BENJAMIN HARRISON BENJAMIN HARRISON, twenty-third president of the United States, born in North Bend, Ohio, August 20, 1833; died in Indianapolis, Ind., March 13, 1901. He was the third son of John Scott Harrison (who was a son of President Harrison). It has been stated that his lineage can be traced to Harrison the regicide. He came directly from the Virginia Harrisons, who were distinguished in the early history of that colony ; his great-grandfather, Benjamin Harrison, was one of the seven Virginia delegates to the congress which made the Declara tion of Independence.* The Harrisons owned large landed estates on the bank of the Ohio near the mouth of the Big Miami. Benjamin assisted in the work on his father s farm, which contained about four hundred acres. The products of the
- The descent of Benjamin Harrison from Pocahontas, daughter
of Powhatan, is outlined in a recent work by Wyndham Robin son, entitled "Pocahontas and her Descendants through her Mar riage at Jamestown, Virginia, in April, 1614, with John Rolfe, Gen tleman." It may also be mentioned that he is among the eight presidents who have been of Welsh descent John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, William Henry Harrison, James A. Garfield, and Benjamin Harri son. EDITOR.
