Biographical Sketch of C. H. Harrison, Johnson County, Missouri,
Warrensburg

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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C. H. Harrison, proprietor of the Harrison Book and Stationery Store in
Warrensburg, Missouri, is the veteran book dealer of Warrensburg.  He 
is a member of a distinguished pioneer family of Johnson county, Miss-
ouri.  He was born October 26, 1865 in Hazel Hill township, son of John
Wesley and Eliza C. (Ovens) Harrison, a sketch of whom appears else-
where in this volume.  Mr. Harrison, the subject of this review, 
received his education in the public schools of Warrensburg.  After
leaving school, he was employed for three and a half years by the
Christopher Dry Goods Company, when they were located where the E. N.
Warnick Hardware Company is now.  July 7, 1885 Mr. Harrison purchased
the Brooks & Williams' stock of books and stationery, located at 115
Pine street where he has for the past 32 years continued the business.
He has in the meantime added wallpaper to his stock.  The store occupi-
es a room 25 x 90 feet in dimensions and is attractive, neat and well
kept.  Mr. Harrison carries school books and a large line of miscellan-
eous books.  November 8, 1885, C. H. Harrison and Pauline Holliday,
daughter of Thompson and Paulina (Phillips) Holliday, of Holliday, 
Missouri, were united in marriage.  To C. H. and Pauline (Holliday)
Harrison have been born two sons: C. Holliday Harrison, who married
Rose Palmer, of Lexington, Missouri and is associated in business with
his father, C. H. Harrison; and Don, who is in the employ of the Clark 
Brothers' Shoe Company of Warrensburg, Missouri and resides at home 
with his parents.  Mr. and Mrs. C. Holliday Harrison are the parents
of one child, a daughter.  C. H. Harrison is a man of decided literary
tastes.  He is a constant reader and keen thinker and no one in Johnson
county is beeter posted than he upon current events.  Politically, Mr.
Harrison is affiliated with the Socialist party.  The first organiza-
tion of the Socialist party in Warrensburg was made in 1900 and a 
county ticket was placed in the field at that time.  The local organi-
zation existed twelve years and then was reorganized in 1912.  C. H. 
Harrison was the Socialist candidate for Congress from the sixth Con-
gressional district in 1914.  The sixth congressional district of 
Missouri had at that time about eight hundred dues paying members of
the Socialist organization.  A thorough patriot, Mr. Harrison firmly 
believes that the present social conditions must and will be corrected
only through education of the common people who comprise the vast
majority of the population.  Quiet and unassuming in demeanor, Mr.
Harrison has made many friends in Johnson county and he ranks high 
among his business associates as an honest, honorable, conscientious
man.

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