Marriage(s) and Relationships: Married to: Anna Symmes 22 NOV 1795
Child:John Scott HarrisonNotes: Source: Leo van de Pas. 9. President of the United States from March 4,
1841 to April 4, 1841.
The birthplace of William Henry Harrison was in Charles City County,
Virginia on his father's family plantation. The
family plantation was called Berkeley. Berkeley Plantation is on the
James River about 20 miles below Richmond.
His father, Benjamin Harrison, was one of the signers of the Declaration
of Independence. His mother was Elizabeth
Bassett Harrison, a member of one of the "first families" of Virginia.
On Nov. 22, 1795, William Henry Harrison married Anna Symmes, daughter of
Judge John Cleves Symmes. Judge
Symmes was a land speculator with a patent for a vast acreage of Ohio
land. He was not very pleased with his daughter's
marriage. However over the next 19 years the Harrison's became parents to
10 children. The Harrisons' children
included:
Elizabeth Bassett Harrison Short b. 29 Sep 1796 d. 1846.
John Cleves Symmes Harrison b. 28 Oct 1798 d. 1830.
Lucy Singleton Harrison Estes b. 05 Sep 1800 d. 1826; born, during
trip to the elder Harrison's Berkeley Plantation, in Richmond, on the
banks of the James River.
William Henry Harrison b. 03 Sep 1802, in Vincennes, IN; d. 1838.
John Scott Harrison b. 04 Oct 1804, in Vincennes, IN; d. 1878 father
of the 23. president Benjamin Harrison.
Benjamin Harrison b. 08 Sep 1806 in Vincennes, IN; d. 1840.
Mary Symmes Harrison Thornton b. 1809 in Vincennes, IN; d. 1842.
Carter Bassett Harrison b. 26 Oct 1811 in Vincennes, IN; d. 1839.
Anna Tuthill Harrison Taylor b. 28 Oct 1813 in North Bend, IN; d.
1845.
James Findlay Harrison b. 21 Jun 1818 d. 06 Apr 1819 in North Bend,
IN.
When William Henry Harrison was 68 years old he was elected President and
became the oldest man to be inaugurated as President. His wife, Anna
Tuthill Symmes Harrison, was too ill to go to Washington so he asked the
widow of his son, William Henry Harrison, Jane Irwin Harrison to
accompany him as hostess until his wife could come to Washington. He
caught pneumonia during his inaugural address and died, one month after
the inauguaration, on April 4, 1841. Anna Harrison was packing when she
got the word of his death.
Mrs. Harrison lived for twenty more years. She stayed at her home in
North Bend until the Harrison home burned in 1858. At that time she went
to live nearby with her last surviving child, John Scott Harrison. She
died there in February 1864 at the age of 88. John Scott Harrison was the
father of Benjamin Harrison who later became the twenty-third President
of the United States.
Born: February 9, 1773.
Married: Anna Tuthill Symmes in 1795.
Children: Elizabeth Bassett Harrison; John Cleves Symmes Harrison;
Lucy Singleton Harrison; William Henry.
Harrison; John Scott Harrison; Benjamin Harrison; Mary Symmes
Harrison Thornton; Carter Bassett Harrison;
Anna Tuthill Harrison Taylor; James Findlay Harrison.
Died: April 4, 1841.
Buried: North Bend, Ohio.
Years in office: March 4, 1841- April 4, 1841.
Party: Whig .
Source: Harrison Elementary School.
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