Father: Carter Henry Harrison (1792-1843)
Mother: Janetta Ravenscroft Fisher (1802-1886)
00/00/1843 - Father, Carter, died in Bell Grove, Albemarle Co., VA (buried: Clifton Cemetery, Cartersville, Cumberland Co., VA)
1846 - M.D. degree, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA (from: VA)
10/02/1850 - Practiced medicine, Cumberland Co., VA (lived alone - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as Edward J. Harrison)
10/08/1850 - Married, Elizabeth Carr "Betty" Conrad (1830 - 1851), Berkeley Co., VA
10/21/1851 - Wife, Elizabeth, died in Cumberland Co., VA (buried: Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, VA)
06/06/1853 - Married, Sallie Pendleton Powell (1838-1864), Loudon Co., VA [Date of marriage license, marriage date is unknown]
07/05/1860 - Farmer, Cumberland Co., VA (lived with wife, Sallie, and four children - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as "E. I. Hamson")
10/15/1861 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States
00/00/1861 - In a letter to Medical Director W. A. Carrington, "On compliance with your request, I have the honor to inform you that my C. S. Commission dates, October 15th, 1861, and rank the same (I presume). Also that I have appeared before the Med. Examining board of this City with favorable results. Very respectfully, Yr. obdt. servt., E. J. Harrison"
12/31/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, VA
01/31/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, VA
04/04/1863 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon from Virginia by the Confederate States Senate
07/01/1863 - As Asst. Surgeon, stationed in Richmond, VA
09/11/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, VA
12/02/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, VA
12/21/1863 - As Asst. Surgeon, granted 10 days leave of absence [S.O. 331/6 Dept. of Henrico]
12/30/1863 - "The following named Medical Officers are relieved from present duty and will report without delay to Lieutenant General Longstreet at Rogersville, Tennessee for duty . . . Asst Surgeon E. J. Harrison . . . " [S.O. 309/3]
02/13/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, VA
02/22/1864 - Signed a petition to the Secretary of War, Confederate States of America, with other personnel at Chimborazo Hospital requesting that Reverend
Louis B. Madison receive the appointment of Chaplain in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States and be assigned to duty at Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, VA
04/25/1864 - In a letter written from Chimborazo Hospital to Medical Director William A. Carrington, "Sir, Owing to circumstances of a distressing nature attending the situation of my family I feel constrained to apply for leave of absence of ten (10) days. I reside in a nearby county of Cumberland, Va, only fifty miles from Richmond. Hoping my application will meet with yr. approval. I have the honor __ Very respectfully, Yr. Obdt. Servt. , E. J. Harrison, Asst Surgn"
04/27/1864 - "Leave of absence for the time annexed to their respective names are granted to the following officers: Asst Surg E. J. Harrison, P.A.C.S., Ten (10) days
05/08/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon, Chimborazo Hospital No. 1, Richmond, VA, ordered to the field
05/27/1864 - Returned to the hospital from local service and army corps
05/31/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Chimborazo Hospital, Div. 2, Richmond, VA
08/01/1864 - Asst. Surgeon, Chimborazo Hospital, Div. 2, Richmond, VA
09/02/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon, Chimborazo Hospital, Div. 2, Richmond, VA, granted 15 days leave of absence
09/17/1864 - As Asst. Surgeon, Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, VA, granted 15 days leave of absence [S.O. 281/2 Dept. of Richmond]
09/31/1864 - On leave of absence
10/30/1864 - On furlough
11/25/1864 - Wife, Sallie, died in Loudoun Co., VA (buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA)
12/14/1864 - Returned to duty as Asst. Surgeon, Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, VA
04/03/1865 - Captured by U.S. Army, Richmond, VA
04/16/1865 - Paroled by U.S. Army, Richmond, VA
05/28/1868 - Married, Susan Matthews Finkin (1835-1929)
08/26/1870 - Practiced medicine, Hamilton Township, Cumberland Co., VA (lived with wife, Susan, and six children - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as Edward Harrison)
1874 - Practiced medicine, Cumberland Co., VA
06/29/1880 - Farmer, Hamilton Magisterial District, Cumberland Co., VA (lived with wife, Susan, three daughters, and two sons - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as Edward J. Harrison)
1886 - Practiced medicine, Cremona, Cumberland Co., VA
04/18/1886 - Mother, Janetta, died in Richmond, Henrico Co., VA (buried: Confederate Cemetery, Fredericksburg, VA)
06/07/1900 - Farmer, Hamilton, Cumberland Co., VA (lived with wife, Susan, and a daughter - indexed in the 1900 U.S. Census as Edward Harrison)
04/18/1903 - Died at his home, "Woodburn", Cumberland Co., VA, after having "been in poor health for some time" (buried: Clifton Cemetery, Cartersville, Cumberland Co., VA)
01/24/1929 - Widow, Susan, died (buried: Clifton Cemetery, Cartersville, Cumberland Co., VA)

Shannon McClure, the creator of this memorial, provided input to this biography.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
02/24/2018. Unpublished database