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Harrison Cemetery
Founded 1856
From Portland travel west on Highway 26 (Sunset Highway) one mile past the right exit to North Plains, exit right to Dersham Road then left over the overpass to the south side of Highway 26.
Find Harrison Cemetery on Dersham Road. If you reach Vadis Road you went 1/3rd mile too far.
See photos taken at Harrison Cemetery below the transcription table.
An updated version transcribed by Judy Goldmann, trustee of the cemetery with photos of inscriptions
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Last Name |
First Name |
Birth |
Death |
Inscriptions / Notes |
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1 |
NORTH |
Eva J. |
May 23,1883 |
Aug 10, 1885 |
"Our Darling Baby" |
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2 |
Indecipherable |
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3 |
JOHNSON |
Annie |
Jan 23, 1872 |
May 21, 1879 |
"Children of William and Nancy Johnson" |
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4 |
JOHNSON |
Georgie |
June 30, 1876 |
May 24, 1879 |
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5 |
JOHNSON |
William |
Feb 3, 1886 |
"Will Meet Again - Aged 45 Years" |
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6 |
JOHNSON |
Jefferson |
May 1, 1888 |
Oct 16, 1903 |
Inscription Unreadable |
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7 |
JOHNSON |
Frank |
1876 |
1919 |
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8 |
JOHNSTON |
John |
June 20, 1803 |
April 18, 1872 |
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9 |
Indecipherable |
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10 |
CORNELIUS |
Eva |
1883 |
1907 |
"Daughter" |
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11 |
CORNELIUS |
Amanda |
1846 |
1919 |
"Mother" |
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12 |
CORNELIUS |
William |
1834 |
1902 |
"Father" |
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13 |
CORNELIUS |
Lyda |
1880 |
1882 |
"Daughter" |
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14 |
TOMPKINS |
William O. |
1870 |
1891 |
"Son" |
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15 |
TOMPKINS |
Parmelia BARRETT |
1834 |
1890 |
"Mother" |
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16 |
TOMPKINS |
Oscar J. |
1831 |
1905 |
"Father" |
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17 |
TOMPKINS |
Charles W. |
1869 |
1928 |
"Son" |
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18 |
TOMPKINS |
Frank H. |
1865 |
1936 |
"Son" |
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19 |
TOMPKINS |
Anna A. |
1875 |
1943 |
"Daughter" |
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20 |
BARRETT |
Nathan T. |
1806 |
1892 |
"Father of Parmelia TOMPKINS" |
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21 |
TOMPKINS |
Edward |
1867 |
19?? |
"Son" |
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22 |
TOMPKINS |
Leonard |
1863 |
1949 |
"Son" |
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23 |
TOMPKINS |
Emma J. PATTON |
1861 |
1881 |
"Daughter" |
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24 |
TOMPKINS |
Alice M. PATTON |
1860 |
1890 |
"Daughter" |
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25 |
PATTON |
Robert C. |
1838 |
1917 |
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26 |
PATTON |
Pearl |
1886 |
1919 |
"Daughter of Robert C. PATTON" |
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27 |
TOMPKINS |
George B. |
1866 |
1931 |
"Son" |
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28 |
CORNELIUS |
Sarah J. |
Feb 14, 1847 |
April 14, 1870 |
"Wife of J. N. McKINNEY" |
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29 |
CORNELIUS |
Alzada |
Oct 2, 1851 |
May 17, 1878 |
"Wife of William FREEMAN" |
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30 |
CORNELIUS |
Benjamin |
Feb 9, 1802 |
Dec 3, 18?? |
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31 |
CORNELIUS |
Jesse |
1829 |
1895 |
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32 |
Indecipherable |
"Sacred to the Memory" |
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33 |
SMITH |
Jerome |
July 15, 1870 |
"Son of Wm. E. and Nancy" "Aged 25 Years 7 Months 22 Days" |
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34 |
Indecipherable |
This head stone was broken, could not read. |
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35 |
SMITH |
Nancy |
Jan 5, 1870 |
"Wife of Wm. E.""54 Years 5 Months 22 Days" |
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36 |
HOUGH |
James |
Dec 8, 1856 |
"Died in a Flood" |
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| 37 | WILKES | Jesse Columbus |
Dec 8, 1856 |
"Died in a Flood" | |
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38 |
RAFFETY |
Joseph C. |
Oct ?, 18?? |
"In Memory of Joseph C. RAFFETY Who Died Aged 11 Years" |
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39 |
RAFFETY |
Thos. J. |
Oct 19, 1856 |
"Aged 9 Months" |
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40 |
RAFFETY |
Emma Beatrice |
Feb, 1860 |
"Age 11 Years" |
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41 |
SMITH |
Anderson |
Dec 4, 1806 |
July 29, 1875 |
"Farewell""Gone But Not Forgotten" |
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42 |
SMITH |
Ann ENYART |
1817 |
1884 |
"Wife of Anderson SMITH" |
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43 |
HARRISON |
John |
March 14, 1802 |
June 5, 1873 |
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44 |
HARRISON |
Mary B. |
Dec 29, 1818 |
May 4, 1867 |
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45 |
CAIRE |
Marjorie ELLIOTT |
Feb 23, 1923 |
Nov 5, 1997 |
"Great Great Granddaughter of Charles McKAY. She Sleeps the Eternal Sleep and Waits for the Mate she loves." |
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46 |
BROOKS |
Molly |
1856 |
1879 |
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47 |
BROOKS |
Nellie |
1859 |
1875 |
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48 |
McKAY |
Mary |
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49 |
McKAY |
John |
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50 |
McKAY |
Minnie |
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51 |
SMITH |
Nanette |
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52 |
SMITH |
Albert |
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53 |
SMITH |
Jimmy |
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54 |
SMITH |
Tommy |
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55 |
ELLIOTT |
John |
1858 |
1860 |
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56 |
ELLIOTT |
David |
1860 |
1862 |
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57 |
McKAY |
Mary SPENCE |
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58 |
BURSTON |
Harriet McKAY |
"1863" There was no indication for the date. |
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59 |
BROOKS |
Isabelle |
1839 |
1866 |
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60 |
BROOKS |
John |
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61 |
McKAY |
Charles |
1808 |
1874 |
"Founder of Glenco. One of Original Petitioners at Champoeg Forming Provisional State Government." |
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62 |
McKAY |
Charles Jr. |
1829 |
1872 |
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63 |
HEWSTON |
Alice McKAY |
"1890" |
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68 |
McKAY |
Letitia |
1810 |
1897 |
"Wife of Charles McKAY" |
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69 |
HARRISON |
Zella M. |
1884 |
1961 |
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67 |
HARRISON |
Marcus Erwin |
1883 |
1964 |
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68 |
ANDERSON |
Alma |
Feb 4, 1894 |
May 18, 1915 |
"Daughter of Chris and Marie ANDERSON" |
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69 |
ANDERSON |
Christian |
1862 |
1922 |
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70 |
ANDERSON |
Adolph |
1914 |
1915 |
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71 |
WILLIS |
Sterling |
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72 |
WILLIS |
Sarah |
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73 |
WILLIS |
Infant Twins |
Abt 1900 |
Abt 1900 |
"Infant Twins of Thos. and Olive WILLIS" |
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74 |
WILLIS |
Thomas J. |
1858 |
1917 |
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75 |
POWELS |
Olive A. |
1868 |
1948 |
Click on thumbnail to see page size photograph.
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| Harrison Cemetery, Washington County, Oregon | ||
Alphabetical List of Surnames (Tombstone Photos with Biography Abstracts)
Pioneer ancestors ‘Living Thing’ for dancing teen-ager (7 June 1971) (TBD)
Old cemetery’s history inscribed on markers (5 December 1978)
Volunteers spruce up cemetery (31 January 1982)
Group attacks cemetery brush (27 May 1982)
Teen-Agers clean up cemetery in North Plains (Sunday Oregonian, 16 Sept 1984, Sec B, p4)
Woman tries to maintain small cemetery’s history (7 September 1989)
Harrison Cemetery originated on the Donation Land Claim #2138 of John and Mary Brown Harrison in the 1850s. The first known burial was Thomas J. Raffety who died Oct 29,1856 at the age of 9 months. Based on family history records, he was probably the son of Joseph and Ellen Wooley Raffety.
This Pioneer Cemetery is tended annually in May on the Saturday before Memorial Day. Anyone wanting to join in this cleanup party is welcome to come. Please bring gloves and your lunch! Descendants wishing to make a contribution to its upkeep or to correct and supplement information provided here, may contact the Historian for Harrison Cemetery, Judith Gates Goldmann at (503) 648-9597 or email her at gate736@spiritone.com
