HARRISON, JAMES A.
James A. Harrison has been a member of the Beaumont bar since During two years of this time he served as county judge of Jefferson county, and the citizens have good cause to remember his record of efficiency. As chairman of the county commissioners he led the county a long way in public improvements. Especially was this true of the good roads movement, which had its greatest progress in Jefferson county during Judge Harrison's term. About thirty-three miles of fine shell roads were constructed, and there are no better roads to be found in Texas.
Judge Harrison has been actively engaged in the practice of law for twenty years. He was born at Waco, December 19, 1867. His father was the well-known General Thomas Harrison, who was the commanding officer of Terry's Rangers during the closing months of the Civil war. He was likewise an attorney, though he had a varied military experience. A native of Alabama, he came to Texas in 1845 with Jefferson Davis' volunteer force. General Harrison died in 1891, and his wife, whose maiden name was Sarah McDonald and who was a native of North Carolina, died in 1882.
After an early schooling in Waco University, James A. Harrison entered the law school of the State University at Austin and graduated in the class of 1889. He passed the bar examination before the supreme court in the same year and began practice at Waco. He was city attorney of Waco three years. He moved from Waco to Beaumont in 1901, and has enjoyed a large practice in this city. He is a member of the Texas State Bar Association and the Jefferson County Bar Association, and affiliates with Beaumont Lodge No. 280, A. F. & A. M., and with Beaumont Chapter No. 188, R. A. M.
He married, in 1890, Miss Jennie W. Westbrook, daughter of Charles Westbrook, of McLennan County. They have two children, Virginia and Sarah. Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
James A. Harrison has been a member of the Beaumont bar since During two years of this time he served as county judge of Jefferson county, and the citizens have good cause to remember his record of efficiency. As chairman of the county commissioners he led the county a long way in public improvements. Especially was this true of the good roads movement, which had its greatest progress in Jefferson county during Judge Harrison's term. About thirty-three miles of fine shell roads were constructed, and there are no better roads to be found in Texas.
Judge Harrison has been actively engaged in the practice of law for twenty years. He was born at Waco, December 19, 1867. His father was the well-known General Thomas Harrison, who was the commanding officer of Terry's Rangers during the closing months of the Civil war. He was likewise an attorney, though he had a varied military experience. A native of Alabama, he came to Texas in 1845 with Jefferson Davis' volunteer force. General Harrison died in 1891, and his wife, whose maiden name was Sarah McDonald and who was a native of North Carolina, died in 1882.
After an early schooling in Waco University, James A. Harrison entered the law school of the State University at Austin and graduated in the class of 1889. He passed the bar examination before the supreme court in the same year and began practice at Waco. He was city attorney of Waco three years. He moved from Waco to Beaumont in 1901, and has enjoyed a large practice in this city. He is a member of the Texas State Bar Association and the Jefferson County Bar Association, and affiliates with Beaumont Lodge No. 280, A. F. & A. M., and with Beaumont Chapter No. 188, R. A. M.
He married, in 1890, Miss Jennie W. Westbrook, daughter of Charles Westbrook, of McLennan County. They have two children, Virginia and Sarah. Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
HARRISON, JAMES A.
James A. Harrison has been a member of the Beaumont bar since During two years of this time he served as county judge of Jefferson county, and the citizens have good cause to remember his record of efficiency. As chairman of the county commissioners he led the county a long way in public improvements. Especially was this true of the good roads movement, which had its greatest progress in Jefferson county during Judge Harrison's term. About thirty-three miles of fine shell roads were constructed, and there are no better roads to be found in Texas.
Judge Harrison has been actively engaged in the practice of law for twenty years. He was born at Waco, December 19, 1867. His father was the well-known General Thomas Harrison, who was the commanding officer of Terry's Rangers during the closing months of the Civil war. He was likewise an attorney, though he had a varied military experience. A native of Alabama, he came to Texas in 1845 with Jefferson Davis' volunteer force. General Harrison died in 1891, and his wife, whose maiden name was Sarah McDonald and who was a native of North Carolina, died in 1882.
After an early schooling in Waco University, James A. Harrison entered the law school of the State University at Austin and graduated in the class of 1889. He passed the bar examination before the supreme court in the same year and began practice at Waco. He was city attorney of Waco three years. He moved from Waco to Beaumont in 1901, and has enjoyed a large practice in this city. He is a member of the Texas State Bar Association and the Jefferson County Bar Association, and affiliates with Beaumont Lodge No. 280, A. F. & A. M., and with Beaumont Chapter No. 188, R. A. M.
He married, in 1890, Miss Jennie W. Westbrook, daughter of Charles Westbrook, of McLennan County. They have two children, Virginia and Sarah. Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
James A. Harrison has been a member of the Beaumont bar since During two years of this time he served as county judge of Jefferson county, and the citizens have good cause to remember his record of efficiency. As chairman of the county commissioners he led the county a long way in public improvements. Especially was this true of the good roads movement, which had its greatest progress in Jefferson county during Judge Harrison's term. About thirty-three miles of fine shell roads were constructed, and there are no better roads to be found in Texas.
Judge Harrison has been actively engaged in the practice of law for twenty years. He was born at Waco, December 19, 1867. His father was the well-known General Thomas Harrison, who was the commanding officer of Terry's Rangers during the closing months of the Civil war. He was likewise an attorney, though he had a varied military experience. A native of Alabama, he came to Texas in 1845 with Jefferson Davis' volunteer force. General Harrison died in 1891, and his wife, whose maiden name was Sarah McDonald and who was a native of North Carolina, died in 1882.
After an early schooling in Waco University, James A. Harrison entered the law school of the State University at Austin and graduated in the class of 1889. He passed the bar examination before the supreme court in the same year and began practice at Waco. He was city attorney of Waco three years. He moved from Waco to Beaumont in 1901, and has enjoyed a large practice in this city. He is a member of the Texas State Bar Association and the Jefferson County Bar Association, and affiliates with Beaumont Lodge No. 280, A. F. & A. M., and with Beaumont Chapter No. 188, R. A. M.
He married, in 1890, Miss Jennie W. Westbrook, daughter of Charles Westbrook, of McLennan County. They have two children, Virginia and Sarah. Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
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