Background
Kerrick, Harrison Summers was born on October 13, 1873 in Minonk, Woodford Company, Illinois, United States. Son of Josiah and Margaret (Hollenbeck) Kerrick.
Kerrick, Harrison Summers was born on October 13, 1873 in Minonk, Woodford Company, Illinois, United States. Son of Josiah and Margaret (Hollenbeck) Kerrick.
Student Illinois Wesleyan University, 1890-1892. Bachelor of Science, Northern Illinois Normal School, Dixon, 1894. Graduate Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Virginia, 1906.
Teacher and principal public schools, Illinois, 1892-1898, division superintendent schools, Philippine Islands, 1901, enlisted Company G, 2d Illinois Volunteer Infantry, June 18, 1898, and advanced through grades to captain 30th Volunteer Infantry, 1899. Appointed Second lieutenant artillery corps, regular army. July 1, 1901; promoted through grades to colonel, March 20, 1926.
Served in Cuba, 1898-1899, Philippines. 1899-1901, and 1925-1927. Fellow American Geography Society.
Member Military Order Foreign Wars.
Military and Naval Order Spanish-American War, National Sojourners, Sigma Chi, Pi Gamma Museum Member of national Executive Committee American Legion.
Department Philippine Islands, 1928-1936. Mason (32 degree).; Clubs: Army and Navy, Army, Navy and Marine Corps Country (Washington, District of Columbia).
Married Lena May Clark of Urbana, Illinois, October 21, 1903.