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    1. Yorkshire England>Fork Shoals,GreenvilleSC>KemperCoMississippi
    2. Harold Harrison
    3. Any connections to this Harrison line: John Harrisom b1768 Yorkshire England m Susan McDowell b1869 Coven Co Ireland. James Alexander Harrison b c1811 Carolina m Jane E Stennis b1805. John William Alexander Harrison b1844 Fork Shoals, Greenville Co South Carolina m Elizabeth Idonia Graham b1853 Mississippi. James Richard Harrison b1889 Mississippi m Emma Lilah Mayes b1891. Harold Harrison b1930 Union, Newton Co Mississippi m Shirley Bell. John Harrison b1768 had 2 sisters and two brothers. Nancy Harrison b c1766 married Thomas Terry, Margaret Harrison b c1758 m Solomon Hopkins, William Harrison b c1760 and an unknown Harrison b c1762. John and his sisters arrived in Charleston SC about 1790 most likely on the Chichester. the travled to Greenville Co SC to be with other family. They settled in Fork Shoals the east side of the Reedy River(No relation to the Harrisons on the west side of the Reedy on Cripple Creek Plantation). The unknown brother was a wealthy merchant in the West Indes. John and Susan had 5 children. The siblings of James Alexander Harrison were John McDowell Harrison b1799 SC m Eleanor Savage, Thomas Creighton Harrison b1808 m Laura M Baker, Mary Harrison b1796 m Thomas Walker, William Harrison b1798 m Sarah Peden. James married Jane e Stennis 1832 in Greenville Co SC. They had 8 known children. Jane died in 1849 Greenville Co SC. That same year James moved his children to Kemper Co Mississippi. The Harrisons were kin to the Peden family and many of them were members at the Fairview Presbyterian Church in Greenville. They stoped brifely in Gwinett Co Georgia at their Fairview Presbyterian Church. The moved on to Scooba, Kemper Co Mississippi near Smyrna Presbyterian Church. The siblings of John William Alexander Harrison were Thomas Turner Benjamin Harrison b1847 m Virginia A Stephens, Rebecca Harrison b c1837, Mary Harrison b c1839, Rachael Harrison b c1841, Margaret Harrison b c1843 m Richard Hill, Virginia Harrison b c1849. Tow of the sisters married and moved to Texas. These siblings grew up in Daleville, Lauderdale Co Mississippi and Suqualena, Lauderdale Co Mississippi. John served the Confederacy most likely in the 2nd Mississippi Cavalry with other family members. He married Elizabeth Idonia Graham of the Logan Co Kentucky Grahams. They had 9 children. The siblings of James Richard Harrison were Tommie Rochelle Harrison b1873 m Catherine Essie Gibson and Nellie Ellen McDonald, Frederick Graves Harrison b1775 m Allice j Connell, Sallie Ierina Harrison b1876 m Robert E Keller, Naomie Virginia Harrison b1878 m unknown Partin, Velpo Ford Harrison b1880, Firmer L Harrison b1881 m unknown Partin, Sannie Hampton Harrison b 1884 m Virginia Witson, Nellie Volina Harrison. James was born in 1889 the youngest child. He was a farmer in Newton Co Mississippi. He married Emma Lilah Mayes in 1914. They had 8 children. All of the children were born in Mississippi. They lived in the Kemper, Lauderdale, Newton and Neshoba county area which included the towns of DeKalb, Daleville, Meridian, Suqualena, Newton, Decatur, Union and Philadelphia. The siblings of Harold Harrison were James Lamar Harrison b1918 m Bobbie Baker died in Georgia, Jesse Clyde b1920 m Marquette Ford died in Mississippi, Malcum McMahan Harrison b1923 m Jeanie Ruth Jenkins died in Mississippi, Edith Margie Harrison, Normoline Harrison, Robert Earl Harrison, Willie Joe Harrison b1939 m Mazie McFarland died in the Philipin Islands. Harold was born 1930 m Shirley Bell in Atlanta Georgia. Harold died in Florida. Does anyone have connections to this family? Harold

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