Dewitt Clinton Harrison was the son of Jonas Harrison and Ellender Shannon. He was named for the Dewitt Clinton who was variously New York governor, US senator and mayor of New York City, and who was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal. In 1813, Jonas Harrison was chairman of a citizens committee that petitioned for a canal entrance near Buffalo, New York where he resided. He knew, and was evidently an admirer of Dewitt Clinton.
"Clint" Harrison was born in Tenehaw District, in what was then Mexico. The Harrison home was near Patroon in Shelby County, Texas. He is found on the 1835 Census Report of Tenehaw.
Although most of his family is found in Shelby County on the 1850 census, Clint is living in San Augustine County. An 1895 biography of his brother William says "In 1850 he [William] came with his mother and the rest of the family to Tarrant County". A certificate dated July 1, 1852 for "the heirs of Jonas Harrison" was issued at the Denton Land District. The parcel was "12 miles Southeast of Fort Worth" and included 9,265,363 square veras (a little over 1,600 acres). (The heirs of Jonas Harrison were his wife, six sons; Jonas, Jacob, DeWitt Clinton, John H, Thomas J, and William H, and two daughters; Margaret who married William Thomas and died in Tarrant County in 1857, and Almira who married William Henry Gaston and died in Rusk County in 1931.) In 1853 Clint's mother "Eliner" and brothers Jacob, John, Jonas and Thomas are on the Tarrant County Tax list.
Clint Harrison moved to Tarrant County in 1853 and married Nancy (daughter of Carter Cannon and Sarah Latimer) on December 14 of that year. He spent the rest of his life in or near Arlington. In 1859 he patented 160 acres in Tarrant County. Voter, tax, and probate records place him there in 1860, 1863, 1867 and 1869, and he is on the Federal censuses for 1870, 1880 and 1900. An 1885 county map shows a parcel belonging to him.
In the 1895 book "Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas" there is a biographical sketch on page 386:
DeWITT CLINTON HARRISON
COMES of one of the oldest and most distinguished families of Texas. His father, Jonas Harrison, was born in New York State, in the latter part of the preceding century, and came to Texas in 1819. At that time Texas was under Spanish rule, and the restrictions on immigration were very severe, far more so than after Mexico achieved its independence and became a Republic with Texas as one of the States. Mr. Harrison was the first settlers in what is now Harrison County, which was named in his honor. He was of Scotch ancestry, and, having studied law, engaged in the practice of his profession in Texas, and also engaged in farming to a considerable extent. He prospered in his adopted country and had numerous political honors thrust upon him, was Alcalde of his village under Mexican rule, and when the agitation for segregating Texas from the mother country came, he joined with his countrymen and took a prominent part in the struggle. He was one of the framers of the Constitution, and was a friend and co-laborer of General Sam Houston. After Houston was shot and retired from active life their homes were but five miles apart.
DeW. C. Harrison was born in Shelby county, on the 5th of December, 1827, and lived on his father's farm until he was twenty-one years of age, when he became overseer for a large plantation in the vicinity. In 1853 he moved to Tarrant County, and was married, on December 14th of the same year, to Miss Nancy Cannon. They located on a farm on Village Creek four miles west of Arlington, where they lived until 1881, when they moved to Arlington, where his wife died, March 23, 1883. Eight children resulted from this union, five of whom are living. The sons are all engaged in farming and cattle raising, like their father, and the daughters are all married but one. In June, 1885, he was married for the second time to Miss Alzeria E. Harmon, and is still living at Arlington, Mr. Harrison has given away about half of his land to his children, but still retains two of his old farms, which he attends to himself.
Mr. Harrison claims the distinction of being the oldest Texan in Tarrant County, and when he first came here he followed farming and hauled cotton from Paris to Matamoras with oxen. It was the misfortune of Mr. Harrison never to have attended school a day in his life, but during what should have been his school days, school houses and school teachers were not very plentiful in Texas. He resolved that his own children should not be deprived of school advantages, and had them all well educated, and in his declining years has the satisfaction of seeing them settled in good, comfortable homes. He is a man respected and loved in his community for his peaceful disposition and his devotion to justice. It is his boast that he was never in a lawsuit, and never engaged in a fight or fracas of any kind, notwithstanding his life has been passed at a time, and in localities, where personal encounters were of frequent occurrence. [NOTE: This biography has a minor error. Jonas Harrison was born in Woodbridge, New Jersey, not New York.]
HARRISON CEMETY (8550 Meadowbrook Drive in Fort Worth) is named for him. His wife Nancy, and daughters Mary and Rhonda are buried there, although he is buried in Arlington. The text of the Harrison Cemetery marker: "When first used, this one-acre cemetery belonged to Tarrant County pioneer D.C. Harrison. The earliest known grave is that of Mary E. Harrison (1864-71). Several early settlers used this site, including R.A. Randol (1850-1922), the operator of Randol Mill, who bought this tract in 1895 and deeded it forever as a burial ground. Graves here number about sixty and include those of the Edward Deason Family, Randol's first wife Ronda (Harrison) (1859-82), his brother John C. Randol, who died in an 1894 mill accident, and Nancy Cannon Harrison (1833-83), mother of Ronda Harrison Randol. (1982)"
Thursday, March 20, 1902
ARLINGTON JOURNAL
D.C. "UNCLE CLINT" HARRISON
A RESIDENT OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY PASSED TO HIS REWARD.
Mr. D. C. Harrison, familiarly known by the people of this community as "Uncle Clint," laid down the habiliments of life and passed quietly away at his home in North Arlington Thursday afternoon, March 6, death resulting from an attack of pneumonia. Deceased had been a resident of this section for nearly half a century and had passed the 74th mile-post on the road of life. He was loved and honored by all, being kind and generous to all--always ready to assist the needy and to lend words of cheer and sunshine to those in distress. His death is keenly felt by all our people. Besides an aged and devoted wife deceased leaves three children to mourn his death, to whom The Journal extends sincere sympathy and condolence.
"Clint" Harrison was born in Tenehaw District, in what was then Mexico. The Harrison home was near Patroon in Shelby County, Texas. He is found on the 1835 Census Report of Tenehaw.
Although most of his family is found in Shelby County on the 1850 census, Clint is living in San Augustine County. An 1895 biography of his brother William says "In 1850 he [William] came with his mother and the rest of the family to Tarrant County". A certificate dated July 1, 1852 for "the heirs of Jonas Harrison" was issued at the Denton Land District. The parcel was "12 miles Southeast of Fort Worth" and included 9,265,363 square veras (a little over 1,600 acres). (The heirs of Jonas Harrison were his wife, six sons; Jonas, Jacob, DeWitt Clinton, John H, Thomas J, and William H, and two daughters; Margaret who married William Thomas and died in Tarrant County in 1857, and Almira who married William Henry Gaston and died in Rusk County in 1931.) In 1853 Clint's mother "Eliner" and brothers Jacob, John, Jonas and Thomas are on the Tarrant County Tax list.
Clint Harrison moved to Tarrant County in 1853 and married Nancy (daughter of Carter Cannon and Sarah Latimer) on December 14 of that year. He spent the rest of his life in or near Arlington. In 1859 he patented 160 acres in Tarrant County. Voter, tax, and probate records place him there in 1860, 1863, 1867 and 1869, and he is on the Federal censuses for 1870, 1880 and 1900. An 1885 county map shows a parcel belonging to him.
In the 1895 book "Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas" there is a biographical sketch on page 386:
DeWITT CLINTON HARRISON
COMES of one of the oldest and most distinguished families of Texas. His father, Jonas Harrison, was born in New York State, in the latter part of the preceding century, and came to Texas in 1819. At that time Texas was under Spanish rule, and the restrictions on immigration were very severe, far more so than after Mexico achieved its independence and became a Republic with Texas as one of the States. Mr. Harrison was the first settlers in what is now Harrison County, which was named in his honor. He was of Scotch ancestry, and, having studied law, engaged in the practice of his profession in Texas, and also engaged in farming to a considerable extent. He prospered in his adopted country and had numerous political honors thrust upon him, was Alcalde of his village under Mexican rule, and when the agitation for segregating Texas from the mother country came, he joined with his countrymen and took a prominent part in the struggle. He was one of the framers of the Constitution, and was a friend and co-laborer of General Sam Houston. After Houston was shot and retired from active life their homes were but five miles apart.
DeW. C. Harrison was born in Shelby county, on the 5th of December, 1827, and lived on his father's farm until he was twenty-one years of age, when he became overseer for a large plantation in the vicinity. In 1853 he moved to Tarrant County, and was married, on December 14th of the same year, to Miss Nancy Cannon. They located on a farm on Village Creek four miles west of Arlington, where they lived until 1881, when they moved to Arlington, where his wife died, March 23, 1883. Eight children resulted from this union, five of whom are living. The sons are all engaged in farming and cattle raising, like their father, and the daughters are all married but one. In June, 1885, he was married for the second time to Miss Alzeria E. Harmon, and is still living at Arlington, Mr. Harrison has given away about half of his land to his children, but still retains two of his old farms, which he attends to himself.
Mr. Harrison claims the distinction of being the oldest Texan in Tarrant County, and when he first came here he followed farming and hauled cotton from Paris to Matamoras with oxen. It was the misfortune of Mr. Harrison never to have attended school a day in his life, but during what should have been his school days, school houses and school teachers were not very plentiful in Texas. He resolved that his own children should not be deprived of school advantages, and had them all well educated, and in his declining years has the satisfaction of seeing them settled in good, comfortable homes. He is a man respected and loved in his community for his peaceful disposition and his devotion to justice. It is his boast that he was never in a lawsuit, and never engaged in a fight or fracas of any kind, notwithstanding his life has been passed at a time, and in localities, where personal encounters were of frequent occurrence. [NOTE: This biography has a minor error. Jonas Harrison was born in Woodbridge, New Jersey, not New York.]
HARRISON CEMETY (8550 Meadowbrook Drive in Fort Worth) is named for him. His wife Nancy, and daughters Mary and Rhonda are buried there, although he is buried in Arlington. The text of the Harrison Cemetery marker: "When first used, this one-acre cemetery belonged to Tarrant County pioneer D.C. Harrison. The earliest known grave is that of Mary E. Harrison (1864-71). Several early settlers used this site, including R.A. Randol (1850-1922), the operator of Randol Mill, who bought this tract in 1895 and deeded it forever as a burial ground. Graves here number about sixty and include those of the Edward Deason Family, Randol's first wife Ronda (Harrison) (1859-82), his brother John C. Randol, who died in an 1894 mill accident, and Nancy Cannon Harrison (1833-83), mother of Ronda Harrison Randol. (1982)"
Thursday, March 20, 1902
ARLINGTON JOURNAL
D.C. "UNCLE CLINT" HARRISON
A RESIDENT OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY PASSED TO HIS REWARD.
Mr. D. C. Harrison, familiarly known by the people of this community as "Uncle Clint," laid down the habiliments of life and passed quietly away at his home in North Arlington Thursday afternoon, March 6, death resulting from an attack of pneumonia. Deceased had been a resident of this section for nearly half a century and had passed the 74th mile-post on the road of life. He was loved and honored by all, being kind and generous to all--always ready to assist the needy and to lend words of cheer and sunshine to those in distress. His death is keenly felt by all our people. Besides an aged and devoted wife deceased leaves three children to mourn his death, to whom The Journal extends sincere sympathy and condolence.
Dewitt Clinton Harrison was the son of Jonas Harrison and Ellender Shannon. He was named for the Dewitt Clinton who was variously New York governor, US senator and mayor of New York City, and who was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal. In 1813, Jonas Harrison was chairman of a citizens committee that petitioned for a canal entrance near Buffalo, New York where he resided. He knew, and was evidently an admirer of Dewitt Clinton.
"Clint" Harrison was born in Tenehaw District, in what was then Mexico. The Harrison home was near Patroon in Shelby County, Texas. He is found on the 1835 Census Report of Tenehaw.
Although most of his family is found in Shelby County on the 1850 census, Clint is living in San Augustine County. An 1895 biography of his brother William says "In 1850 he [William] came with his mother and the rest of the family to Tarrant County". A certificate dated July 1, 1852 for "the heirs of Jonas Harrison" was issued at the Denton Land District. The parcel was "12 miles Southeast of Fort Worth" and included 9,265,363 square veras (a little over 1,600 acres). (The heirs of Jonas Harrison were his wife, six sons; Jonas, Jacob, DeWitt Clinton, John H, Thomas J, and William H, and two daughters; Margaret who married William Thomas and died in Tarrant County in 1857, and Almira who married William Henry Gaston and died in Rusk County in 1931.) In 1853 Clint's mother "Eliner" and brothers Jacob, John, Jonas and Thomas are on the Tarrant County Tax list.
Clint Harrison moved to Tarrant County in 1853 and married Nancy (daughter of Carter Cannon and Sarah Latimer) on December 14 of that year. He spent the rest of his life in or near Arlington. In 1859 he patented 160 acres in Tarrant County. Voter, tax, and probate records place him there in 1860, 1863, 1867 and 1869, and he is on the Federal censuses for 1870, 1880 and 1900. An 1885 county map shows a parcel belonging to him.
In the 1895 book "Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas" there is a biographical sketch on page 386:
DeWITT CLINTON HARRISON
COMES of one of the oldest and most distinguished families of Texas. His father, Jonas Harrison, was born in New York State, in the latter part of the preceding century, and came to Texas in 1819. At that time Texas was under Spanish rule, and the restrictions on immigration were very severe, far more so than after Mexico achieved its independence and became a Republic with Texas as one of the States. Mr. Harrison was the first settlers in what is now Harrison County, which was named in his honor. He was of Scotch ancestry, and, having studied law, engaged in the practice of his profession in Texas, and also engaged in farming to a considerable extent. He prospered in his adopted country and had numerous political honors thrust upon him, was Alcalde of his village under Mexican rule, and when the agitation for segregating Texas from the mother country came, he joined with his countrymen and took a prominent part in the struggle. He was one of the framers of the Constitution, and was a friend and co-laborer of General Sam Houston. After Houston was shot and retired from active life their homes were but five miles apart.
DeW. C. Harrison was born in Shelby county, on the 5th of December, 1827, and lived on his father's farm until he was twenty-one years of age, when he became overseer for a large plantation in the vicinity. In 1853 he moved to Tarrant County, and was married, on December 14th of the same year, to Miss Nancy Cannon. They located on a farm on Village Creek four miles west of Arlington, where they lived until 1881, when they moved to Arlington, where his wife died, March 23, 1883. Eight children resulted from this union, five of whom are living. The sons are all engaged in farming and cattle raising, like their father, and the daughters are all married but one. In June, 1885, he was married for the second time to Miss Alzeria E. Harmon, and is still living at Arlington, Mr. Harrison has given away about half of his land to his children, but still retains two of his old farms, which he attends to himself.
Mr. Harrison claims the distinction of being the oldest Texan in Tarrant County, and when he first came here he followed farming and hauled cotton from Paris to Matamoras with oxen. It was the misfortune of Mr. Harrison never to have attended school a day in his life, but during what should have been his school days, school houses and school teachers were not very plentiful in Texas. He resolved that his own children should not be deprived of school advantages, and had them all well educated, and in his declining years has the satisfaction of seeing them settled in good, comfortable homes. He is a man respected and loved in his community for his peaceful disposition and his devotion to justice. It is his boast that he was never in a lawsuit, and never engaged in a fight or fracas of any kind, notwithstanding his life has been passed at a time, and in localities, where personal encounters were of frequent occurrence. [NOTE: This biography has a minor error. Jonas Harrison was born in Woodbridge, New Jersey, not New York.]
HARRISON CEMETY (8550 Meadowbrook Drive in Fort Worth) is named for him. His wife Nancy, and daughters Mary and Rhonda are buried there, although he is buried in Arlington. The text of the Harrison Cemetery marker: "When first used, this one-acre cemetery belonged to Tarrant County pioneer D.C. Harrison. The earliest known grave is that of Mary E. Harrison (1864-71). Several early settlers used this site, including R.A. Randol (1850-1922), the operator of Randol Mill, who bought this tract in 1895 and deeded it forever as a burial ground. Graves here number about sixty and include those of the Edward Deason Family, Randol's first wife Ronda (Harrison) (1859-82), his brother John C. Randol, who died in an 1894 mill accident, and Nancy Cannon Harrison (1833-83), mother of Ronda Harrison Randol. (1982)"
Thursday, March 20, 1902
ARLINGTON JOURNAL
D.C. "UNCLE CLINT" HARRISON
A RESIDENT OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY PASSED TO HIS REWARD.
Mr. D. C. Harrison, familiarly known by the people of this community as "Uncle Clint," laid down the habiliments of life and passed quietly away at his home in North Arlington Thursday afternoon, March 6, death resulting from an attack of pneumonia. Deceased had been a resident of this section for nearly half a century and had passed the 74th mile-post on the road of life. He was loved and honored by all, being kind and generous to all--always ready to assist the needy and to lend words of cheer and sunshine to those in distress. His death is keenly felt by all our people. Besides an aged and devoted wife deceased leaves three children to mourn his death, to whom The Journal extends sincere sympathy and condolence.
"Clint" Harrison was born in Tenehaw District, in what was then Mexico. The Harrison home was near Patroon in Shelby County, Texas. He is found on the 1835 Census Report of Tenehaw.
Although most of his family is found in Shelby County on the 1850 census, Clint is living in San Augustine County. An 1895 biography of his brother William says "In 1850 he [William] came with his mother and the rest of the family to Tarrant County". A certificate dated July 1, 1852 for "the heirs of Jonas Harrison" was issued at the Denton Land District. The parcel was "12 miles Southeast of Fort Worth" and included 9,265,363 square veras (a little over 1,600 acres). (The heirs of Jonas Harrison were his wife, six sons; Jonas, Jacob, DeWitt Clinton, John H, Thomas J, and William H, and two daughters; Margaret who married William Thomas and died in Tarrant County in 1857, and Almira who married William Henry Gaston and died in Rusk County in 1931.) In 1853 Clint's mother "Eliner" and brothers Jacob, John, Jonas and Thomas are on the Tarrant County Tax list.
Clint Harrison moved to Tarrant County in 1853 and married Nancy (daughter of Carter Cannon and Sarah Latimer) on December 14 of that year. He spent the rest of his life in or near Arlington. In 1859 he patented 160 acres in Tarrant County. Voter, tax, and probate records place him there in 1860, 1863, 1867 and 1869, and he is on the Federal censuses for 1870, 1880 and 1900. An 1885 county map shows a parcel belonging to him.
In the 1895 book "Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas" there is a biographical sketch on page 386:
DeWITT CLINTON HARRISON
COMES of one of the oldest and most distinguished families of Texas. His father, Jonas Harrison, was born in New York State, in the latter part of the preceding century, and came to Texas in 1819. At that time Texas was under Spanish rule, and the restrictions on immigration were very severe, far more so than after Mexico achieved its independence and became a Republic with Texas as one of the States. Mr. Harrison was the first settlers in what is now Harrison County, which was named in his honor. He was of Scotch ancestry, and, having studied law, engaged in the practice of his profession in Texas, and also engaged in farming to a considerable extent. He prospered in his adopted country and had numerous political honors thrust upon him, was Alcalde of his village under Mexican rule, and when the agitation for segregating Texas from the mother country came, he joined with his countrymen and took a prominent part in the struggle. He was one of the framers of the Constitution, and was a friend and co-laborer of General Sam Houston. After Houston was shot and retired from active life their homes were but five miles apart.
DeW. C. Harrison was born in Shelby county, on the 5th of December, 1827, and lived on his father's farm until he was twenty-one years of age, when he became overseer for a large plantation in the vicinity. In 1853 he moved to Tarrant County, and was married, on December 14th of the same year, to Miss Nancy Cannon. They located on a farm on Village Creek four miles west of Arlington, where they lived until 1881, when they moved to Arlington, where his wife died, March 23, 1883. Eight children resulted from this union, five of whom are living. The sons are all engaged in farming and cattle raising, like their father, and the daughters are all married but one. In June, 1885, he was married for the second time to Miss Alzeria E. Harmon, and is still living at Arlington, Mr. Harrison has given away about half of his land to his children, but still retains two of his old farms, which he attends to himself.
Mr. Harrison claims the distinction of being the oldest Texan in Tarrant County, and when he first came here he followed farming and hauled cotton from Paris to Matamoras with oxen. It was the misfortune of Mr. Harrison never to have attended school a day in his life, but during what should have been his school days, school houses and school teachers were not very plentiful in Texas. He resolved that his own children should not be deprived of school advantages, and had them all well educated, and in his declining years has the satisfaction of seeing them settled in good, comfortable homes. He is a man respected and loved in his community for his peaceful disposition and his devotion to justice. It is his boast that he was never in a lawsuit, and never engaged in a fight or fracas of any kind, notwithstanding his life has been passed at a time, and in localities, where personal encounters were of frequent occurrence. [NOTE: This biography has a minor error. Jonas Harrison was born in Woodbridge, New Jersey, not New York.]
HARRISON CEMETY (8550 Meadowbrook Drive in Fort Worth) is named for him. His wife Nancy, and daughters Mary and Rhonda are buried there, although he is buried in Arlington. The text of the Harrison Cemetery marker: "When first used, this one-acre cemetery belonged to Tarrant County pioneer D.C. Harrison. The earliest known grave is that of Mary E. Harrison (1864-71). Several early settlers used this site, including R.A. Randol (1850-1922), the operator of Randol Mill, who bought this tract in 1895 and deeded it forever as a burial ground. Graves here number about sixty and include those of the Edward Deason Family, Randol's first wife Ronda (Harrison) (1859-82), his brother John C. Randol, who died in an 1894 mill accident, and Nancy Cannon Harrison (1833-83), mother of Ronda Harrison Randol. (1982)"
Thursday, March 20, 1902
ARLINGTON JOURNAL
D.C. "UNCLE CLINT" HARRISON
A RESIDENT OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY PASSED TO HIS REWARD.
Mr. D. C. Harrison, familiarly known by the people of this community as "Uncle Clint," laid down the habiliments of life and passed quietly away at his home in North Arlington Thursday afternoon, March 6, death resulting from an attack of pneumonia. Deceased had been a resident of this section for nearly half a century and had passed the 74th mile-post on the road of life. He was loved and honored by all, being kind and generous to all--always ready to assist the needy and to lend words of cheer and sunshine to those in distress. His death is keenly felt by all our people. Besides an aged and devoted wife deceased leaves three children to mourn his death, to whom The Journal extends sincere sympathy and condolence.
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