Fifth Generation


226. William Jennings Bryan HARRISON was born on 15 November 1897 in Kentucky. He died about 1928 at the age of 31.

1910 Census. Cavanaugh, Jackson Co, KY, Hh 120
Elisha Harrison, 52, married twice - this time for 12 years
Susan F., wife, 39, 7 children
Jenings B., son, 12
Peter, son, 9
Manervia, dau, 5
Charley, son, 2
Mary G., dau, three months

12 Sept 1918. World War I Draft
Bryan Harrison of Brazil, Jackson Co, KY was age 20, born 15 Nov 1897. Farming for himself. Martha Harrison was his nearest relative. Medium height, slender build, blue eyes, sandy hair.

1920 Census. Cavanaugh, Jackson, KY, Hh 24
Susan F. Harrison, 44, widowed
Bryan, son, 21, widowed
Peter, son, 18
Nerva A., dau, 15
Charlie, son, 13
Mary L., dau, 11
Woodrow, son, 5
Tom, son, age 3

William Jennings Bryan HARRISON and Nellie FARTHING were married about 1923. Nellie FARTHING was born in 1909 in Kentucky. She died in 1992 at the age of 83 in Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky.

By 1930, Nellie had remarried. She is in the 1930 census, Magisterial District of Riddel & Thomas, Estill Co, KY, Hh 387. Living on the Irvine and Panold Road
Dewey Powell, age 27 - married for the first time at age 27, truck farmer
Nellie, wife, 21, married at 14
Geneva Harrison, Step-daughter, age 6
Opal M., step-dau. age 5
William J., step-son, age 2 years, 7 months

William Jennings Bryan HARRISON and Nellie FARTHING had the following children:

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i.

Geneva HARRISON (private).

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ii.

Opal Mae HARRISON.

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iii.

William Jennings HARRISON.

William Jennings Bryan HARRISON and Martha ISAACS were married on 28 December 1917 in Jackson County, Kentucky. Martha ISAACS was born in April 1899 in Jackson County, Kentucky. She died before 1920 at the age of 21.