The Washington critic., 1888-07-05
THE HARRISON FAMILY.
The Earlier Members and sketches o
the CoIIateraI Branches.

Ahb A&TttE NNttnDeTh anu SWtItneH OF
the ColIateraI Branches.
Cincinnati Enquirer If there is any.
thing in the old saying, BLOOD will tell"
then Benjamin Harrison is entitled to
make the most of it, for he comes from
One of the Oldest Families
in the United States. One of his remote
ancestors voted for the execution of the
Inflated Stuart, Charles l. The family
came originally from England and settled
in Virginia. Benjamin Harrison is one
of the four names signed TO the Declara-
ton of Independence. William Henry
Harrison, the President of the United
States, had three sons John Scott Harri-
son, William Henry Harrison who died
without issue, and - Harrison, who
died some years ago near Hamilton, Ohio,
and whose daughter married Colonel ID.
w. McClung, Collector OF Port under Gar
field.
Benjamin Harrison, the subject of this
sketch, is the oldest of the four sons Of
John Scott Harrison. The other sons are
John Scott Harrison Of Kansas City,
Sterling Democrat
and excellent gentleman, of the real es-
tate firm of Harrison 4 Pratt. He is mar
ne6. and has family.
Another son is Carter Harrison, not the
ex-Mayor OF Chicago, but Carter Harrison
who lives on large plantation near MUIR
ireesboro, Tenn. Directly after the war
he married a Mrs. Lytle, a widow who
had children. By her he has one or two
children. There was fourth brother
who resided near indianapolis. He has
been dead several years. and left widow,
son and daughter. The daughters of John
Scott Harrison, and
-. Sisters of benjamin
were Mrs. Bette Eaton, the widow of DR..
George e. Eaton. She resides at present
at North Bend Ohio, and is very esti-
mable lady. She has two children,
George G. Eaton, a man of IS, who is
married, and Archie Eaton, young man,
single, OF about 2S.
Mrs. Morris is another sister of Benla-
min Harrison. She resides at Indian
apolis, and has fine family of one or
two children.
Mrs. Bevins, who now lives at Omaha
Is another sister. She and her husband
are both living and have q family.
President William Henry Harrison had
several daughters. One was the wife of
The Late Judge David X. Este
Of this city. Another married Judge
Short, the father of Charles w. Short.
She had no children. Another daughter
lhailiSh IA JOhl IL. WIN
lived on the State road about four or five
miles east of Cleves. She had several
hildren-Fitzhugh Thornton, who lives
at Fern Bank; Or. Thornton, who was q
surgeon in the late war of the rebellion,
and who died in Cincinnati after the war.
Mrs. Thornton's daughters were Mrs.
Fitzhugh, late of indianapolis, who left
several children.
Another of President Harrison's daugh-
ters, Anne, married Colonel William II,
III, Taylor q cousin, who was at one time
A Deputy Clerk
under General Harrison, when he was
Clerk of the Courts, and also a deputy
under II. II. Stone, Clerk of the Courts,
and he was afterward colonel in the
army, commanding the Fifth Ohio Cav
airy in the war of the rebellion, and was
made postmaster at Cincinnati by Andy
johnson. Heis now State Librarian at
st. Paul. Mrs. Taylor bore seven daugh-
ters and three sons. The oldest daugh-
ter married Scott Howell, esq, once a
lawyer at the Cincinnati bar but at pres
ent settled and practicing his profession
ut Keokuk, Iowa. -.
gentleman who lives near Minneapolis,
! MINI.
Another daughter Virgie, married 3
Mr. Davenport, a lawyer, now living ut
Minneapolis.
Another daughter married man
named Hendrix, who formerly edited
and published journal at Minneapolis,
but at present resides at ST. Cloud.
Another daughter, Bessie, married a
wealthy gentleman of st. Paul, named
Ogden. She is magnificent lady, and
said TO
Combine the Virtues
| Of the Harrison family.
There is also single daughter living
with her father at st. Paul.
The sons of Colonel William II. II.
| Taylor were w. IL. III. Taylor, jr., now
| living at or near ST. Paul. He was a cap
| tain in the regular army during the late
war.
John +. Taylor, who served in the
war, returned home and went West,
| having served as a postmaster in some
town in Kansas. He is now living in
Illinois.
Edward Everett Taylor is at st, Paul
with his father.
The seventh daughter, Anna, married
gentleman who is III business at present
in Keokuk, Iowa.