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Cemetery Name:

Harrison (a.k.a. Spicewood or Harris Ridge)

Harrison Cemetery, Jackson County, WV  Harrison Cemetery, Jackson County, WV

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County: Jackson
USGS Quad: Sissonville     Map
Coordinates: 38.6050ºN  81.6755ºW
Maintained by: The James Harrison family
Land owner: Unknown
Date added to WVCPA register: 23 April 2004 
Condition of cemetery**: Excellent (April 2004)
Accessibility: Easily accessible -  located up Spicewood Run, west side of I-77 in Southern Ripley District near the top of Harrison Ridge (sometimes marked on maps as "Harris Ridge"). Clearly marked with signs as you approach the crest of the ridge.

** Condition of cemetery as observed on the given date -
may not be representative of care at other times of the year
Scale: Excellent - Good - Fair - Poor - Abandoned

 

Last Name: First Name:

Born:

Died:

Inscription:

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A A.A.       Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004
Anderson Paul 2 May 1922 9 August 1993   Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004
Boggess Alpha E. Harrison September 1899   [Dau of Burgess & Laura Ann Harrison Harrison - wife of Warren Boggess]   Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Boggess Boone 1918 1999 [Husband & wife - shared stone] Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004
Boggess Ona 1920 1993
Boggess David C. "Dave" 1867 16 September 1909 [Unmarked grave - one of 3 men killed in a sawmill accident - son of Franklin W. & Dortha A. "Dolly" Harrison Boggess]   Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Boggess Ephriam F. "Eaf" 29 June 1887 16 September 1909 [Unmarked grave - one of 3 men killed in a sawmill accident - son of Franklin W. & Dortha A. "Dolly" Harrison Boggess]   Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Boggess James 1960 1960   Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Boggess Lannie Leo 1953 1971   Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Boggess Melvin "Bud" 1939 15 April 1996 "A Loving Husband & Father"
[Husband of Dreama]
Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004
Boggess Merdith 24 October 1940 27 March 1988   Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004
Boggess Sebert 1947 1947   Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004
Boggess Warren Clinton 8 July 1895 4 August 1964 [Son of David C. & Mary K. Barnhart Boggess, husband of Martha Myrtle] Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Boggess Martha Myrtle 21 July 1910 3 August 1985 [Wife of Warren C. Boggess] Click for photo of tombstone
Bowling James M. 1901 1960 [Son of Emmett Maywood & Paulina May Lewis Bowling - husband of Rosa A. Harrison (Rosa is buried at Dunbar, WV)] Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Bowling Oval Ray "Buster" 1921 1929 [Son of James M. & Rosa A. Harrison Bowling] Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Elmore James E.   1 March 2010 [69 years of age - son of John and Dollie Elmore, husband of Peggy Lou Elmore - from his obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Mar. 3, 2010]   Source: WVCPA research
Elmore Peggy Lou   21 February 2009 [60 years of age - dau. of George and Josephine Williams Harrison, wife of James Elmore - from her obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Feb. 24, 2009]   Source: WVCPA research
Garnes Audra Malinda Harrison Boggess 30 May 1905 3 December 1967 [Dau of William Tecumseh Sherman & Mandana Madison "Dania" Coleman Harrison - married 1st Roy Gleston Boggess, 2nd William Garnes - twin to Audbert McCamey Harrison]
"Mother"
Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Garnes Mr. C.A. 1883 1909 [Metal funeral home marker] Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Garnes Catherine Harrison Crane 1855 11 November 1918 [Dau of Alexander & Elizabeth Fisher Harrison - married 1st Milton P. Crane, 2nd Sylvester Fry Garnes]   Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Garnes D. Atburn "Att" 1895 16 September 1909 [Unmarked grave - one of 3 men killed in a sawmill accident - son of Sylvester Fry & Anna Catherine Harrison Crane Garnes]   Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Garnes Infant 1892 1892 [Metal funeral home marker] Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004
Garnes James Bradford "Brad" 1 October 1899 4 May 1968 "Father"
[Son of Sylvester Fry & Anna Catherine Harrison Crane Garnes]
Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Garnes Sylvester Fry 1855 September 1934 [Son of Adam & Mary "Polly" Boggess Garnes - husband of Anna Catherine Harrison Crane Garnes]   Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Garnes Waldo Ausburn 1909 1971 [Son of Oswald A. & F. May Harrison Garnes]

[Husband & wife - shared stone]

[Dau of John Willie & Lucinda Jane Arthur Phillips - married 1st Denver Okel Harrison, 2nd Waldo Ausburn Garnes]
Click for photo of tombstone
Click for photo of tombstone
Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Garnes Ivy A. "Chubie" Phillips Harrison 1917  
Harrison Alexander March 1822 1914 [Son of Josiah & Catherine Harrison]
[Husband & wife - shared stone]

"Gone Home To Rest"

[Wife of Alexander Harrison - married 17 December 1843]
Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Elizabeth Fisher February 1825

28 November 1902

Harrison Audbert McCamey "Bo" 30 May 1905 11 April 1981 [Son of William Tecumseh Sherman & Mandana Madison "Dania" Coleman Harrison - twin to Audra Malinda Harrison Boggess Garnes] Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Benjamin Franklin 1874 1955 "Gone But Not Forgotten"
[Son of John Thompson & Ellender Malinda Smith Harrison]
Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Bessie Alice Harrison March 1893 1925 [Dau of Joseph Alonzo & Sarah Elizabeth J. Harrison Harrison]

[Son of Cleyburn Braxton & Bessie Alice Harrison Harrison]

[Age 6 weeks - son of Cleyburn Braxton & Bessie Alice Harrison Harrison]
Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Herbert 1923

1932

Harrison Manford 1915

14 March 1915

Harrison Bettie     [Infant dau. of Lafe & Glady Harrison] Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Burgess     [Husband & wife - shared stone]

"Gone But Not Forgotten"
Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004
Harrison Laura    
Harrison Charles G. 17 January 1919 2004 "Precious Lord Take My Hand"

"Dau. Pamela, Sons Charles R., Edward L."

[Husband & wife - shared stone]
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Click for photo of tombstone
Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004
Harrison Glenith N. 23 November 1921 23 July 1995
Harrison Charles Lee 16 June 1893 11 December 1966 [Son of John Calhoun & Eliza Jane Legg Miller Harrison]

[Husband & wife - shared stone]

[Wife of Charles Lee Harrison]
Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Ora E. Huffman 2 November 1895

15 May 1942

Harrison Cleyburn Braxton 20 September 1895 1977 [Son of John Calhoun & Eliza Jane Legg Miller Harrison]

[Father & son - shared stone]

[Son of Cleyburn Braxton & Bessie Alice Harrison Harrison]
Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Opha James 24 October 1914 1946 Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison David Ray 1955 1988   Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004
Harrison Denver Lee 8 September 1920 21 January 1990 "PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II" Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004
Harrison Elizabeth 1860 1941 [Per her death record, Elizabeth was born May 7, 1859 and died Dec. 13, 1942 - she was the dau. of Jehu and Matilda Harrison]   Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison E.J.   1898 [Eliza Jane Harrison]   Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Everett Dale 1932 1953 "In God's Care"

[Son of William Lafayette "Spot" & Glady O'Dell Harrison Harrison]
Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Frank 1862 1942 "In Memory Of..."

[Son of Jehu & Matilda A. Ogden Harrison]
Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison G.E. February 1866 October 1946 [Geniza Ellen "Pet" Harrison - dau of Jehu & Matilda A. Ogden Harrison] Click for photo of tombstone
Click for photo of tombstone
Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison George B. McClellen "Mac" 2 July 1863 29 October 1930 [Son of Alexander & Elizabeth Fisher Harrison]
"Gone Home"
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Harrison G.W. 1955 1955 "Infant" Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison George W. 28 June 1909 19 March 1981 [Son of Frank & Minnie Myrtle Lewis Harrison]

[Husband & wife - shared stone]

[Wife of George W. Harrison]
Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Josephine Williams 8 September 1918 25 April 2003
Harrison Granville DeWitt 11 October 1895 1969 [Son of Burgess & Laura Ann Harrison Harrison] Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Henderson February 1824 10 March 1901     Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Herman Milton 8 November 1920 27 March 1984 [Son of Cleyburn Braxton & Bessie Alice Harrison Harrison]

[Husband & wife - shared stone]

"Loving Memories Last A Lifetime"
Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Juretta M. 17 July 1930  
Harrison Infant 1892 1892     Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Infant 1958 1958     Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison J.C. March 1885 1935     Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Jo Ann Brown 1874 1955 [Wife of James F. Harrison]   Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison John Calhoun February 1857 21 June 1946 [Husband and wife - shared stone] Click for photo of tombstone
Click for photo of tombstone
Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004
Harrison Eliza 14 June 1866 2 January 1898
Harrison Johnnie 1956 1956 "Infant" Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Johnny M. 20 April 1930 25 November 2008 [Son of Wm. "Lafe" & Goldie Harrison, husband of Ora Harrison - from his obituary in the Jackson Herald Nov. 28, 2008]   Source: WVCPA research
Harrison Ora V. 5 June 1936 22 July 2017 [Dau of Oak & Amy Williams, wife of Johnny Harrison - from her obituary from Waybright Funeral Home July 23, 2017]   Source: WVCPA research
Harrison Mary M. December 1831   [Dau of Josiah & Catherine Harrison - never married]   Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Minnie Myrtle Lewis 1876 1940 "In Memory Of..."

[Wife of Frank Harrison]
Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Patterson "Fox"         Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Ralph DeWitt "Gid" 10 July 1907 1966 [Son of Joseph William Albert & Deborah E. Huffman Harrison]

[Husband & wife - shared stone]

"Together Forever - Married ____"
Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Eva M. 1921 1996
Harrison Romie D. 1915 1947 [Son of Frank & Minnie Myrtle Lewis Harrison] Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Sharon D. 28 May 1957 29 August 2009 [Dau. of Johnny M. and Ora Williams Harrison - from her obituary in the Jackson Star-News Sept. 17, 2009]   Source: WVCPA research
Harrison Talmage Thompson "Tas" 9 February 1907 20 November 1980 [Son of Benjamin Franklin "Ben" & Magdalene Alice Pfost Harrison]

[Wife of Talmadge Thompson Harrison]

[Son of Talmadge Thompson & Mabel Taylor Harrison]

Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Mabel Taylor 22 July 1918 5 May 1989
Harrison Harold 18 July 1940 30 July 1940
Harrison Ulysses Brady 2 June 1907 16 January 1960 "Ohio Pvt. 188 Service Unit World War II"

[Son of Burgess & Laura Ann Harrison Harrison]
Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Virginia Ruth 1927 1931 [Dau of Charles Lee & Ora Huffman Harrison] Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Walter U.   29 March 2009 [78 years of age - son of Charles and Ora Harrison, husband of Retha Harrison - from his obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Mar. 31, 2009]   Source: WVCPA research
Harrison William Lafayette "Spot" 2 January 1898 14 September 1979 [Son of John Calhoun & Eliza Jane Legg Miller Harrison]

[Husband & wife - shared stone]

"Thy Will Be Done"

[Dau of Marion & Nancy Mandana "Dana" Cunningham Harrison - wife of William Lafayette "Spot" Harrison]
Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Glady O'Dell Harrison 6 August 1901 4 October 1982
Harrison William Tecumseh Sherman 23 March 1866 25 March 1955 [Son of Alexander & Elizabeth Fisher Harrison]
[Husband & wife - shared stone]

"Precious Lord Take My Hand"

[Dau of Elijah B. & Lucinda M. Miller Coleman - wife of William Tecumseh Sherman Harrison]
Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Harrison Mandana Madison "Dania" Coleman 20 October 1870 3 November 1946
Harrison Winifred Lee   28 September 1951     Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Hockenberry Floyd L. "Polly" 1891 1967     Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Huffman Alton A. 1913 1915   Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Huffman James A. 1882 1917 [Husband & wife - shared stone] Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Huffman Fannie E. 1888 1914
Huffman Sebert S. 21 January 1933 10 January 2010 [Son of Alfred & Mary Moffat Huffman, husband of Joann Martin Huffman - from his obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Jan. 13, 2010]   Source: WVCPA research
Moss Infant son 10 February 1950 10 February 1950 [Son of Henry & Iva Harrison Moss] Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Moss John Henry "Jay" 1924 1960   Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Parsons Goldie Olive Harrison 11 January 1917 27 July 1943 [Dau of Cleyburn Braxton & Bessie Alice Harrison Harrison - wife of Westley Wilson Parsons]   Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Shaffer Everett 30 August 1913 27 December 1992 "US ARMY WORLD WAR II" Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004
Taylor Donald Dwight 23 May 1969 26 July 2002 [Metal funeral home marker - dates from Social Security Death Index & obituary in Charleston Gazette 27 July 2002] Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004
Tyler Albert 6 October 1916 9 September 1996 "TEC 5 US ARMY WORLD WAR II" Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004
Tyler Evie Dessie 6 July 1919 25 January 1994 "Beloved wife and mom" Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004
Tyler Randall Wayne 27 November 1949 January 2007 [57 years of age - son of Albert and Evie Harrison Tyler, husband of Patricia - from his obituary in the Charleston Daily Mail Jan. 26, 2007]   Source: WVCPA research
Tyler Thomas L. "Tommy" 4 November 1948 8 March 1974 [Son of Albert and Evie Tyler] Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
Unidentifiable Graves:
Harrison J.L.   13 March 1945 [information from his obituary in Charleston Daily Mail 15 March 1945 indicates he was buried in this cemetery - click on camera at right to see obituary] Click here to view Source: WVCPA research
Fisher Bessie Ann abt 1907 14 September 1942 [Wife of Warren Fisher, dau. of Hager Harrison]
[information from her obituary in Charleston Daily Mail 14 September 1942 indicates she was buried in this cemetery - click on camera at right to see obituary] 
Click here to view Source: Charleston Daily Mail 15 March 1945, pg. 8
no name   1___ 1___   Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
no name   1___ 1___   Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004
no name   1___ 1___   Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004
no name   1___ 19__   Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
no name   18__ 19__   Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004
no name   1879 1955   Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
no name   1885 1955     Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
no name   1895 1962   Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
no name   19__ 19__   Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
no name   1919 1921   Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004, and earlier reading by WVCPA researcher Elouise Harrison
unknown         Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004
unknown         Click for photo of tombstone Source: Reading of the cemetery by WVCPA April 2004
...and at least 16 unmarked graves

 

Comments:

The reading of this cemetery is nearly complete, and some names may be missing as there were many graves at this cemetery that no longer have markers.  If you know of a name that should be included in this list, please contact WVCPA with the details.  

Work completed under auspices of WVCPA:

Photo-documented this cemetery with WVCPA volunteer Elouise Harrison, including notes of relationships based on research that she has done over the years & interviewed former caretaker of the cemetery, James Harrison, April 23, 2004.

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