Umatilla County OR Archives Biographies.....Harrison, John H January 9, 1857 - 
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Author: Colonel William Parsons 

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JOHN H. HARRISON
	The prosperous farmer whose name forms the heading of this article has 
fought his way through the battles of this world with a valor and decisiveness 
that have crowned him with marked success in the financial realm, while his 
geniality and good, neighborly spirit have won him a host of friends among all 
classes.
	Stephenson county, Illinois, is his native place, and the date of his 
advent into this world was January 9, 1857, from which time until he was 
twenty-one years of age he lived with his, Samuel Harrison, a prosperous 
farmer. He was apt at the farm work and made a fine success on his father’s 
farm, as well as gained a good education from the common schools of his native 
place. When it came time for him to take up the battle of life alone he was 
well prepared and went at it with energy and wisdom. The west seemed to be the 
place for him to begin, so accordingly he came to Pendleton in the winter of 
1878, and engaged as an employe for one year, after which he went to Walla 
Walla and followed ranching until 1881. Immediately succeeding this he 
returned to Pendleton and engaged in a livery stable, which, together with 
driving a truck, occupied him for two years more, when he found that his 
economy and thrift had amassed sufficient funds for him to begin business for 
himself, and he proceeded to open up a liquor store, which he successfully 
handled for two years and then turned his attention to ranching, finding it a 
life of less confinement.  In this capacity he continued for nine years with 
very gratifying financial remuneration. Desirous of a change he sold out and 
came to Pilot Rock and again embarked in the retail liquor business, this time 
following it until February, 1901, when he sold out and bought a fine farm of 
three hundred and twenty acres. Upon this place we now find him, occupying 
himself entirely with farming, where there is no doubt that with his fine land 
and his former skill and energy he will make an excellent record as an 
agriculturist.
	On July 3, 1888, he was married to Miss Olive Waldron, a native of 
Indiana. Her father was a farmer in that state, and she was born in 1866. They 
have become the parents of six children, as follows: Claude M., born December 
7, 1889; Derward, born March 17, 1891; Clint O., born May 15, 1893; Flossie, 
born October 20, 1895; Eva M., born June 15, 1897; and the baby, born April 
20, 1900. Mr. Harrison is a member of Lodge No. 10, United Artisans of Pilot 
Rock.




 






  
 

						







	

	
 
	
	


Additional Comments:
An Illustrated History of Umatilla County by Colonel William Parsons and of 
Morrow County by W. S. Shiach with a brief outline of the early history of the 
State of Oregon.  W. H. Lever, Publisher  1902.

	Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Oregon Biographies 
Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the 
individual featured in the biographies. 


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