Richard Stanford Harrison

Richard Stanford Harrison

• Father: Joseph Percivall Harrison b. 22 February 1807, d. 23 December 1881
• Mother: Emily Rochell b. circa 1815, d. between 1860 and 1870

• Richard Stanford Harrison was born circa 1846 in Texas.
• Joseph Percivall Harrison and Emily Rochell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Walker County, Texas. Other members of the household included Richard Stanford Harrison, Martha Frances Harrison, Mary L. Harrison and Milton Harrison.
• Joseph Percivall Harrison and Emily Rochell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Huntsville, Walker County, Texas. Other members of the household included Richard Stanford Harrison, Mary L. Harrison and Ellen Hicksey Harrison.
• In service to the Confederate States of America, Richard Stanford Harrison enrolled on 3 January 1864 and he was earlier with the 16th Kentucky Cavalry, Company C, as a 4th to 2nd Sergeant.
• He mustered in on 17 March 1864 at Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, as a sergeant in the 12th Kentucky Cavalry, Company L, GAR.
• He mustered out at Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, on 23 August 1865.
• He applied for a Civil War pension on 25 October 1869.
• Richard Stanford Harrison appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois.
• Richard Stanford Harrison appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois, living in a hotel kept by Samuel Adair.
• He was a watchman, apparently on some sort of boat, according to the 1870 census, in which he appears to have been enumerated twice.
• He married Annie E. (?) circa 1879.
• Richard Stanford Harrison appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Fannin County, Texas. Also in the household was orphan Kate Greenlee, age 4.
• He was a livery man, according to the 1880 census.
• Richard Stanford Harrison became a widower at the between 1880 and 1888 death of his wife Annie E. (?)
• He married Ellen (?) circa 1888.
• Richard Stanford Harrison and Ellen (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, at Division Street. Other members of the household included Lucy Maples, Richard Stanford Harrison Jr., Herman H. Harrison and Lee Harrison.
• He was an editor, according to the 1900 census.
• Richard Stanford Harrison and Ellen (?) appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, at 801 Mills Street. Other members of the household included Richard Stanford Harrison Jr. and Herman H. Harrison.
• He was a clerk in a furniture store, according to the 1910 census.
• Richard Stanford Harrison and Ellen (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, at 1623 South Street.
• His wife Ellen (?) became a widow at his death.
• Richard Stanford Harrison died on 23 May 1925 in El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas.

• Last Edited: 31 Oct 2011