Richard [Nicholls] Harison / Harrison - Onondaga and Oswego ...

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Morley Harison >
Richard Morley Harison was the son of Rev. Dr. Wm. Henry Harison (an Episcopal Priest) and Mary
Gibbons Jones. He was born in Augusta, GA in the late 1850s and died in NYC in 1907. He is
buried in Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, GA, next to his two brothers, Wm. Henry Harison, Jr.,
M.D. and Noble Wimberly Harison. Morley never married. He was a civil engineer and spent much
time in Europe. He participated in a number of bridges built in Glasgow, Scotland. He was friends
with King Leopold of Belgium and was a favorite bridge player of the King. Morley traveled the
world.
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The Augustus County Club - According to Eileen Stulb's A Chronicle of Augusta, Georgia's Golf Beginnings and an Informal
History of The Augusta Country Club Inc., four men introduced golf to Augusta in the late 19th century. One afternoon in 1895, Dr.
William Henry Harison Jr. asked "Miss Jenny" Verdery if he and three friends could stop by her Summerville residence and
introduce a new outdoor sport. That day, the men—Harison, Morley Harison, Henry H. Cumming and Louis P. Berckmans—ignited
Augusta's love affair with golf.
Augusta Country Club originally began as Bon Air Golf Club. By 1899, Hotel Bon Air created a nine-hole tract for their winter guests
and Summerville residents. The course, the first one built in Augusta, consisted of sand greens and resided on the east side of
Milledge Road, opposite where Augusta Country Club exists today. The sport became a hit with the winter tourists who visited from
the north during a season that lasted from mid-November to mid-April.
In 1900, the club changed its name to Country Club of Augusta. Twenty-one years later, the courts granted the club the corporate
name of Augusta Country Club.
In the Beginning - Dr. Harison suffered a severe case of the flu in 1890 and was forced to retire his practice. He was an avid sports
fan, and Harison formed a local polo team and several gun clubs. He is most notably remembered for serving as the club's president
from 1900-1920. During this time, Harison and longtime head pro, David Ogilvie, routed the Hill Course. Harison also became an
integral part of Augusta by helping the poor with free medical care while also helping the country club become a major force on the
city's golf and social scene.
His love of golf passed down to his descendants. His son, Montgomery "Gummy"Harison, won the 1921 Georgia State Men's
Amateur Championship and 1937 Southern Men's Amateur Championship. Gummy also struck up a friendship with Bobby Jones,
the pair playing many rounds of golf together.
Following Dr. Harison's reign, Fielding Wallace served as Augusta Country Club president from 1921-1935. He would spread his
love of golf not only through Augusta but throughout the United States. Wallace, one of the founding members of Augusta National
Golf Club, served as United States Golf Association president for two years starting in 1948. Like Harison, Wallace was a close
friend of Bobby Jones. Wallace witnessed Jones's second career ace on the par-3 14th hole on the Hill Course in 1932.
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Columbia College:
Admissions Anno 1760 - Admitted
Richard Harrison
John Jay
Anno 1761 – Robert Livingston
Admissions Anno 1764 - Morley Harison left Coll. at ye end of his 3d Year.
Graduations Anno 1764 – The Commencement was holden in St. George's Chapel, May 22d when ye following gentlemen
graduated.
John Jay, B.A.
Richard Harison, B.A.
Anno 1765 – Robert Livingston. B.A.
Graduations Anno 1766 – The Commencement was held in St. Paul's Chapel May 19 and the following gentlemen were
graduated.
John Jay, M.A.
Richard Harison, M.A.
Samuel Auchmuty, admitted ad eundem, viz. D.D. from Oxford.
Anno 1768 – Robert Livingston, A.M.
And the following Gentlemen were admitted ad eundem from different Universities.
Peter Middleton M.D. from St. Andrew's.
This Year, viz. 1767 ye following gentlemen (August ye 14th) were elected & chosen professors in Medicine -- Peter Middleton
M.D. professor of physiology and pathology.
The Introductory Lecture was given in the College Hall ye first Monday in November, by Dr. Middleton - ye rest followed in
Succession.
A LIST OF THE BENEFACTORS to KING'S COLLEGE.
Mr. George Harison presented us with the Engraving of the Seal v/h cost 10 Guineas.
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