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HARRISON, Patrick

Male 1828 - 1908  (80 years)


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  • Name HARRISON, Patrick 
    Born 21 May 1828  County Sligo, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 12 Aug 1908  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Buried 13 Aug 1908  Rising Sun Saint James Cemetery, Crawford Co., Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I526  Reich
    Last Modified 11 Sep 2023 

    Father HARRISON, maybe John,   b. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother KENNEDY, maybe Anne or Alice,   b. Abt 1800, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F952  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family LAVIN, Mary,   b. Nov 1836, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 1906, Crawford Co., Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Married 10 Apr 1855  Waukegan Immaculate Conception Church, Lake Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11, 12, 13] 
    • Patrick Harrison was born in Ireland, and emigrated to the U.S. in 1850. His wife, Mary, was born in Canada to Irish parents, and her entire family came to the U.S. in 1838 when she was two years old. They settled in the Lake Forest area of Illinois, just north of Chicago.

      Patrick Harrison seems to have speculated in land. All of his land purchases were in various sections of Wisconsin Township 11 - Range 5 west. The following listings, obtained from Crawford and Vernon County records, is incomplete:

      01 Feb 1855 - Patrick received a land patent for Section 29 - T11 - R5W, 120 acres, the west half of the north east quarter AND the south east quarter of the north west quarter. This he sold to John Nilson on 13 Jul 1855 for $120.

      23 Sep 1864 - Patrick bought from Michael and Mary Eliza Tully for $1000, Section 35 - T11 - R5W, 80 acres, the south half of the south west quarter. He sold this land back to Michael Tully on 10 Feb 1869 for $500.

      26 Sep 1864 - Patrick bought from Thomas and Mary Melvin for $700, Section 35 - T11 - R5W, 80 acres, the west half of the south east quarter. This he sold back to Mary Melvin on 13 Feb 1865 for $650.

      (unknown date) - Patrick bought Section 31 - T11 - R5W, the south west quarter of the north east quarter. He sold a small part of this (the 10 acres in the north east corner) to Peter German on 17 Mar 1866 for $100.

      09 Nov 1867 - Patrick bought from Andrew A. and Christina Flathammer for $1050, Section 20 - T11 - R5W, 120 acres, the north half of the south east quarter AND the south west quarter of the south east quarter. The mortgage for this land was satisfied on 23 Oct 1871.

      23 Oct 1871 - Patrick bought from Andrew and Betsy Call for $950, Section 21 - T11 - R5W, 80 acres, the east half of the north west quarter. Patrick took out a mortgage for $650 at this time, and this he satisfied on 15 Nov 1876.

      By 1903, Patrick had acquired lands in Section 9 - T11 - R5W, 160 acres, the eastern half of the north west quarter AND the western half of the south east quarter (this seems to be where the family homestead was located ... at the NE junction of the Sag City and Birch Roads, sitting between West Prairie and Rising Sun) in Sterling Township. He also owned lands in Section 11 - T11 - R5W, 40 acres, the south west quarter of the south east quarter in Franklin Township, both in Vernon County. These lands he willed to his heirs upon his death in 1908.

      Patrick's son Joseph ended up with the property, having bought out his siblings rights to it one by one. By 1931, Joseph sold off the eastern half of the north west quarter, but retained the western half of the south east quarter until his death in 1952.

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      Patrick was a farmer, as were his two sons, Patrick and Joseph.

      In 1860, the family lived in Wisconsin's Crawford County, Freeman Township, with a post office in Rising Sun. By 1870, the family moved to Vernon County in Wisconsin, to Sterling Township, and remained there through 1900. At some time, probably after his wife's death in April, 1906, Patrick moved to Chicago and died there two years later. However, he and his wife are buried in Wisconsin.

      According to the 1900 census, Patrick and Mary had had 13 children, 9 of whom were still alive in 1900. Patrick's Last Will and Testament, drawn up in 1903, only lists eight children: John, Alice White, Patrick, Mary, Anna Leyha (should be Leahy), Joseph, Richard, and Nellie (Helen). This indicates that Thomas, Katherine, Francis, and an unknown, probably died young. When the will went through probate in 1908, Alice White is not listed although she was still alive.

      Family lore says that Mary Lavin claimed she was a member of DAR (Daughter of the American Revolution), and that her brother was killed in the Haymarket Riot of May 4, 1886 in Chicago. Neither of these are true.

      The 1920 Wisconsin census lists three of the children as living on the family farm in Sterling Township: sons Joseph and Patrick, and daughter Mary Hill (a widow), and Mary's daughter Alice Hill.

      Four of the children: Patrick, Mary, Joseph, and Richard, are buried with their mother and father in St. James Cemetery in Rising Sun, Crawford County, Wisconsin, where there is a large monument bearing the HARRISON name in front of the six grave markers.
    Children 
     1. HARRISON, John J.,   b. 12 Feb 1856, Freeman Township, Crawford Co., Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1939, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     2. HARRISON, Thomas,   b. Abt 1858, Freeman Township, Crawford Co., Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1870, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 13 years)
     3. HARRISON, Katherine,   b. Abt 1859, Freeman Township, Crawford Co., Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1880, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 22 years)
     4. HARRISON, Alice,   b. May 1860, Freeman Township, Crawford Co., Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 29 Jan 1953, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 92 years)
     5. HARRISON, Francis,   b. 28 Mar 1863, Freeman Township, Crawford Co., Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1903  (Age 40 years)
     6. HARRISON, Patrick Henry,   b. Sep 1866, Freeman Township, Crawford Co., Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jul 1928, DeSoto, Crawford Co., Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years)
     7. HARRISON, Mary,   b. 9 Oct 1871, Freeman or Sterling Town, Crawford or Vernon Co., Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Feb 1958, Viroqua, Vernon Co., Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     8. HARRISON, Anna,   b. 27 Sep 1873, Crawford or Vernon County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Aug 1955, Vernon Co., Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     9. HARRISON, Joseph Eugene,   b. 27 Sep 1875, Freeman or Sterling Town, Crawford or Vernon Co., Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1952, Viroqua, Vernon Co., Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     10. HARRISON, Richard James,   b. Jul 1878, Freeman or Sterling Town, Crawford or Vernon Co., Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1935  (Age ~ 56 years)
     11. HARRISON, Helen Louisa (Nellie),   b. 17 Oct 1880, Freeman or Sterling Town, Crawford or Vernon Co., Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1952, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    Last Modified 11 Sep 2023 
    Family ID F402  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Jack & Donna Huldie
      Sent : Tuesday, December 27, 2005

      from Deposition for Roger Connaughton, Nov. 21, 1902:
      Patrick was 73 and had been living in Wisconsin since 1855. He was never in the army, ?since I was unfit and paid for it?. Roger and family stayed with Patrick?s family in 1866, and then Roger
      moved onto land which Patrick Connaughton owned, and built a small house. He was a near neighbor to Patrick for three years.
      Patrick grew up in Ireland with Roger, and was ten years his senior.
      Patrick?s deposition was witnessed by Nellie and Mary Harrison.

  • Sources 
    1. [S36] Dealth Certificate for John Harrison.

    2. [S325] Census US 1900, (National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), T623, roll 1820, Sterling, Vernon, Wisconsin, enumeration district (ED) 169, p. 11B (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1039] Death Certificate for Patrick Harrison, Cook County Courthouse, IL, #0000006448 (FHL film: 1239782) (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1050] Obituary for Patrick Harrison, The Chicago Daily News, Thursday, August 13, 1908 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S1139] Cemetery Stones for Patrick and Mary Harrison family, St. James Catholic Cemetery, Rising Sun, Crawford County, WI (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S1150] Wisconsin, Will and Probate for Patrick Harrison, Vernon County Courthouse, Will - 2 Dec 1903, Probate 5 Jan 1909, 18 Oct 1911 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S1161] Wisconsin, Second Will for Patrick Harrison, Vernon County Courthouse, Vol 34 Misc, p. 2, #89582 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S376] Find a Grave, (https://www.findagrave.com) (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S1127] Wisconsin Land Patent Record for Patrick Harrison, Department of the Interior General Land Office, Patent Record "R", No. 92831, Certificate No. 5959 (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S1061] Mortgage and Patent Records for Patrick Harrison, Crawford County Courthouse, (1) 13th July, 1855, (2) 23 Sep, 1864, p. 25, (3) 26 Sep 1864, p. 24, (4) 17 Mar 1866 (Reliability: 3).

    11. [S1061] Mortgage and Patent Records for Patrick Harrison, Vernon County Courthouse, (1) 5 Jul 1864, (2) 13 Feb 1865, p. 601, (3) 9 Nov 1867, p. 142, (4) 23 Oct 1871, p. 346 and 488-490 (Reliability: 3).

    12. [S146] Marriage Record for Patrick Harrison and Mary Lavin, Lake County (Illinois), County Clerk, Marriage records, 1839-1915, Book B (1848-1860), p. 101 (FHL film: 1863435) (Reliability: 3).

    13. [S312] Illinois, Waukegan, Immaculate Conception Church 1847-1915, p268, mage125 (Reliability: 3).


  

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