The record-union., 1892-10-25
was an expression of heart-stricken woe,
and the end had come

the next hour it grew fainter yet and less
frequent, and as the time-piece marked
the hour Of 1:40 O'clock there was an in
terruptiOn Of the feeble breath-a resump-
ton, and then a stop, this time to be eter-
nal, and the life of Caroline Scott Harri-
son had gone out peacefully and quiet,
and without pain
All OF the family in Washington were
present at the death-bed except the three
little grandchildren and the venerable
DR. Scott, father OF Mrs. Harrison. They
were: President Harrison, Mr.. and Mrs.
Mckee, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Harrison,
Lieutenant and Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Dim
mick and Mrs. Newcomer. In addition,
Mrs. Harrison's faithful maid, Josephine,
and Miss Davis, the trained nurse, We're
in the room.
The members of the family spent few
minutes around the liteless clay and let
the veil be drawn over their deep grief
" hen they emerged, the President re
tired Immediately to his own room and
closed his door. The other members of
the family, respecting his evident wish,
allowed MIN to remain unmolested to
contemplate his great bereavement and
commune with his Maker.
The last sad Offices for the dead were
performed by the nurse, Miss Davis, who
composed the remains for the undertaken
The lights were dimmed and the quiet of
the grave lay upon the great white man
sion.
Mrs. Harrison's illness was the out
come Of an attack of the grip during the
winter Of lSJ0-1S9l. While at Cape May
i'll the summer OF 1891 she contracted a
cold, which caused a return Of the cough.
lasting the entire summer. During the
winter she was well enough to attend to
the eHacting social duties of the White
House, but in January, 1892, the cough,
which had never entirely left her, COM
lnenced again to trouble her consider
ably. In the following March she had a
| second attack of the grip, followed by ca
tarrhal pneumonia. The coughing spells
then increased in severity, until they
were accompanied by bloody expecto-
ration, and about the first of May she
suffered from hemorrhage Of the lungs,
which, though not severe, caused great
prostitution.
From this time until July 9th, the date
of her removal to Loon Lake, the patient
did not undergo much change. After her
arrival at Loon Lake she commenced to
improve, but the improvement was of
short duration. and an examination Sep
tember lst showed the upper half of the
right lung completely consolidated. Not
wIthstanding this, she was able to con-
tinue to drive till December 7th, when
she was stricken with an attack Of sub
acute pleurisy, accompanied by fusion
VI lAblOoGIOuS Aull. COHlDlClclY ulllIl1
the cavity, pleura on the right side neces-
stating tapping three times.
During these complications a cOnsulta-
ton was held by Drs. Gardner, Doughty
and Trudeau, resulting in the issuance OF
/ a bulletin September 14th announcing
! that Mrs. Harrison was afflicted with
pleurisy and nervous prostration, and
that the result was uncertain.
At the time of Mrs. Harrison's S removal
to Washington, on September 10th, her
right lung was entirely consolidated. The
I disease progressed steadily, resisting
/ treatment, until eventually the left lung
| became evolved, and the condition Of the
patient became hopeless.
The case was complicated from the first
by extreme nervous prostration. which
persistently resisted every remedy. Ger
tainly nothing within the knowledge of
the medical profession that could possibly
tend to alleviate her Sutferings or lead to
cure was left untried, but to no avail
About iltty-seven years ago, at the
house of Rev. John b. Witherspoon, a
Presbyterian divine and President of the
Oxford (0hio) Female College, there was
born to the wife of Dr.. John w. Scott a
daughter, to whom was given the name
of Carrie Lavinia. In the course of time
there was at Oxford student named
Benjamin Harrison. He passed from the
Farmers College into Miami University.
and graduated at the age of Is. The
young student, in the midst of the pur-
suit Of learning, found himself over
taken in love, and DR.. Scott's daughter
was the object of his affection. On Octo-
ber 20, 1893, he there made Miss Carrie
Scott his wife. The happiness of their
lives commenced from that date, and
has known no diminution or change I'M
til death came to separate them.
The prospects in life for the young
cOUnln not hfsrbt htrt hr
people were full of hope. Their honev-
moon was passed under the paternal roof
at North Bend. In the following march
the young couple moved to Indianapolis.
The capital ut the command of BENJAMIN
Harrison when he began married life and
the practice of his profession was $500,
an advance on lot in Cincinnati inher-
( tied through an aunt.
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison began their do
mestic responsibilities in rooms in an
Indianapolis boarding house. In the
summer of 1874 Mrs. Harrison paid q
visit to her parents, and there, on August
18th, Russell Harrison. the eldest child,
was born. After this event the proud
husband rented a small house in In
dianapOlis and began life in earnest, his
faithful and industrious wife doing her
own hOusewOrk in the cottage of three
rooms. STEADY gains in fame, practice
and pecuniary reward found Mrs Harri-
son presiding over a larger and more
pretentious house. In the course of two
years her second and last child, Mary
Scott Harrison, was born.
Ihe couple steadily grew in the estima-
ton OF their neighbors, and Mr. Harrison
achieved fame in politics. In 1881 Gen
eral Harrison entered the United States
Senate, and Mrs. Harrison became mem
Der of the distinguished circle of wives of
Senators. In her Washington residence
81 y Gha aNrfGrrTa1 tI,a -
her usefulness.
When the family came to the White
House, the first break in the circle was
made 10y the death of Mrs. Russell Lloyd,
Mrs. Harrison's sister. Before Mrs. Har-
rison was taken down with grip, which
ultimately resulted fatally, she nursed all
the rest of The family, even to the little
grandchildren. Her present illness really
began on April 9th, after a brilliant re-
ception in the White House, and but few
friends have seen her since.
Mrs. Harrison was distinctively a
domestic woman. Her home and family
We're always first in her thoughts. 1t is
said OF her that she was never idle, occu-
py1ng her spare moments with embroid-
cry, water coloring and china decoration,
and devoting considerable time to chari-
ties, in which she was always greatly in
terested. Her loyalty to old friends never
wavered. IN appearance Mrs. Harrison
was the type OF matronly feature. She
showed the generosity of nature, and in
mind natures equal beneficence. A
lavish growth Of hair. silvered with the
/ threads Of little over half century of life,
and falling in curly waves over we'll
shaped head, ending in graceful coil.
Ihe regular and dark expressive eyes
formed picture of ripened womanhood.
She had voice softened by the instinct
OF gentle nature, gift OF conversation,
which. while animated, was thoughtful.
whlie she shrauk from notoriety The
calls of society with her were second in
lmportauce 70 the duties of wife. mother
and aau.llar a.al ~ -, IL, 4 l,..,c.ti.,