Charles W. Harkness

Charles W. Harkness
BornDecember 17, 1860
DiedMay 1, 1916 (age 55)
Resting placeWoodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
EducationYale College (1883)
Occupation(s)Business investor and railroad executive
Parent(s)Stephen V. Harkness
Anna M. Richardson

Charles William Harkness (December 17, 1860 May 1, 1916) was an American businessman and railroad executive. He was director of Standard Oil; the Southern Pacific Railway Company; the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway; the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and the Tilden Iron Mining Company. He was a son of Stephen V. Harkness, an original investor in the company that became Standard Oil, and his second wife, the former Anna M. Richardson.