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Storrs & Harrison Co. nursery in Painesville, Ohio was established 1854 by Jesse Storrs (April 4, 1804 Oxford NH - March 21, 1882 Painesville OH). James J. Harrison (August 20, 1829 - June 11, 1912 Painesville OH) joined as a partner in 1858. The founders were succeeded by their sons Willis P. Storrs (January 19, 1840 Virgil NY - March 5, 1918 Painesville OH), William G. Storrs (January 19, 1840 Virgil NY - October 22, 1901 Painesville OH) and Willard C. Harrison (May 9, 1869 - April 14, 1944 Painesville OH). The nursery existed at least until 1946.
Life dates from Find a Grave and Lake County Genealogical Society Evergreen Cemetery Insciptions.
[From The Storrrs Family, by Charles Storrs, 1886, p. 302-3:] Jesse, third son of Nathaniel and Ruth Hall Storrs, married, in 1800, Hannah Hyde of Lebanon, N.H. Children of Jesse and Hannah Hyde Storrs: Sixth Generation. Jesse, born April 13, 1804, at Oxford, N.H. ...married at Virgil, N.Y., Nov. 16, 1825, Harriet Gates. Children of Jesse and Harriet Gate Storrs: Seventh Generation. Horatio, Willis P. and William G. (Twins), Emeline.
Jesse Storrs during his early life was a teacher, but after his marriage he began business as a florist and nurseryman. Finding the climate of New York undesirable, he removed in 1854 to Painesville, Ohio, where he continued his business, and is now senior partner in one of the largest houses of the kind in the United States.
Horatio Storrs "enlisted in the late civil war"..He was taken prisoner and died for his country in the prison at Salisbury, N.C." ...Willis P. Storrs was "in the late war, and was principally employed as guard to convey prisonersfrom one point to another."...William G. Storrs was in the Second Ohio Cavalry in the late war, and was in thirty-four engagements, but escaped unhurt.
[From an advertisement in the American Rose Annual 1926, p. xiv:] The Storrs & Harrison Co.'s Nurseries, Painesville, Ohio, where there are acres and acres of Roses in full bloom. A sight never to be forgotten...
[From The Storrs & Harrison Co. Diamond Jubilee Catalogue, 1929, p. 1:] In 1854, Jesse Storrs and J. J. Harrison, were the pioneers of this concern, and in fact, of the nursery business of the middle west. William Storrs and Willis Storrs contributed their shares in succession, and have passed on to their rewards. The Harrison succession is still represented by the son [W. C. Harrison] of the original founder, who writes these lines.
[From Modern Roses 10, p. 734:] Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, Ohio.
[From A Century of Service: A History of the Nursery Industry, by Richard Peregrine White, 1975, p. 361:] After the Civil War Storrs ' two sons joined the firm which then became Storrs , Harrison & Co. When incorporated in 1880 Mr. Harrison became its President . In 1883 it is reported that the firm owned 620 acres with another 485 under ...
[From Nursery Management: Administration and Culture, by Hatold Davidson et al., 1994, p. 5:] The famous nursery production area of Lake County, Ohio, had its initial impetus in 1853, when Jesse Storrs , a farmer - nurseryman from Cortland , New York , located on 80 acres of farm land near the village of Painsville . In 1858 Storrs offered a partnership to J. J. Harrison , a skilled propagator , because in his opinion there was not room for two nurseries in the county. [p. 34:] In 1854 Jesse Storrs purchased a small farm in Lake County and soon founded the nursery firm of Storrs and Harrison...
