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Mother: Electa A. FRENCH |
_William BROMLEY ____+
| (1784 - 1849)
_Ami Fuller BROMLEY _|
| (1812 - 1900) m 1833|
| |_Lucy NICHOLS _______+
| (1789 - ....)
_William W. BROMLEY _|
| (1844 - ....) m 1881|
| | _Joseph GROVER ______
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| |_Sarah Ann GROVER ___|
| (1818 - 1900) m 1833|
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|--Blanche Bell BROMLEY
| (1884 - ....)
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|_Electa A. FRENCH ___|
m 1881 |
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Mother: Narcissa WILLBANKS |
_Gideon HARRISON ____+
| (1762 - 1838)
_Daniel HARRISON ____|
| (1792 - 1853) m 1811|
| |_ GLAX (GLASS) ______
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_William Graham HARRISON _|
| (1817 - 1853) m 1841 |
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| |_Elizabeth WEAVER ___|
| (1786 - 1852) m 1811|
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|--Robert Weaver HARRISON
| (1848 - 1923)
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| _Hiram WILLBANKS ____|
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|_Narcissa WILLBANKS ______|
(1822 - 1863) m 1841 |
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|_Sarah STELL ________|
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Mother: Sophonisba Grayson "Sophie" PRESTON |
William Preston Harrison (1869-1940). In 1915, he married Ada Maria Sanberg (not Sandberg) (1885-1947), also of Chicago. She came from a poor family and he came from a rich and influential family, which may have had something to do with their eventual move to Los Angeles in the 1920s. The couple had been summering in LA since 1916. They had one son, Carter Preston Harrison (Sorry. No dates.) William Preston Harrison worked in real estate in Chicago. He was also editor and publisher of the Chicago Times from 1891 to 1895. Between 1888 and 1915 he traveled widely as a correspondent for several newpapers. After the couple moved to LA, they began donating paintings (first contemporary American art and later contemporary French art) to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), then called the Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science, and Art. They are noteworthy for being the museum's first and for a long time only major donors; their donations formed the basis for the museum's collection. For a time in the 1920s, Harrison had the title of Honorary Art Curator at the museum. Sources are listed in the book American Art: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection by Ilene Susan Fort and Michael Quick. 1991. Other sources: Nancy Dustin Wall Moure. An Art Museum for Los Angeles. Ph.D. Dissertation, UCLA, 1978; and Winifred Haines Higgins. Art Collecting in the Los Angeles Area 1910-1960. Ph.D. Dissertation, UCLA, 1964.
_Robert Carter HARRISON __+
| (1765 - 1840) m 1788
_Carter Henry HARRISON II__|
| (1796 - 1825) |
| |_Ann CABELL ______________+
| (1770 - 1840) m 1788
_Carter Henry HARRISON III____________|
| (1825 - 1893) m 1854 |
| | _William RUSSELL Col._____
| | | (1758 - 1825)
| |_Caroline Evalind RUSSELL _|
| (1797 - 1875) |
| |_Nancy Ann PRICE _________+
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|--William Preston HARRISON
| (1869 - 1940)
| _John SMITH ______________
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| _William PRESTON (SMITH) __|
| | (1805 - 1850) m 1833 |
| | |_Chenoe HART _____________
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|_Sophonisba Grayson "Sophie" PRESTON _|
(1833 - 1876) m 1854 |
| _Robert Harrison GRAYSON _+
| | (1788 - ....) m 1809
|_Hebe Carter GRAYSON ______|
(1814 - 1872) m 1833 |
|_Sophonisba E. CABELL ____+
(1784 - 1857) m 1809
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