Benjamin Aion Harrison and Jane Stillwell Listed below are the children of Benjamin Aion Harrison and Jane Stilwell.  Benjamin Aion Harrison was the second child of Joseph Harrison I and Bathsheba Oglesby.  Jane Stilwell's parents are unknown.
 

 

The children of Benjamin Aion Harrison and Jane Stilwell:

(15.2.1) Joseph Harrison, was born on 6 September 1822 and died October 1824, in Jefferson County, Ohio.


(15.2.2) Sarah Ann "Sally" Harrison, was born on 30 August 1824 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio,  died on 16 December 1862, in South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan.  She married Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1845; he was born in 1820 died in 1913 (note--I have a photo of Sarah and her son, Liberty Hyde Bailey II, he has a museum in his honor for his discoveries and research in plant research).  Jan Getz submitted photos of their graves.


(15.2.3) Nancy Bathsheba Harrison, was on born 3 April 1826, in Ohio, and died 25 September 1895 in Decatur, Van Buren County, Michigan.  She married Walter Russell.


(15.2.4) Benjamin Aion Harrison II, was born on 26 March 1828 in Ohio, and  died 3 July 1830, in Union County, Ohio.


(15.2.5) John Strange Harrison, was born on 4 April 1830 in Ohio, and died in December 1905.


(15.2.6) Emily Jane Harrison, was born on 5 February 1832, in Prairie Ronde Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, her death is listed as October 1904 (she and family were living near Santa Barbara, California).  She married  (1st)  Cranmer, and married (2nd) John Simmons on 13 Apr 1851, in  Kalamazoo, Michigan.


(15.2.7) Henry Harrison, was born on on 26 September 1833 in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and  died 16 February 1834.


(15.2.8) Lucinda Harrison, was born on 9 November 1834, in Prairie Ronde Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and died in 1854, in Bronson, Michigan.  She married Rufus Bigelow  on 11 Mar 1852, in Van Buren County, Michigan.


(15.2.9) Harriett "Hattie" Harrison, born on 23 March 1837, in St. Joseph, Michigan, and died in 1893.   She married Joseph R. Bonebright on 23 December 1861, in Van Buren County, Michigan.


(15.2.10) Charlotte Harrison, was born on 16 January 1839, in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.  She  married Rufus Bigelow on 25 February 1855, in Van Buren County, Michigan.


(15.2.11) Arvilla Harrison, was born on 4 November 1840, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, she died on 15 April 1888 in Santa Barbara, California.  On 25 December 1856 she married Jefferson Archer in South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan.  Jefferson was born on 12 March 1831 in Ontario County, New York and died on 14 November 1905 in Santa Barbara, California.  When Arvilla Harrison was just seven years old, both her parents died in a spinal meningitis edpidemic in 1847.  She went to live with her older sister, Sally Ann, who married Liberty Hyde Bailey (see 15.2.2 above).  Jefferson kept bees and was a self-instructed veterinarian.  He also invented some medicine for horses called, "Archer's Salve."  It was manufactured for horses, but I've heard my grandmother and great uncle say people used it on people too.

Family data contributed by Mary Triplett Ayers, a great grandaughter of Arvilla Harrison.


(15.2.12) James Madison Harrison, was born on 3 September 1842, and died 18 May 1844 in Kalamazoo County.


(15.2.13) George Milton Harrison, was born 4 June 1846, in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.  He married (1st) Hester  "Ella" Farley on 23 July 1871 in White Pigeon, St. Joseph County, Michigan (they were later divorced, Ella was remarried on  23 August 1898, in Paw Paw, Michigan to Hugh Pershing).  George Milton Harrison  married (2nd) Maud Cornell.  George Milton Harrison died on 16 April 1914 in Paw Paw, Van Buren County, Michigan, his photo can be found in the "Histories of Van Buren and Kalamazoo Counties", published by Chapman Brothers, Chicago 1892.  His obituary and photo appeared in the "True Northerner", in Paw Paw, Michigan on 17 April 1914.


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