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The Harrison family of Virginia is an American family with a history in politics, public service, and religious ministry, beginning in the Colony of Virginia during the 1600s. Family members include a Founding Father of the United States, Benjamin Harrison V, and three U. S. presidents: William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, and Abraham ...
Harrison was the last president born as a British subject in the Thirteen Colonies and was the grandfather of Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd U.S. president. Harrison was born into the Harrison family of Virginia in 1773 as a son of Benjamin Harrison V, a U.S. Founding Father.
Mother of 10, including 23rd president (1889–1893) Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901) Benjamin Harrison 1806 – June 9, 1840 [25] Louisa Smith Bonner 2 children Mary Raney 3 children Mary Symmes Harrison January 22, 1809 – November 16, 1842 [27] John Henry Fitzhugh Thornton 6 children [28] Carter Bassett Harrison October 26, 1811 – August ...
Benjamin Harrison IV was born in a small house on the plantation named "Berkeley Hundred" or "Berkeley Plantation". [5] The immigrant of his family is thought to have come from London and earlier from Northampton. [6] He completed his studies at The College of William & Mary and became the family's first college graduate. [7]
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.
Harrison Ruffin Tyler (born November 9, 1928) is a retired American chemical engineer, businessman, and preservationist who cofounded ChemTreat, Inc., a water treatment company. A grandson of the tenth U.S. President John Tyler , he has played a role in preserving historical sites such as Sherwood Forest Plantation and Fort Pocahontas , while ...
Harrison was born in 1673, the son of Benjamin Harrison II (1645–1712) and Hannah Churchill. [1] His paternal grandfather was Benjamin Harrison I (1594–1648). He purchased a portion of land from the land patent of Berkeley Hundred where he raised his family with his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Lewis Burwell II.
John Scott Harrison (October 4, 1804 – May 25, 1878) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio from 1853 to 1857. He was a son of U.S. president William Henry Harrison and First Lady Anna Harrison as well as the father of U.S. president Benjamin Harrison. He is the only person to ...