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Thomas Williamson Harrison. The subject of this sketch is one of the oldest in Sonoma and Mendocino counties,
having settled in the former county early in the fall of 1852. He was born in Portsmouth, Norfolk county, Virginia,
February 22, 1832. He resided in his native State till the fall of 1851, receiving in the meantime his education.
Having a desire to see the gold fields of California, he shipped on board the ship Eclipse at New York and sailed
around Cape Horn, arriving in San Francisco about the middle of April, 1852. He went, to the mines and spent the
summer, and in the fall came to Sonoma county, where he remained till 1859. He then came to Mendocino county and
opened a store at Sanel, which he conducted about one year. He then sold out and returned to Sonoma county, where
he had a stock ranch. In the fall of 1864 he opened a store in Geyserville, in that county, which he conducted
about six months, when he disposed of it. He returned to Mendocino county in 1868 and in the fall of 1869 went
into the Clerk's office in Ukiah as Deputy under James Fowzer, remaining there about eighteen months. Mr. Harrison
was married in the fall of 1869 at Sanel, to the widow of W. E. Connor and a granddaughter of Bartolo Bojorques
of Petaluma. By this marriage he has at this date, November, 1880, five children: Eva Romona, born August 31, 1870;
Ann, born June 13, 1873; Josephine Ella, born November 3, 1875; Harriett, born August 9, 1878; Maddox Robinson,
born July 30, 1880. Mr. Harrison is at present living about two miles south of Ukiah on a small farm, which he
cultivates himself, and also holds the office of County Surveyor.
From:
History of Mendocino County, California
Alley, Bowen & Co., Publishers
San Francisco, California 1880
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