08/22/1860 - Teacher, St. Annes Parish, Albemarle Co., VA (lived with wife, Eliza, and five children - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as Gessner Harrison)
Late 1861 - "One of Harrison's sons returned home from the war to recover from a severe case of camp fever. The illness persisted for several months, and Harrison insisted on nursing his son himself. Years of overwork had worn down Harrison's health, and while his son slowly recovered, Harrison himself contracted the disease.
04/07/1862 - Died of camp fever in Nelson Co., VA (buried: University of Virginia Cemetery and Columbarium)
Note: Some of this biography is from:
Neumann, B. Gessner Harrison (1807–1862). (2018, February 2). In Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved from http://www.EncyclopediaVirginia.org/Harrison_Gessner_1807-1862.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
06/07/2018. Unpublished database.
08/22/1860 - Teacher, St. Annes Parish, Albemarle Co., VA (lived with wife, Eliza, and five children - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as Gessner Harrison)
Late 1861 - "One of Harrison's sons returned home from the war to recover from a severe case of camp fever. The illness persisted for several months, and Harrison insisted on nursing his son himself. Years of overwork had worn down Harrison's health, and while his son slowly recovered, Harrison himself contracted the disease.
04/07/1862 - Died of camp fever in Nelson Co., VA (buried: University of Virginia Cemetery and Columbarium)
Note: Some of this biography is from:
Neumann, B. Gessner Harrison (1807–1862). (2018, February 2). In Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved from http://www.EncyclopediaVirginia.org/Harrison_Gessner_1807-1862.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
06/07/2018. Unpublished database.
Inscription
He was appointed Professor of Ancient Languages in the University of Virginia in 1828 at the age of twenty-one and remained there until 1859 when he resigned his place.
Family Members
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Maria Carter Harrison Broadus
1831–1857
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Mary Stuart Harrison Smith
1834–1917
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Dr George Tucker Harrison
1835–1925
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Edward Tiffen Harrison
1837–1873
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Sgt Peachy Gessner Harrison
1839–1926
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Charles Carter Harrison
1842–1882
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Dr Henry William Harrison
1845–1920
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Eleanor "Rosalie" Harrison Thornton
1849–1920
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Robert Lewis Harrison
1850–1932
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Francis Washington Harrison
1852–1852
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