JESSE
HARRISON, farmer, post-office Jackson
Centre, was born September 19, 1843, on the farm where he resides. His
father, William, was
born in England, and came to America when thirty years old. He settled
on the farm now owned and occupied by Jesse
Harrison, and married Sarah
Johnson, who was born in England and came to America with
her mother and sisters, Ann, Mary,
and brother John. William Harrison
had eleven children: Joseph, Ann,
Mrs. Hugh Evans; George, Isaac, was in the late war; John, died in the war; Elizabeth, Mrs. Thomas McKay; Sarah,
married James Allen; Jesse, Thomas,
Mary, William H. The parents were Methodists. Jesse received a common school
education; he enlisted in Company I, Fifty-seventh Pennsylvania
Volunteers, and was discharged from Company D after a service of
seventeen months. He was married, November 5, 1878, to Mary McElree, a daughter of John McElree, and has by her: Eddie E., John E. and Elva M. He owns 125 acres of
well-improved land, and he and wife are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. He is a Republican.
[Jesse
Harrison enlisted 09 Feb 1864, and mustered out 29 Jun 1865 at
Alexandria,
VA.]
History
of Mercer County,
1888, page 1006
Additional Note: Jesse Harrison died in 1890 and is buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery in Jackson township.
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