Tenth Generation (Continued)

Family of Robert VanKleeck Harris (1830) & Anna Charlotte VanDoren

2248. Laurence VanDoren Harris (Robert VanKleeck9, Thomas Robinson8, Thaddeus William7, Thaddeus Mason6, Rebecca Mason5, Thaddeus4, John3, John2, Hugh1). Born Manchester, Ct., on 7 Dec 1898. Died Norfolk, Conn., in Oct 1935. Residence: December 1933, Locust Lane Farm, Norfolk, Conn. Data from Mason.

Mr. Harris attended Columbia University, 1916-1917, graduated U. S. Military Academy, June 1919, Class of 1921, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S., 1922. He served in the World War as 2nd Lieut. U.S.A. Commissioned 2nd Lieut. November 1, 1918, 1st Lieut. 1919, served with First Engineers with A. E. F. in Germany, 1919-1920, retired from active service, 1920. Now (1933) vice-president Kuhn, Smith and Harris, Inc., building contractors, member of American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers and Phi Gamma Delta, in politics, a Republican, in religion, Episcopal.

He married Penelope (Holmes) Munsill, daughter of Gail Borden Holmes & Ruth Clarke, on 20 Jun 1922 in Winsted, Conn. Born Hartford, Conn., on 28 May 1900. Data from Mason.

Mrs. Harris is a member of the D. A. R., Greenwoods Chapter, Winsted.

They had the following children:
i.  Laurence VanDoren. Born Wallace, Idaho, on 24 Oct 1924. Data from Mason.
ii.  Richard Borden. Born Winsted, Conn., on 14 Sep 1925. Data from Mason.


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