The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-11-03
DR.. R. H. HARRISON.

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years of age and had a great many
descendants and connections in
this city and country. The fol
lowing is sketch of his very in.
teresting career republished from
the Houston Chronicles:
DIR. r. II. Harrison was born in
Gainesville, Ga, on the 18th day
of November, 1926. Ia tho year
1899 bis parents removed to Mid
die Tennessee and settled in
ClarksErsarnSt 'Cofhere the doctor re-
ceiys nine Cabinet education in the
decentralization Primarily .-rda
ecnools = ce'"a"S. are selected to e'9
taking literary course III the,
GAINESVILLE Academy, then attend
ed the John w. Tyler High School
in Kentucky. The family removed
from GAINESVILLE to Nashville,
where the doctor began the study
of medicine in his fathers private
infrmary, subsequently attending
medical lectures IN the schools of
Cincinnati. He afterwards re-
turned home and began the prac-
tice of medicine in Troy, Obion
County, Tennessee, then for the
second time he settled in Clarks-
vile. A few years later he was
elected to fill the chair of materia
medica and therapeutics in one of
the medical colleges of Nashville,
which position he filed with dis
tinction for several years.
In May, 1856, he was married in
Covington, Tenn, to Miss Martha
V. Towel, who survives him.
They have two sons and three
daughters living: DR.. K. H. Har-
rison, Jr., and DR.. j. w. Harri.
son, both residing in Columbus;
Mrs. Roger Knox, of Gonzales;
Mrs. Wilson LlttleteId, of Cam.
den, Ark, and Mrs. L. j. Wind
ham, of Houston, the eldest daugh-
ter, the late Mrs. E. j. Sandmeyer,
having died about ten years ago.
The doctor was among the first in
1861 to respond to the call of the
South and as private raised a
company of artillery for the de.
Tense of Fort Pillow. After the
fall of Island Ten in the Mississip-
pi river his company was disband-
ed and its gallant members recruit
ed in different arms at Corinth,
when the doctor was elected cap
tain of Company E, Ninth Tennes
see volunteers, and served with
Bragg's army during the campaign
in Kentucky. After the battle of
Murfreesboro he was RECOMMENDED
for promotion and ordered to re-
port to General Pemberton at
jackson, Miss. The general or
dered him to West Tennessee to
reorganize regiment of con
scripts that had been disbanded.
In the vain endeavor to accom-
plish this end he was captured by
the Federal forces, and held a
prisoner for 81 months at Alton,
ILL.,, and afterwards transferred to
Johnson's Island, where he re-
NAMED six months longer, when
he was sent to Aiken's landing for
exchange. After being released
he was ordered to report to Cen
eral Forrest in Mississippi. He
was afterwards placed on duty un-
der General Buford as inspector
general of the defenses of Mont
gomery, Ala, against the approach
Of General Wilson with 10000
men. When ii was determined to
abandon the city he was placed IN
command of brigade of Alabama
reserves and reiterated in the d.
rection of Columbus, Ca, under
orders to obstruct the thorough
fares as effectualIy as possible
with the view of delaying the
march of the Federal troops.
When the brigade arrived in Co
lumbus it was placed on duty for
the defense of that city and the
battle then fought was the last one
fought east of the Mississippi riy-
or. After the surrender the doc
tor returned to West Tennessee,