Early Life and Family
Born in Vincennes, Indiana, the son of future President William Henry Harrison and Anna Tuthill Symmes and the grandson of Declaration of Independence signer Benjamin Harrison V, Harrison completed preparatory studies and studied medicine. He later abandoned this to become a farmer.
In 1824 he married Lucretia Knapp Johnson (16 September 1804-6 February 1830). They had three children; Elizabeth Short Harrison (1825–1904), William Henry Harrison (1827–1829) and Sarah Lucretia Harrison (born 1829-?).
On 12 August 1831 in Cincinnati, Ohio, he married Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin (18 July 1810-15 August 1850). He and Elizabeth had 10 children;
- Archibald Harrison (1832–1870)
- Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901); became president
- Mary Jane Harrison (1835–1867)
- Anna Symmes Harrison (1837–1838)
- John Irwin Harrison (born & died 1839)
- Carter Bassett Harrison (1840–1905)
- Anna Symmes Harrison (1842–1926)
- John Scott Harrison (1844–1926)
- James Findlay Harrison (1847–1848)
- James Irwin Harrison (1849–1850)
After his father's death, in 1841, his mother moved in with his family to help raise the children.
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