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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Grant County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Dr. Charles U. Harrison, well known as a capable and honored physician of Grant County, was born in Dallas County, Ark., December 19, 1853. He is a son of M. J. and Pauline (Harrison) Harrison, natives of Caswell County, N. C. His parents came with their folks to what was formerly Dallas County, this State, when but little children. Here in the wilderness, the two young people met and learned to love, plighted their vows, were wedded, lived a happy, united existence and passed away; she during the war, and he surviving until June 23, 1889. When his first wife died he took unto himself Tenny Robinson, of Princeton, Dallas County, as his second wife. She survives him, living on the old homestead. He was a tanner by trade, but followed farming all his life. As a farmer he was very successful, accumulating considerable property during his time. His home always remained unchanged, though by various surveys he has lived in Dorsey and Cleveland Counties. At the time of his death he had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for several years. He served in the Confederate army from the beginning to the end, participating in the battles of Prairie Grove and others. At this battle (Prairie Grove) he was wounded by a bursting shell, after which he was transferred to the cavalry, in which he served as first lieutenant till the close of the war. In this latter branch of the service, he was in the famous Price raid from Pilot Knob to Kansas City. During his enlistment he had his collar-button shot off and seven bullet holes put through his coat, escaping with a single wound. He was a Chapter Mason at Pine Bluff, and a member of the Democratic party. Six children were born to his first marriage, Charles U. being the oldest. Besides our subject, Major P. and Virginia R. are the only ones surviving. Major is in the upholstering business at Indianapolis, Ind., and Virginia is the wife of William H. Darby, a farmer of Cleveland County, this State. Dr. Harrison received his education at St. John’s College, graduating in 1874, following which he returned to his farm, remaining until 1875, when he went into the drug business at Little Rock. Here he began the study of medicine. In 1877 he entered upon a course of lectures at the Louisville Medical College, graduating the following year, and in 1878 located at New Edinburg, Cleveland County, and ten years later took up his residence near White Oak, where he now has an extensive and lucrative practice. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, a Mason, and politically a Democrat. Recognized as one of Grant County’s wide-awake citizens, he is ever striving to advance the interests of his neighborhood. In 1878 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Cox, daughter of Dr. J. W. Cox, of Cleveland County, Ark. By this union there was one child, Agnes P.

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