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GOODRICH Willie Benjamin, Jr.

GOODRICH Willie Benjamin, Jr.

Male 1933 - 2005  (71 years)

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  1. 1.  GOODRICH Willie Benjamin, Jr.GOODRICH Willie Benjamin, Jr. was born on 15 Mar 1933 in Burrowsville, Prince George, VA (son of GOODRICH Willie Benjamin, Sr. and PRICE Virginia); died on 24 Jan 2005 in Petersburg, VA; was buried on 27 Jan 2005 in Burrowsville, VA (Brandon Episcopal Church Cem, Rt. 10).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 316
    • Milit-Beg: 1950, Ft. Gordon, GA
    • Education: Abt 1953, Richmond, Virginia, USA
    • Illness: 25 Jan 2005; Cancer

    Notes:

    WILLIE GOODRICH JR. Willie Benjamin Goodrich Jr. died on Jan. 24, 2005, after a long struggle with cancer. Willie was born on March 15, 1933, in Burrowsville. He was a graduate of the Disputanta High School, class of 1950. He served as a company clerk in the United States Army at Fort Gordon, Ga. Following his service in the Army, he attended Smith Deal Massey Business School in Richmond. He was employed as an accountant for Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. in Hopewell for 40 years until his retirement in 1995. Willie Jr. was a charter member of the Burrowsville Volunteer Fire Department, past treasurer and charter member of Burrowsville Ruritan Club, past treasurer and lifetime member of Martins Brandon Episcopal Church. During his years in the service, Willie Jr. met Charles Terry from Alabama. Willie Jr. and Terry remained close friends throughout his life. In his spare time, Willie Jr. enjoyed traveling to NASCAR races with his son and good friends, Leroy, Tom and Chuck of Tidewater. He also enjoyed his designation as the Burrowsville community grass cutter for many years. He was preceded in death by his father, Willie Benjamin Goodrich Sr. of Burrowsville. He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Barbara Riddle Goodrich; a daughter, Kimberly J. Goodrich; a son, Willie Benjamin Goodrich III; and his mother, Virginia Price Goodrich, 95, all of Burrowsville. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005, in the Hopewell Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005, at Martins Brandon Episcopal Church, 18706 James River Drive, Burrowsville, with the Rev. Macon B. Walton, rector, officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Brandon Church Restoration Fund in his memory. Donations may be forwarded in care of Wanda G. Temple, treasurer, 2410 Liverman Drive, Hopewell, VA 23860.

    W

    Cancer

    US Army

    Willie married RIDDLE Barbara ?? about 1959. Barbara was born on 11 Nov 1962. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. GOODRICH Willie Benjamin, III was born on 30 Jun 1966.
    2. GOODRICH Kimberly Jane was born on 5 Jun 1962.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  GOODRICH Willie Benjamin, Sr.GOODRICH Willie Benjamin, Sr. was born on 15 Dec 1895 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States (son of GOODRICH Jefferson Davis and HARRISON Lottie Baird); died on 29 May 1974 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; was buried in May 1974 in Burrowsville, Prince George, VA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Farmer
    • Reference Number: 306
    • Religion: Methodist
    • Census: 1910, Guilford, Surry, Virginia
    • Military Service: 22 Sep 1917; US Army, Various locations, WW II

    Notes:

    Owned a service station on Rt.10 in Burrowsville (still there). He was robbed and tied up and gagged with a baseball cap in his mouth and dropped in a drainage ditch that ran into a creek across the road. He survived and stayed in business a couple of years before his health deteriorated and then died several years late; his lungs were weakened from the pneumonia suffered from the exposure in the ditch.

    ACCORDING TO HIS SON, WILLIE JR. , HE WAS BORN IN THE CARSLEY SECTION OF SURRY COUNTY.

    Census:
    1910 United States Federal Census
    about Jefferson D Goodrich
    Name:Jefferson D Goodrich          
    Age in 1910:49          
    Birth Year:1861          
    Birthplace:Virginia          
    Home in 1910:Guilford, Surry, Virginia          
    Race:White          
    Gender:Male          
    Relation to Head of House:Head [Self (Head)]          
    Marital Status:Married          
    Spouse's Name:Lottie Goodrich          
    Father's Birthplace:Virginia          
    Mother's Birthplace:Virginia          
    Household Members:NameAge               
    Jefferson D Goodrich 49               
    Lottie Goodrich 30               
    Willie Goodrich 14               
    Mirtie Goodrich 11               
    Florce Goodrich 6               
    Reuth Goodrich 1 6/12 [1               




    Military Service:
    Camp Lee and France. 80th Div, 318th Infantry, Co. H and was a PFC. Spent 8 months at Camp Lee and 12 months in France. Inducted at Surry Court House. He was in battle in the Argonne Forest (7/28/1918). He was discharged from Camp Lee on Jun 4, 1919.

    Willie married PRICE Virginia about 1930 in Washington, DC. Virginia (daughter of PRICE John Tobias and POND Eudora Dorothy) was born on 14 Oct 1909 in Elberon, Surry, Virginia, USA; died on 10 Mar 2009 in Hopewell, VA; was buried in Burrowsville, Prince George, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  PRICE VirginiaPRICE Virginia was born on 14 Oct 1909 in Elberon, Surry, Virginia, USA (daughter of PRICE John Tobias and POND Eudora Dorothy); died on 10 Mar 2009 in Hopewell, VA; was buried in Burrowsville, Prince George, VA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Lived(s) In: Burrowsville, Prince George, VA; Lived in
    • Reference Number: 313
    • Religion: Burrowsville, Prince George, VA; Episcopal

    Notes:

    Asa of 1-16-08, Virginia is still alive and na nursing home in Hopewell ... Age 98

    Lived(s) In:
    Operated the Goodrich Service Station with her husband for most of their lives

    Religion:
    Martin's Brandon Episcopal Church

    Died:
    Virginia Goodrich Virginia Goodrich, of Burrowsville, passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at Riverview on the James Nursing Home in Hopewell.
    She was born in Elberon in Surry County on Oct. 14, 1909. She was preceded in death by her mother and father, Eudora Dorothy Pond and John Tobias Price of Surry County. She was preceded in death by her sister, Lizzie Price Cornwell of Tucson, Ariz., and brothers, John Lee Price and Robert Wilton Price of Brandon in Prince George County, and Eugene Franklin Price of Windsor, N.C. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Benjamin Goodrich Sr., and her only son, Willie Benjamin Goodrich Jr.
    She is survived by her daughter-in-law, Barbara Riddle Goodrich, and two grandchildren, Kimberly Jane Goodrich and Willie Benjamin Goodrich III, all of Burrowsville. She is survived by nieces and nephews, John Wilton Price and wife, Marian, of Prince George, Robert Courtney Price and wife, Lil,l of Prince George, Eugene Franklin Price Jr. and wife, Janet, of Windsor, N.C., and Elizabeth Price Peele of Pine Knoll Shores, N.C.
    Virginia was a lifelong member of Martin's Brandon Episcopal Church in Burrowsville, where she shared a special friendship with Brian and Mary Hobden of Las Cruces, N.M. Willie and Virginia operated Goodrich Service Station in Burrowsville for most of their lives and enjoyed weekends at the old Brandon Hunt Club on the James River with friends Cameron, Gertrude and Jimmy Olgers, and Harrison and Myrtie Livesay. In later years, Virginia also shared a special friendship with David and Betty Whitley of Hopewell.
    A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 13, 2009, in the Hopewell Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home with the Rev. Macon Walton, rector of Martin's Brandon Episcopal Church, officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery, Burrowsville. The family will receive friends one hour prior to funeral service. Memorial contributions may be made to the Memorial Fund at Martin's Brandon Episcopal Church, 18705 James River Drive, Disputanta, VA 23842. Condolences may be registered with www.jtmorriss.com .

    Notes:

    Married:
    Family Source

    Children:
    1. 1. GOODRICH Willie Benjamin, Jr. was born on 15 Mar 1933 in Burrowsville, Prince George, VA; died on 24 Jan 2005 in Petersburg, VA; was buried on 27 Jan 2005 in Burrowsville, VA (Brandon Episcopal Church Cem, Rt. 10).


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  GOODRICH Jefferson DavisGOODRICH Jefferson Davis was born on 22 Jun 1861 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States (son of GOODRICH Benjamin B.(Briggs ?) and HARRIS Elizabeth Anne); died on 23 Mar 1923 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; was buried in Surry County, VA (Lois Goodrich Cemetary on Rt 612).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Nickname: Jeff
    • Reference Number: 163
    • Nickname: 1870, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Davis
    • Census: 1910, Guilford, Surry, Virginia

    Notes:

    Had Typhoid fever as a child. Joined Carsley Methodist Church on 31 Aug 1894, Rev J.B. Askew. He was 30 and she was 18 when married.

    Person Source

    Nickname:
    called by the name Davis in the 1870 census

    Census:
    1910 United States Federal Census
    about Jefferson D Goodrich
    Name:Jefferson D Goodrich          
    Age in 1910:49          
    Birth Year:1861          
    Birthplace:Virginia          
    Home in 1910:Guilford, Surry, Virginia          
    Race:White          
    Gender:Male          
    Relation to Head of House:Head [Self (Head)]          
    Marital Status:Married          
    Spouse's Name:Lottie Goodrich          
    Father's Birthplace:Virginia          
    Mother's Birthplace:Virginia          
    Household Members:NameAge               
    Jefferson D Goodrich 49               
    Lottie Goodrich 30               
    Willie Goodrich 14               
    Mirtie Goodrich 11               
    Florce Goodrich 6               
    Reuth Goodrich 1 6/12 [1               

    Jefferson married HARRISON Lottie Baird on 19 Feb 1895 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Lottie (daughter of HARRISON William Franklin and BAIRD Sarah Ellis) was born on 22 Jan 1877; died on 1 May 1964 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; was buried in May 1964 in Surry County, VA (Lois Goodrich Cemetary on Rt 612). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  HARRISON Lottie BairdHARRISON Lottie Baird was born on 22 Jan 1877 (daughter of HARRISON William Franklin and BAIRD Sarah Ellis); died on 1 May 1964 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; was buried in May 1964 in Surry County, VA (Lois Goodrich Cemetary on Rt 612).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 165

    Notes:

    According to Sarah Smith Rowell Johnson (wife of Turner Collier Johnson who was the son of Joseph Franklin Johnson and Edmonia Salome Collier).....

    Sarah E. Baird Harrison (wife of William Franklin Harrison) who died of TB on January 22, 1888 (the date of her oldest daughter's birthday, Lottie, who had turned 12 years old that day and also leaving my grandmother Nellie who was 16 months old, her other children Joshua, Herbert, Myrtie, and Clarah)

    "is buried in Prince George County near Newville."

    This could possibly place her at the Kirkham or Simmons Cemetery.

    The Coleman Simmons Cemetery is 1.7 miles northwest of Disputanta on 460 then about 100 yards north of 460 in Prince George County.

    The Kirkham Cemetery is described to be 1.2 miles north of Disputanta, Virginia, on route 618; thence .8 mile northwest on Route 629; thence .1 mile south of route 629, Prince George County, Virginia.

    The Kirkham Cemetery contains the remains of Joshua Simmons and his daughter, Ann Simmons Harrison and her husband, William Thomas Harrison who are the great grandparents and grandparents of William Franklin Harrison, Sarah E. Baird Harrison's husband.

    The Kirkham Cemetery also contains the remains of Joshua Simmons' daughter, Martha Simmons Stainback and her husband, Peter Stainback, and their son, Adolphus "Doll" and daughter Martha Stainback Kirkham.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Family Source

    Children:
    1. 2. GOODRICH Willie Benjamin, Sr. was born on 15 Dec 1895 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 29 May 1974 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; was buried in May 1974 in Burrowsville, Prince George, VA.
    2. GOODRICH Myrtie Florence was born on 12 Aug 1899 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 10 Apr 1978; was buried on 13 Apr 1978 in Burrowsville, VA (Brandon Episcopal Church Cem, Rt. 10).
    3. GOODRICH Lois Davis was born on 20 Sep 1903 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 9 Sep 1994 in Petersburg, VA (Petersburg General Hosp); was buried on 12 Sep 1994 in Waverly, Sussex County, VA.
    4. GOODRICH Ruth Harrison was born on 29 Jun 1908 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 8 Mar 1997 in Colonial Heights, , Virginia; was buried on 11 Mar 1997 in Surry County, VA (Lois Goodrich Cemetary on Rt 612).

  3. 6.  PRICE John Tobias

    John married POND Eudora Dorothy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  POND Eudora Dorothy
    Children:
    1. 3. PRICE Virginia was born on 14 Oct 1909 in Elberon, Surry, Virginia, USA; died on 10 Mar 2009 in Hopewell, VA; was buried in Burrowsville, Prince George, VA.
    2. PRICE Lizzie
    3. PRICE John Lee
    4. PRICE Robert Wilton
    5. PRICE Eugene Franklin, Sr.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  GOODRICH Benjamin B.(Briggs ?)GOODRICH Benjamin B.(Briggs ?) was born in 1820 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States (son of GOODRICH Benjamin and BACCO Elizabeth); died on 10 Jun 1882 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; was buried in Surry County, VA (Lois Goodrich Cemetary on Rt 612).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Submitter: HIGH
    • Descendant Interest: HIGH
    • Occupation: Farmer
    • Reference Number: 59
    • Alt. Name: 1820, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Briggs
    • Census: 1850, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; 1850 census
    • Occupation: 1850, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Carpenter
    • Census: 1860, Cabin Point, Surry County, VA.; 1860 Census
    • Military: 20 Apr 1861, Surry, Surry County, VA (Courthouse); Confederate Army
    • Military: 1861-1862; 5th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry
    • Census: 1880, Guilford, Surry, Virginia

    Notes:

    Benjamin B. Goodrich was born about 1821, in Surry, Virginia, the child of Benjamin Briggs and Elizabeth. He married Elizabeth Anne Harris and they had eight children together. He then had one son from another relationship. He died on June 10, 1882, in Surry, Virginia, at the age of 61.

    Built the Lois D. Goodrich farmhouse on Rt.612 in Surry Cty. House last occupied by Lois' mother Lottie, the widow of Jefferson Davis Goodrich. Records maintained by Lois Goodrich & Daisy Lee Goodrich. Daisy has a copy of the will of Benjamin Goodrich. Deed recorded in Surry at page 137, book 12 or 13.

    Census:
    LINE | Dwell Famil | Lastname Firstname | Age Se Color | Occupation Real V | Birthplace | M S R D | SNDX | Remarks ======|=============|===================================|==================|===========================|================|=========|======|============
    | B525 | 27 | 27 27 |
    Goodrich Benjamin B. | 30 M - | Carpenter | Virginia |
    Goodrich Elizabeth A | 24 F - | | Virginia | (E421 | 28 | 27 27 )
    Goodrich James E | 4 M - | | Virginia | | (J520 | 29 | 27 27 )
    Goodrich John H | 2 M - | | Virginia | | (J500 | 30 | 27 27)
    Goodrich Zachariah | 1 M - | | (Virginia | (Z260 )
    Also an Ann Bailey (age 25) was listed on the 1850 census as living on the farm

    Occupation:
    He listed his occupation as a carpenter on the 1850 census

    Census:
    Census shows he was 41 yoa, and 8 children living at home

    Military:
    Transferred out of Company E, 5th Cavalry Regiment Virginia . Transferred into Company G, 13th Cavalry Regiment Virginia. Enlisted in Company E, 5th Cavalry Regiment Virginia on 20 Apr 1861. Enlisted as a Private on 20 April 1861.
    Was also reported to be in o. K of the 13th Va Calvary

    Served together with Albert D. Goodrich.

    American Civil War Soldiers about Benjamin Goodrich
    Name:      Benjamin Goodrich
    Enlistment Date:      20 Apr 1861
    Enlistment Place:      Surry Court House, Virginia
    Side Served:      Confederacy
    State Served:      Virginia
    Service Record:      Enlisted as a Private on 20 April 1861.
    Enlisted in Company E, 5th Cavalry Regiment Virginia on 20 Apr 1861.

    Military:

    U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about Benjamin B. Goodrich
    Name:      Benjamin B. Goodrich
    Side:      Confederate
    Regiment State/Origin:      Virginia
    Regiment Name:      5 Virginia Cavalry (12 Mos. 1861-2)
    Regiment Name Expanded:      5th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (12 months, 1861-62) (Mullins')
    Company:      E
    Rank In:      Private
    Rank In Expanded:      Private
    Rank Out:      Private
    Rank Out Expanded:      Private
    Film Number:      M382 roll 22

    Census:
    1880 United States Federal Census
    about B. B. Goodrich
    Name:B. B. Goodrich          
    Age:60          
    Birth Year:abt 1820          
    Birthplace:Virginia          
    Home in 1880:Guilford, Surry, Virginia          
    Race:White          
    Gender:Male          
    Relation to Head of House:Self (Head)          
    Marital Status:Married          
    Spouse's Name:Ann E. Goodrich          
    Father's Birthplace:Virginia          
    Mother's Birthplace:Virginia
    Household Members:
    NameAge          
    B. B. Goodrich 60          
    Ann E. Goodrich 52          
    John H. Goodrich 34          
    Z. W. Goodrich 29          
    B. T. Goodrich 27          
    Ella Goodrich 22          
    Nannie Goodrich 1          
    S. H. Goodrich 25          
    M. F. Goodrich 22          
    Jeff Goodrich 18          
    Lianna Goodrich 14          

             


    Died:
    Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917
    about Benjamin B Goodrich
    Name:Benjamin B Goodrich          
    Birth Date:abt 1820          
    Birth Place:Surry, Virginia          
    Death Date:10 Jun 1882          
    Death Place:Surry, Virginia          
    Death Age:62          
    Occupation:Farmer          
    Race:White          
    Marital Status:Widowed          
    Gender:Male          
    FHL Film Number:2048585          

    Benjamin married HARRIS Elizabeth Anne on 3 Oct 1844 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of HARRIS Zachariah and HARGRAVE Nancy) was born on 30 Jul 1826; was buried in Surry County, VA (Lois Goodrich Cemetary on Rt 612). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  HARRIS Elizabeth Anne was born on 30 Jul 1826 (daughter of HARRIS Zachariah and HARGRAVE Nancy); was buried in Surry County, VA (Lois Goodrich Cemetary on Rt 612).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 60

    Notes:

    Her last name may be Harry (Lois Goodrich Bible, dtd: 1850)

    Died:
    She pre-deceased her husband as shown in this Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917
    about Benjamin B Goodrich
    Name:Benjamin B Goodrich          
    Birth Date:abt 1820          
    Birth Place:Surry, Virginia          
    Death Date:10 Jun 1882          
    Death Place:Surry, Virginia          
    Death Age:62          
    Occupation:Farmer          
    Race:White          
    Marital Status:Widowed          
    Gender:Male          
    FHL Film Number:2048585          

    Children:
    1. GOODRICH James Elliott was born on 20 Sep 1845 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 1 May 1880 in Surry County, VA (Father's Residence); was buried in Surry County, VA (Lois Goodrich Cemetary on Rt 612).
    2. GOODRICH John Henry was born on 26 Jul 1847; died on 26 Mar 1926; was buried in Surry County, VA (Lois Goodrich Cemetary on Rt 612).
    3. GOODRICH Zachariah Washington was born on 4 Jul 1849; died on 16 Jun 1911; was buried in Burrowsville, VA (Salem Church Cemetary).
    4. GOODRICH Benjamin Taylor, Sr. was born on 19 Jun 1851 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 3 Dec 1930 in Petersburg, VA; was buried on 5 Dec 1930 in Surry County, VA (Lois Goodrich Cemetary on Rt 612).
    5. GOODRICH Samuel Hardy was born on 18 Jun 1854 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; was buried in Surry County, VA (Gwaltney Cemetary Near Jack Hite's).
    6. GOODRICH Millard Fillmore was born on 22 Mar 1857 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died about 1930; was buried about 1930 in Waverly, VA (Bishop Cemetary, Chappell Farm).
    7. 4. GOODRICH Jefferson Davis was born on 22 Jun 1861 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 23 Mar 1923 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; was buried in Surry County, VA (Lois Goodrich Cemetary on Rt 612).
    8. GOODRICH Luomah C. J. (Leigh Anna) was born on 18 Jun 1863; died on 13 Mar 1888 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; was buried in Surry County, VA (Goodrich Family Cemetery, Rt. 612).

  3. 10.  HARRISON William FranklinHARRISON William Franklin was born on 9 Feb 1853 in Prince George County, VA (son of HARRISON Joshua Simmons and ELLIS Ann Rebecca); died on 17 Jan 1907; was buried in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 304
    • Census: 1880, Guilford, Surry, Virginia

    Notes:

    Received from Brenda Duckwall, 1/2011:

    Joshua had a son, William Franklin Harrison, who had a daughter, Adelaide Cornelia Harrison, that had a
    son, David Harrison Johnson, who is my father.

    One of my New Year goals is to try to link Joshua with the President Harrison line. I think that he may have
    been a cousin of some sort. I think that they were all well off financially since they are related to the Booths,
    sent William Franklin Harrison's wife, Sarah E. Baird, to France to receive treatments for T.B. Sarah died
    January 22, 1888 of T.B. leaving my grandmother who was only 16 months old. I have sympathy for William
    loosing his wife, having young children to take care of, and loosing his father when he was a teenager. I guess he was too preoccupied to keep family records but I would like to go back and find out what his grandparents (Joshua's parents) names were and possibly link our family to the Presidents.

    from Brenda Duckwall:

    The Harrison Home is at 3840 Otterdam Road in Surry County.

    The land where the home is located and about 1000 acres belonged to our Ellis ancestors from the early 1600's. The land and original home was given by Bolling Ellis to his daughter and our ancestor Ann Rebecca Ellis who married Joshua Simmons Harrison. It was passed down or purchased by sons and daughters: William Franklin Harrison, Joshua James Harrison, Julian R. Harrison, Julian R. Harrison, Jr., and presently to Julian R. Harrison III and his sister, Robin Harrison Mitchell.


    Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940
    Groom's Name: William Franklin Harrison
    Groom's Birth Date: 1854
    Groom's Birthplace: Prince George, Virginia
    Groom's Age: 41
    Bride's Name: Ella May Clary
    Bride's Birth Date: 1877
    Bride's Birthplace: Sussex, Virginia
    Bride's Age: 18
    Marriage Date: 20 Mar 1895
    Marriage Place: Prince George, Virginia
    Groom's Father's Name: Joshua S. Harrison
    Groom's Mother's Name: Ann R. Harrison
    Bride's Father's Name: Thos. L. Clary
    Bride's Mother's Name: Emma J. Clary
    Groom's Race:
    Groom's Marital Status: Widowed
    Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
    Bride's Race:
    Bride's Marital Status: Single

    William Franklin Harrison was just 34 almost 35 when his wife died. He had 6 young children and his widowed mother in his house hold. He may have had a sister in the household. His sister and mother did help him with the children. They were all recovering from the Civil War. If his wife's grave is unmarked, it would be understandable that he did not purchase a stone.

    This is from the Surry County Historical Society:

    The Harrison Farm
    located at 3840 Otterdam Road
    Surry County, Virginia

    "The following information has been researched by Julian R. Harrison, Jr.
    The Harrison Farm was once owned by Bolling Ellis. The Ellises were in Surry County as early as 1667. The
    original farm consisted of 760 +/- acres. Ann Rebecca Ellis married Joshua Simmons Harrison April 1, 1848 in Surry, Virginia. She inherited the farm from her father, Bolling Ellis.

    Joshua James Harrison inherited his part of the farm from his father, William Franklin Harrison, in 1907, and bought the remaining shares from other family members….."

    I don't know where Julian received the information whether it was Court records, Wills, or passed down information.
    He seemed to check things carefully.

    I may have given you a copy of this information with a picture of the house and farm.

    Court Records or a Will might firm up the proof….

    (Medical):While motoring on the Seashoew State Park at Cape Henry. Died in his automobile

    Census:
    United States Census, 1880 for William Harrison
    Name: William Harrison
    Residence: Guilford, Surry, Virginia
    Birthdate: 1854
    Birthplace: Virginia, United States
    Relationship to Head: Self
    Spouse's Name: Sarah S. Harrison
    Spouse's Birthplace: Virginia, United States
    Father's Name:
    Father's Birthplace: Virginia, United States
    Mother's Name: Ann R. Harrison
    Mother's Birthplace: Virginia, United States
    Race or Color (Expanded): White
    Ethnicity (Standardized): American
    Gender: Male
    Martial Status: Married
    Age (Expanded): 26 years
    Occupation:
    NARA Film Number: T9-1392
    Page: 53
    Page Character: A
    Entry Number: 442
    Film number: 1255392
    Household Gender Age
    William Harrison M 26
    Spouse Sarah S. Harrison F 25
    Child Lottie B. Harrison F 2
    Child Myrtie V. Harrison F 12
    Child Joshua Harrison M 6M
    Parent Ann R. Harrison F 50
    Parent Addie R. Harrison F 22

    Buried:
    From: Brenda Johnson Duckwall:
    These are stones at Waverly Cemetery in Waverly, Virginia for Joshua James Harrison ("Nellie" Adelaide Cornelia Harrison's brother who had just
    had a birthday and turned 8 when his mother died). His daughter, Helen, was just one years old when she died.

    William Franklin Harrison and Sarah Ellis Baird Harrison had 6 children: Lottie, Myrtie, Joshua, Herbert, Clarah, and my grandmother, Nellie (long e sound).

    When William Franklin Harrison's wife died he moved closer to his mother, Ann Rebecca Ellis Harrison. His mother and sisters helped to take care of the children.
    William's oldest child was Lottie Baird Harrison (Wanda Goodrich Temple's grandmother). Lottie had just turned 12 years old when her mother
    (Sarah Ellis Baird Harrison) died on her birthday, January 22.

    JUST FOUND IN MY NOTES THAT SARAH ELLIS BAIRD HARRISON IS BURIED IN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, NEAR NEWVILLE. So maybe we were on the
    trail the other day when we were looking for the Kirkham Cemetery.

    Kirkham Cemetery Location in the Report: 1.2 miles north of Disputanta, Virginia, on Route #618; thence .8 mile northwest on Route #629; thence .1 mile south
    of Route #629. Prince George County, Virginia.

    Kirkham Cemetery is located about fifty yards east of the residence, in the corner of an open field (1937). The plot is about sixty feet square, fenced in and neatly
    kept (as of 1937). There is a lone cedar tree and one tombstone marking two graves.

    Graves include: Martha Stainback Kirkham, William Kirkham, Joshua Simmons, 2 young daughters, Ann Simmons Harrison, and her husband, William Thomas Harrison,
    James William Harrison, Martha Simmons Stainback and her husband, Peter Stainback, their young son, and possibly more.

    I plan to volunteer to help inventory cemeteries in Prince George so maybe we will eventually come across Sarah Ellis Baird Harrison's grave. I'm also looking for William
    Franklin Harrison's father's grave. His father was Joshua Simmons Harrison. If Joshua Simmons Harrisons mother was a Simmons, it would make sense for his son
    William to bury his wife with his grandmother's family.

    William married BAIRD Sarah Ellis on 9 Feb 1875. Sarah (daughter of BAIRD Alexander Peter, Jr. and BOOTH Rebecca Ann) was born on 27 Jan 1854 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died on 22 Jan 1888 in Mayenne Pays de Loire, France; was buried in Surry County, VA (Lois Goodrich Cemetary on Rt 612). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  BAIRD Sarah Ellis was born on 27 Jan 1854 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States (daughter of BAIRD Alexander Peter, Jr. and BOOTH Rebecca Ann); died on 22 Jan 1888 in Mayenne Pays de Loire, France; was buried in Surry County, VA (Lois Goodrich Cemetary on Rt 612).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 305

    Notes:

    (Medical):sent William Franklin Harrison's wife, Sarah E. Baird, to France to receive treatments for T.B. where she died.

    Hi Gene,

    Sarah Ellis Baird Harrison died in 1888. Her daughter married a Goodrich much later but did the Harrison's have a connection with the Goodriches or the Goodrich farm in 1888. There is no marker for Sarah in the Goodrich Cemetery and Sarah is not recorded on either of the cemetery inventory papers that Wanda showed us (written by her family).

    The note I found was written by Sarah Johnson (Collier Johnson's wife) when they paid someone years ago to research family history. They think that she is buried in Prince George near Newville.

    She died in France (receiving treatments for TB) so I guess there is even a chance that they did not send her body back home.

    It's a mystery I guess....

    Thanks for all the info and CD! It has been fascinating!!! And very helpful!

    Brenda Johnson Duckwall

    Sarah was my grandmother, Adelaide Cornelia Harrison's mother. Sarah died of TB in France at Place Mayenne, Pays de la Loiire when my grandmother was just two years old. Sarah had been sent to France by her family to do everything they could to save her. The place that she went was suppose to be one of the best places for recovery but she did not make it.
    Looking at the pictures does bring a great deal of sorrow that she must have felt at leaving her husband and young family and meeting her death in a strange and difficult place.

    Brenda, from every bit of information I have, I believe this is it...The white car you see belongs to the guard who asked us to leave. The name was changed in 1975 to Medical Center of La Fontaine-au-Bac, but the old sign is still there. You can look it up using Le Claviere Villiers-Charlemagne. All of this is located in the district of Mayenne Pays de Loire. Please forward to Gene Harris and anyone else who might be interested. I have a friend who is willing to write a couple of letters in French to the "town halls" of the area.
    Baldwin County is only one county over from us. (abt. 40 MILES.) bONNIE


    ...Bonnie Hearn

    Died:
    Brenda, from every bit of information I have, I believe this is it...The white car you see belongs to the guard who asked us to leave. The name was changed in 1975 to Medical Center of La Fontaine-au-Bac, but the old sign is still there. You can look it up using Le Claviere Villiers-Charlemagne. All of this is located in the district of Mayenne Pays de Loire. Please forward to Gene Harris and anyone else who might be interested. I have a friend who is willing to write a couple of letters in French to the "town halls" of the area.
    Baldwin County is only one county over from us. (abt. 40 MILES.) bONNIE

    According to Sarah Smith Rowell Johnson (wife of Turner Collier Johnson who was the son of Joseph Franklin Johnson and Edmonia Salome Collier).....

    Sarah E. Baird Harrison (wife of William Franklin Harrison) who died of TB on January 22, 1888 (the date of her oldest daughter's birthday, Lottie, who had turned 12 years old that day and also leaving my grandmother Nellie who was 16 months old, her other children Joshua, Herbert, Myrtie, and Clarah)

    "is buried in Prince George County near Newville."

    This could possibly place her at the Kirkham or Simmons Cemetery.

    The Coleman Simmons Cemetery is 1.7 miles northwest of Disputanta on 460 then about 100 yards north of 460 in Prince George County.

    The Kirkham Cemetery is described to be 1.2 miles north of Disputanta, Virginia, on route 618; thence .8 mile northwest on Route 629; thence .1 mile south of route 629, Prince George County, Virginia.

    The Kirkham Cemetery contains the remains of Joshua Simmons and his daughter, Ann Simmons Harrison and her husband, William Thomas Harrison who are the great grandparents and grandparents of William Franklin Harrison, Sarah E. Baird Harrison's husband.

    The Kirkham Cemetery also contains the remains of Joshua Simmons' daughter, Martha Simmons Stainback and her husband, Peter Stainback, and their son, Adolphus "Doll" and daughter Martha Stainback Kirkham.

    Susanna Harrison Figg is the sister of Joshua Simmons Harrison who is William Franklin Harrison's father and Sarah E. Baird Harrison's (b. January 27, 1854 - d. January 22, 1888) father-in-law. Susanna is Sarah's aunt in law.

    It would make perfect sense for Sarah E. Baird Harrison to be buried there at the Kirkham Cemetery.

    Perhaps the new Prince George Cemetery Project and Clarah's grand daughter can help us out. Thanks so much!

    Children:
    1. 5. HARRISON Lottie Baird was born on 22 Jan 1877; died on 1 May 1964 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; was buried in May 1964 in Surry County, VA (Lois Goodrich Cemetary on Rt 612).
    2. HARRISON Myrtle Velvin and died.
    3. HARRISON Joshua James was born on 3 Jan 1880 in Prince George County, VA; died on 12 Oct 1931 in Carsley, Surry, Virginia, USA; was buried in Waverly, VA.
    4. HARRISON Herbert Alexander was born cal 1882; died on 27 Apr 1936 in Cape Henry, VA.
    5. HARRISON Clara Estelle was born on 20 Jul 1884; and died.
    6. HARRISON "Nellie" Cornelia Adelaide was born on 7 Sep 1887; died on 19 Jul 1959; was buried in Petersburg, VA (Blandford Cemetary).