Harriet E. Garrison
Harriet E. Garrison (October 20, 1848 – October 3, 1930) was an American physician and medical writer whose practice was based in Dixon, Illinois. She traveled widely and wrote on medical topics, presenting papers at medical conferences. Early life and education Garrison was born on a farm in Dixon, Illinois, on October 20, 1848. Her parents were William Garrison and Amelia (Oman) Garrison, prosperous farmers of that county. Garrison's parents were born, raised and married in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and emigrated to Lee County, Illinois. There, Garrison's father followed farming for some years, but spent his last days in retirement from active labor, near Dixon, in Nachusa township, where both of Garrison's parents died and were buried. Garrison had eight siblings, including: George, Hannah, Martha, Peter, John, Harriet, William, Mamie, and Hester. The family home, located three miles east of Dixon, was known as the Big Spring Farm. It was the first land bought by William Garrison in the fall of 1845, when it was wild prairie land. He built a two story and basement brick house facing the spring. Garrison passed her girlhood becoming skillful in domestic pursuits. For many years, she enjoyed finding a quiet nook and reading