“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


T. S. HARRISON, veterinary surgeon; burn in Benson, Rutland Co., Vt., 
Dec. 1, 1815; lived there until he was 21 years of age, then went to Fort 
Ann, N. Y.; remained there two years, and removed to Glens Falls, 
Warren Co., N. Y.; resided there twelve years, then went to Buffalo, 
where he stayed two years; afterward he spent two years in Cincinnati, 
seven years in Norwalk, Ohio, seven years at Fort Wayne, Ind.; in July, 
1868, he came to Watertown.  The Doctor has practiced veterinary 
surgery more or less for the last forty years; for the last thirteen years, he 
has devoted his entire attention to the practice of his profession; he spent 
fourteen or fifteen years of his life in manufacturing business, 
locomotive works, etc., manufacturing springs, etc.; he invented the first 
spring furnace for heating and tempering the entire length at one heat; he 
had charge of the locomotive works at Nashville, Tenn., prior to Hood's 
battle there during the late war.  His first wife was Sarah Strong, of 
Norwalk, Ohio; she died there, leaving two children - Adelaide (she died 
in infancy, soon after her mother's death), Jarvis C. (now a resident of 
Watertown); the Doctor's present wife was Sophia Charlotte, a native of 
Berlin, Prussia; they were married in Watertown Oct. 19, 1870.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)