The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-21

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his church. He was u strong, clean
highminded man, who won pure ant
lasting fame and left nainc that viii
long be honored.
benjamin Harrison, son of Johr
Scott Harrison, Senator, was born al
North Bend, Ohio, August 20, 1888
Passing through Farmers college in
Cincinnati, he entered Miami unlver.
>ily in 1862, studied law, and in 1854
emoved to Indianapolis, Ind, where
he has since resided. In 1861 he was
elected reporter of the State supreme
count, and in 1862 entered the Union
army as second lieutenant of Indiana
volunteers. After short service he
organized company of the Seven
tleth Indiana regiment, was commits
stoned colonel on completion of the
regiment, and served through the war,
receiving the brevet Of briyadier gen
cral of tho volunteers on January 20,
1865. He then returned to Indiana
polls and resumed the position of
snprcme court reporter, to which he
had been reelected during his absence
in 1864. In 1876 he was the Rcpubli
can candidate for Governor Of Indiana,
but was defeated Ivy a small plurality.
He was member of the Mississippi
commission in 1879, and in 1880 was
elected United States Senator, taking
his seat March 4th, 1881.
He had only one term IN the Senate,
being defeated for reelection in 1886
by David 'rurpie.
In 1888 he was the Republican
nominee for President and was elected
over Grover Cleveland, by whom he
was defeated four years later.
HARRISON AS a SOLDIER.
Moses G. McLain, Of Indianapolis,
who served under General Harrison
during the civil war and was more or
less intimately associated with him,
pays the following tribute to his COM
mander's war record:
"When it came to battle he would
never ask or command his men to 90
where he was not willing TO go himself.
In the battle of Rcsaca he led the as
sAulling columns and was at the front
with his men. After the battle it was
either General Ward or General Butter
field who examined: Colonel, you
have won your stars today At this
tie General Ward was wounded and
Colonel Harrison took charge of the
brigade, which he commanded through
all the succeeding battles to Pcachtree
creek, before Atlanta, where he COM
manded the division in that battle.
"Many times he was seen, when on
long match, to dismount when he saw
a weary soldier who seemed tC be we'll
worn out, take his gun and cruer him
TO mount the horse and ride while he
walked and carried the gun of the
soldier. AS another evidence of the
held by his old command, l might say
that he was the pr esidcnt continuously
OF the regimental organization and was
reelected as such at our last reunion
last summer.
GA little incident showing his
thoughtfulncss after the war occurred
while he was in the United States
Senate. He called me up one day and
said he under stood that Fred was IN
the poOrhouse-Fred was a little Ger
man 10y who enlisted in his company
out near Cumberland, in this county
and wanted to know if would not 90
out with him Sunday to see him. On
Sunday l drove up to the generals
house to get him, but before coming
out to the buggy he went back to the
grape arbor in the back part of the
yard and gathered a basket of grapes
to take with us for Fred. He as
ccrtained from Fred the cause Of his
trouble, and i'll n short time bad him
removed to the soldiers homo at
Dayton, o.