Eleventh Generation

770. George HARRISON was born on 10 August 1889 in Arkansas. He died on 12 December 1961 at the age of 72 in Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma.

1930 Census. Peggs, Cherokee Co, OK
Much about this entry makes no sense - but it obviously George. Listed as a completely different household from the previous household. However, the 1920 census shows Lizzie Downing as the stepdaughter of Henson Sexkiller and Lee is in the household as Lee Sexkiller.
Dwelling 105, Hh 107
Henson Sixkiller, Indian, 66, married first time at age 20, b. OK, Full Blood Cherokee, Farmer
Nannie, wife, Indian, 52, married at age 22, b. OK Full Blood Cherokee (2nd wife)
Dwelling 106, Hh 108
George Harrison, grandson, Indian (all the family marked as such), 40, b. AR, widow, married first time at age 27 (can't be Lizzie Downing since they married in 1927, unless he confused the year with his age), Mixed Blood, no employment as if on the same farm with Sexkiller
Lee, grandson, 11, b. OK as were all the children (Lee was a son of Sixkiller in 1920)
Ollie, granddau, 8 (child of Sixkiller, or Harrison???)
Virginia, granddau, 4
Beddie, granddau, age 2 (Beatice)

1920 Census. Peggs, Cherokee, OK, Hh 47
Henson, Sixkiller, 47, b. OK, Farming
Nanie, wife, 40, b. OK
Lee, son, 10 months, b. OK
Lizzie Downing, stepdau, 18, b. OK

1940 Census. Peggs Twp, Cherokee Co, OK, Hh 17
All lived in the same house in 1935
Henson-Sixkiller, 67, b. OK
Nannie, wife, 56, b. OK
Viola Harrison (absent), grandaughter, 17, b. OK
Harrison, George, Lodger, 45, widow, b. OK
Lee Harrison (absent), Lodgers Son, 21, b. OK (but listed with Sixkiller in 1920)
Virginia Harrison, Lodgers daughter, 14, b. OK
Laura B., Lodgers daughter, 12, OK

Headstone Application for Military Veterans
George Harrison of Oklahoma. Enlisted 23 Jul 1918; honorable discharge on 26 Nov 1919. Private, Medical Deparment; General Hospital #31
Birth stated 10 Aug 1889 - then rewritten by Veteran Dept as 15 Aug 1892. Note: he was in the 1990 census.
Died 12 Dec 1961.
Flat granite stone.
Application made by Laura Bird of Tahlequah, Daughter, on 18 Dec 1961. Freight station - Ft. Gibson, OK.

George HARRISON and Elizabeth "Lizzie" DOWNING were married on 9 February 1927 in Cherokee County, Oklahoma. Elizabeth "Lizzie" DOWNING was born in 1902 in Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma. She died about 1938 at the age of 36 in Peggs, Cherokee County, Oklahoma.

1920 Census. Peggs, Cherokee, OK, Hh 47
Henson, Sixkiller, 47, b. OK, Farming
Nanie, wife, 40, b. OK
Lee, son, 10 months, b. OK
Lizzie Downing, stepdau, 18, b. OK

George HARRISON and Elizabeth "Lizzie" DOWNING had the following children: