ABSTRACT
The biography of John Harrison illustrates how British immigrants were sometimes the earliest pioneers in some regions. John Harrison was a son of Joseph and Ellen (Hartley) Harrison, both natives of England. Joseph Harrison was born on a fine old homestead known as Stubbens Farm, near Otley, Yorkshire, England, and was a son of John Harrison, who first came from England to the United States in 1814 and who at the time made his way as far to the west as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After his return to England he there remained until 1816, when he came again to America and soon afterward became the first representative of the English pioneer families in North Township, Harrison County. In 1823 he returned to his native land, and there his death occurred about ten years later, when he was seventy years of age.
