Harrison, Martha

Personal Information
Last Name	Harrison
First Name	Martha
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Maiden Name
Death Date	11/5/1879
Birth Date
Obituary Source	Martinsville Republican, Nov. 6, 1879
Source Information	Cemetery index
Cemetery	Hilldale

Family Information
Spouse	William Harrison
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Other	Martha Harrison was born near Litchfield, Conn., December 8th, 1795. Emigrated west with a party of relatives and friends in the year 1818. She settled in that year near Sandusky, Ohio. In the year 1820, she married William Harrison of Cambridge, Mass., who had moved also to Ohio. They had five sons, four of whom survive, and two daughters. Her oldest child, a daughter and infant, lie buried on the bank of the Lower Mississippi. Her parents had gone in the year 1822. Her third child, a son, died in Pendleton County, Kentucky, where they lived. Her fourth child died in this county in 1866. Her husband William Harrison died in Pendleton County, Kentucky in 1840. Soon after her husband's death, the family moved to Delaware County, Ohio and lived there until 1851, when they moved to Martinsville. A son had lived here since 1848. She died at the residence of her son at 10 o'clock on yesterday, at the ripe old age of 83 years, 10 months and 26 days.
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