Son of William Anderson Harris and Mary Margaret Calfee.
From lenghty front page articles in "The Bluefield Daily Telegraph," Bluefield, WV, March 30 and 31, 1921:
William G. Harris, 55, Bluefield's popular and efficient fire chief, who was shot and killed from ambush near the Ramsey street junior high school at noon yesterday by his uncle, J.E. [James Edward] Calfee, 60, who afterwards committed suicide. The double tragedy was witnessed by hundred of school children....
OUTGROWTH OF DISPUTE OVER TRACT OF LAND
Fanned Into Bitter Hatred By Mind Apparently Unbalanced; Slain Officer Ambushed While En Route To Randolph Terrace Home....
Fire Chief Harris was one of Bluefield's most popular and widely known municipal officers and his tragic death caused a profound sorrow throughout this entire section...
He commanded the respect of all the citizenry and was beloved by all members of his department.
He had been connected with the city fire department for twenty-one years. He was first employed as one of the drivers of the city fire teams. In 1918 he was made chief of the department, succeeding R.O. Carter, who resigned to accept a position as captain of the city police department....
Prior to his connection with the fire department, Chief Harris was a conductor on the Norfolk and Western railway....
He was a native of Mercer county, having been born and reared at Brushfork. For more than thirty years, he had resided in Bluefield. He was never married and lived with his sister, Miss Hattie Harris on Randolph Terrace, in the home he had built several years ago. Besides this one sister, he is survived by two other sisters, Mrs. R.O. Carter, Bluefield avenue and Mrs. Ida Perdue, Winchester, Va., and one brother J.C. Harris, Frederick street, this city.
He was a member of the Order of Railway Conductors, Woodmen of the World and Loyal Order of Moose.
It was announced last night that joint funeral services will be held for Chief Harris and his uncle on Thursday, and burial will be in Monte Vista Park Cemetery.
From lenghty front page articles in "The Bluefield Daily Telegraph," Bluefield, WV, March 30 and 31, 1921:
William G. Harris, 55, Bluefield's popular and efficient fire chief, who was shot and killed from ambush near the Ramsey street junior high school at noon yesterday by his uncle, J.E. [James Edward] Calfee, 60, who afterwards committed suicide. The double tragedy was witnessed by hundred of school children....
OUTGROWTH OF DISPUTE OVER TRACT OF LAND
Fanned Into Bitter Hatred By Mind Apparently Unbalanced; Slain Officer Ambushed While En Route To Randolph Terrace Home....
Fire Chief Harris was one of Bluefield's most popular and widely known municipal officers and his tragic death caused a profound sorrow throughout this entire section...
He commanded the respect of all the citizenry and was beloved by all members of his department.
He had been connected with the city fire department for twenty-one years. He was first employed as one of the drivers of the city fire teams. In 1918 he was made chief of the department, succeeding R.O. Carter, who resigned to accept a position as captain of the city police department....
Prior to his connection with the fire department, Chief Harris was a conductor on the Norfolk and Western railway....
He was a native of Mercer county, having been born and reared at Brushfork. For more than thirty years, he had resided in Bluefield. He was never married and lived with his sister, Miss Hattie Harris on Randolph Terrace, in the home he had built several years ago. Besides this one sister, he is survived by two other sisters, Mrs. R.O. Carter, Bluefield avenue and Mrs. Ida Perdue, Winchester, Va., and one brother J.C. Harris, Frederick street, this city.
He was a member of the Order of Railway Conductors, Woodmen of the World and Loyal Order of Moose.
It was announced last night that joint funeral services will be held for Chief Harris and his uncle on Thursday, and burial will be in Monte Vista Park Cemetery.
Son of William Anderson Harris and Mary Margaret Calfee.
From lenghty front page articles in "The Bluefield Daily Telegraph," Bluefield, WV, March 30 and 31, 1921:
William G. Harris, 55, Bluefield's popular and efficient fire chief, who was shot and killed from ambush near the Ramsey street junior high school at noon yesterday by his uncle, J.E. [James Edward] Calfee, 60, who afterwards committed suicide. The double tragedy was witnessed by hundred of school children....
OUTGROWTH OF DISPUTE OVER TRACT OF LAND
Fanned Into Bitter Hatred By Mind Apparently Unbalanced; Slain Officer Ambushed While En Route To Randolph Terrace Home....
Fire Chief Harris was one of Bluefield's most popular and widely known municipal officers and his tragic death caused a profound sorrow throughout this entire section...
He commanded the respect of all the citizenry and was beloved by all members of his department.
He had been connected with the city fire department for twenty-one years. He was first employed as one of the drivers of the city fire teams. In 1918 he was made chief of the department, succeeding R.O. Carter, who resigned to accept a position as captain of the city police department....
Prior to his connection with the fire department, Chief Harris was a conductor on the Norfolk and Western railway....
He was a native of Mercer county, having been born and reared at Brushfork. For more than thirty years, he had resided in Bluefield. He was never married and lived with his sister, Miss Hattie Harris on Randolph Terrace, in the home he had built several years ago. Besides this one sister, he is survived by two other sisters, Mrs. R.O. Carter, Bluefield avenue and Mrs. Ida Perdue, Winchester, Va., and one brother J.C. Harris, Frederick street, this city.
He was a member of the Order of Railway Conductors, Woodmen of the World and Loyal Order of Moose.
It was announced last night that joint funeral services will be held for Chief Harris and his uncle on Thursday, and burial will be in Monte Vista Park Cemetery.
From lenghty front page articles in "The Bluefield Daily Telegraph," Bluefield, WV, March 30 and 31, 1921:
William G. Harris, 55, Bluefield's popular and efficient fire chief, who was shot and killed from ambush near the Ramsey street junior high school at noon yesterday by his uncle, J.E. [James Edward] Calfee, 60, who afterwards committed suicide. The double tragedy was witnessed by hundred of school children....
OUTGROWTH OF DISPUTE OVER TRACT OF LAND
Fanned Into Bitter Hatred By Mind Apparently Unbalanced; Slain Officer Ambushed While En Route To Randolph Terrace Home....
Fire Chief Harris was one of Bluefield's most popular and widely known municipal officers and his tragic death caused a profound sorrow throughout this entire section...
He commanded the respect of all the citizenry and was beloved by all members of his department.
He had been connected with the city fire department for twenty-one years. He was first employed as one of the drivers of the city fire teams. In 1918 he was made chief of the department, succeeding R.O. Carter, who resigned to accept a position as captain of the city police department....
Prior to his connection with the fire department, Chief Harris was a conductor on the Norfolk and Western railway....
He was a native of Mercer county, having been born and reared at Brushfork. For more than thirty years, he had resided in Bluefield. He was never married and lived with his sister, Miss Hattie Harris on Randolph Terrace, in the home he had built several years ago. Besides this one sister, he is survived by two other sisters, Mrs. R.O. Carter, Bluefield avenue and Mrs. Ida Perdue, Winchester, Va., and one brother J.C. Harris, Frederick street, this city.
He was a member of the Order of Railway Conductors, Woodmen of the World and Loyal Order of Moose.
It was announced last night that joint funeral services will be held for Chief Harris and his uncle on Thursday, and burial will be in Monte Vista Park Cemetery.
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