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Lee Harrison

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Lee Harrison

Birth
Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA
Death
5 Jul 1925 (aged 28)
Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.704926, Longitude: -97.2949567
Plot
Section S, Lot 169, Grave 5
Memorial ID
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Lee was born in Duncan's Creek, North Carolina. His birth name was Zero Harrison Hunt. His parents were Eliza Janie Hunt and William Sherman Brackett. He changed his name to Lee Harrison around 1910 and went west to Oklahoma, then to Independence, Kansas, where he joined the army (WW-1, 1918). Zero aka Lee married Grace O. Fox in 1919 in Wichita KS. Lee and Grace had four boys Leroy, Robert, Jack, and Ralph.
Lee worked as a boiler repairman for various laundries. He moved his family around from state to state while he did his work in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma.
Lee died on July 5 1925 while he was doing repairs on a boiler in Okmulgee OK. While Lee was moving a 110 volt light cord and standing on a wet concrete floor he was electrocuted.
Grace took Lees body back to Wichita, KS.for burial. Lee was a member of the Thomas Hopkins Amvets in Wichita. They took part in the service. After Lees death Grace took her four sons to the Duncans Creek, Lawndale, N.C. area to live.
Lee was born in Duncan's Creek, North Carolina. His birth name was Zero Harrison Hunt. His parents were Eliza Janie Hunt and William Sherman Brackett. He changed his name to Lee Harrison around 1910 and went west to Oklahoma, then to Independence, Kansas, where he joined the army (WW-1, 1918). Zero aka Lee married Grace O. Fox in 1919 in Wichita KS. Lee and Grace had four boys Leroy, Robert, Jack, and Ralph.
Lee worked as a boiler repairman for various laundries. He moved his family around from state to state while he did his work in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma.
Lee died on July 5 1925 while he was doing repairs on a boiler in Okmulgee OK. While Lee was moving a 110 volt light cord and standing on a wet concrete floor he was electrocuted.
Grace took Lees body back to Wichita, KS.for burial. Lee was a member of the Thomas Hopkins Amvets in Wichita. They took part in the service. After Lees death Grace took her four sons to the Duncans Creek, Lawndale, N.C. area to live.


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