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  2. Harrison family of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Family members include a Founding Father of the United States, Benjamin Harrison V, and also three U. S. presidents: William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, and Abraham Lincoln. [ a ] Some Harrisons have served as state and local public officials and others have been instrumental in education and medicine.

  3. Benjamin Harrison IV - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin Harrison IV was born in a small house on the plantation named "Berkeley Hundred" or "Berkeley Plantation". [5] The immigrant of his family is thought to have come from London and earlier from Northampton. [6] He completed his studies at The College of William & Mary and became the family's first college graduate. [7]

  4. Category:Harrison family of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The Harrison family of Virginia is a prominent political family in U.S. history. Subcategories. ... Benjamin Harrison I; Edith Ogden Harrison; Evelyn Byrd Harrison;

  5. Benjamin Harrison V - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin Harrison I (1594–1648) arrived in the colonies around 1630 and by 1633 began a family tradition of public service when he was recorded as clerk of the Virginia Governor's Council. [1] Benjamin Harrison II (1645–1712) and Benjamin Harrison III (1673–1710) followed this example, serving as delegates in the Virginia House of Burgesses.

  6. Benjamin Harrison - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd president of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893.He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia—a grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison, and a great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, a Founding Father.

  7. Benjamin Harrison VI - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin Harrison VI's father was Benjamin Harrison V (1726–1791), a wealthy planter and slave owner, who would later become one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. His mother, Elizabeth Bassett (1730–1792), was a descendant of Captain William Bassett II, who was an officer in the King's Army , during the English Civil ...

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  9. Benjamin Harrison III - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin Harrison III (1673 – April 10, 1710) was an American politician in the Colony of Virginia. He was an early member of the Harrison family of Virginia, serving as the colony's attorney general, treasurer, and Speaker of the House of Burgesses .