Submitted by Sherry Crabtree Osburn
The Constitution, Atlanta, GA., Tuesday, February 6, 1900
Homer Harrison, Rome, GA., February 5, -(Special) -
The body of Homer Harrison, the youth who was drowned in the Etowah river a week ago last Saturday has never been found. The Etowah has been thoroughly dragged from the point where the boy went in to its juncture with the Coosa. The Coosa has been searched for two miles, but nothing more than Harrison�s cap was ever found. Six pounds of dynamite have been exploded in the Etowah without results other than a boatload of fish. Young Harrison was a grandson of the late Rev. Dr. Harrison, one of the most prominent Methodist ministers in the North Georgia conference. Dr. Harrison many years ago was presiding elder of the Rome district, and also served the First Methodist church of Atlanta. Dr. Harrison died in Columbus, GA. It will be remembered that his daughter suicided by jumping into the Chattahoochee river.
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