Individual Details

Birth Record #946. William H. Harrison, 7 Sep 1880, Buenavista Tp. Edith (Irvin) Harrison, Elisha Harrison.

12 Sep 1918 World War I Draft Registration
William Harvey Harrison, lived in Heavener, Le Flore Co, OK. He was 38, born 7 Sep 1880. He was an oar repairer for Kansas City Southern Railway. His nearest relative was Mary Harrison.
Short, medium build, gray eyes, brown hair.

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

1940 Census. Chester, Crawford, AR, ED 17-7, Sheet 2A, Hh 20
Harvey Harrison, age 59, widowed. Finished 4th grade. In 1935 he was living in Mena, Polk Co, AR. He is a laborer on WPA road construction. Note: he apparently wasn't widowed - Lillie is listed in his WW II draft registration in 1942.
Living with him is Kimbrell Harrison, nephew, age 24, finished 8th grade, born Arkansas. He was living in Crawford Co in 1935 and is also working for the WPA. Kimbrell was his brother Nelson's son.

World War II Draft Registration:
William Harvey Harrison, residence was Chester, Crawford Co, Ark. He was age 61, born 7 Sep 1880 in "Skyler" Co, Illinois. Lillie Harrison would always know his address. His employer was the WPA, District 4, out of Fort Smith, Ark. He was employed at Lake Ft. Smith, Mountainburg, Crawford Co. Description was 5'6", 160 lbs. Gray eyes, gray hair, light complexion. He had a knife scar on his left leg.
Dated 27 April 1942.

1950 Census. Chester, Crawford Co, AR Hh 65
Chester Road
W. H. Harrison, 69, b. IL
Lillie M., wife, 57, b. AR
Zane G. Burnett, son [Lillie's son}, 17, b. AR

Also buried in the Conley Cemetery in Crawford Co are George W. Harrison 1915-1959 and Robert Harrison 1942-1949. Possibly son and grandson of William H. Harrison.
Called "Hardey" in obituary of sister Mary Adamson. Living in DeQueen AR in 1929.

Northwest Arkansas Times, published Fayetteville, AR, 28 Nov 1961, Tuesday
Obituaries
William H. Harrison
William H. Harrison, 81, resident of Chester for the last ten months, died Monday afternoon at Van Buren. He was born Sep 7, 1880 and was a retired railway section foreman.
Survivors are his widow, Lillie, of the home; five stepsons, Evan C. Burnett, Wichita Kan., Curtis N. Burnett, Bakersfield, Calif., and Clarence W., Donald C., and Zane G. Burnett, all of Los Angeles, Calif.; four stepdaughters, Mrs. Mildred Scribner, Wichita, Mrs. Iram Lee Rickman, Chester, Mrs. Margie Nigh, Deumning, N.M., and Mrs. Onela Harrison, Fort Smith; two brothers, Nelson Harrison, Chester, and Ed Harrison, Memphis, Tenn.; and two sisters, Mrs. Maggie Cradduck, Mountainburg, and Mrs. Maude Skeins, California.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Community Church at Chester by the Rev. M. C. Parrish. Burial will be in Conley Cemetery near Mountainburg under the direction of Nelson's Funeral Home.
Note: Mrs. Maggie Cradduck was my grandmother's twin. I could have known her had circumstances been different.

Northwest Arkansas Times, published Fayetteville, AR, 30 Nov 1961, Thursday
William H. Harrison
Funeral services for William H. Harrison, who died Monday in Van Buren, were conducted at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Community Church at Chester by the Rev. M. C. Parrish. Burial was in Conley Cemetery under the direction of Nelson's Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were John Pence, Boy Wright, Harry Basham, Andy Teague, Rashe Meadows, and Roy Cochran.
Note: John Pence and Andy Teague were likely great nephews - nephews of my father, Ernie Adamson.

Birth	7 Sep 1880	Buena Vista, Schuyler County, Illinois
Marriage	18 Jan 1913	Sebastian County, Arkansas - Mary A. Daniels
Marriage	8 Dec 1941	Crawford County, Arkansas - Lillie Mae Young
Death	27 Nov 1961	Crawford County, Arkansas

Spouse

Lillie Mae Young (1892 - 1964)

Spouse

Mary A. Daniels (1871 - 1930)

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 - 1910)
Sibling	Frederick S. Harrison (1882 - 1946)
Sibling	[Daughter] Harrison (1884 - )
Sibling	Nelson Brown Harrison (1884 - 1967)
Sibling	Edwin Luther "Ed" Harrison (1886 - 1967)
Sibling	Maudie A Harrison (1889 - 1969)
Sibling	Benjamin Sherman Harrison (1892 - 1929)
Sibling	Margaret Elizabeth Harrison (1894 - 1981)
Sibling	MARY MAY HARRISON (1894 - 1929)