Biographical Facts Birth: Charles City County, Virginia, February 9, 1773 Ancestry: English Father: Benjamin Harrison Birth: Charles City County, Virginia, April 5, 1726 Death: Charles City County, Virginia, April 24, 1791 Occupations: Planter; Politician Mother: Elizabeth Bassett Harrison Birth: Charles City County, Virginia, December 13, 1730 Death: Charles City County, Virginia , 1792 Brothers: Benjamin Harrison (1755-1799); Carter Bassett Harrison (unknown-1808) Sisters: Elizabeth Harrison (1751-unknown); Anna Harrison (1753-1821); Lucy Harrison (unknown-1809); Sarah Harrison (1770-1812) Marriage: North Bend, Ohio, November 25, 1795 Wife: Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison Birth: Flatbrook, New Jersey, July 25, 1775 Death: North Bend, Ohio , February 25, 1864 Children: Elizabeth Bassett Harrison (1796-1846); John Cleves Symmes Harrison (1798-1830); Lucy Singleton Harrison (1800-1826); William Henry Harrison (1802-1838); John Scott Harrison (1804-1878); Benjamin Harrison (1806-1840); Mary Symmes Harrison (1809-1842); Carter Bassett Harrison (1811-1839); Anna Tuthill Harrison (1813-1845); James Findlay Harrison (1814-1817) Religious Affiliation: Episcopalian Education: Private Tutoring; Hampden-Sidney College Occupation Before Presidency: Soldier Military Service: Major General of Kentucky militia (1812) ; United States Army (1812-1814), rose from brigade general to major general in command of the Northwest Prepresidential Offices: Secretary of Northwest Territory; United States congressman; Governor of Indiana Territory and superintendent of Indian Affairs; Ohio State senator; United States senator; Minister to Colombia Inauguration Age: 68 Death: Washington D.C., April 4, 1841 Place of Burial: William Henry Harrison State Park, North Bend, Ohio
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