Christopher Columbus Harris/Julia C. Wert of Morgan Co, Alabama
 

Source: Dictionary Of Alabama Biography (p. 751)

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS HARRIS.  Lawyer, was born January 28, 1842, in
Lawrence County; son of William H. and Nancy L. (Stovall) Harris, the
former a native of Grainger County, Tennessee, born in 1806, who
moved to Lawrence County in early life, was married there, moved to
Decatur in 1875, and died there June 28, 1884; grandson of Dr.
William Stovall, of Lawrence County.  He received his early schooling
from a private instructor in his home.  In 1861, he enlisted in the
C. S. Army as a private, joining Co. F, Sixteenth Alabama infantry
regiment.  He was promoted to lieutenant, and was wounded at the
battles of Shiloh, Chickamauga, Jonesboro, and Franklin, and from the
effect of the wound received at the latter place, was confined four
months in a private house in Franklin.  he was afterward captured and
spent some time in prison at Camp Chase.  After the war, he studied
law, and was admitted to the bar in 1866 in Lawrence County.  he
filled the offices of clerk of the circuit court and solicitor of
Lawrence County, and in 1872 moved to Decatur, where he has continued
to reside. He practiced law in connection with his various business
interests.  In 1881, in connection  with three other gentlemen, he
established the Bank of Decatur, which has since become the First
National Bank with Mr. Harris as its president.  He was chosen
attorney of the Decatur land, improvement and furnace company upon
the organization of the company, and in his law practice is
associated with Robert C. Brickell, formerly chief justice of Alabama.
Married: February 14, 1869, to Julia C., daughter of M. Wert, of
Moulton, Lawrence County.  They have had seven children, of whom five
are living.  One son, William Weert, b. October 27, 1870, is a lawyer
at Montgomery and private secretary of the supreme court of Alabama.
Residence: Decatur.
 

Ira L. Harris III
Evansville, Indiana