Harris C. Fahnestock

Harris Charles Fahnestock (February 27, 1835 – June 4, 1914) was an American investment banker. Early life Fahnestock was born on February 27, 1835, in Harrisburg in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was a son of Adam Konigmacher Fahnestock (1806–1887) and Sibyl Thompson (née Holbrook) Fahnestock (1811–1851), who owned a store in Harrisburg. Among his siblings was Edward Morris Fahnestock and Louis Fahnestock. He was a direct descendant of Johann Diedrich Fahnestock, who came to America from Germany in 1726, settling near Ephrata, Pennsylvania. He was formally educated at the Harrisburg Academy through age 16, while working for his father, before he began at the Harrisburg National Bank as a teller. Career