George Herbert Harries (September 19, 1860 – September 29, 1934) was a major general in the United States Army.[1] He served as president of a number of American industrial corporations, including the Metropolitan Railroad Corporation, Washington, the Washington Railway and Electric Company, H. M. Byllesby and Company, Louisville Gas and Electric Company, and the Fargo and Moorhead Street Railroad Company.[2]
Biography[]
He was born on September 19, 1860, in South Wales.[2]
His son, Warren Harries, died in an accident in France during World War I.[3] Harries died on September 29, 1934, in Waverly, Maryland of pneumonia.[4]
References[]
- ↑ "George Herbert Harries". Arlington Cemetery. http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/ghharries.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 One thousand American men of mark today. 1916. http://books.google.com/books?id=O-QDAAAAYAAJ&dq=general%20%22george%20herbert%20harries%22&lr=&as_brr=3&pg=PA418#v=onepage&q=general%20%22george%20herbert%20harries%22&f=false.
- ↑ "General Harries's Son Killed". New York Times. July 29, 1918. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A05EED7143EE433A2575AC2A9619C946996D6CF. Retrieved 2010-05-09. "Warren Harries, son of General George Herbert Harries of and Louisville, Ky., was killed in an accident, on July ... in a provincial city of France ..."
- ↑ "Maj. Gen. Harries, 74, Commander At Brest, Is Dead In Maryland". Chicago Tribune. September 30, 1934. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/477074452.html?dids=477074452:477074452&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+30,+1934&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=MAJ.+GEN.+HARRIES,+74,+COMMANDER+AT+BREST,+IS+DEAD+IN+MARYLAND&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2010-05-09. "Major General George Herbert Harries, 74 Wartime commander of Brest died last night at Waverly Md. after an attack of pneumonia ..."
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