Individual Details
Benjamin Sherman Harrison
(6 Jul 1892 - 13 May 1929)
Did Benjamin go back to Illinois? Seems improbable there would be two, both born in July of 1892.
World War I Draft Registration. Benjamin S. Harrison, Rushville, Ill. Born July 6th, 1892, Winslow, Arkansas. Telephone Lineman, employed by Schuyler Telephone Co., Rushville. Single, Caucasian. He claims exemption from the draft because of a a bad ankle. Description: Medium build, medium height, grey eyes, dark hair. Disabled with bad ankle.
Signed Buena Vista Precinct, Schuyler Co, ILL; June 5, 1917
The bad ankle apparently did not keep him out of service:
8 Aug 1918 U.S. Army Transport
Benjamin S. Harrison left New York City on the Empress of Russia. His residence was Chester, AR. His mother, Edith J. Harrison. He was a Private in the 3rd Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Battery B.
Discharged 15 Feb 1919.
1920 Census. Heavener, Le Flore Co, OK, Hh 3
Avenue C, East
Will H. Harrison, 40, b. IL, parents b. Illinois, Brakeman, Railway
Mary A., wife, 49, b. AR
Ben S., brother, 27, b. AR, Brakeman, Railway
The Poteau Weekly, OK, Poteau, Le Flore Co, OK, Thur., 22 Jan 1920, p.2
LICENSES ISSUED
Benjamin S. Harrison, 27, and Miss Margaret Wardell, 19
Said to be living in Vicksburg, Warren Co, MS in 1929.
Events
Families
| Father | ELISHA SHELTON HARRISON (1850 - 1929) |
| Mother | EDITH JANE IRWIN (1855 - 1932) |
| Sibling | Clarence Dudley Harrison (1876 - 1961) |
| Sibling | Nettie May HARRISON (1877 - 1944) |
| Sibling | Jessie Harrison (1878 - 1900) |
| Sibling | William Harvey Harrison (1880 - 1961) |
| Sibling | Frederick Moore Harrison (1882 - 1946) |
| Sibling | [Daughter] Harrison (1884 - ) |
| Sibling | Nelson Brown Harrison (1884 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Edwin Luther "Ed" Harrison (1886 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Maude Alice Harrison (1889 - 1969) |
| Sibling | Margaret Elizabeth Harrison (1894 - 1981) |
| Sibling | MARY MAY HARRISON (1894 - 1929) |
Endnotes
1. US Census 1910 AR, Crawford County (LDS Microfilm #1374061), Chester Twp; Household 69.
2. US Census 1900 AR, Crawford Co. (LDS Microfilm #1240056), Chester Twp, p.7, household 114.
