The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1889-02-15
Gen. William Henry Harrison.


grandfather Of the president.eleci, horn
IN Berkelly. Va, iTTS. was the third
and Youngest son OF Benjamin Harri-
s''n, one OF the siRners OF the D-clsra.
tioE OF Independence. The supposi-
tion entertained in some quarters that
Gensrai Harrison Was descendent of
the Cromwellian officer of that name IL
utterly without foundation. One Of
the best authorities on This subject. Mr.
b. G. Blackfurd. Of Washington. who
has made OF ReneralaRy Of the old Eir-
.,inla families his special study. says:
THE glaring character OF the mis-
statement can be shown m few
words. Cromwell's General Harrison
Is supposed to have come To Amer
lea after Cromwel's execution in 1850
Now, the ancestor of the president
elect WAS governing Virginia in 1928,
twenty-srven years before the Crom-
wtllle ~ said To have to come Ameri-
ca. Among the second importation Of
Virginia colonists under John smith.
about the year 1900 was one Master
John Harrison, gentleman. In 1923 the
Virginia Company. rs a private cor
pOrali0n, was extineuished, and Master
John Harrison was made governor of
Virginia. To him, In l84a, was born a
son, who In due time became known ms
Benjamin Harrison Of Surrey. THIS
son was the inst great landed prupri-
etur If his name In Virginia. lie was
buried at West0ver. on the james riv-
er, and u monument erected ON the
lawn nf the family estate. The wor-
thy man left tlnre Sous The eldest
was Benjamin Harrison Of Berkely.
who died in April. ITO. at the age Of
lmrty-seven. A monument WAS erect
I'd to hIs memory In Wratover. at the
expense Of the state He left son
nnmtd Benjamin, who married a
daughter of Robert Carter, or COroio-
man-ealled King Carter. and cel.-
hnly in those days This Benjamin
Harrison was, with his two daughters,
was killed 10y lightning. OF his sons,
the first was enjamin, the great-grand-
father of thepresidenl elect and one of
the signers ui the Declaration ol lnde
pendpnce. II could not have hepn said
If him that he Was always loyal To his
Prince. but 1t can be said that he was
the father uf u ruler Of country and
the great grandfather of ruler of n
country far more great and happy than
ever prince or king drew bounty from.
The signer of the Declaration of Indr-
pendence married Miss Bassett. They
had three sons, Benjamin, Carter, (a
member of congress), aud William
Henry, ninth president OF the United
states. President Harrisons son. John
Scott, was the father OF the president
elect" William Henry Harrison re-
ceived his education at nampden-Syd-
ney college, Virginia. Al the age Of
nineteen he entered The army and was
sent to take part in the campaign aga.
inst the Indians of tire northwest. IT
was critical time. 81. Clair had been
defeated and Gen. Anthony Waye, the
the fan. .ous Mad Anthony" of the
revolutionary war, no less loved by the
soldiers than by lis fellow. .mpmbers of
the Friendly Sons Of st Patrick of
| Ut.i.t.I,,l,,, A. al I,..t al ,,an ,.,,,,nuud
of the troops in that quarter lie took
a strong like TO young Harrison and
made him one of his aides. The H.
dIans were instiented aud aided In
their struggle against our government
hy The English. LoId Dorchester, for.
merly Sir Guy Carleton, who had re-
fused tie heroic General Montgomery
remains the poor courtesy Of coffin"
at Quebec, was the governor of Cana
da, and he sent Llentenan-Governor
Slmcoe with body of troops TO es-
tablish military post ut the rapids of
the Maumee in United States territory.
Rpnforcpments were ordered to be
sent to Wayne, but the preparations
were DELAYED and meanwhile several en-
counters took place between the allied
British and Indians and the Amer
c. ms. At length, in August, l704,
Wnnyr, after having called council Of
war ai Fort Deposit and adopted ''tle
plan Of march and battle proposed by
Lieutenant Harrison, decided to attack
the enemy. Tie Americans moved for
wart ra pidly, met the British and In
dians ahout 1--WE mites from the font at
eight U'clock in The morning, after IN