1. | Benjamin Harrison, III was born on 20 Aug 1833 in North Bend, Hamilton, Ohio, USA; died on 13 Mar 1901 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA; was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA. Notes:
Won the 1888 electoral vote by 233 to 168 for his predecessor and successor
Grover Cleveland, even though Cleveland had won the popular vote by 5,537,857
to 5,447,129. Lost the 1892 election to Cleveland. Chose Levi P. Morton to
be his vice-president.
Benjamin married Caroline Lavinia Scott on 20 Oct 1853 in Oxford, Butler, Ohio, USA. Caroline (daughter of John Witherspoon Scott and Mary Potts Neal) was born on 1 Oct 1832 in Oxford, Butler, Ohio, USA; died on 25 Oct 1892 in White House, Washington, District of Columbia, USA; was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Russell Benjamin Harrison was born on 12 Aug 1854 in Oxford, Butler, Ohio, USA; died on 13 Dec 1936 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA; was buried in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA.
- 3. Mary Scott Harrison was born on 3 Apr 1858 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA; died on 28 Oct 1930 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA.
- 4. _____ Harrison was born on 13 Jun 1861; died on 13 Jun 1861.
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Benjamin married Mary Scott Dimmick Lord on 6 Apr 1896 in St Thomas Church, New York, New York, New York, USA. Mary (daughter of Russell Farnham Lord and Elizabeth Mayhew Scott) was born on 30 Apr 1858 in Honesdale, Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 5 Jan 1948 in New York, New York, New York, USA; was buried in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Elizabeth Harrison was born on 21 Feb 1897 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA; died on 25 Dec 1955 in New York, New York, New York, USA; was buried in Locust Valley, Nassau, New York, USA.
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