Harrison - Robison Family Tree

1. Marriage of Thomas Satterwhite Harrison and Adeline Hannah Slade
2. Marriage of Thomas Satterwhite Harrison and Mary Jo Burkholder
3. Marriage of Thomas Satterwhite Harrison and Isabella P. Slade
4. Marriage of Samuel SatterHarrison and Louisa Matilda McDaniel

1. Death of Thomas Satterwhite Harrison

Thomas Satterwhite Harrison (1842-1927)

Thomas Satterwhite Harrison, son of Samuel S. Harrison and Louisa Matilda McDaniel, was born 22 July 1842 in Caswell County. He married (1st) 23 August 1863 Adeline Hannah Slade, daughter of Thomas Slade and Mary Elizabeth Taber or Tabor. Adeline Hannah Slade was born 27 June 1843 in Caswell County and died there 22 July 1878.

Thomas Satterwhite Harrison married (2nd) 27 July 1879 in Caswell County, were he had had his first marriage, Isabella P. Slade, sister of Adeline, his late wife. Isabella P. Slade was born 27 May 1845 in Caswell County, and she died 24 October 1890.

Finally, Thomas married (3rd) 25 October 1892 in Bedford County, Virinia, Mary Jo Burkholder, daughter of Robert Calhoun Burkholder and Mary Eliza Crumpton. Mary Jo Burkholder was born 6 May 1861 in Bedford County, Virginia and died 10 February 1904 in Caswell County. All but the last four of Thomas Satterwhite Harrison's children were born in Caswell County, North Carolina. The children by his third wife, Mary Jo, were born at "Blackstone" in Virginia, the Burkholders' family home.

Children:

First Wife

1. Cora Isabell (Belle) Harrison
2. John Phillip Samuel Harrison
3. William Slade Harrison
4. Thomas Henry Harrison
5. Dora K. Harrison
6. Adeline Harrison
7. Lilly Harrison

Second Wife

8. Annie May Harrison
9. Robert Lee Harrison
10. Bessie Harrison

Third Wife

11. Isaac Douglas Harrison
12. Mary Eliza Harrison
13. Sarah Carroll Harrison
14. Gladys Burks Harrison

Source: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 272 (Article #319, "Thomas Satterwhite Harrison" by Francis Andrews Maloney, Jr.).

Based upon the obituary of son Thomas Henry Harrison (1869-1921) Thomas Satterwhite Harrison had the following eleven children (with three apparently not listed):

Thomas Henry Harrison
John P. Harrison
William S. Harrison
Robert L. Harrison
Douglas Harrison
Dora Harrison
Lilliam Harrison
Annie Harrison
Mrs. R. K. Webster
Mrs. E. T. Duckett
Mrs. N. T. Lea

See: Purley

1910 US Census
Name: Thomas S Harrison
Age in 1910: 67
Estimated birth year: abt 1843
Birthplace: North Carolina
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: North Carolina
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Home in 1910: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas S Harrison 67
Dora K Harrison 37
Douglas Harrison 16
Eliza Harrison 14
Gladys Harrison 10
Fannie Hodges 66
Maud Walters 25
Lelia Walters 20

The Bee (Danville, Virginia) 17 January 1927 (Page 1)

T. S. Harrison Well-Known Man of Blanche, Dies

New was received here today of the death last night at 11:25 o'clock of Thomas Satterwhite Harrison, lifelong and prominent resident of Blanche, N. C. Mr. Harrison, who is 85 years old, had been bed-ridden for about eight weeks from infirmities of age, but several days ago contracted bronchial pneumonia, which hastened his death.

Mr. Harrison was widely known and esteemed in Caswell county. He served as justice of the peace for 52 consecutive years, probably establishing a record in years of service as an officeholder. He also served two terms in the state legislature and was a Mason and confederate veteran.

Besides his sister, Mrs. Cora Slade, of Yanceyville, Mr. Harrison is survived by the following children: Will Harrison, Havanna, Cuba; Robert L. Harrison and and John P. Harrison, of Blanche, N. C.; I. D. Harrison, of Norfolk; Miss Annie Harrison, Danville; Mrs. James Murray, Danville; Miss Dora Harrison, Blanche; Mrs. W. T. Lea, Blanche; Lieut. Duval Duckett, United States Navy, San Diego; Mrs. W. K. Webster, Washington, D. C., and Miss Lillie Harrison, of California.

The funeral will be held from Harrison's old church, near the residence, Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock. He will be buried with Masonic honors.
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He apparently was a Republican in a county where most of the white population were Democrats. Source: Ann of the Ku Klux Klan, Tom Henderson (1942) at 9.

Note that an "A. Bigelow" was shown as a Member of the North Carolina General Assembly (House of Representatives) in 1881, serving with Thomas S. Harrison. Source: Historical Abstracts of Minutes of Caswell County, North Carolina 1777-1877, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1976) at 132.