Descendancy Narrative of George Harrison
I. George HARRISON was born on 15 Apr 1812 at Egton, England. He married Anne DODSWORTH, daughter of Richard DODSWORTH and Alice FEASTER, on 14 Nov 1833 at Hackness, Yorkshire, England. He was New Tag in 1839 at Morgan Co., IL. George was listed as the head of a family on the 1850 Census at Morgan Co., IL. He died on 8 Jul 1870 at age 58. He was buried after 8 Jul 1870 at Hebron Cemetery, Sinclair, Morgan Co., IL. George was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census at Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL.
A. Thomas HARRISON was born on 23 Jul 1836 at Morgan Co., IL. He was christened at Trinity Church, Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL, on 18 Jun 1837. Anne, Thomas, John and William was listed as a household member living with George HARRISON on the 1850 Census at Morgan Co., IL. He married Mary Ellen ATKINSON on 13 Dec 1864 at Morgan Co., IL. Thomas was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census at Yatesville, Morgan Co., IL. He married Onaz E. after 1875. HARRISON, THOMAS, Farmer and Stock Raiser, Sec. 31, P.O. Jacksonville. Born in Morgan Co., Ill., July 23, 1836, he has lived in this county all his life, with the exception of two years he spent in Iowa; was married to Mary Atkinson, Dec. 13, 1864. She was born in Jacksonville, May 6, 1842. Their children are, George W., born Sept. 2, 1865; John L., Aug. 9, 1867, and died in June, 1871; Hattie A., born Aug. 1, 1874. Owns farm of 85 acres; had served as school director and road supervisor. Thomas was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census at Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL. He died after 1880.
1. George W. HARRISON was born on 2 Sep 1865. Mary, George and John
was listed as a household member living with Thomas HARRISON on the
1870 Census at Yatesville, Morgan Co., IL. George, Walter and Arthur
was listed as a son in Thomas HARRISON's household on the 1880 Census
at Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL.
2. John L. HARRISON was born on 9 Aug 1867. Mary, George and John
was listed as a household member living with Thomas HARRISON on the
1870 Census at Yatesville, Morgan Co., IL. He died on 27 Jul 1872 at
age 4. He was buried after 27 Jul 1872 at Hebron Cemetery Sinclair,
Morgan Co., IL.
3. Hattie A. HARRISON died. She was born on 1 Aug 1874. Hattie was
listed as a daughter in Thomas HARRISON's household on the 1880
Census at Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL.
4. Arthur L. HARRISON was born in Feb 1880 at Morgan Co., IL. George, Walter and Arthur was listed as a son in Thomas HARRISON's household on the 1880 Census at Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL. He died in 1960. He was buried in 1960 at Ebenezer, Waverly, Morgan Co., IL.
5. Walter H. HARRISON was born circa 1878. George, Walter and
Arthur was listed as a son in Thomas HARRISON's household on the 1880
Census at Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL.
B. John HARRISON. HISTORY OF EBENEZER CEMETERY 1837 - 1928 By Sara
John English On February 22, 1837, Peter Akers and Elizabeth Reid, his
wife, conveyed by a Trust Deed (for religious and educational purposes)
to the Trustees of the Ebenezer Society, one acre of land about four
miles northwest of Jacksonville, in the Northeast fractional quarter of
Section 6, Township 15 North of Range 10 West, being 12 rods wide by 13
1/3 rods long. This is where the old part of the Ebenezer Cemtery is now
located. The Society then built a double room frame building thereon and
used one part for a church and the other for a school. During the year
1838 Benjamin R. Clampit, son of M. & L., age 4 years, 7 days was buried
about 100 feet south of the church. This is, as far as we have
knowledge, the first person buried on this plot. The said building was
used continually until December 1866. During this thirty years or more
there were a great many people buried on the south part of this one acre
plat, which was under the supervision of the Trustees of the Ebenezer
Society. The old church was abandoned on account of a new church and
school being built on other ground, but the community continued to use
the cemetery plat. On March 10, 1878 a petition was filed with the
Illinois Secretary of State by the following men: Thos. B. Cully; T. H.
Moody; Wm. Patterson; W. H. Jordan; A. C. Patterson; John Harrison;
Samuel Garrett, J. H. Williamson, George D. Blackburn, Thos. Angel and
John Angel, asking for incorporation papers under the name of "The
Ebenezer Cemetery Association" which was allowed. Those selected to
serve one year were Cully, Patterson, Harrison, Moody, Jordan, Garrett
and Blackburn. On March 29, 1879 the Board of Trustees of the cemetery
purchased, for the sum of $115.00, 2 1/2 acres more land from John
Angel, adjoining the one acre on the northwest and south. However, these
2 1/2 acres were of very little value to the cemetery as that part of
the north and south ends were very low and wet and could not be used for
burial purposes. The Board of Trustees in 1919 were: A. A. Dyer, Logan
Black, Chas. E. Patterson, A. C. Reid, C. S. Black, C. E. James and
Austin B. Patterson. He was born on 22 Sep 1845 at Illinois. Anne,
Thomas, John and William was listed as a household member living with
George HARRISON on the 1850 Census at Morgan Co., IL. He married Hannah
Elizabeth FOX, daughter of Thomas FOX and Cynthia Ellen BOYCE, on 4 Jan
1870 at Morgan Co., IL. John was listed as the head of a family on the
1870 Census at Yatesville, Morgan Co., IL. John was listed as the head
of a family on the 1880 Census at Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL. He died
on 1 May 1897 at age 51. He was buried after 1 May 1897 at Ebenezer,
Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL.
1. Edwin Thomas HARRISON was born on 29 Nov 1871. Edwin was listed
as a son in John HARRISON's household on the 1880 Census at
Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL. He married Anna Louise HART, daughter
of Francis HART and Emily Jane Keturah FOX, on 7 Dec 1898 at Morgan
Co., IL. Edwin was listed as the head of a family on the 1910 Census
at Waverly, Morgan Co., IL. Edwin was listed as the head of a family
on the 1920 Census at Waverly, Morgan Co., IL. He witnessed the
death of Hannah Elizabeth FOX on 1 Jan 1929 at 415 So Hardin,
Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL. He was buried in 1939 at Ebenezer,
Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL. He died on 2 Sep 1939 at Pulaski Co.,
IL, at age 67.
2. Annie Louise HARRISON was born on 12 May 1882. She died on 12
Aug 1882. She was buried after 12 Aug 1882 at Ebenezer Jacksonville,
Morgan Co., IL.
3. George Chester HARRISON was born on 5 Jun 1886 at Waverly, Morgan
Co., IL. George was listed as a son in Hannah Elizabeth FOX's
household on the 1900 Census at Sinclair, Morgan Co., IL. He married
Leona Cushen ZOLL, daughter of William ZOLL and Margaret SLATTERY, on
26 Jun 1907 at Waverly, Morgan Co., IL. George was listed as the
head of a family on the 1910 Census at St. Louis, MO. George was
listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census at Cleveland,
Cuyahoga Co., OH. He married Sadie after 1924. He and Leona Cushen
ZOLL were divorced after 1924 at Ohio. He lived in 1947 at
Reynoldburg, OH. He died on 25 Mar 1956 at Columbus, Franklin Co.,
Ohio, at age 69. He was buried on 28 Mar 1956 at Lebanon - Mount
Rein, Boone Co., IN.
C. William Henry HARRISON. According to the History of Morgan Co.,
William H. Harrison was a farmer and a stock raiser. He owned 80 acres
in Jacksonville, IL. He was born on 30 Jul 1849 at Morgan Co., IL.
Anne, Thomas, John and William was listed as a household member living
with George HARRISON on the 1850 Census at Morgan Co., IL. Anne and
William was listed as a household member living with George HARRISON on
the 1870 Census at Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL. He married Drucilla
Sarah BLACK, daughter of James Allen BLACK and Susan MARTIN, on 21 Jan
1874 at Morgan Co., IL. William was listed as the head of a family on
the 1880 Census at Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL. He died on 5 Jan 1919
at 1227 S. East ST., Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL, at age 69. He was
buried after 5 Jan 1919 at Hebron Cemetery, Sinclair, Morgan Co., IL.
1. Arthur Martin HARRISON was born on 11 Nov 1874. He died on 1 Aug
1875. He was buried after 1 Aug 1875 at Hebron Cemetery, Sinclair, Morgan Co., IL.
2. Edith Susan HARRISON married J.W. DAVIES. She was born on 17 Jan 1877. Edith was listed as a daughter in William Henry HARRISON's household on the 1880 Census at Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL. She married John H. STIGALL on 12 Apr 1900 at Morgan Co., IL. She was buried after 1951 at Hebron Cemetery, Morgan Co., IL. She died in 1951.
Printed on: 12 Feb 2003