Background
Harrison, Earl Leonard was born on January 23, 1891 in Alto, Texas, United States.
Harrison, Earl Leonard was born on January 23, 1891 in Alto, Texas, United States.
Student, Butler College, 1912-1913; BTh, Bishop College, 1915-1919; student, Union Theological Seminary, 1935-1937.
Pastor, Texas, 1910-1936;
president, Bishop College, Dallas, 1951-1952;
pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, Washington, from 1936. President Texas Baptist Foreign Mission Convention, 1928-1930, Baptist Convention District of Columbia and vicinity, 1943-1944, Progressive National Baptist Convention District of Columbia, 1970-1971. Member National Baptist Convention United States of America Inc., 1912-1962.
Director Industrial Bank, Washington.
President Nannie H. Burrough's School Inc., Washington, 1968-1969. Chairman of the board of trustees Baptist seminary, Washington. Trustee Bishop College, 1929-1963.
Board directors Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta. Organizer, chairman Washington Institute Employment Training, 1965-1971.
Married Eula Mae Anderson, January 10, 1910 (deceased 1945). Children: Earlene Jane (Mistress Frederick George Sampson), Eldene Catherine (Mistress Eugene W. James II), Earl Leonard. Married second, Ella B. Snell, June 13, 1948.