Notes for Britton Moore HARRISON

Sponsored by American History Press.

Americanhistorypress.com

"Keeping American history alive, one good book at a time!"

Notes for Britton Moore HARRISON

In January, 1827 Britton Moore Harrison was appointed constable of Harrison Township, Vigo County, Indiana. [See Greater Terre Haute and Vigo County by Oakey]
*****
Britton Moore Harrison:
"An Old Citizen Gone"
"B. M. Harrison, one of the most widely known of our old citizens, died at Carthage,
Missouri, July 23d, aged seventy-three years.
He was born in Rahway, New Jersey, in the year 1800. He removed from that state to
Vincennes, Ind., in 1815, from there to Hutsonville, in 1817, and to Terre Haute in 1818.
He was the first Mayor of this city, in 1844 and was president of the City Council from 1846 to 1852. He was the author of the charter under which our city government formerly operated. In the year 1852 he was defeated in the contest for Mayor by W. K.
Edwards. From 1853 to 1858 he represented the fourth ward in the City Council. He suffered heavily by different fires; especially by the burning of a valuable candle factory on the river bank, on the night of the 15th of April 1859.
Mr. Harrison was a leading citizen of Terre Haute for many years. He possessed talent of a high order, and had many friends.
The body of the deceased has been embalmed and placed in a vault at Carthage, until a suitable time in which to transport it to this city for burial."
Source- Terre Haute Daily Express, July 25, 1873
*****
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~katy/allen/b3828.html [accessed 5/14/12]:
Could this have been the father of Harrison?
May, 1819, Circuit Court for Vigo Co was held at the house of Robert Harrison in Terre Haute. Peter Allen was a member of the grand jury impaneled.
History of Indiana from Its Exploration to 1922; Logan Esarey [Google Books]
Probably buried Woodlawn Cem., Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN.

| HOME | SURNAMES |

Sponsored by American History Press.

Americanhistorypress.com

"Keeping American history alive, one good book at a time!"