John B. Harrison
John B. Harrison was a Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court from 1927 to 1929.Early life
Born in Anderson County, Kentucky on, he was the son of William Garrett Harrison and his wife, Mary Lucretia Harrison. He attended the common schools of Anderson County, but moved to Texas, where he went to high schools in Gainesville and Whitesboro, and an academy at Paris, Texas. After finishing his schooling, John went to West Texas to work on cattle ranches and later to teach school, until he was admitted to the bar in Greer County, Texas. As a licensed attorney, he became County Judge in Wheeler, Texas.In 1891, Harrison moved to that part of Greer County that the U. S. Supreme Court would award to Oklahoma. In 1894, Harrison moved to the newly created Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, where he became County Attorney from 1894 to 1898.
In 1911, he was appointed as a judge on the Supreme Court Commission. He resigned in 1914, to accept an appointment as an Assistant Attorney General, serving under Attorney General S. P. Freeling.Personal
John B. Harrison married Henrietta Wallach on, at Mangum, Oklahoma Territory.
He had belonged to the following organizations:
