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William Henry Harrison was the seventh and youngest child of Benjamin Harrison V and Elizabeth (Bassett) Harrison. Born on February 9, 1773, at Berkeley Plantation , the home of the Harrison family of Virginia on the James River in Charles City County , [ 1 ] he became the last United States president not born as an American citizen. [ 2 ]
John Scott Harrison is the only person to be both a child of a U.S. president and a parent of another U.S. president, being a son of William Henry Harrison and the father of Benjamin Harrison. Presidential children have been studied individually and as a class.
The arms of William Henry Harrison (1773–1841), of the James River Harrisons, are sourced to Yorkshire; they depict three eagles and are mentioned in the arms of "Harrison of the North", granted in England in 1574, as well as those of "Harrison of London", granted in 1613 with a pedigree dating from 1374.
The other children were Elizabeth Harrison (1751–1791), who married a doctor William Rickman (c. 1731–1783) and Sarah Harrison (1770–1812), who married John Minge. The youngest child was General William Henry Harrison (1773–1841), who became a congressional delegate for the Northwest Territory and also was governor of the Indiana Territory.
The President and First Lady had ten children, of whom only four were still alive at the time of Harrison's presidency. After taking the Oath of Office in March 1841, the President died just 31 days later of complications of a cold , making William Henry Harrison's term the shortest in United States presidential history to date.
Harrison was born on October 4, 1804 in Vincennes, Indiana, where Grouseland, the family home was located.He was one of ten children born to then Governor of the Indiana Territory, and future President, William Henry Harrison and his wife, Anna Tuthill Symmes.
Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd president of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893.He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia—a grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison, and a great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, a Founding Father.
William Henry Harrison III was born on August 10, 1896, in Terre Haute, Indiana, to Russell Benjamin Harrison and Mary Saunders. [2] He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia and was a great-great-grandson of President William Henry Harrison, a great-grandson of John Scott Harrison, and a grandson of President Benjamin Harrison.