W. O. Harrison, Winn Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies
120 Ted Price Lane
Winnfield, LA  71483
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W. O. Harrison
Harrison is a general merchant, cotton buyer, and planter of Montgomery, La., 
and as a merchant has been established in this place since 1879, his annual sales 
amounting to about $30,000.  He was born in East Baton Rouge Parish, La., 
being the second of nine children born to Dr. Thomas O. and Elizabeth Sullivan 
Harrison, who were also born in that parish, there making their home until 1857, 
when they removed to Ouachita Parish, and the same year to Montgomery where 
they spent many years of their lives, but are now residing in Winn Parish.  The 
Doctor has practiced medicine for about forty years, and is still engaged in his 
efforts to relieve the suffering of others, being one of the foremost physicians 
of Central Louisiana.  He graduated from Jackson La., College, and both in his 
practice and in his business investments he has been very successful financially.  
Socially he belongs to Montgomery Lodge No. 168 of the F. & A. M. , and he 
and his wife inherit Scotch and Irish blood from their ancestors.  W. O. Harrison 
was educated principally in Montgomery, and at the age of sixteen began clerking 
for himself, continuing for seven years, after which he rented land and farmed for 
four years.  He is now, however, the owner of 1,168 acres of good river land, 
all of which has been earned by his own efforts.  He was married in 1875, to Miss 
Elmena, daughter of Judge A. V. and Harriet G. Ragan, who came from 
Tennessee to Winn Parish, La., in 1859, afterward moving to Montgomery, 
where they both died.  Judge Ragan was judge of Grant Parish for four years 
and also justice of the peace some years.  He was a prominent Mason, and he 
and his wife were Methodists.  Mrs. Harrison was born in Ouachita Parish, and 
has borne Mr. Harrison six children.  She is a Methodist, and he is a member 
of the F. & A. M.


(The above was copied from "Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Northwest 
Louisiana," published 1890 by The Southern Publishing Company.  Submitted 
by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, La.)