Name/Title
Picture, HistoryEntry/Object ID
1995.042.0007Description
Color photograph of Sampson D. Harrison's grave stone at Golden Gate National Cemetary.
Donated by Patricia Anne Harrison (1929-1982)
Patricia's father: Sampson D Harrison (1988-1951) worked at the Benicia Arsenal around 1923. Married Anna T Kane in 1922 at St Dominics.
Sampson and Anna's son John Charles Harrison born 1923 was a Seaman First Class in the US Navy and died in 1944 in WWII. This qualified Anna as a Gold Star mother.
Anna's parents' Charles E Kane (1852-1938) and Bridget Halpin (1875-1944) were Benicia residents.Collection
Benicia Historical Museum Collection