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​Reverend Harrison Harvey
​March 20, 1851 - April 7, 1918

Reverend Harrison Harvey was born on March 20, 1851, in St. Joseph, Missouri, likely into enslavement. How he came to Greene County is unknown, but in 1870, Harrison was living in Cass Township, in the household of Jane Watson, a white woman. On August 5, 1875, Harrison married Sarah Huddleston in Greene County and began a family. In 1880, Harvey was still living in Cass Township, and was teaching school. By 1900, he and his family had moved to West Main Street, Ash Grove, and he was working as a preacher and as a laborer for the Ash Grove White Lime Association. According to local histories, Reverend Harrison had a small congregation of African-American Cumberland Presbyterians in Ash Grove, and another in the town of Cave Springs, Missouri. In 1906, his wife passed away and was buried in the Berry Cemetery. In 1910, when the cemetery was formally legally established, Harrison Harvey served as one of its trustees. Harrison died on April 7, 1918 at 66 years of age and his death certificate states that he was interred in the "Berry Cemetery Ash Grove Mo" (Russel 2012).​ 
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This photo shows Rev. Harvey (left), 'Circuit Rider' preacher for the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, with his wife, Sarah Harvey, and their children. This house was across the road 100 yards south of our house, on a road called White Row, a group of houses built for laborers at the lime kiln quarry, late 1800’s Ash Grove Mo. The Harveys are buried in our cemetery (Moses Berry). (Photo courtesy of the Berry Family)

Grave Marker: ​ Rev. Harrison Harvey's grave marker is a large block style monument on a base. Excluding the base, the monument is 43 x 33 x 15 inches in size. The base is 14 x 40 x 22 inches in size. The front of the marker bares floral imagery (upper portion), engraved text "REV. H HARVEY  1851 ----- 1918" (central portion), and the embossed surname "HARVEY" (lower portion). By 2010, the upper part of the monument had detached from the base. In 2017, through a grant from the Phenix Marble Company, the upper part was re-set on the base. The marker is now in relatively good condition. 
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East face of monument Monument in 2021, after re-attachment to base.
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North face of monument in 2021, after re-attachment to base.
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Monument in 2010, before re-attachment to base.
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Monument in 2010, before re-attachment to base.
Rev. Harrison Harvey Death Certificate
Berry Family, Ash Grove, MO; Ozarks Afro-American Heritage Museum; Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, College of Humanities and Public Affairs, Missouri State University
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  • Interred Individuals
    • Fannie (Herron) Allen
    • George Allen
    • James Allen
    • Birtie Berry
    • Caroline Berry
    • Della May Berry
    • Helen Drucella Berry
    • Charles Frank Berry
    • Hubert W. Berry
    • Infant (Kyle?) Berry
    • Kenneth Berry
    • Luther D. Berry
    • Mamie T. Berry
    • Millard W. Berry
    • Sarah E. Berry
    • William H. Berry
    • Maria Boone
    • A Boyd
    • Peter Boone
    • John Bray
    • Bobbie Darnell Carlock
    • Evaline Coleman
    • Nelson Danforth
    • Elizabeth Decks
    • Mollie Ellison
    • Sip Ellison
    • Sampson Farley
    • Mary Harrison
    • Lulie E. Harvey
    • Maude Lee Harvey
    • Rev. Harrison Harvey
    • Sarah A. Harvey
    • William E. Harvey
    • Maggie Hendricks
    • James Aaron Herron
    • Clara Herron
    • Della Lorine Herron
    • Louise Herron
    • Ross Herron
    • Susan V. Herron
    • Rachel A. Huddleston
    • Charity James
    • Martha Jane (Robinson) Jones
    • R. S. Jones
    • John Mason
    • Fanny Murray
    • Joseph Flem Murray
    • Alma L. Oliver
    • Jocy Bell Peryman
    • Cassie Reaves
    • Leo Reaves
    • Mary Reaves
    • William Harvey Reaves
    • Isaiah Rice
    • Enoch Simmons
    • Jasper Simmons
    • Ralph Simmons
    • Baby Walls
    • Bob Walls
    • Charles Walls
    • James Aaron Walls
    • Joe Walls
    • Press Walls
    • Levina "Vine" Walls
    • Grace White
    • Harrison Wilson
    • Effie (Reaves) Yokum
    • Frank Yokum
  • Monument For Unmarked Burials
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