James Richard Harrison
b. 20 January 1827
- Father: James Gabriel Harrison b. 19 May 1776, d. 9 September 1863
- Mother: Elizabeth York b. circa 1796, d. 26 March 1870
- James Richard Harrison was born on 20 January 1827 in Logan County, Kentucky.
- James Gabriel Harrison and Elizabeth York appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1840 in Todd County, Kentucky. Other (counted but unnamed) members of the household apparently included James Richard Harrison, Henry Elyjah Hice Harrison, Augustus Harrison, John Gabriel Harrison, Mary Harrison, Sarah Ann Elizabeth Harrison and Louisa Jane Ellen Harrison.
- James Gabriel Harrison and Elizabeth York appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Todd County, Kentucky. Other members of the household included James Richard Harrison, Sarah Ann Elizabeth Harrison, Augustus Harrison and Henry Elyjah Hice Harrison.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
- He married Mary E. Barham, daughter of Thomas Newsome Barham and Elizabeth Perry, on 19 January 1852 in Tennessee, Mary's sister Eliza married Samuel Ireland, whose three sisters all married brothers of James R. Harrison.
- He witnessed the marriage of Emily Jane Barham and Samuel S. Ireland on 27 May 1855; with W. R. Sadler, JP, officiating. Emily's sister Mary married James Richard Harrison, whose three brothers all married sisters of Samuel Ireland.
- Last Edited: 29 Dec 2009