| George Thomas Harrison (better known as Uncle Tommy) was born in Kentucky
on December 9, 1856 (died April 19, 1937 in San Angelo). His wife,
Nancy Allison, was born November 25, 1862 in Tennessee (died November 5,
1955 in Albuquerque, New Mexico). They came to Trickham, Coleman
County, in 1917, and purchased the Trickham Blacksmith Shop. They
later sold the shop to L. G. Mathews (son of William Drayton Mathews).
A short time later the Harrisons re-purchased the blacksmith shop and operated
it until he sold it to their son, Orvis Harrison, who operated it until
the mid-1930’s, when it was sold to the Featherson brothers who stored
the equipment. George and Nancy Harrison had four children that they
raised in Trickham, where they lived until early 1940. Their children:
(1) Roxie Ellen, April 2, 1885 in Butler County, Kentucky-June 5, 1939,
married J. B. (Bunk) Mercer (March 2, 1880-September 9, 1947). Four
children: Pearl, born November 12, 1901, married Sidney Watson, and had
two sons, Dale and Harry; Vivia L., July 8, 1904; Valta, August 3, 1906;
and Leon, January 14, 1918.
(2) James Walter, November 4, 1886 in Butler County, Kentucky-June
28, 1946, known as. “Buddy.” He married Lonie Black, born June 5,1894
in Cherryville, North Carolina, in Lone Oak, Hunt County, Texas, on November
28, 1909. They moved to Abilene in 1913 or 1914. Four children:
Mabel, born in the Trickham Post Office in Trickham, December 20, 1910;
Nan, born in Trickham, November 28, 1912; Burrell, born in Abilene, November
12, 1917; and James W. Jr., July 2, 1915 in Abilene.
(3) Orvis, in Butler County, Kentucky, February 26, 1889-March 6,1940,
married Myrtle Jackson in 1916. Five children all born in Trickham:
Virgil Leo (Bill), April 29, 1917-February 18, 1980; Thomas Robert (Skin),
August 23, 1918; Ione Lavell, December 3, 1921, died June 20, 1979; Orvis
Earl (Pete), July 28, 1924; and Clydene Elizabeth, November 21, 1931.
(4) Ben, May 15, 1891 in Hunt County, Texas-March 21, 1960 in San Angelo,
married Carrie Fannie Mathews (see W. D. Mathews) on January 7, 1910 in
Brown County, May 3, 1893 at Trickham-November 4,1960 at San Angelo.
Two children: William Thomas, January 26, 1913 at Trickham-December 9,
1971 at San Angelo, buried there; attended school at Trickham, and Harry
Frank, August 29, 1918 at Bangs, married Eula Naomi Burrows, daughter of
Walter Burton and Mary Alta (Barclay) Burrows, on February 11, 1945 in
Tom Green County. Two children: Kaye Lea, July 31, 1948, and Mark
Thomas, September 22, 1953. Harry and Naomi have two grandchildren:
Linda Sonia-Dee Adams, daughter of Kaye Lea, July 23, 1966; and Drayton
Thomas, son of Mark, April 9, 1977.
After their marriage, Ben and Carrie Harrison lived in Trickham, then
moved to Bangs. They moved back to Tnickham and lived with both sons
across the road from the old Shields Church toward the cemetery.
They moved to Brownwood, in approximately 1924, where they lived until
1931, when they moved to San Angelo. During periods of non-residence
in Coleman County, Ben Harrison returned to the county from time to time
to drill oil wells with B. Kingston, husband of Lea (Mathews) Kingston.
Harry Frank returned to Trickham for many summers to stay with his grandmother,
Elizabeth (Garner) Mathews. His brother, William Thomas, and Charles
Mathews (son of L. G. Mathews), were frequent visitors also. Harry
Frank continued these summer visits - from the day school was out until
the day before school started again - from about 1928 through 1939, with
many visits to Trickham thereafter, until his grandmother went to live
with her daughter Lea (Mathews) Kingston.
(Images to be added)
George Thomas and Nancy (Allison) Harrison
Harry Frank, Mark Thomas, Naomi (Burrows), and Kay Lea Harrison,
1960.
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