Elisha Riley Harrison b. 26 Feb 1827 Illinois, USA d. 24 Oct 1913 Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, USA: Smith Family Tree

Elisha Riley Harrison

1827 - 1913 (86 years)

Name	Elisha Riley Harrison [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
Birth	26 Feb 1827	Illinois, USA [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
Gender	Male
Census	1850	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA [8]
Census	1870	Stewart County, Tennessee, USA [1, 2]
Census	Delphia and Riley Harrison
Census	1880	Indian Mound, Stewart, Tennessee, USA [2]
Census	1900	Stewart County, Tennessee, USA [2, 5]
Census	1910	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA [6]
Census	Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Father-in-law of E William Hurst
FSID	L7N6-GSL [10]
Death	24 Oct 1913	Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, USA [2, 4]
Burial	Smith Austin Wallace Cemetery, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA [4]
Burial		Smith Austin Wallace Cemetery (Also known as Austin and Smith Cemetery) Stewart County, Tennessee Find a Grave: #2278821
Person ID	I15712	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	William Harrison, b. 1775, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA d. 1841, McLean County, Illinois, USA (Age 66 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Mary McClure, b. 3 Nov 1796, Virginia, USA d. 5 Sep 1866, Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, USA (Age 69 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	17 Apr 1810	Rockingham County, Virginia, USA [11]
Family ID	F3343	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Philadelphia Ann 'Delphia' Heflin, b. 21 Aug 1828, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA d. Aft 1900, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA (Age > 73 years)

Marriage 5 Feb 1851 Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA [2, 3, 5, 12]

Children

	1. Cornelieus Greenie Harrison, b. 23 May 1874, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA d. 1880 (Age 5 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Gruley Harrison, b. Abt 1856, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Lenny H Harrison, b. 18 Sep 1863, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA d. Bef 1870, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA (Age < 6 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. John W Harrison, b. Abt 1873, Tennessee, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. George Wesley Harrison, b. 12 Dec 1867, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA d. 7 Mar 1915, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA (Age 47 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Evie Ann Harrison, b. 8 Jan 1860, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA d. 5 Jan 1948, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA (Age 87 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	7. Sarah Jane 'Sack' Harrison, b. 11 Sep 1853, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	8. Elizabeth Mary 'Betty' Harrison, b. 5 May 1868, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA d. 1965 (Age 96 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	9. Riley Harrison, b. Abt 1869, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA d. Bef 1880 (Age < 10 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	10. William Forrest Harrison, b. 15 May 1861, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA d. 15 May 1936, Indian Mound, Stewart, Tennessee, USA (Age 75 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	11. Nancy Caroline 'Nannie' Harrison, b. 30 Apr 1857, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA d. 12 Apr 1947, Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, USA (Age 89 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	12. James Wesly Harrison, b. 21 Aug 1865, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA d. 1 Jan 1942, Oakwood, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	13. Tennessee Ann 'Aunt Ten' Harrison, b. 27 Aug 1855, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA d. 1 Aug 1942, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA (Age 86 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	14. Margaret Alma Harrison, b. 20 Dec 1876, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA d. 30 Dec 1950, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA (Age 74 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	15. Arminta Green 'Mint' Harrison, b. 20 Oct 1851, Oakwood, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA d. 27 Oct 1929, Oakwood, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	16. Morgan S Harrison, b. 7 Mar 1870, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA d. 15 Apr 1910, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA (Age 40 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F5772 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 26 Feb 1827 - Illinois, USA
	Census - 1850 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
	Marriage - 5 Feb 1851 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Delphia and Riley Harrison - 1870 - Stewart County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - 1880 - Indian Mound, Stewart, Tennessee, USA
	Census - 1900 - Stewart County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Father-in-law of E William Hurst - 1910 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
	Death - 24 Oct 1913 - Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, USA
	Burial - - Smith Austin Wallace Cemetery, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA

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Ancestors

~l HARRISON Elisha R
Elisha Riley Harrison

People

HARRISON-Elisha R
Elisha Riley Harrison (1827-1913)

Sources

[S11805] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: District 1, Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1564; Page: 227B; Family History Library Film: 553063.

1870 United States Federal Census
Year: 1870; Census Place: District 1, Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1564; Page: 227B; Family History Library Film: 553063
[S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
[S330] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2000;).
[S11396] Smith, Lawrence C, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Sanderson): HARRISON Elisha, (Name: SmithLC.com;), HARRISON Elisha Riley 1827-1913.
Husband of Philadelphia Heflin
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34988362/elisha_riley_harrison
[S11629] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: 1600; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0060; FHL microfilm: 1241600.

1900 United States Federal Census
Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: 1600; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0060; FHL microfilm: 1241600
[S11466] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1513; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0119; FHL microfilm: 1375526.

1910 United States Federal Census
Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1513; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0119; FHL microfilm: 1375526
[S8915] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Indian Mound, Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: 1280; Family History Film: 1255280; Page: 208C; Enumeration District: 153.

1880 United States Federal Census
Year: 1880; Census Place: Indian Mound, Stewart, Tennessee; Roll: 1280; Family History Film: 1255280; Page: 208C; Enumeration District: 153

[S9910] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: M432_891; Page: 182A; Image: 366.

1850 United States Federal Census
The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: 891; Page: 182a

[S78] World Family Tree, (Name: Family Tree Maker;), Absalom Heflin v23t1064.FTW.
[S882] FamilySearch - Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 14 July 2023, 01:40), entry for Elisha Riley Harrison (PID https://ark.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L7N6-GSL ); contributed by various users.
https://ark.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L7N6-GSL
[S976] Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 1999;), Dodd, Jordan R., Et Al.; Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850; Publication Place: Bountiful, UT ; Publisher: Precision Indexing Publishers.
[S11395] Smith, Lawrence C, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Sanderson): HEFLIN Philadelphia Harrison, (Name: SmithLC.com;), HEFLIN Philadelphia Ann Harrison 1830-1900.
Philadelphia was called "Delphy," "Delphina," or usually "Delphia."
She was a daughter of Agnes Ann Lucy and Absalom Heflin.
She married Elisha Riley Harrison 5 Feb 1851. She and Riley were living in Stewart County in 1900, but he was listed as widowed in 1910.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113796629/philadelphia-ann-harrison

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