Margaret Elizabeth Harrison

Brief Life History of Margaret Elizabeth

When Margaret Elizabeth Harrison was born in September 1869, in Union District, Putnam, West Virginia, United States, her father, Abner Harrison, was 35 and her mother, Sarah E Cottrill, was 35. She died on 21 July 1939, in Sissonville, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 69.

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Family Time Line

Abner Harrison
1833–1910
Sarah E Cottrill
1833–1901
Virgina Farzina Harrison
1864–1946
William Harrison
1866–1897
Rosanna Harrison
1867–1883
Margaret Elizabeth Harrison
1869–1939
Amelia Josephine Harrison
1871–1922
John Wilson Harrison
1873–1959

Sources (7)

  • Elizabeth M Harrison in household of Abner Harrison, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Margaret Elizabeth Harrison - Government record: Death record or certificate: birth-name: Margaret Elizabeth Harrison
  • Margaret Elizabeth Harrison, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1870 · Giving all the right to vote

The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English (northern): from the Middle English personal name Harry or Herry + -son. These were the common pronunciations of Henry (see Harry ).

History: Harrison is an extremely common surname in northern England. One important and influential American family of bearers are descended from Benjamin Harrison, who emigrated from England to VA in 1633 or 1634. Descendants include another Benjamin Harrison (c. 1726–91), who was an activist in the American Revolution and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. His son William Henry Harrison (1773–1841) and great-grandson Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901) both became presidents of the US.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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