Dr. William B. Harrison, MD
July 12, 1816 - November 2, 1892
Dr. Harrison was a Captain serving with Companies A & C of the First West Virginia Cavalry.
From the West Virginia Adjutant General's Office, as compiled by the West Virginia State Archives:
William B. Harrison - Not mustered.
Dismissed 05 Mar 1863.
He was a Capt. in Co. C of the 1st W.Va. Cavalry and was court martialed Dec 1864 and dismissed from service. He was a medical physician, receiving his education at Transylvania Medical School in Lexington, Ky.
He is listed as a physician on the 1880 Harrison Township, Scioto Census.
He was born July 12, 1816 in VA. and died Nov. 2, 1892, Jackson County, Ohio.
His first wife was Hannah Hayes and his second wife was Mariah Jane Snedegar. He fathered 11 children in all.
He is listed in the Register & Directory of the U. S. by Samuel W. Butler, MD published in 1878. His listing states his name as Harrison, W. B. of Sharpsburgh, Pennsylvania.