Dekalb County GaArchives Biographies.....Harrison, George Hendree September 2, 1876 - January 28, 1936 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lois Harrison Colwell http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00031.html#0007623 January 25, 2012, 7:53 pm Source: Unpublished Family Biography Author: Lois Harrison Colwell GEORGE HENDREE HARRISON 1876 - 1936 Hendree, as he was called, was born 2 September 1876 in Atlanta where he grew up following the Civil War. His family removed to Fern Bank in DeKalb County in the 1890s, it was the home of his parents, Zadok Daniel Harrison and Laura Ligon Hendree Harrison. Hendree, second child, had one brother, Zadok Daniel Harrison, Jr., who was younger than he. He had five sisters, Emily, Laura, Cornelia "Fanneal", Courtenay, and Tinsley. Hendree entered Georgia Tech in 1891 in the Apprentice Class. He listed his residence as Kirkwood. In 1895 he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. His senior thesis was titled, "Georgia Marble and Its Quarries." The General Catalog, at Tech, carries an announcement that Hendree was in a debate with Tech's Literary Society, Phi Eta Sigma. His records show that following graduation, he went to work for the Franklin Printing & Publishing Co. as an assistant superintendent. In 1897 the City Directory for Atlanta shows a listing for Hendree Harrison, as "clk Franklin P & P Co". By 1898 Hendree is entering the University of the South in Tennessee. After taking a special course at the General Theological Seminary in New York, he graduated from the Theological Department of the University of the South in 1901. In 1900 he attended the Boston Convention of Sigma Alpha Epsilon where he was elected to the highest office in the gift of the fraternity. In 1901 and 1902 he was ordained both to the deaconate and to the priesthood by the Rt. Rev. C. K. Nelson, Bishop of Atlanta. While a deacon, he served the Missions of Christ Church in Macon, Georgia. His first charge, after ordination as priest, was St. George’s Church, Griffin, Georgia where he met his future bride. By 1904 he removed from Griffin, Georgia to Ocala, Florida where he became rector of Grace Church in Ocala. His work there consisted of the completion of the Parish Church, additional property purchased, the building of chapels at Sumpterville and Lake Weir and carrying on a mission at Orange Lake. On the 4th day of September 1906 he returned to Griffin, Georgia to marry Ethel Watt at St. George’s Church (now on the national registry in year 2003). In 1908, Hendree and Ethel become parents for the first time. George Hendree Harrison, Jr. was born 18 November 1908 in Ocala, Florida. By 1910, the family moved to Jacksonville, Florida where Rev. Harrison was affiliated with St. Stephens Episcopal Church and was the city missionary. Here he organized St. Mary’s Parish. A church was built and a rectory purchased. He also served on the Executive Committee of the Diocese. It was in Jacksonville that Hendree and Ethel brought three sons into this world and lost one. George Jr. died in Jacksonville on the 11th of April 1911. Earlier that year, in February on the 16th Howard Watt Harrison was born. Almost 2 years later Edward Hendree Harrison was born on the 4th of August 1913. A little over a year later, their youngest son, Zadok Daniel Harrison was born on October 11th, 1914. In the latter part of 1914, Rev. Harrison and family left Jacksonville, Florida, accepting a call to St. Mark’s, Gastonia, in the Missionary District of Asheville, North Carolina. In addition to the full work of his own parish, he took care of Missions at Bessemer City, High Shoals and other mill towns. During his rectorship, St. Mark’s acquired its Parish House. While in this district Rev. Harrison was appointed, by Bishop Horner, to raise funds in the East for the Church work among the mill people, and to further that work in many ways. By 1917 the family was once again moving to a new home. This time it was Calvary Church in Ashland, Kentucky. While there Hendree served the diocese as Examinating Chaplain, Trustee of the University of the South, and Deputy to the General Convention. In 1919 the family had moved to St. Ann’s Parish in Nashville, Tenn., serving that parish for more than a year before moving back to Florida. By June of 1921 the family was settling in at Pensacola, Florida as Hendree had accepted a call from Christ Church, which was accompanied by a personal request from Bishop Weed that Hendree return to the diocese. He took up his new duties on the second Sunday after Easter 1921. While at Christ Church he represented the diocese in two General Conventions and in the Provincial Synads. He was a member of the Executive Council. In both conventions called to elect a successor to the lamented Bishop Weed, Rev. Harrison received the second highest number of votes cast; the highest number went to family friend Bishop Juhan. During his ministry in Florida he held many positions of responsibility; he served as one of the examining chaplains, member of the executive council, the executive board and finance committee, and chairman of the commission on Negro work. For many years he had served as a trustee of the University of the South and a number of times he had represented his diocese in General Convention. In 1926 the University of Georgia conferred on Hendree the degree of Doctor of Divinity. He remained at Christ Church in Pensacola until his death on January 28th 1936. References: 1. Email from Georgia Tech. 2. Stowe's Clerical Directory, 1935, p. 154 3. Article, dated Feb. 15, 1936, from "The Living Church", entitled G. Hendree Harrison, Priest. 4. Copies of pages from "Christ Church Parish", Pensacola, Florida 1827-1927 by Julia J. Younge. (A biogarphy) 5. Pages from the Jacksonville City Directory from 1910-1914. 6. Family Information. 7. Copy of St. Ann's Episcopal Church Parish Register, 1920-21 - Nashville, TN. 8. Email from Dr. Jenny Thompson Souhrada, Archivist, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. 9. Ordination dates from the Cathedrals Journal Entries. Information compiled by the Diocesan Archivist, The Rev. William P. McLemore. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/dekalb/bios/harrison1001gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 6.6 Kb