George Henry Harrison was born on January 11, 1803 in Wilson County, Tennessee. He was Stith & Lettice Harrison's first child born in the State of Tennessee and their third son. George Henry is shown in his father's estate disbursement inheriting the largest portion of land his father owned. Sometime between 1825 and 1830, George Henry sold his inherited land in Tennessee and migrated northwest to Southern Illinois in and around the southern part of Franklin County, Illinois. There he bought several acres of land and operated a water mill just south of what is now Marion, Illinois, he also worked as a carpenter.
On April 25, 1832 George Henry Harrison enrolled at Rushville, Illinois as mounted volunteer in Brigadier General Samuel Whiteside's Fourth Regiment commanded by Captain Moses G. Wilson to fight in what is now known as the Black Hawk Wars or Indian Wars of 1832. The pension records show that he was paid for 1 month, 5 days and for 15 days of travel. He mustered out on May 28, 1832. Several months later he re-enrolled under Captain John Stennett's Company of Illinois volunteers on July 18, 1832 at Schuyler County. The climax of the battles came in early August with the Battle of Bad Axe on the shores of the Mississippi River. He remained with the company and was discharged at the mouth of the Fox River on September 4, 1832. Abraham Lincoln also fought in the same war.
After returning to his land and water mill in Southern Illinois, George Henry ventured south to Herrin's Prairie to talk and hopefully do business with the miller there, Mr. Jonathan Herring. While in Herrin's Prairie, George Henry became acquainted with Miller Herring's niece, Delilah, the eldest child of David Herrin and Sarah Herring, both southern Illinois' earliest pioneers. George Henry Harrison & Delilah Phillips Herrin were married on March 28, 1833.
George and his new wife Delilah returned to his water mill and land, and there they had two children:
1. David Ruffin Harrison, born 10/15/1834
2. Louisa Martin Harrison born on 10/23/1835
Delilah kept busy with the mill and children but was lonely for the busy settlement of Herrin's Prairie. Shortly after the birth of his second child, George Henry moved his family to Herrin's Prairie. There George Henry opened a store and began a successful business that would carry on far into the future in this new territory. Around 1839 the citizens of southern Illinois voted to split Franklin County into two counties, Franklin & Williamson. There were new towns springing up all over this area in the open country and one of those towns was named Marion. George Henry's store had made him a successful businessman and he wanted to build a new store back near where his original water mill was located, just south of the new town Marion. During this time George Henry bought many parcels of land.
Sometime around 1845 George Henry decided to move his family to the new town of Marion and began the process of building and supplying his new venture, another Harrison store. Beginning a venture like this took a long time, supplies had to be brought in from Shawneetown, a good distance in those days, and supplies were brought in over muddy roads by ox cart. There were many delays, not the least of which were the hard winters and muddy roads between Marion and Shawneetown. George Henry also ran for and won an election for Justice of the Peace for Williamson County.
Unfortunately, before the final supplies had been delivered to his new store, George Henry Harrison was taken ill and died of pneumonia on January 5, 1848, just six days before his 45th birthday. He was buried at the Aikman Cemetery on January 12, 1848.
This bio of George Henry Harrison was written by his ggg-grandaughter, Rebecca Wright
On April 25, 1832 George Henry Harrison enrolled at Rushville, Illinois as mounted volunteer in Brigadier General Samuel Whiteside's Fourth Regiment commanded by Captain Moses G. Wilson to fight in what is now known as the Black Hawk Wars or Indian Wars of 1832. The pension records show that he was paid for 1 month, 5 days and for 15 days of travel. He mustered out on May 28, 1832. Several months later he re-enrolled under Captain John Stennett's Company of Illinois volunteers on July 18, 1832 at Schuyler County. The climax of the battles came in early August with the Battle of Bad Axe on the shores of the Mississippi River. He remained with the company and was discharged at the mouth of the Fox River on September 4, 1832. Abraham Lincoln also fought in the same war.
After returning to his land and water mill in Southern Illinois, George Henry ventured south to Herrin's Prairie to talk and hopefully do business with the miller there, Mr. Jonathan Herring. While in Herrin's Prairie, George Henry became acquainted with Miller Herring's niece, Delilah, the eldest child of David Herrin and Sarah Herring, both southern Illinois' earliest pioneers. George Henry Harrison & Delilah Phillips Herrin were married on March 28, 1833.
George and his new wife Delilah returned to his water mill and land, and there they had two children:
1. David Ruffin Harrison, born 10/15/1834
2. Louisa Martin Harrison born on 10/23/1835
Delilah kept busy with the mill and children but was lonely for the busy settlement of Herrin's Prairie. Shortly after the birth of his second child, George Henry moved his family to Herrin's Prairie. There George Henry opened a store and began a successful business that would carry on far into the future in this new territory. Around 1839 the citizens of southern Illinois voted to split Franklin County into two counties, Franklin & Williamson. There were new towns springing up all over this area in the open country and one of those towns was named Marion. George Henry's store had made him a successful businessman and he wanted to build a new store back near where his original water mill was located, just south of the new town Marion. During this time George Henry bought many parcels of land.
Sometime around 1845 George Henry decided to move his family to the new town of Marion and began the process of building and supplying his new venture, another Harrison store. Beginning a venture like this took a long time, supplies had to be brought in from Shawneetown, a good distance in those days, and supplies were brought in over muddy roads by ox cart. There were many delays, not the least of which were the hard winters and muddy roads between Marion and Shawneetown. George Henry also ran for and won an election for Justice of the Peace for Williamson County.
Unfortunately, before the final supplies had been delivered to his new store, George Henry Harrison was taken ill and died of pneumonia on January 5, 1848, just six days before his 45th birthday. He was buried at the Aikman Cemetery on January 12, 1848.
This bio of George Henry Harrison was written by his ggg-grandaughter, Rebecca Wright
George Henry Harrison was born on January 11, 1803 in Wilson County, Tennessee. He was Stith & Lettice Harrison's first child born in the State of Tennessee and their third son. George Henry is shown in his father's estate disbursement inheriting the largest portion of land his father owned. Sometime between 1825 and 1830, George Henry sold his inherited land in Tennessee and migrated northwest to Southern Illinois in and around the southern part of Franklin County, Illinois. There he bought several acres of land and operated a water mill just south of what is now Marion, Illinois, he also worked as a carpenter.
On April 25, 1832 George Henry Harrison enrolled at Rushville, Illinois as mounted volunteer in Brigadier General Samuel Whiteside's Fourth Regiment commanded by Captain Moses G. Wilson to fight in what is now known as the Black Hawk Wars or Indian Wars of 1832. The pension records show that he was paid for 1 month, 5 days and for 15 days of travel. He mustered out on May 28, 1832. Several months later he re-enrolled under Captain John Stennett's Company of Illinois volunteers on July 18, 1832 at Schuyler County. The climax of the battles came in early August with the Battle of Bad Axe on the shores of the Mississippi River. He remained with the company and was discharged at the mouth of the Fox River on September 4, 1832. Abraham Lincoln also fought in the same war.
After returning to his land and water mill in Southern Illinois, George Henry ventured south to Herrin's Prairie to talk and hopefully do business with the miller there, Mr. Jonathan Herring. While in Herrin's Prairie, George Henry became acquainted with Miller Herring's niece, Delilah, the eldest child of David Herrin and Sarah Herring, both southern Illinois' earliest pioneers. George Henry Harrison & Delilah Phillips Herrin were married on March 28, 1833.
George and his new wife Delilah returned to his water mill and land, and there they had two children:
1. David Ruffin Harrison, born 10/15/1834
2. Louisa Martin Harrison born on 10/23/1835
Delilah kept busy with the mill and children but was lonely for the busy settlement of Herrin's Prairie. Shortly after the birth of his second child, George Henry moved his family to Herrin's Prairie. There George Henry opened a store and began a successful business that would carry on far into the future in this new territory. Around 1839 the citizens of southern Illinois voted to split Franklin County into two counties, Franklin & Williamson. There were new towns springing up all over this area in the open country and one of those towns was named Marion. George Henry's store had made him a successful businessman and he wanted to build a new store back near where his original water mill was located, just south of the new town Marion. During this time George Henry bought many parcels of land.
Sometime around 1845 George Henry decided to move his family to the new town of Marion and began the process of building and supplying his new venture, another Harrison store. Beginning a venture like this took a long time, supplies had to be brought in from Shawneetown, a good distance in those days, and supplies were brought in over muddy roads by ox cart. There were many delays, not the least of which were the hard winters and muddy roads between Marion and Shawneetown. George Henry also ran for and won an election for Justice of the Peace for Williamson County.
Unfortunately, before the final supplies had been delivered to his new store, George Henry Harrison was taken ill and died of pneumonia on January 5, 1848, just six days before his 45th birthday. He was buried at the Aikman Cemetery on January 12, 1848.
This bio of George Henry Harrison was written by his ggg-grandaughter, Rebecca Wright
On April 25, 1832 George Henry Harrison enrolled at Rushville, Illinois as mounted volunteer in Brigadier General Samuel Whiteside's Fourth Regiment commanded by Captain Moses G. Wilson to fight in what is now known as the Black Hawk Wars or Indian Wars of 1832. The pension records show that he was paid for 1 month, 5 days and for 15 days of travel. He mustered out on May 28, 1832. Several months later he re-enrolled under Captain John Stennett's Company of Illinois volunteers on July 18, 1832 at Schuyler County. The climax of the battles came in early August with the Battle of Bad Axe on the shores of the Mississippi River. He remained with the company and was discharged at the mouth of the Fox River on September 4, 1832. Abraham Lincoln also fought in the same war.
After returning to his land and water mill in Southern Illinois, George Henry ventured south to Herrin's Prairie to talk and hopefully do business with the miller there, Mr. Jonathan Herring. While in Herrin's Prairie, George Henry became acquainted with Miller Herring's niece, Delilah, the eldest child of David Herrin and Sarah Herring, both southern Illinois' earliest pioneers. George Henry Harrison & Delilah Phillips Herrin were married on March 28, 1833.
George and his new wife Delilah returned to his water mill and land, and there they had two children:
1. David Ruffin Harrison, born 10/15/1834
2. Louisa Martin Harrison born on 10/23/1835
Delilah kept busy with the mill and children but was lonely for the busy settlement of Herrin's Prairie. Shortly after the birth of his second child, George Henry moved his family to Herrin's Prairie. There George Henry opened a store and began a successful business that would carry on far into the future in this new territory. Around 1839 the citizens of southern Illinois voted to split Franklin County into two counties, Franklin & Williamson. There were new towns springing up all over this area in the open country and one of those towns was named Marion. George Henry's store had made him a successful businessman and he wanted to build a new store back near where his original water mill was located, just south of the new town Marion. During this time George Henry bought many parcels of land.
Sometime around 1845 George Henry decided to move his family to the new town of Marion and began the process of building and supplying his new venture, another Harrison store. Beginning a venture like this took a long time, supplies had to be brought in from Shawneetown, a good distance in those days, and supplies were brought in over muddy roads by ox cart. There were many delays, not the least of which were the hard winters and muddy roads between Marion and Shawneetown. George Henry also ran for and won an election for Justice of the Peace for Williamson County.
Unfortunately, before the final supplies had been delivered to his new store, George Henry Harrison was taken ill and died of pneumonia on January 5, 1848, just six days before his 45th birthday. He was buried at the Aikman Cemetery on January 12, 1848.
This bio of George Henry Harrison was written by his ggg-grandaughter, Rebecca Wright
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