The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-07-04
THE HARRISON FAMILY.
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Of the Repabst<ss Pr~ssdesfasi
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1nE UAhhtopS TA1tttis
sosssshiag Ab.st the IDesaessse Life
| Of the Rerasstess Pr~ssdestaai
Nemfnee-
washEngson Letter.
| The family Of General HArrizon are
pleasantly remembered in wash
1 inxton from their stx winters resi-
denee here during his recent sena-
| tosiai term. They were kindly cordial
| people. not able to housekeep here in
| the ssyis Of weaishieY senators, a.
General Harrison lived naialy ON his
salary ard contributed 70 the support
OF a widowed sister hcsisieS. But.
though plain in purse, th~y had ais ays
| the prestige Of distinguished family on
both si.es. and took their senatorial
position naturally and easily. too vel
balanced to strain for display beyond
their reach. bat receiving their friends
and the calling world in general with
wsii-sred hospitality In their hotel or
boarding house parlorS.
The first winter they bearded Mt the
Riggs house. and there their Only son,
Russell, In visiting his parents and
sister. fnet his future hfe-parfneT in
the person OF Miss Mamie Saunders. .
Young blonde beauty, the only child
Of The then senator from Nebraska,
tho was Just hcne from Boarding
school. some three years later they
,Fere married, and are nos residing Ia
Helena. Montana. They have baby
daughter q few months old Miss Mary
Ii arisen. the generals onty daughter,
married Mr. James Robert Mckee, a
young merchant Of indianapolis.
shortly after the marriage ~ her broth
er, and little s9n born 10 them last
year bears the name Benjamin ilar-
risssa Mckee. Miss Hafrison was one
OF the most popular girls IN Washing
ton society. and belonged 10 the set of
whirh Dora Miller, the aiifornia Sena-
tar Milier's brilliant daughter; Miss
AcEiroy. niece OF President Arthur;
Miss Jennie sheriff., Miss Kate Ray
ard and Miss Virginia Cameron werr
few others OF noteworthy interest
Mrs. Mckee Il 4 deyotediy happy wife
and daughter. Her fair Young face
will grace the White HouSe net less
effectively than that OF its present bon
ny mistress. while her mether. Mrs.
Harrison. the comedy wife OF the gem
eFai. viii be near and precious 10 every
patriotic American heart. as a repre-
sentative soldiers vile.
There was a certain solemn aud
awful dag in her history III isss2, when
President lincola called for '',so.t.e
more, I" and her young husband, who
had bat shortly returned from a three
months service at the front. was called
into the uiiiee OF the great war COVER
nor, Oliver +. Morton. who saw him
passing by. sud said to him; Ben,
these are giscouraging days. ! don't
know what sc are going 10 DO with SO
maay reasonable elements to contend
with in oar state. Enlistments are
tagging slowly and tentatively he
continued: 'C0uid you raise cont
pany and - out 81 its head to stimu-
late Others by your example The
yoang man did not hastily promise,
but walked thoughtfully homeward
into the presence Of his wife, Rugged
his little giri aad boy with more than
usual tenderness and said Carrie.
the governor wants me 10 "a back To
fhc front. tan you and the babies
get along without me a little while
again - airs. liafri son, like the patriot
woman she vas. said, with hlanehed
face ana choking voice. Yes. besi, We
vii try ts get Aiang somehow il The
country needs you.
This was all he waited FOR and soon
the Seventeen Indiana regiment was
formed with benjamin Harrison As It's
colonel. and Captain Henry Scott, MIS-.
Hafrisan's brother, a. captain OF COM
pany A. The remaining brother was al
readv IN the service. Colonel Harrison :
record You already know from the time
he entered ill he participated IN siler-
mans glorious march - the sea Cap
tain scott was also an ideal sossiies.
AZ the battle of tsesaea be was
WeanaesI in the face, and with the
hlosni streaming from his Hlouth he
was one og handful OF men who
marched up "a the rebel battery ard
cartfrcti is coIor<- Shortly after the
close of the war, he yielded up hts
gallant life, a sacrifice to the harsiShips
II battle aud OF prison. Mrs. Hsrri-
an visited his brother when he was IN
The no pitai AZ Bowling Green. Ny,
and Was with her husband several
weeks in camp in Tennessee, minister
| ing t. hin, and the soldiers of his cont
mand as tsisl hundreds OF other wives
az the same heroic mould.
Mrs. Harrison i Il daughter Of Rev.
John Withers seuu Scott. long tine
professor al Washington college.
PENNSYLVANIA. and previously at Mi
ami university, oxford. Ohio. aud at
college uni. Cincinnati, 81 which
lass-naasea place his daughter first
met General Harrison When be was a
studcn, there. Mrs Harrison smother
was the beautiful Mary Neal, daughter
81 John Neal 81 English birth, eashier
OF the kensiagtoa bank and aiterward
ri tlle bank of Mayamensing. ! have
seen 1 portrait OF her painted by one
ot the feaies, which rivals IN IL pstsi.
clan beauty any oi the portraits a'
PHILADELPHIA bellies given IN Charlotte
Adams fascinating articles N the
Anal and Nav numbers et the iasess-
o,a .Nasa-ine Tor this year.