This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Harrison, Mitchell Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.hancock/3351/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Mrs. Harrison Dies At Home Of Her Son: Death Occured Saturday Night at the Venerable Age of Seventy Nine Years. Mrs. Barbara Harrison, widow of the late William Harrison, died at the home of her son, Joseph H. Harrison on South Fifth street, Keokuk, Iowa at 10:15 O'clock Saturday night (12-27-1913), the cause of her death being given as the infirmities of old age and dropsy. She had been in bad health since last August but was confined to her bed only a few days. Mrs. Harrison was born in Ohio, near Cincinnati, seventy nine years ago last March and came to Illinois many years ago. Forty eight years ago the 15th of last April she was married to William Harrison, who was her second husband. Mrs. Harrison has been a devout member of the Christian church for forty five years, holding her membership in the church at Breckenridge, Ill. She was a woman of many excellent qualities, loved and esteemed by her friends and neighbors, many of whom she claimed in Keokuk and Illinois! who will feel deep sorrow to hear of her death. She is survived by a son and a daughter, Joseph H. Harrison of Keokuk, at whose home she died, and Mrs. John Mitchell of Sutter, Ill.; also by eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral Record: The remains of Mrs. Barbara Harrison were borne from the residence of her son, Joseph H. Harrison, 718 South Fifth street, to Breckenridge, Ill., where funeral services were held at 11 O'clock this morning, after which burial took place at the cemetery at Breckenridge. The information was taken from The Daily Gate City paper in Keokuk, Monday 12-29-1913 and Tuesday 12-30-1913.