Son of Fielding Harrison and Anna Quinn.
Wealthy, handsome and determined. When he could not get permission to marry seventeen year old Eliza Cartwright, daughter of the famous Pioneer Preacher Rev. Peter Cartwright, they waited until her father was gone on the circuit preaching and eloped to St. Louis, Mo. They were parents of nine children. A very wealthy farmer. One of his son's, Peachy Quinn Harrison was arrested for murder, and his attorney was Abraham Lincoln. The young man he murdered was, Greek Crafton, a law clerk in Lincoln's office. Abe Lincoln asked Rev. Peter Cartwright if young Peachy had a lawyer and stated he would be happy to be his lawyer for the trial. He was voted not guilty.
Greek Crafton had been telling everyone around town he was out to get Peachy Harrison for a long while.
Peyton remembers seeing sixteen hundred Pottawattomie Indians camped about one mile north of where he lived. They were leaving the country, in the winter of 1823/4 -- while the Indians were there he fired into a herd of deer and killed one. Some of the Indians saw him, and he feared they would take his game, but his fears were soon dispelled by their expressing admiration for the young hunter, in saying, "boy! boy!" then pointing to the deer, they said, "buck! buck!".
Wealthy, handsome and determined. When he could not get permission to marry seventeen year old Eliza Cartwright, daughter of the famous Pioneer Preacher Rev. Peter Cartwright, they waited until her father was gone on the circuit preaching and eloped to St. Louis, Mo. They were parents of nine children. A very wealthy farmer. One of his son's, Peachy Quinn Harrison was arrested for murder, and his attorney was Abraham Lincoln. The young man he murdered was, Greek Crafton, a law clerk in Lincoln's office. Abe Lincoln asked Rev. Peter Cartwright if young Peachy had a lawyer and stated he would be happy to be his lawyer for the trial. He was voted not guilty.
Greek Crafton had been telling everyone around town he was out to get Peachy Harrison for a long while.
Peyton remembers seeing sixteen hundred Pottawattomie Indians camped about one mile north of where he lived. They were leaving the country, in the winter of 1823/4 -- while the Indians were there he fired into a herd of deer and killed one. Some of the Indians saw him, and he feared they would take his game, but his fears were soon dispelled by their expressing admiration for the young hunter, in saying, "boy! boy!" then pointing to the deer, they said, "buck! buck!".
Son of Fielding Harrison and Anna Quinn.
Wealthy, handsome and determined. When he could not get permission to marry seventeen year old Eliza Cartwright, daughter of the famous Pioneer Preacher Rev. Peter Cartwright, they waited until her father was gone on the circuit preaching and eloped to St. Louis, Mo. They were parents of nine children. A very wealthy farmer. One of his son's, Peachy Quinn Harrison was arrested for murder, and his attorney was Abraham Lincoln. The young man he murdered was, Greek Crafton, a law clerk in Lincoln's office. Abe Lincoln asked Rev. Peter Cartwright if young Peachy had a lawyer and stated he would be happy to be his lawyer for the trial. He was voted not guilty.
Greek Crafton had been telling everyone around town he was out to get Peachy Harrison for a long while.
Peyton remembers seeing sixteen hundred Pottawattomie Indians camped about one mile north of where he lived. They were leaving the country, in the winter of 1823/4 -- while the Indians were there he fired into a herd of deer and killed one. Some of the Indians saw him, and he feared they would take his game, but his fears were soon dispelled by their expressing admiration for the young hunter, in saying, "boy! boy!" then pointing to the deer, they said, "buck! buck!".
Wealthy, handsome and determined. When he could not get permission to marry seventeen year old Eliza Cartwright, daughter of the famous Pioneer Preacher Rev. Peter Cartwright, they waited until her father was gone on the circuit preaching and eloped to St. Louis, Mo. They were parents of nine children. A very wealthy farmer. One of his son's, Peachy Quinn Harrison was arrested for murder, and his attorney was Abraham Lincoln. The young man he murdered was, Greek Crafton, a law clerk in Lincoln's office. Abe Lincoln asked Rev. Peter Cartwright if young Peachy had a lawyer and stated he would be happy to be his lawyer for the trial. He was voted not guilty.
Greek Crafton had been telling everyone around town he was out to get Peachy Harrison for a long while.
Peyton remembers seeing sixteen hundred Pottawattomie Indians camped about one mile north of where he lived. They were leaving the country, in the winter of 1823/4 -- while the Indians were there he fired into a herd of deer and killed one. Some of the Indians saw him, and he feared they would take his game, but his fears were soon dispelled by their expressing admiration for the young hunter, in saying, "boy! boy!" then pointing to the deer, they said, "buck! buck!".
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