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Anna Tuthill Harrison (née Symmes; July 25, 1775 – February 25, 1864) was the first lady of the United States in 1841 as the wife of President William Henry Harrison.She served in the role for only one month, as her husband contracted pneumonia and died shortly after his term began.
William Henry Harrison was the seventh and youngest child of Benjamin Harrison V and Elizabeth (Bassett) Harrison. Born on February 9, 1773, at Berkeley Plantation , the home of the Harrison family of Virginia on the James River in Charles City County , [ 1 ] he became the last United States president not born as an American citizen. [ 2 ]
Anna Tuthill Harrison, née Symmes; July 25, 1775 – February 25, 1864; The wife of William Henry Harrison and grandmother of Benjamin Harrison. Since Harrison died less than a month into his term in office, she is the individual who spent the shortest time as First Lady.
The Harrison family chose a site at the crest of Mt. Nebo on the family estate and the interment occurred July 7, 1841. In 1871, John Harrison sold all but 6 acres (2.4 ha) of the estate. He offered this portion, containing the tomb and other burial sites, to the state of Ohio in exchange for a pledge of perpetual maintenance. [3]
Sarah Embra Harrison (1874–1935), along with her five brothers, was a descendant of Edmund Harrison of the Oaks. The six siblings descended from Edmund's son, William Henry, and grandson, Rev. J. Hartwell Harrison (1839–1908). (William Henry was a cousin of the president by that name.)
Harrison's sister Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin married William Henry Harrison's son John Scott Harrison in 1831, and their son Benjamin Harrison later became president of the United States. [2] As Benjamin was the son of her sister and her brother-in-law, Harrison became both the maternal aunt and the paternal aunt-by-marriage of a future president. [1]
Off screen, Ford prioritizes spending time with his loved ones. He shares sons Ben, 58, and William, 55, with ex-wife Mary Marquardt, to whom he was married from 1964 to 1979.Ford was also married ...
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.