The Ancestry Benjamin Harrison

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

The Ancestry Benjamin Harrison THE ANCESTRY OF BENJAMIN HARRISON PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1889-1893 IN CHART FORM SHOWING ALSO THE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN 184i AND BY CHARLES P. KEITH AUTHOR OF "THE PROVINCIAL COUNCILLORS OF PENNSYLVANIA 1733-1776" ETC. PHILADELPHIA 1893 COPYRIGHT, 1893, RY CHARLES P. KEITH. PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY1 PHILADELPHIA. INTRODUCTION. THE following ,vork, for which the undersigned alone is responsible, it having proceeded neither fron1 the suggestion, nor under the supervision, of any one else, is published for its merits as ·an atten1pt to show, not merely the paternal line, but a11 the other forefathers of an individual. The actual forefathers being arranged in a chart, data "·h ich have been found as to the collateral branches of some of the families are included, with the evidence for the direct lines, in this Introduction and the notes which follow it, headed by the various names, and an effort has b~en made to give an ·account, complete to date, of the Irwin and of the Ramsey family. It is not pretended that the pedigree adds to the distinction of a man who has been President of the United States of America. That office, to be sure, is neither the apex of a system of caste, like a European king's, nor the object of eighteen centuries' veneration, like the Pope's, nor the control of the lives and property of millions, like the Czar's or the ruler of China's; but, at the head of such a nation as ours bas become, it is one of the very greatest positions on the earth. Its constitutional functions affect double the extent of territory that Charlemagne ruled. Surrounding the incumbent with no luxury, and rigidly subjecting him to Jaw, it nevertheless resembles, with its unpretentious title, its actual power, its operation through a Senate, its preponderance in a hemisphere, that of the early Ron1an emperors, before the abrogation of republican forms. Few contemporary lives are-as much studied as those culminating, or suggested to culminate, in the White House; and, as the ancestry of any man is a fact, important or otherwise, in his history, it is supposed that, while genealogists will value any work showing how far in each line, male and female, the ancestors of a living American can be traced, other people will he interested in such data concerning a President. The paternal line of the one whose te_rm ended on the 4th of last March is unique from the standing anterior to the Revolutionary War, and the service during it and since. Moreover, while it is rare, in this young country, to find, even among the Presidents, any person all of whose great-grandfathers were Americans, he descends from many families known to have been here nearly two hundred years before his birth. This makes such a ,vork relating to Benjamin Harrison a contribution to the genealogy of many of his fellow-citizens. All the known ancestors who lived in America are mentioned in the chart. An effort has been made to trace back of this country nearly every surname thus introduced; and each has been carried as far as appeared u•l 4 Introduction. certain, except that the Bedell pedigree, which can be found in the Visita­ tion of Huntingdonshire, has not been transcribed. The ancestral lines met with through the wives of men who never came to America, have been fol­ lowed where they seemed to lead to _interesting personages; and, indeed, as we advance into ancient times, ·we can be positive of the genealogy of those only who were so conspicuous that theirs was of public notoriety. I have succeeded in working out the ancestry, with a fair amount of ev·idence for every step, further than any other American's has been extended, as far as I am aware. In so doing, however, I must not be charged with furnishing a basis for pride of birth. Nothing could · be more den1ocratic than genealogy carried far enough to point out the descent or kinship between the most exalted and the humblest. As the number of a man's ancestors hack of a few centuries is enormous, having doubled with each generation, except where; being relatives, they had lines in common, s001e historical celebrities must be included. Three hundred years ago, no difference of caste separated the. poorer gentry of England from the yeomanry and trades­ people; and five hundred years ago, the royal family intermarried with sub­ jects as frequently as with foreign potentates. So a far-off king~ is likely to have descendants in all stations of life. There is nobody living except a Bourbon known to be a legitimate descendant of any king or emperor men­ tioned in this chart through males; but through females the blood of Clovis, of Charlemagne, and of Alfred must flow in the veins of vast numbers of people, while even that of the Conqueror or of the early Plan­ tagenets is probably in so many that it cannot be claimed as distinguishing. We mean by legitimate descent. Starting with fifteen grandchildren of King Edward I., which fifteen are known to have married and left lawful issue, and allowing to each of them two children married and having lawfui issue, and so on, assuming the number of such descendants to double in each generation, we obtain nearly 4,000,000 in the twentieth generation from the king. That this estimate is not too large, that, except when cut off by war, or narrowed by intermarriages, families spread more rapidly, there is an instance in the chart. The estimate would allow for four grand­ children of President William Henry Harrison having families: there are six times that many. No line in this work is carried through any person whose birth appears to have been illegitiinate. There is no suspicion of illegitimate birth as to any one mentioned in the work who lived in America, or in fact who was born since A.D. 1400. Where the legitimacy depends upon the validity of a marriage under peculiar circumstances, of which there are several cases in the older part, I have been controlled by the acquiescence or the decision of the contemporary ecclesiastical power, then the recognized arbiter of such n1atters. Thus the marriages of King Henry II. of England with the divorced Eleanor, and of the divorced Earl of Arun9el with a daughter of Introduction. 5 the Earl of Lancaster, and of the divorced Lord Mowbray with another daughter of the Earl of Lancaster, have been treated as valid; but the parents of I,jouis IV., "d'Outremer," l{ing of France, and of Ferdinand III., King of Castille, are not mentioned, because the marriages of the parents were not deen1ed lawful. But in popular language, and a layman's view, the only real bastards in the chart were Han1eline Plantagenet, William the Conqueror, and Bernard, l{ing of Italy, and possibly Charles Martel; and perhaps also the issue of Chilperic I., heathen I{ing of the Franks, and the abducted wife of a king of Thuringia, said issue being Clovis, the first Chr;~tian King of the Franks, would be so considered. Much of the American part of the chart will be found in either Bishop Meade's Old Chu1·ches, Ministers, and Families of Virginia, ,vhich is authority for so much family history as may be supposed to have lain ,vithin the knowledge of his contemporaries, or Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of New England, Vinton's Symmes Memorial, or Tuttle's Descendants of Wil­ liam and Elizabeth Tuttle. I have derived my knowledge of the records in Virginia other than parochial, and of the tombstone inscriptions not taken from Bishop Meade's work, made use of either in the chart or in the accounts of families following this Introduction, from the publications of the Virginia Historical Society, or articles in periodicals by, and correspond­ ence with, Mrs. Ella Bassett Washington, Pres. Lyon G. Tyler, .Alexander Brown, W. G. Stanard, R. A. Brock, and others. In that part of the chart which consists of a table of the descendants of President William Henry Harrison, I have made use of much data collected by Frank Willing Leach for his projected work on the descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. In the absence of a contemporaneous statement, it is hard to discover and fix positively the parentage of a former emigrant, unless the date of his birth can be closely approximated, and he has left some memorandum of the parish in which he ,vas born, and the records of that parish are accessible. Despite the contrary notion somewhat prevalent, very few of those who ren1oved to Virginia, or any other part of North America, during the colonial period, figure in the peerage books or county his­ tories of the British Isles; and the herald's visitations which have been published, are too far from corn plete, and, even with the continuations made by the copyists, are mostly too early to be of assistance. The notes following this Introduction will explain how the respective fami­ lies have been traced back of this country. I will here give the authori­ ties for the longest line. The Colonial grandee, born about the end of the year 1663, who has been called "King Carter," who named one of his children Ludlow, was, it is agreed, the son of John Carter and Sarah Ludlow, his wife. The tombstone over that couple and three other wives tells us that Sarah's father was "~Ir.
Recommended publications
  • Defining the Role of First Lady
    - Defining the Role of First Lady An Honors College Thesis (Honors 499) By Denise Jutte - Thesis Advisor Larry Markle Ball State University Muncie, IN Graduation Date: May 3, 2008 ;' l/,~· ,~, • .L-',:: J,I Table of Contents Abstract 2 Acknowledgements 3 Introduction: Defining the Role of First Lady 4 First Ladies Ranking 11 Individual Analysis of First Ladies 12 Chronological Order Observations on Leadership and Comparisons to Previous Presidential Rankings 177 Conclusion: The Role ofthe Future First Spouse 180 Works Cited 182 Appendix A: Ranking of Presidents 183 Appendix B: Presidential Analysis 184 Appendix C: Other Polls and Rankings of the First Ladies 232 1 Abstract In the Fall Semester of 2006, I took an honors colloquium taught by Larry Markle on the presidents of the United States. Throughout the semester we studied all of the past presidents and compiled a ranked list of these men based on our personal opinion of their greatness. My thesis is a similar study of their wives. The knowledge I have gained through researching presidential spouses has been very complementary to the information I learned previously in Mr. Markle's class and has expanded my understanding of one ofthe most important political positions in the United States. The opportunity to see what parallels developed between my ran kings of the preSidents and the women that stood behind them has led me to a deeper understanding ofthe traits and characteristics that are embodied by those viewed as great leaders. 2 Acknowledgements I would like to thank my dad for helping me to participate in and understand the importance of history and education at a young age.
    [Show full text]
  • The History of the College of William and Mary from Its Foundation, 1693
    1693 - 1870 m 1m mmtm m m m&NBm iKMi Sam On,•'.;:'.. m '' IIP -.•. m : . UBS . mm W3m BBSshsR iillltwlll ass I HHH1 m '. • ml §88 BmHRSSranH M£$ Sara ,mm. mam %£kff EARL GREGG SWEM LIBRARY THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY IN VIRGINIA Presented By Dorothy Dickinson PIPPEN'S a BOOI^ a g OllD STORE, 5j S) 60S N. Eutaw St. a. BALT WORE. BOOES EOUOE' j ESCHANQED. 31 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/historyofcollege1870coll 0\JI.LCkj£ THE HISTORY College of William and Mary From its Foundation, 1693, to 1870. BALTIMOKE: Printed by John Murphy & Co. Publishers, Booksellers, Printers and Stationers, 182 Baltimore Street. 1870. Oath of Visitor, I. A. B., do golemnly promise and swear, that I will truly and faith- fully execute the duties of my office, as a vistor of William and Mary College, according to the best of my skill and judgment, without favour, affection or partiality. So help me God. Oath of President or Professor. I, do swear, that I will well and truly execute the duties of my office of according to the best of my ability. So help me God. THE CHARTER OF THE College of William and Mary, In Virginia. WILLIAM AND MARY, by the grace of God, of England, Scot- land, France and Ireland, King and Queen, defenders of the faith, &c. To all to whom these our present letters shall come, greeting. Forasmuch as our well-beloved and faithful subjects, constituting the General Assembly of our Colony of Virginia, have had it in their minds, and have proposed
    [Show full text]
  • Dedicationtobenj00oldt.Pdf
    LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN IN MEMORY OF STEWART S. HOWE JOURNALISM CLASS OF 1928 STEWART S. HOWE FOUNDATION 363 I .H.S. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. DEDICATION TO ri Harrisori CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN; PATRIOTIC CITIZEN; BRAVE SOLDIER; WISE STATESMAN AND 23d President of tKe United States. THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE OLD TIPPECANOE CLUB OF CHICAGO. PRESS OF PEERLESS PRINTING CO., 107 FIFTH AVE., CHICAGO, PREFACE. the unique Presidential campaign in UNQUESTIONABLYthis country was that of 1840. A stupendous, peaceful rev- olution! When forty-eight years later the surviving followers of that gloriously successful chieftain, numbering no less than fifty thousand souls, received the glad tidings that the National Re- publican Convention had nominated his distinguished grandson, Benjamin Harrison, for President of the United States, they ral- lied as if by bugle call, formed themselves into scores of Tippe- canoe Clubs, held spirited, soul-stirring meetings, as in days of yore, buckled on the armor, and unfurling their time-worn banner to the breeze, again marched forth to battle and to victory. Most of the veterans, conscious of having participated in their last Presidential conflict, were then ready to exclaim with Simeon of " old: Lord, now lettest thou Thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation." It is improbable that similar coincidences will ever reappear in history, in that the identical principles sacredly maintained by so large a body of voters during almost half a century, notwith- standing the vicissitudes, oft times tumultuous, to which the re- public had meanwhile been exposed, including the unfortunate canvass of 1884, should again be the battle-cry and win popular favor and endorsement and that under consanguineous marshal- ship.
    [Show full text]
  • H. Doc. 108-222
    EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1823, TO MARCH 3, 1825 FIRST SESSION—December 1, 1823, to May 27, 1824 SECOND SESSION—December 6, 1824, to March 3, 1825 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—DANIEL D. TOMPKINS, of New York PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—JOHN GAILLARD, 1 of South Carolina SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—CHARLES CUTTS, of New Hampshire SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—MOUNTJOY BAYLY, of Maryland SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—HENRY CLAY, 2 of Kentucky CLERK OF THE HOUSE—MATTHEW ST. CLAIR CLARKE, 3 of Pennsylvania SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—THOMAS DUNN, of Maryland; JOHN O. DUNN, 4 of District of Columbia DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—BENJAMIN BIRCH, of Maryland ALABAMA GEORGIA Waller Taylor, Vincennes SENATORS SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES William R. King, Cahaba John Elliott, Sunbury Jonathan Jennings, Charlestown William Kelly, Huntsville Nicholas Ware, 8 Richmond John Test, Brookville REPRESENTATIVES Thomas W. Cobb, 9 Greensboro William Prince, 14 Princeton John McKee, Tuscaloosa REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Gabriel Moore, Huntsville Jacob Call, 15 Princeton George W. Owen, Claiborne Joel Abbot, Washington George Cary, Appling CONNECTICUT Thomas W. Cobb, 10 Greensboro KENTUCKY 11 SENATORS Richard H. Wilde, Augusta SENATORS James Lanman, Norwich Alfred Cuthbert, Eatonton Elijah Boardman, 5 Litchfield John Forsyth, Augusta Richard M. Johnson, Great Crossings Henry W. Edwards, 6 New Haven Edward F. Tattnall, Savannah Isham Talbot, Frankfort REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Wiley Thompson, Elberton REPRESENTATIVES Noyes Barber, Groton Samuel A. Foote, Cheshire ILLINOIS Richard A. Buckner, Greensburg Ansel Sterling, Sharon SENATORS Henry Clay, Lexington Ebenezer Stoddard, Woodstock Jesse B. Thomas, Edwardsville Robert P. Henry, Hopkinsville Gideon Tomlinson, Fairfield Ninian Edwards, 12 Edwardsville Francis Johnson, Bowling Green Lemuel Whitman, Farmington John McLean, 13 Shawneetown John T.
    [Show full text]
  • Inaugural History
    INAUGURAL HISTORY Here is some inaugural trivia, followed by a short description of each inauguration since George Washington. Ceremony o First outdoor ceremony: George Washington, 1789, balcony, Federal Hall, New York City. George Washington is the only U.S. President to have been inaugurated in two different cities, New York City in April 1789, and his second took place in Philadelphia in March 1793. o First president to take oath on January 20th: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937, his second inaugural. o Presidents who used two Bibles at their inauguration: Harry Truman, 1949, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953, George Bush, 1989. o Someone forgot the Bible for FDR's first inauguration in 1933. A policeman offered his. o 36 of the 53 U.S. Inaugurations were held on the East Portico of the Capitol. In 1981, Ronald Reagan was the first to hold an inauguration on the West Front. Platform o First platform constructed for an inauguration: Martin Van Buren, 1837 [note: James Monroe, 1817, was inaugurated in a temporary portico outside Congress Hall because the Capitol had been burned down by the British in the War of 1812]. o First canopied platform: Abraham Lincoln, 1861. Broadcasting o First ceremony to be reported by telegraph: James Polk, 1845. o First ceremony to be photographed: James Buchanan, 1857. o First motion picture of ceremony: William McKinley, 1897. o First electronically-amplified speech: Warren Harding, 1921. o First radio broadcast: Calvin Coolidge, 1925. o First recorded on talking newsreel: Herbert Hoover, 1929. o First television coverage: Harry Truman, 1949. [Only 172,000 households had television sets.] o First live Internet broadcast: Bill Clinton, 1997.
    [Show full text]
  • H. Doc. 108-222
    FOURTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1795, TO MARCH 3, 1797 FIRST SESSION—December 7, 1795, to June 1, 1796 SECOND SESSION—December 5, 1796, to March 3, 1797 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE—June 8, 1795, to June 26, 1795 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—JOHN ADAMS, of Massachusetts PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—HENRY TAZEWELL, 1 of Virginia; SAMUEL LIVERMORE, 2 of New Hampshire; WILLIAM BINGHAM, 3 of Pennsylvania SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—SAMUEL A. OTIS, of Massachusetts DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE—JAMES MATHERS, of New York SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—JONATHAN DAYTON, 4 of New Jersey CLERK OF THE HOUSE—JOHN BECKLEY, 5 of Virginia SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—JOSEPH WHEATON, of Rhode Island DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—THOMAS CLAXTON CONNECTICUT GEORGIA Richard Potts 17 18 SENATORS SENATORS John Eager Howard Oliver Ellsworth 6 James Gunn REPRESENTATIVES James Hillhouse 7 James Jackson 14 8 Jonathan Trumbull George Walton 15 Gabriel Christie 9 Uriah Tracy Josiah Tattnall 16 Jeremiah Crabb 19 REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE 20 REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE William Craik Joshua Coit 21 Abraham Baldwin Gabriel Duvall Chauncey Goodrich Richard Sprigg, Jr. 22 Roger Griswold John Milledge George Dent James Hillhouse 10 James Davenport 11 KENTUCKY William Hindman Nathaniel Smith SENATORS Samuel Smith Zephaniah Swift John Brown Thomas Sprigg 12 Uriah Tracy Humphrey Marshall William Vans Murray Samuel Whittlesey Dana 13 REPRESENTATIVES DELAWARE Christopher Greenup MASSACHUSETTS SENATORS Alexander D. Orr John Vining SENATORS Henry Latimer MARYLAND Caleb Strong 23 REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE SENATORS Theodore Sedgwick 24 John Patten John Henry George Cabot 25 1 Elected December 7, 1795.
    [Show full text]
  • 9 Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison
    First Ladies of America Although she never made it to the White one post to the next while House as first lady, Anna Harrison was the raising their family. The lack of type of woman who most likely would have schooling on the frontier also influenced her husband’s presidency in a meant that Mrs. Harrison had the significant way. Well-educated and intelligent, her additional responsibility of educating their 10 years on the frontier as an army wife and mother children. Reading magazines and newspapers eased proved that she had the stamina and fortitude to her isolation, and during visits from Harrison’s serve in such a role. However, her chance to be first colleagues, she thrived on engaging in political lady was gone before it began. discourse. Mrs. Harrison was born in 1775, a year when the In 1840, when the Whigs approached Harrison to run American colonies were being torn apart by war and for president, his wife pleaded with him to decline. He hardship. After the death of her mother, legend has it was almost 70 years old and not in the best health, and that her father, a Continental Army officer, disguised she had hoped that he would live his last years in quiet himself as a British redcoat in order to carry his retirement. After his victory, however, she found 4-year-old daughter across enemy lines into herself contemplating life as first lady. New York to stay with grandparents. William In an unusual series of events, the As a teen, Mrs. Harrison moved with her Henry Harrison’s Harrisons’ tenure in the White House father and stepmother to the Ohio Administration barely got off the ground.
    [Show full text]
  • AAUW Gaithersburg Branch
    AAUW NEWSLETTER Gaithersburg Branch Empowering Women Since 1881 April 2017 April Events INSIDE " AAUW National Fellowship Winners: Past and Present" Join the Conversation with AAUW Fellows Arpil Events 1 Gaithersburg Branch of AAUW Some Curious News 2 April 18, 2017,7:30 pm About Our First Ladies Bioscience Education Center, Conference Room 158 Montgomery College, Germantown Campus Officers Elected For 3 https://goo.gl/maps/dsgikva1uZt 2017-18 Notice Of Vote On 3 Our April meeting will highlight AAUW National Fellowship Program and AAUW Proposed Bylaw Fellowship winners studying and working in the Washington, D.C., Amendments Metropolitan area. Since 1888, AAUW has funded women's graduate educa- tion, thus investing in women who go on to prompt change with significant Book Sale 4 benefits to society. By 2013, AAUW had awarded nearly $100 million in fel- lowships and grants—providing awards to more than 12,000 women from Great Decisions 5 over 130 countries. Her-Story Interest 5 This year, the Gaithersburg Branch of AAUW will view the AAUW National Fel- Group lowship Program 125th Anniversary video that details the history of the pro- gram, and host a panel of AAUW Fellows to discuss the role that the fellow- Literature Group 5 ships have had in shaping their lives and careers. Ms. Celeste Carano, M.A., 2016-2017 AAUW Career Development Fellowship winner and graduate stu- Calendar 6 dent at Georgetown University’s Global Human Development program will share her experiences of working on education initiatives worldwide; and Dr. Mary Beth Saffro, 1981-1982 Sarah Berliner Fellowship winner, will speak on the topic “Living Together in a Fractious World: What Nature Can Teach Us.” It is promised to be an enlightening, engaging, and energizing evening.
    [Show full text]
  • The Ligon Family and Connections, Volume 2
    The Ligon Family and Connections, Volume 2 Willliam D. Ligon, Jr. New York,NY 1957 .-l!}t' fo1,r mouths. l3orn .·l;,ril :!i, /Si') Cumpikr- :llld vdit"r ui \·.,111111c·., I. ;111d II, ·-T:1,· l.1~,,11 1:;unily 1 1 and Cof1Jll'l'li1JJ1;-;._ F, lllllill'r and I :ht I 1"l':,i,ll'nl I I/ TJi~· Li gun Fa111ily ;u1d 1,i11~llll'11 _\ .... -.11ci;Lti(l11, 11JJ7. l·l1;11n11;111 ;u1d (1rg;llt­ izcr (1l Firs/ Li~(II\ F.-unily RL'u11io11 hl'id i11 l{icl111Jci1\!I, \::i., in 1937. :111d S,.-,,,,d l{nu1iun h"ld in \\·:1,l1i11~t,>11, 11 1 ·.. i11 1939. PREFACE In the compilation of Volume JI, the purpose is the same as before in Voiumc 1, - to preserve for l:-listory's sake ct:rt,•.in Ligon family records of current interest, brought to Jig-ht through intensive research since the publication of the iirst edition on December 18, 1947. The hopes and aspirations emphasized in the conception :rnd fulfillment of Volume I appear more real and pressing- in these days of \Vorld chaos and threats of war: and the true ideals of home, country and peace pro­ claim with startling and amazing clearness that it is good to love one's native soil, and to cherish the traditions which give character to a family; and that nan is master of himself! Of necessity, this Volume must be limited in space, leaving much to the future historian. It is significant in pointing out that of some early Ligon kinsmen, whose family records are herein included, either no present day descendants appear to exist, or none could be discovered with whom to establish immediate communication.
    [Show full text]
  • To the William H. Harrison Papers
    THE LIB R :\ R Y () F C () N G R E ~ ~ • PRE ~ IDE ~ T S' PAP E R S I ~ D E X ~ E R I E ~ INDEX TO THE William H. Harrison Papers I I I I I I I I I I I I THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS • PRESIDENTS' PAPERS INDEX SERIES INDEX TO THE William H. Harrison Papers MANUSCRIPT DIVISION • REFERENCE DEPARTMENT LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON : 1960 Library of Congress Cat~log Card Number 60-60012 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, u.s. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D.C.• Price 20 cents Preface THIS INDEX to the William Henry Harrison Papers is a direct result of the wish of the Congress and the President as expressed by Public Law 85-147 dated August 16, 1957, to inspire inforrr..ed patriotism, to provide greater security for the original manuscripts, and to make the Harrison Papers more accessible and useful to scholars and other interested persons. The law authorizes and directs the Librarian of Congress to arrange, microfilm, and index the Papers of the 23 Presidents whose manuscripts are in the Library. An appropriation to carry out the provisions of the law was approved on July 31, 1958, and actual operations began on August 25. The microfilm of the Harrison Papers became available in the summer of 1959. The microfilm of the Harrison Papers and this index are the third micrcfilm and index to be issued in this series. Positive copies of the microfilm may be purchased from the Chief, Photoduplication Service, Library of Congress, Washington 25, D.C.
    [Show full text]
  • John Scott Harrison
    Family Group Sheet 9 Dec 2008 Husband John Scott HARRISON Birth 4 Oct 1804 Vincennes, In.1 Census 1850 Hamilton Co., Ohio2 Elected bet 1853 a Whig to the 33rd Congress and as an Opposition Party to the 34th Conrgess; Ohio3 Death 25 May 1878 North Bend, Ohio Burial North Bend, Hamilton Co., Ohio Marriage 12 Aug 1831 Residence (fam) North Bend, Hamilton Co., Ohio Father William Henry HARRISON Pres., Gen. (1773-1841) Mother Anna Tuthill SYMMES (1775-1864) Other spouse Lucretia Knapp JOHNSON (1804-1830) Marriage bef 1825 Wife Elizabeth IRWIN1 Birth 18 Jul 1810 Mercerburg, Pa. Death 15 Aug 1850 North Bend, Ohio4 Burial Father Archibald IRWIN (1772-1840) Mother Mary (Polly) RAMSEY (1781-1813) Children 1 M Archibald Irwin (Irwin) HARRISON Birth 9 Jun 1832 Ohio5 Census 1850 Hamilton Co., Ohio2 Death 16 Dec 1870 Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana1 Burial Spouse Elizabeth Lawrence (Bettie) SHEETS (1834-1894) Marriage bef 6 Jul 1860 2 M Benjamin HARRISON President, General4,6,7 Birth 20 Aug 1833 North Bend, Ohio Education bet 1849-1852 Miami University; Oxford, Ohio Census 1850 Hamilton Co., Ohio2 Occupation bet 1854-1901 Lawyer; Indianapolis, IN Elected 1860 Reporter of the Supreme Court of Indiana; Indianapolis, IN Elected bet 1881-1887 U. S. Senator; Indiana Elected bet 1889-1893 President of the United States; Indiana Death 13 Mar 1901 Indianapolis, In. Burial 17 Mar 1901 Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, In. Spouse Caroline Lavinia SCOTT (1832-1892) Marriage 20 Oct 1853 Oxford, Ohio Spouse Mary Scott LORD (1858-1948) Marriage 6 Apr 1896 New York City, N.Y.
    [Show full text]
  • Washington City, 1800-1830 Cynthia Diane Earman Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses Graduate School Fall 11-12-1992 Boardinghouses, Parties and the Creation of a Political Society: Washington City, 1800-1830 Cynthia Diane Earman Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Earman, Cynthia Diane, "Boardinghouses, Parties and the Creation of a Political Society: Washington City, 1800-1830" (1992). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 8222. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/8222 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. BOARDINGHOUSES, PARTIES AND THE CREATION OF A POLITICAL SOCIETY: WASHINGTON CITY, 1800-1830 A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in The Department of History by Cynthia Diane Earman A.B., Goucher College, 1989 December 1992 MANUSCRIPT THESES Unpublished theses submitted for the Master's and Doctor's Degrees and deposited in the Louisiana State University Libraries are available for inspection. Use of any thesis is limited by the rights of the author. Bibliographical references may be noted, but passages may not be copied unless the author has given permission. Credit must be given in subsequent written or published work. A library which borrows this thesis for use by its clientele is expected to make sure that the borrower is aware of the above restrictions.
    [Show full text]