 Fairfax Harrison ( full name Reginald Fairfax Harrison : March 13 , 1869 – February 2 , 1938 ) was an American lawyer , businessman , and writer . The son of the secretary to Confederate President Jefferson Davis , Harrison studied law at Yale University and Columbia University before becoming a lawyer for the Southern Railway Company in 1896 . By 1906 he had become a partner in the law firm of Harrison, McNair & Crawford in Richmond , Virginia , and by 1914 he was a member of the Virginia State Bar .

## Biography

Reginald Fairfax Harrison was born in Richmond, Virginia on March 13