!BIRTH:Sworn statement given by her, to receive her widow's pension
, states
place of birth, as Chilicothe, Ross, OH.
!CENSUS: 1850, Huntington, Ross, OH, p 314; FHL#444718.
CENSUS: 1870, Cheney's Grove, McLean, IL, p 3; FHL# 545757
CENSUS: 1900, Valmont, Boulder, CO,p 44-45; FHL# 1240121.
CENSUS: 1910, Great Bend, Barton, KS,p 6; FHL# 1374445.
!MARRIAGE: McLean Marriage Records, p 25;FHL# 928280.
!Civil War Pension Record, Nat'l Archives, Wash DC (Pension Record o
f Husband,
Samuel H. Harmison.)
Land and Property Records
!DEATH: Kansas State death Certificate: # 240.
Obituary Notice, Dated April 6, 1918; Funeral Record #285, Great Ben
d Cemetery.
Mrs. Rebecca Harmison was born April 17, 1848, in Ross county, O
H, and
died April 1, 1918 at the home of her son, Elmer in Newton, KS. At t
he time of
her death she was 63 years, 11 months, and 14 days of age. Mrs Harmis
on
had been in good health, but was suddenly stricken with an attack of
apoplesy and expired within a few minutes.
Rebecca Christ was united in marriage to Samuel Harrmison, Jan
. 1, 1866,
at Bloomington, Ill. To this union ten children were born, six boys a
nd four
girls, all of whom are living with the exception of Eugene who died i
n 1896.
In the fall of 1870 the family moved to Kansas locating in Sedgw
ick County
where they lived for three years. Later they returned to Ill and liv
ed
in that locality for five years, returning to Kansas again in 1879, a
nd
locating northwest of Great Bend.In the fall of 1893, moved to this c
ity where
they made their future home.
The Children who survive her are W.H.Harmison, of Wichita, Jame
s of
Denver, Frank and John of this city, Elmer of Newton, Mrs.Nellie Adam
s of
Wichita, Mrs.Hattie Keil of Fowler, Mont., Mrs Grace Jones of Shoshon
e, Idaho,
and Mrs Mae Mabe of Boon, Colo.
AT the age of fourteen Mrs. Harmison joined the Methodist Churc
h but
following her marriage, she and her husband joined the Baptist churc
h of which
they were faithful members. On coming to this county they were unite
d with the
United Brethren, and in Great Bend, joined the Congregational Church.
Two sisters, Mrs. Minerva Ripley of Bloomington, Ill., and Mrs
George Perry of Chicago survive her.
(Surname has various spelling: Christ, Crist, Krist)