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C. W. HARRIS, secretary-treasurer of the Harris Lumber Company, at Dillonvale, Ohio, with a branch yard at Amsterdam, was born near Ruch Run, in Jefferson County, Ohio, as were also his two uncles, W. J. Harris, president of this company, and E. B. Harris, who is vice president and general manager. All are sons of Rev. William Harris, who was a minister in the Methodist Protestant Church near Cleveland. W. J. Harris was graduated from the Mt. Pleasant High School and afterward engaged in teaching school for several years before becoming identified with the Harris Lumber Company. He is a resident of Pittsburgh, Pa., where he is president and general manager of the Ellwood Lumber Company of that city. He married Miss Gumder, of Minerva, Ohio. E. B. Harris, who is vice-president and general manager of the Harris Lumber Company, resides at Dillonvale, Ohio, and is unmarried. C. W. Harris completed his education in the Steubenville Business College and then went into his present line of work at Dillonvale and for three years was assistant yard manager manager at Amsterdam, Ohio, for three years; then he became secretary-treasurer of the Harris Lumber Company and removed to Mt. Pleasant, where he has other interests, being vice president of the Union Real Estate and Building Company. He married Miss Claribel Harrison, of Adena, Ohio. W. W. Scott, local manager of the Harris Lumber Company, was born in Carroll County, moved from there to Harrison County and later to Jefferson County. He married Miss Almeda L. Miller and they have had six children, five of whom survive. He gives all his time to the business at Amsterdam, having taken charge in 1909. W. J. Harris, E. B. Harris and C. W. Harris were interested in the Ellwood Lumber Company, which entered into business in March, 1893, and so continued until February 1, 1905. They then organized the East Ohio Lumber Company, changing to the Harris Lumber Company on February 1, 1909. This company are manufacturers and dealers in lumber and builders' supplies and the enterprise is one of great business importance in this section.  Return to Family Tales
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