James Kent Harrison1
b. 18 February 1871, d. 28 October 1895
Father | Rev. J.R. Harrison1 |
Birth | 18 Feb 1871 | James Kent Harrison was born on 18 Feb 1871 in Roanoke, Virginia.1 |
Marriage | 2 Oct 1895 | He married Nellie Grant Allison, daughter of John Beattie Allison and Sarah Ellen Wright, on 2 Oct 1895 in Washington County, Virginia.2,3 |
Death | 28 Oct 1895 | He died 26 days later, on 28 Oct 1895, when he fell under the wheels of a train while working as a brakeman on the Norfolk and Western railroad.1,3,4 |
Burial | | He was buried in the Allison-Keys square at Old Baptist Cemetery, Washington County, Virginia.1 |
| | Three years after James died his younger brother Charles died 24 days after his own wedding. |
Citations
- [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 168. Stone reported to read: James Kent Harrison, s/o Rev. J.R. Harrison, b. 18 Feb. 1871, m. 2 Oct. 1895, d. killed on N & W RR 28 Oct. 1895, age 24y 8m 10d.
- [S8] Hockett and Hunt, 1891-1902 Marriages of Washington Co. VA, p. 50. Transcription reads: James K. Harrison, 23, b. Roanoke, VA, son of J.R. & Sallie Harrison, RR man AND Nellie G. Allison, 22, d/o John B. & Sarah E. Allison; marr 02 Oct. 1895.
- [S698] Letter, Kathlyn Allison Carnagey to Graham Keys, 5 Sept. 1966. Ms Carnagy states that Nellie Grant Allison, dau of John Beattie Allison and Susan Ellen Wright, married a Harrison who died within weeks after the marriage. She later married "Buck" Hutton. No children.
- [S622] Martha Keys, "Fax," e-mail to Diana Powell, 26 Jul 2005. Martha shared the following from an old newspaper: "He was a brakeman on the Norfolk and Western railroad and fell under the train while it was rolling. This happened around Rural Retreat, Virginia."