Johnson County KS Archives Biographies.....Lansdown, Harrison 1839 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 October 21, 2008, 2:45 am Author: Ed Blair (1915) Harrison Lansdown, a Civil war veteran, now retired at Edgerton, has been an honored resident of Johnson county for nearly forty years. Mr. Lansdown was born in Ohio in 1839, and is a son of N. Lansdown, a native of Virginia. Harrison Lansdown was reared to manhood in his native State, where he received a good common school education. Like the average boy he was engaged in the peaceful pursuits of civil life when the country was plunged into the great Civil war. He enlisted in Company K, Thirteenth regiment, Ohio infantry, and after serving a term of enlistment in that organization, he reenlisted in Company G, Ninety-fifth regiment, Ohio infantry, and served three years and six months in all. He participated in the battle of Richmond, Ky., Jackson, Miss., Vicksburg, Black River, Spanish Fort, Ala., Fort Blakely, Ala., Gnntown, Miss., besides numerous other engagements of lesser importance and skirmishes without number. He was captured at Guntown, Miss., and for a time confined in Andersonville prison. After being confined in Andersonville for some time, he was exchanged and returned home for a time when he returned to the front and joined his regiment. He was a good soldier and made a brilliant military record and was honorably discharged and mustered out of service, August 14, 1865. He returned to his Ohio home where he remained until 1877. He then came to Kansas reaching Johnson county, March 9, 1877. He farmed rented land for a time and prospered. He raised stock extensively, as well as large quantities of grain. After following farming for three years he removed to Gardner where he was engaged in the grain and elevator business for fifteen years. He then bought a small tract of land near Gardner where he built a home and engaged in raising fruit and garden produce. Jn 1904 he came to Edgerton and is now living retired. Mr. Lansdown has been twice married, first to Miss Louisa Sipes, and four children were born to this union: Albert, Floyd A., William and Cora. The wife and mother died in 1894 and Mr. Lansdown married Miss E. Edingfield. During Mr. Landsdown's long residence in Johnson countv, he has won many friends and made an extensive acquaintance. Politically he is a Republican. He is a member of the Presbyterian church and the Grand Army of the Republic. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas BY ED BLAIR AUTHOR OF Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches IN ONE VOLUME ILLUSTRATED STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY LAWRENCE, KANSAS 1915 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/johnson/bios/lansdown260nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ksfiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb