William Henry Harrison (1846-1915)

HARRISON, WISE, BACON, BRYANT

Posted By: Anne Hermann (email)
Date: 4/16/2010 at 07:50:50

Bellevue Herald, September 7, 1915

Another Veteran Called
Pioneer shoemaker, Victim of paralysis, Passes away Friday Afternoon after Three Weeks Illness

In the passing away of William Henry Harrison, which occurred Friday afternoon, Bellevue loses another one of its pioneer residents and civil war veterans. Mr. Harrison’s death was caused by paralysis, with which he was stricken several weeks ago. Deceased was the son of Richard and Marguerite Harrison and was born in 1846 at Rockingham, Iowa, and was therefore sixty-eight years of age. He came to Jackson County in 1860, locating in Bellevue, where he followed the trade of shoemaker continuously with the exception of the time he served in the war of the rebellion. He enlisted in Company H, 5th Iowa Veteran Cavalry in 1863 and served until mustered out at the end of the war.

In 1863 he was married in Maquoketa to Miss Gertrude Wise. He is survived by two sons, Edgar of Britt, Iowa and George of California; also by two brothers, Frank of Bellevue, and Charles of Mitchell, South Dakota; and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Bacon of Mitchell, South Dakota, and Mrs. L. E. Bryant of Anaconda, Montana.

“Dude,” as he was familiarly called, was of a quiet, retiring nature and was popular among a large circle of friends. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon from the Presbyterian church and interment made in the north cemetery, Rev. H. C. Irvine officiating. The pall bearers were Ignatz Klein, Philip Fablinger, Charles Kurth, Eli Nelson, George Heckelsmiller and Charles Trude.

William Harrison Grave
 

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