SARAH J. HARRISON (1845 - ):

Sarah "Sallie" Harrison was born in Missouri.  She married Elizur Butler Harrison (born 1840 in Michigan).  He served with the 1st Arkansas Cavalry, Union, during the War Between the States, with rank of Captain.  He was a federal officer under General Herron during the War Between the States.  In 1880 he and his wife were living in Fayetteville.  The  1880 Washington County Census shows him and his wife with children Joe C. and Lida J.  The same census lists Elizur Harrison as a United States Commissioner.  Sallie's husband was appointed postmaster of Fayetteville in 1884 and in 1886 the Fayetteville Building and Loan was organized and he became its first president.