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1773 Birth
9 February 1773
Charles City, Virginia, USA

Biography
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, the ninth President of the United States, was born at Berkeley, Va., February 9, 1773. His father, Benjamin Harrison, was in comparatively opulent circumstances, and was one of the most distinguished men of his day. He was an intimate friend of George Washington, was early elected a member of the Continental Congress, and was conspicuous among the patriots of Virginia in resisting the encroachments of the British crown. In the celebrated Congress of 1775, Benjamin Harrison and John Hancock were both candidates for the office of Speaker.

Mr. Harrison was subsequently chosen Governor of Virginia, and was twice re-elected. His son William Henry, of course, enjoyed in childhood all the advantages which wealth and intellectual and cultivated society could give. Having received a thorough common-school education, he entered Hampden Sidney College, where he graduated with honor soon after the death of his father. He then repaired to Philadelphia to study medicine...Read MORE...


Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894

1795 Marriage / Partner
William Henry HARRISON and Anna Tuthill SYMMES 25 November 1795,

1796 Birth of Child
Elizabeth Bassett HARRISON was born 29 September 1796, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (Losanteville)

1798 Birth of Child
John Cleves Symmes HARRISON was born 28 October 1798, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (Losanteville)

1800 Birth of Child
Lucy Singleton HARRISON was born 31 July 1800, Richmond, Virginia, USA

1802 Birth of Child
William Henry HARRISON was born 3 September 1802, Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, USA

1804 Birth of Child
John Scott HARRISON was born 4 October 1804, Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, USA

1806 Birth of Child
Benjamin HARRISON was born 8 September 1806, Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, USA

1809 Birth of Child
Mary Symmes HARRISON was born 28 January 1809, Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, USA

1811 Birth of Child
Carter Bassett HARRISON was born 26 October 1811, Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, USA

1813 Birth of Child
Anna Tuthill HARRISON was born 28 October 1813, , Ohio, USA

1818 Birth of Child
James Fendly HARRISON was born 21 June 1818, North Bend, Ohio, USA

1819 Death of Child
James Fendly HARRISON died 6 April 1819, North Bend, Ohio, USA

1826 Death of Child
Lucy Singleton HARRISON died 7 April 1826, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (Losanteville)

1830 Death of Child
John Cleves Symmes HARRISON died 30 October 1830, Boone County, Kentucky, USA

1838 Death of Child
William Henry HARRISON died 6 February 1838, North Bend, Ohio, USA

1839 Death of Child
Carter Bassett HARRISON died 12 August 1839, , Ohio, USA

1840 Death of Child
Benjamin HARRISON died 17 June 1840, North Bend, Ohio, USA

1841 - March 4 - William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) becomes 9th President of the United States - dies one month after assuming the office.
Nominated for president in 1835 as a military hero whom the conservative politicians hoped to be able to control, he ran surprisingly well against Van Buren in 1836. Four years later, he defeated Van Buren but caught pneumonia and died in Washington on April 4, 1841, a month after his inauguration. Harrison was the first president to die in office.

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1841 Death
4 April 1841
Washington, DC, USA