The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-12
.DRI}. H.AR ON
ASSES AWAY
He Dies at the Home ofHis Sisterin5
Clarke County.
He HAD NOT BEEN SICK LONG.
Was Physician TO the State Pcnitcn-
tiary Upsto the Time OF His Dc
lnise-Hcld Positions OF Fl onor,
Sketch Of His Career.

The SAD death of DR.. Benjamin Harrison,
OF this city, near Wildwood, Clarke county,
night before last came as a great blow TO
ms many friends here, many of whom had
been his patients for several years.
The first information concerning the
death of DR.. Harrison was conveyed
through Telegram from Mr. Wynne Har-
r.sor. brother, which was received ait
the State Penitentiary yesterday morning
some tour or five weeks ago DR.. Harri-
son was. taken with a fever. 1t was not
i. thought serious, but was deemed best
Tor him to take rest, and he, therefore,
Went to the home of his sister, Mrs.
sBevan, in Clarke county.
Soon after his arrival his fever assumed
typhoid type, and his strength gradually
wasted away until the end came.
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
BenJamln Harrison was born in Clarke
county forty-one years ago He was
son OF Benjamin Harrison and Matte
Page His boyhood days were passed in
his native county.
In 1882, when only twenty-three years
of age, he graduated from the University
of Virginia with high honors, and not long
thereafter became resident physician at
st. Luke's Home in this city.
Later on me settled here and began prac-
1ice, combining himself. in a measure,
to treatment of diseases of the eye and
ear.
SIX or seven years ago he was appointed
physician to the penitent.ary by Governor
OFerrall, and was reappointed by Cover
nor Tyler, holding the position up 10 the
time Of his death.
Two years ago Or. Harrison was elected
Professor of AIateria Medica at the Uni
vers.ty College of Medicine, and fulfilled
the duties attached to the position with
signal success.
SORROW EXPRESSED.
Dr. HARRISON never married. de is sur
vived by a brother. MIR. Gwynne Harrison
and a sister, Mrs. Bevan both of Clarke
county. lie was a relative OF eX-President
Benjamin Harrison.
Though Of quiet, retiring disposition,
DR.. Harrison was a man of marked abil-
ity, and stood high with the medical fra
ternity.
AT the meeting of the faculty, Of the
University College of Medicine at o'clock
yesterday afternoon resolutions OF sym
pathy were passed and will be sent to the
scrrowing family.
DIR. Hugh NJ. Taylor was appointed to
attend the funeral as representing the fac
ulty of the college, among whom there was
a general expression of deep sorrow.
FUNERAL TO-DAY.
The funeral of DR.. Harrison will take
place from the home of his sister to-day,
and the interment will be made at the old
chapel in Clarke county.
The following special. giving an account
of the death of DR.. Harrison, was received
by The Times from Berryville last night:
DR.. Benz. Harrison died at the home of
his son-in-law, Mr.. e. 3. Bevan, near
WILDWOOD. after a protracted illness of ty-
phoid fever. DR.. Harrison was forty-one
years of age. He was a son of the late.
DIR. BENZ. Harrison and Matte Page Harri-s
son, of this county, and is related to the
most prominent families Of Virginia.
ginia.
His father died some years ago. He
practiced medicine in this county for fifty
years, and was a nephew of Benjamin
Harrison, President of the United States.
a brother, Mr.. Thyme Harrison, and Mrs.
u z BeVan. a sister. survive him.