfeebled] Convalescent patients will go very far to induce a large number of my County men to take them to their Houses & care for them who might otherwise have some objections for fear of inoculating their own families. I have practiced medicine near 20 years with the exception of 4 winters when a member of the Senate of Virginia. I only desire the position to do good to those who have come to defend our altars & our homes, but dislike as a stranger to visit the Hospitals without some authority. As our climate is different & diseases are modified by a removal of the troops to a different region, I believe I could be instrumental in suggesting something that will be of value. As I am a stranger to you I refer you to Genl Kemper, Gov. Wise, Hon. R.M.S. Hunter & others & to Gov. Letcher. Let me hear from you at once. To
day I have obtained situations for 20. I may distinctly state, that I ask no pay from the government. With great regards, Yrs Truly, C. R. Harris, M.D." [Below this letter is the following, "We the undersigned convalescent patients endorse all that Dr. Harris has written & truthfully declare that we have improved more in 5 or 6 days in the private Houses of Kind friends & gained strength more rapidly in the time alluded to, than we would or could have done at Culpeper C. House in a month & for the reasons set forth by Dr. Harris in his letter to Genl Beauregard." [Below this are the signatures and regiments of 8 Confederate soldiers. - Docketing on the side of the letter simply has the word "Answered." ]
06/07/1862 - Received $129.50 for 2 cattle and 1 heifer sold to the Confederate Army
02/10/1863 - Received $262.00 in Richmond, VA, for 1310 pounds of bacon @ 20 cents/pound sold to the Confederate States Army on March 19, 1862 [Note: The Confederate purchasing agent stated on the receipt that he did not have the money to pay Dr. Harris in February, 1862.]
05/12/1864 - Signed contract as an Acting Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States
05/12/1864 - Reported for duty as an Acting Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital, Charlottesville, VA
1870 - Practiced medicine with Dr. Beverly Patrick Reese (1828-1919), Staunton, VA
07/16/1870 - Practiced medicine, 1st District, Augusta Co., VA (lived with his son, John W. Harris, an "editor" - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as Clement R. Harris) Note: His wife, Eliza A. Harris, was living "without occupation" in Augusta Co, VA]
09/13/1870 - "We are pleased to learn that Dr. C. R. Harris who has been quite ill for some time, will return soon from the Springs [Warm Springs, VA] with his health greatly improved" [Staunton Spectator and Vindicator, Sept. 13, 1870, p. 4, c.1]
10/31/1871 - "Dr. C. R. Harris, suffering with senile gangrene, is in a critical condition. About two weeks since, the great toe on one of his feet was amputated, but, unfortunately, it did not arrest the disease. It is feared that an amputation of the leg would result fatally. His many friends will be pained to learn of his critical condition." [Staunton Spectator and General Advertiser, Staunton, VA, Oct. 31, 1871, p.3, c.1]
- Free Mason
11/03/1871 - Died of senile gangrene at his residence in Staunton, VA (buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA on Nov. 5, 1871)
12/04/1874 - Widow, Elizabeth, died (buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA)
Note: The date of death on Dr. Harris's gravestone is not correct. He died on Friday, Nov. 3, 1871, and was buried on Sunday, Nov. 5, 1871. See: Obituary of Dr. C. R. Harris (1871) Staunton Spectator and General Advertiser, Staunton, VA, Nov. 7, 1871, p.3, c.1.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
10/29/2018. Unpublished database.
Mother, Ann Allen Anderson (1791-1852)
1840 - Attended, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (from: Augusta Co., VA)
1841-1842 - Attended, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
1842 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: VA; thesis: "Cynanche Trachealis")
03/16/1845 - Married, Elizabeth Allen "Eliza" McCue (~1810-1874), Augusta Co., VA
06/26/1850 - Practiced medicine, District No. 2, Augusta Co., VA (lived with wife, Eliza, and son, John W. Harris [2 y.o.] - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as Clement R. Harris)
09/24/1852 - Mother, Ann, died
11/20/1852 - Father, Nathan, died
~1857-1861- Member, Virginia State Senate [Note: This service was "during the winters, only".]
07/30/1860 - Practiced medicine, Culpeper Co., VA (lived with wife, E. A., and two children - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as C. R. Harris)
07/14/1861 - In a letter written to Gen. Beauregard, Brandy Station, VA, on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, from Culpeper Co., VA, "Dear Sir, I am at a loss to whom I should direct this letter, it may be proper that I should direct it to Dr. [James Henry] Gaskins. I desire to be useful so as far as my services will aid the sick & convalescent. I desire no appointment or position for its emoluments or honors. The Convalescent patients at Culpeper C. [Court] House rally badly. After their diseases have left them & there is a return to health (except the prostration) they need as a rallying point quietness, sleep, purer air than can be obtained in a Hospital & proper foods with other comforts in order that the recuperative forces may not be retarded in their efforts. I have therefore through the instrumentality of neighbors induced the Physicians to occasionally to send into the Country such Cases as are apparently well but need a rallying point such as can be obtained in the country by every family taking 2 or more as they can accommodate. I have now several in my House under my care & 12 or 14 South Carolinians & Mississippians in the vicinity who in 8 or 10 days have regained their strength rapidly & several will leave for duty in a day or so. They complain that after the measles & other diseases have subsided that it is sufficient to get sleep. Crammed
in with the sick & the stir necessary to nursing prevents their getting the amount of sleep necessary to recuperate as fast & they are thus disqualified from Service much longer than they would otherwise be. With the physicians at the [Culpeper] C.H. [Court House] & most of our physicians under 45 in this county being in the army we who are left are over tasked with the practice at Hand yet if you or Dr. Gaskins will give
me an appointment or some position by which my counsel will prevail & have their due weight in advising the removal of such soldiers to the country as can be improved & their situation will allow, I will endeavor to
visit the Hospital at least once a week & get conveyances free of charge to the Government, to convey them and to such of my County men as will take them. My declaration too that they have no contagious diseases but infeebled [sic - enfeebled] Convalescent patients will go very far to induce a large number of my County men to take them to their Houses & care for them who might otherwise have some objections for fear of inoculating their own families. I have practiced medicine near 20 years with the exception of 4 winters when a member of the Senate of Virginia. I only desire the position to do good to those who have come to defend our altars & our homes, but dislike as a stranger to visit the Hospitals without some authority. As our climate is different & diseases are modified by a removal of the troops to a different region, I believe I could be instrumental in suggesting something that will be of value. As I am a stranger to you I refer you to Genl Kemper, Gov. Wise, Hon. R.M.S. Hunter & others & to Gov. Letcher. Let me hear from you at once. To
day I have obtained situations for 20. I may distinctly state, that I ask no pay from the government. With great regards, Yrs Truly, C. R. Harris, M.D." [Below this letter is the following, "We the undersigned convalescent patients endorse all that Dr. Harris has written & truthfully declare that we have improved more in 5 or 6 days in the private Houses of Kind friends & gained strength more rapidly in the time alluded to, than we would or could have done at Culpeper C. House in a month & for the reasons set forth by Dr. Harris in his letter to Genl Beauregard." [Below this are the signatures and regiments of 8 Confederate soldiers. - Docketing on the side of the letter simply has the word "Answered." ]
06/07/1862 - Received $129.50 for 2 cattle and 1 heifer sold to the Confederate Army
02/10/1863 - Received $262.00 in Richmond, VA, for 1310 pounds of bacon @ 20 cents/pound sold to the Confederate States Army on March 19, 1862 [Note: The Confederate purchasing agent stated on the receipt that he did not have the money to pay Dr. Harris in February, 1862.]
05/12/1864 - Signed contract as an Acting Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States
05/12/1864 - Reported for duty as an Acting Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital, Charlottesville, VA
1870 - Practiced medicine with Dr. Beverly Patrick Reese (1828-1919), Staunton, VA
07/16/1870 - Practiced medicine, 1st District, Augusta Co., VA (lived with his son, John W. Harris, an "editor" - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as Clement R. Harris) Note: His wife, Eliza A. Harris, was living "without occupation" in Augusta Co, VA]
09/13/1870 - "We are pleased to learn that Dr. C. R. Harris who has been quite ill for some time, will return soon from the Springs [Warm Springs, VA] with his health greatly improved" [Staunton Spectator and Vindicator, Sept. 13, 1870, p. 4, c.1]
10/31/1871 - "Dr. C. R. Harris, suffering with senile gangrene, is in a critical condition. About two weeks since, the great toe on one of his feet was amputated, but, unfortunately, it did not arrest the disease. It is feared that an amputation of the leg would result fatally. His many friends will be pained to learn of his critical condition." [Staunton Spectator and General Advertiser, Staunton, VA, Oct. 31, 1871, p.3, c.1]
- Free Mason
11/03/1871 - Died of senile gangrene at his residence in Staunton, VA (buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA on Nov. 5, 1871)
12/04/1874 - Widow, Elizabeth, died (buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA)
Note: The date of death on Dr. Harris's gravestone is not correct. He died on Friday, Nov. 3, 1871, and was buried on Sunday, Nov. 5, 1871. See: Obituary of Dr. C. R. Harris (1871) Staunton Spectator and General Advertiser, Staunton, VA, Nov. 7, 1871, p.3, c.1.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
10/29/2018. Unpublished database.
Father, Nathan Harris (1771-1852)
Mother, Ann Allen Anderson (1791-1852)
1840 - Attended, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (from: Augusta Co., VA)
1841-1842 - Attended, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
1842 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: VA; thesis: "Cynanche Trachealis")
03/16/1845 - Married, Elizabeth Allen "Eliza" McCue (~1810-1874), Augusta Co., VA
06/26/1850 - Practiced medicine, District No. 2, Augusta Co., VA (lived with wife, Eliza, and son, John W. Harris [2 y.o.] - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as Clement R. Harris)
09/24/1852 - Mother, Ann, died
11/20/1852 - Father, Nathan, died
~1857-1861- Member, Virginia State Senate [Note: This service was "during the winters, only".]
07/30/1860 - Practiced medicine, Culpeper Co., VA (lived with wife, E. A., and two children - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as C. R. Harris)
07/14/1861 - In a letter written to Gen. Beauregard, Brandy Station, VA, on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, from Culpeper Co., VA, "Dear Sir, I am at a loss to whom I should direct this letter, it may be proper that I should direct it to Dr. [James Henry] Gaskins. I desire to be useful so as far as my services will aid the sick & convalescent. I desire no appointment or position for its emoluments or honors. The Convalescent patients at Culpeper C. [Court] House rally badly. After their diseases have left them & there is a return to health (except the prostration) they need as a rallying point quietness, sleep, purer air than can be obtained in a Hospital & proper foods with other comforts in order that the recuperative forces may not be retarded in their efforts. I have therefore through the instrumentality of neighbors induced the Physicians to occasionally to send into the Country such Cases as are apparently well but need a rallying point such as can be obtained in the country by every family taking 2 or more as they can accommodate. I have now several in my House under my care & 12 or 14 South Carolinians & Mississippians in the vicinity who in 8 or 10 days have regained their strength rapidly & several will leave for duty in a day or so. They complain that after the measles & other diseases have subsided that it is sufficient to get sleep. Crammed
in with the sick & the stir necessary to nursing prevents their getting the amount of sleep necessary to recuperate as fast & they are thus disqualified from Service much longer than they would otherwise be. With the physicians at the [Culpeper] C.H. [Court House] & most of our physicians under 45 in this county being in the army we who are left are over tasked with the practice at Hand yet if you or Dr. Gaskins will give
me an appointment or some position by which my counsel will prevail & have their due weight in advising the removal of such soldiers to the country as can be improved & their situation will allow, I will endeavor to
visit the Hospital at least once a week & get conveyances free of charge to the Government, to convey them and to such of my County men as will take them. My declaration too that they have no contagious diseases but infeebled [sic - enfeebled] Convalescent patients will go very far to induce a large number of my County men to take them to their Houses & care for them who might otherwise have some objections for fear of inoculating their own families. I have practiced medicine near 20 years with the exception of 4 winters when a member of the Senate of Virginia. I only desire the position to do good to those who have come to defend our altars & our homes, but dislike as a stranger to visit the Hospitals without some authority. As our climate is different & diseases are modified by a removal of the troops to a different region, I believe I could be instrumental in suggesting something that will be of value. As I am a stranger to you I refer you to Genl Kemper, Gov. Wise, Hon. R.M.S. Hunter & others & to Gov. Letcher. Let me hear from you at once. To
day I have obtained situations for 20. I may distinctly state, that I ask no pay from the government. With great regards, Yrs Truly, C. R. Harris, M.D." [Below this letter is the following, "We the undersigned convalescent patients endorse all that Dr. Harris has written & truthfully declare that we have improved more in 5 or 6 days in the private Houses of Kind friends & gained strength more rapidly in the time alluded to, than we would or could have done at Culpeper C. House in a month & for the reasons set forth by Dr. Harris in his letter to Genl Beauregard." [Below this are the signatures and regiments of 8 Confederate soldiers. - Docketing on the side of the letter simply has the word "Answered." ]
06/07/1862 - Received $129.50 for 2 cattle and 1 heifer sold to the Confederate Army
02/10/1863 - Received $262.00 in Richmond, VA, for 1310 pounds of bacon @ 20 cents/pound sold to the Confederate States Army on March 19, 1862 [Note: The Confederate purchasing agent stated on the receipt that he did not have the money to pay Dr. Harris in February, 1862.]
05/12/1864 - Signed contract as an Acting Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States
05/12/1864 - Reported for duty as an Acting Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital, Charlottesville, VA
1870 - Practiced medicine with Dr. Beverly Patrick Reese (1828-1919), Staunton, VA
07/16/1870 - Practiced medicine, 1st District, Augusta Co., VA (lived with his son, John W. Harris, an "editor" - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as Clement R. Harris) Note: His wife, Eliza A. Harris, was living "without occupation" in Augusta Co, VA]
09/13/1870 - "We are pleased to learn that Dr. C. R. Harris who has been quite ill for some time, will return soon from the Springs [Warm Springs, VA] with his health greatly improved" [Staunton Spectator and Vindicator, Sept. 13, 1870, p. 4, c.1]
10/31/1871 - "Dr. C. R. Harris, suffering with senile gangrene, is in a critical condition. About two weeks since, the great toe on one of his feet was amputated, but, unfortunately, it did not arrest the disease. It is feared that an amputation of the leg would result fatally. His many friends will be pained to learn of his critical condition." [Staunton Spectator and General Advertiser, Staunton, VA, Oct. 31, 1871, p.3, c.1]
- Free Mason
11/03/1871 - Died of senile gangrene at his residence in Staunton, VA (buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA on Nov. 5, 1871)
12/04/1874 - Widow, Elizabeth, died (buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA)
Note: The date of death on Dr. Harris's gravestone is not correct. He died on Friday, Nov. 3, 1871, and was buried on Sunday, Nov. 5, 1871. See: Obituary of Dr. C. R. Harris (1871) Staunton Spectator and General Advertiser, Staunton, VA, Nov. 7, 1871, p.3, c.1.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
10/29/2018. Unpublished database.
Mother, Ann Allen Anderson (1791-1852)
1840 - Attended, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (from: Augusta Co., VA)
1841-1842 - Attended, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
1842 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: VA; thesis: "Cynanche Trachealis")
03/16/1845 - Married, Elizabeth Allen "Eliza" McCue (~1810-1874), Augusta Co., VA
06/26/1850 - Practiced medicine, District No. 2, Augusta Co., VA (lived with wife, Eliza, and son, John W. Harris [2 y.o.] - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as Clement R. Harris)
09/24/1852 - Mother, Ann, died
11/20/1852 - Father, Nathan, died
~1857-1861- Member, Virginia State Senate [Note: This service was "during the winters, only".]
07/30/1860 - Practiced medicine, Culpeper Co., VA (lived with wife, E. A., and two children - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as C. R. Harris)
07/14/1861 - In a letter written to Gen. Beauregard, Brandy Station, VA, on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, from Culpeper Co., VA, "Dear Sir, I am at a loss to whom I should direct this letter, it may be proper that I should direct it to Dr. [James Henry] Gaskins. I desire to be useful so as far as my services will aid the sick & convalescent. I desire no appointment or position for its emoluments or honors. The Convalescent patients at Culpeper C. [Court] House rally badly. After their diseases have left them & there is a return to health (except the prostration) they need as a rallying point quietness, sleep, purer air than can be obtained in a Hospital & proper foods with other comforts in order that the recuperative forces may not be retarded in their efforts. I have therefore through the instrumentality of neighbors induced the Physicians to occasionally to send into the Country such Cases as are apparently well but need a rallying point such as can be obtained in the country by every family taking 2 or more as they can accommodate. I have now several in my House under my care & 12 or 14 South Carolinians & Mississippians in the vicinity who in 8 or 10 days have regained their strength rapidly & several will leave for duty in a day or so. They complain that after the measles & other diseases have subsided that it is sufficient to get sleep. Crammed
in with the sick & the stir necessary to nursing prevents their getting the amount of sleep necessary to recuperate as fast & they are thus disqualified from Service much longer than they would otherwise be. With the physicians at the [Culpeper] C.H. [Court House] & most of our physicians under 45 in this county being in the army we who are left are over tasked with the practice at Hand yet if you or Dr. Gaskins will give
me an appointment or some position by which my counsel will prevail & have their due weight in advising the removal of such soldiers to the country as can be improved & their situation will allow, I will endeavor to
visit the Hospital at least once a week & get conveyances free of charge to the Government, to convey them and to such of my County men as will take them. My declaration too that they have no contagious diseases but infeebled [sic - enfeebled] Convalescent patients will go very far to induce a large number of my County men to take them to their Houses & care for them who might otherwise have some objections for fear of inoculating their own families. I have practiced medicine near 20 years with the exception of 4 winters when a member of the Senate of Virginia. I only desire the position to do good to those who have come to defend our altars & our homes, but dislike as a stranger to visit the Hospitals without some authority. As our climate is different & diseases are modified by a removal of the troops to a different region, I believe I could be instrumental in suggesting something that will be of value. As I am a stranger to you I refer you to Genl Kemper, Gov. Wise, Hon. R.M.S. Hunter & others & to Gov. Letcher. Let me hear from you at once. To
day I have obtained situations for 20. I may distinctly state, that I ask no pay from the government. With great regards, Yrs Truly, C. R. Harris, M.D." [Below this letter is the following, "We the undersigned convalescent patients endorse all that Dr. Harris has written & truthfully declare that we have improved more in 5 or 6 days in the private Houses of Kind friends & gained strength more rapidly in the time alluded to, than we would or could have done at Culpeper C. House in a month & for the reasons set forth by Dr. Harris in his letter to Genl Beauregard." [Below this are the signatures and regiments of 8 Confederate soldiers. - Docketing on the side of the letter simply has the word "Answered." ]
06/07/1862 - Received $129.50 for 2 cattle and 1 heifer sold to the Confederate Army
02/10/1863 - Received $262.00 in Richmond, VA, for 1310 pounds of bacon @ 20 cents/pound sold to the Confederate States Army on March 19, 1862 [Note: The Confederate purchasing agent stated on the receipt that he did not have the money to pay Dr. Harris in February, 1862.]
05/12/1864 - Signed contract as an Acting Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States
05/12/1864 - Reported for duty as an Acting Asst. Surgeon, Gen. Hospital, Charlottesville, VA
1870 - Practiced medicine with Dr. Beverly Patrick Reese (1828-1919), Staunton, VA
07/16/1870 - Practiced medicine, 1st District, Augusta Co., VA (lived with his son, John W. Harris, an "editor" - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as Clement R. Harris) Note: His wife, Eliza A. Harris, was living "without occupation" in Augusta Co, VA]
09/13/1870 - "We are pleased to learn that Dr. C. R. Harris who has been quite ill for some time, will return soon from the Springs [Warm Springs, VA] with his health greatly improved" [Staunton Spectator and Vindicator, Sept. 13, 1870, p. 4, c.1]
10/31/1871 - "Dr. C. R. Harris, suffering with senile gangrene, is in a critical condition. About two weeks since, the great toe on one of his feet was amputated, but, unfortunately, it did not arrest the disease. It is feared that an amputation of the leg would result fatally. His many friends will be pained to learn of his critical condition." [Staunton Spectator and General Advertiser, Staunton, VA, Oct. 31, 1871, p.3, c.1]
- Free Mason
11/03/1871 - Died of senile gangrene at his residence in Staunton, VA (buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA on Nov. 5, 1871)
12/04/1874 - Widow, Elizabeth, died (buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, VA)
Note: The date of death on Dr. Harris's gravestone is not correct. He died on Friday, Nov. 3, 1871, and was buried on Sunday, Nov. 5, 1871. See: Obituary of Dr. C. R. Harris (1871) Staunton Spectator and General Advertiser, Staunton, VA, Nov. 7, 1871, p.3, c.1.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
10/29/2018. Unpublished database.
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