Create a Page for YOUR Ancestor
America - Did you know? February 22, 1819 - Spain agrees to cede Florida to the United States.
www.infoplease.com
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Public Library
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Indiana World War Memorial and Plaza
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Ev. Luth. Orphans Home
[Hide/Show]
Benjamin HARRISON married
Caroline L SCOTT-- Date: 20 October 1853 Place: Butler, Ohio, USA
familysearch.org
Name: Benjamin Harrison
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Age:
Spouse's Name: Caroline L. Scott
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Spouse's Age:
Event Date: 20 Oct 1853
Event Place: Butler,Ohio
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
Race:
Marital Status:
Previous Wife's Name:
Spouse's Race:
Spouse's Marital Status:
Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M51451-1
System Origin: Ohio-ODM
GS Film number: 0355779 V. 1-4
Reference ID:
"Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958," Database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:XDFH-SHW : accessed 28 June 2015), Benjamin Harrison and Caroline L. Scott, 20 Oct 1853; citing Butler,Ohio, reference ; FHL microfilm 0355779 V. 1-4.
Summary:
Benjamin HARRISON was born 20 August 1833
in , Ohio, USA.
Benjamin HARRISON
was the child of
He married Caroline L SCOTT 20 October 1853 in Butler, Ohio, USA .
Benjamin HARRISON died 13 March 1901 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Occupation: President of the United States
Notes:
born at North Bend, Ohio
Details of the life of Benjamin appear below.
He married Caroline L SCOTT 20 October 1853 in Butler, Ohio, USA .
Benjamin HARRISON died 13 March 1901 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Occupation: President of the United States
Notes:
born at North Bend, Ohio
Details of the life of Benjamin appear below.
About Benjamin
Pedigree Chart for Benjamin
Family Group Record for Benjamin
Inventions during the lifetime of Benjamin
U.S. Presidents during the lifetime of Benjamin
Pedigree Chart for Benjamin
Family Group Record for Benjamin
Inventions during the lifetime of Benjamin
U.S. Presidents during the lifetime of Benjamin
Research Benjamin
Benjamin's grave?
Research Benjamin on familysearch.org
Benjamin's grave?
Research Benjamin on familysearch.org
America - Did you know? February 22, 1819 - Spain agrees to cede Florida to the United States.www.infoplease.com
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Public Library
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Indiana World War Memorial and Plaza
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Ev. Luth. Orphans Home
Marriage / Partner(s) and Child(ren)
Add Marriage / Partner[Hide/Show]
Benjamin HARRISON married
Caroline L SCOTT-- Date: 20 October 1853 Place: Butler, Ohio, USAfamilysearch.org
Name: Benjamin Harrison
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Age:
Spouse's Name: Caroline L. Scott
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Spouse's Age:
Event Date: 20 Oct 1853
Event Place: Butler,Ohio
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
Race:
Marital Status:
Previous Wife's Name:
Spouse's Race:
Spouse's Marital Status:
Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M51451-1
System Origin: Ohio-ODM
GS Film number: 0355779 V. 1-4
Reference ID:
"Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958," Database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:XDFH-SHW : accessed 28 June 2015), Benjamin Harrison and Caroline L. Scott, 20 Oct 1853; citing Butler,Ohio, reference ; FHL microfilm 0355779 V. 1-4.
Events, Pictures and Documents Related to the Lifetime of Benjamin HARRISON
Add Events / Information[Hide/Show]
Benjamin HARRISON
Bio
BENJAMIN HARRISON, the twenty-third President, is the descendant of one of the historical families...Read MORE...
BENJAMIN HARRISON, the twenty-third President, is the descendant of one of the historical families...Read MORE...
1835 - Boundary dispute between Ohio and Michigan caused Toledo War; Ohio granted contested lands around Toledowww.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ ohtimeln.htm -
1836 - The Alamo and Texas Declaration of IndependenceIn 1836, a small band of Texans fought the Mexican Army from inside an old mission chapel known as...Read MORE...
1837 - The Panic of 1837The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession...Read MORE...
1839 - January 2 – First photograph of the Moon taken by photographer Louis Daguerre.www.wikipedia.org - January 2, 1839
1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United StatesThe large number of French-Canadians who crossed the border in the nineteenth century, particularly ...Read MORE...
1840s - 1880s - The Oregon TrailThe Oregon Trail was a wagon road stretching 2170 miles from Missouri to Oregon's Willamette...Read MORE...
1842 - August 9 – The Webster–Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.Webster–Ashburton Treaty, (1842), treaty between the U.S. and Great Britain establishing the...Read MORE...
1844 - May 24 – The first electrical telegram is sent over the telegraph by Samuel F. B. Morse from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. to the B&O Railroad "outer depot" in Baltimore, Maryland, saying "What hath God wrought".Taken from the Bible, Numbers 23:23, and recorded on a paper tape, the phrase had been suggested to ...Read MORE...
1845 - September 9 – Potato blight breaks out in Ireland: beginning of the Great Famine."The Famine began quite mysteriously in September 1845 as leaves on potato plants suddenly turned black and curled, then rotted, seemingly the result of a fog that had wafted across the fields of...Read MORE...
1846 - April 25 – Mexican–American War: Open conflict begins over border disputes of Texas' boundaries.The war, stemming from the United States’ annexation of Texas in 1845 and from a dispute over...Read MORE...
1847 - Indiana's first major railroad line linked Madison and Indianapolis and was completed.www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ indiana.html -
1848 - January 24 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma, California.Many people in California figured gold was there, but it was James W. Marshall on January 24, 1848, ...Read MORE...
1848 - February 2 - Mexican–American War formally ends with signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ceding virtually all of what becomes the Southwestern United States to the U.S.www.wikipedia.org - February 2, 1848
1850
Name: Benjamin Harrison
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Miami, Hamilton, Ohio,...Read MORE...
Name: Benjamin Harrison
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Miami, Hamilton, Ohio,...Read MORE...
1851 - June 5 - Uncle Tom's Cabin Appeared in Serial Form This influential book is often included in lists of "causes of the Civil War" (1861-65). Harriet...Read MORE...
1852 - Ohio was the first state to enact laws protecting working women.www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ ohio.html -
1853 Marriage / PartnerBenjamin HARRISON and Caroline L SCOTT 20 October 1853, Butler, Ohio, USA
1853 - Exhibition of the Industry of All NationsExhibition of the Industry of All Nations was a World's Fair held in 1853 in what is now Bryant...Read MORE...
1854 - July - Republican Party formed for abolition of slavery.It began in a little schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin, in 1854. A small group of dedicated...Read MORE...
1859 - October 16 – John Brown raids the Harpers Ferry Armory in Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in an unsuccessful bid to spark a general slave rebellion.Late on the night of October 16, 1859, John Brown and 21 armed followers stole into the town of...Read MORE...
1860 - May 1 – A Chondrite-type meteorite falls to earth in Muskingum County, Ohio near the town of New Concord.www.wikipedia.org - May 1, 1860
1860 - SINGULAR PHENOMENON. Water Spout and Tornado - Houses Blown Down.(From the Indianapolis Journal, May 30.)
Storms, like troubles, seem to come in crowds. Last week...Read MORE...
1860 - Civil War - On December 20, 1860, a little over a month after Abraham Lincoln had been elected President, South Carolina seceded from the Union. Six more states followed by the spring of 1861.www.civilwar.org/ education/ history/ civil-war-overview/ triggerevents.html - December 20, 1860
1861 - January 21 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate....Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, formally took leave of the Senate in a few eloquent remarks. He...Read MORE...
1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away Stateswww.wikipedia.org - February 8, 1861
1861 - Start of U.S. Civil War - April 12, 1861 - Confederate forces fire upon Fort Sumter.The shelling of the fort was the culmination of a simmering conflict in which a small garrison of...Read MORE...
1861 - April 20 - American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.www.wikipedia.org - April 20, 1861
1861 - October 26 – The Pony Express announces its closure.ATCHISON - Oct. 19. - Orders have to-day been issued by the President of the Pike's Peak Express...Read MORE...
1861 - November 6 - Jefferson Davis Elected President of the Confederate States of America On November 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederate States of America. He ...Read MORE...
1863 - January 1 - Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slavesPresident Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation...Read MORE...
1863 - July 1–3 – American Civil War: Battle of Gettysburg – Union forces under George G. Meade turn back a Confederate invasion by Robert E. Lee in the largest battle of the war (28,000 Confederate casualties, 23,000 Union).www.wikipedia.org - July 3, 1863
1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United StatesA NATIONAL THANKSGIVING
By the President of the United States,
A PROCLAMATION.
WASHINGTON,...Read MORE...
1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered a short speech at the end of the ceremonies dedicating the battlefield cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. That speech has come to be known ...Read MORE...
1865 - April 9 - Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysees S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.Harried mercilessly by Federal troops and continually cut off from turning south, Lee headed west,...Read MORE...
1865 - April 14 - Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Shortly after 10 p.m. on April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at...Read MORE...
1867 - March 30 – Alaska is purchased for $7.2 million from Alexander II of Russia, about 2 cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward. The news media call this "Seward's Folly"U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward signs a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska for $7 million. Despite the bargain price of roughly two cents an acre, the Alaskan purchase was...Read MORE...
1869 - May 10 - The Union and Central Pacific Railroads joined their rails at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory and forged the destiny of a nation. (Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah)THE PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The Last Rail Land and the Last Spike Driven.
San Francisco and New York...Read MORE...
1869 - A man in charge was explaining the working of the fire-alarm telegraph, in Indianapolis, on a recent Sunday evening,and unconsciously sent an alarm, which soon brought the whole Fire Department to his box.
St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - July 3, 1869
1869 - Accident at State FairTo the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, October 1. - A terrible accident occurred at the State...Read MORE...
1870 - John D. Rockefeller founded Standard Oil; Benjamin Goodrich opened rubber plant in Akronwww.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ ohtimeln.htm -
1870
Name: Benjamin Harrison
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Indiana, United...Read MORE...
Name: Benjamin Harrison
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Indiana, United...Read MORE...
1870 - France declares war on Prussia and Emperor Napoleon III is overthrown 1870 - A cable dispatch on the 28th says the Pope has issued a special elimination against the Fenians, both in America and Ireland.St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - February 5, 1870
1870 to 1871 - Franco-Prussian War, ending in French defeat, loss of Alsace-Lorraine and end of the Second Empire 1872 - 'Yellowstone Wonderland' is established as first national park.March 1 – Yellowstone National Park (once dubbed "Colter's Hell" after John Colter, of the Lewis &...Read MORE...
1875 - Civil Rights Act of 1875United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction Era that guaranteed African Americans...Read MORE...
1876 - May 10 - Centennial ExhibitiionMay 10, 1876: The Centennial Exhibition opened in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at which Caroline...Read MORE...
1876 - June 25 – American Indian Wars – Battle of the Little Bighorn:300 men of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer are wiped ...Read MORE...
1876 - December 29 – The Ashtabula River Railroad bridge disaster occurs, leaving 92 dead.www.wikipedia.org - December 29, 1876
1879 - Cleveland became the world's first city to be lighted electrically in 1879 when Charles Brush successfully demonstrated arc lights on the streets.www.e-referencedesk.com/ resources/ state-history-timeline/ ohio.html
...At five minutes...Read MORE...
1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.THE RED CROSS SOCIETY
At a meeting this evening, largely attended by prominent citizens and those...Read MORE...
1883 - November 18 – U.S. and Canadian railroads institute 5 standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.UNIFORM TIME
Exactly at noon on Sunday, as has been announced, the new system of uniform time...Read MORE...
1884 - May 1 – The eight-hour workday is first proclaimed by the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions in the United States. This date, called May Day or Labour Day, becomes a holiday recognized in almost every industrialized country.www.wikipedia.org - May 1, 1884
1884 - December 6 – The Washington Monument is completed in Washington, D.C., becoming the tallest structure in the world at this date.www.wikipedia.org - December 6, 1884
1885 - THE STATE INSANE ASYLUM ON FIRE.Indianapolis, Jan. 27. - Fire at the insane hospital this morning was got under control after...Read MORE...
1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.The formal reception of Bartholdi's great statue of "Liberty Enlightening the World" took place at...Read MORE...
1886 - January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent Motorwagen (built in 1885).www.wikipedia.org - January 29, 1886
1886 - ANOTHER TORNADO CAUSES GREAT DEVASTATION IN OHIO. HANCOCK, HARDIN AND ADJACENT COUNTIES ARE VISITED BY A TERRIFIC CYCLONE, DESTROYING LIFE AND PROPERTY.A terrible tornado swept over the southern part of Hancock and northern part of Hardin county at a...Read MORE...
1887 - February 2 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed.www.wikipedia.org - February 2, 1887
1887 - COLLISION, FIRE AND EXPLOSION.FOREST, Ohio, Sept. 19. - Special Telegram - Early this morning the second section on freight train ...Read MORE...
1888 - In the Ohio Legislature a bill was introduced on the 9th fixing passenger rates at two cents per mile on all railroads in the State.St Joseph Herald - Saint Joseph, Michigan - January 14, 1888
1890 - December 29 - Wounded Knee Massacre occurred - 7th Cavalry killed more than 250 Lakota men, women and children; Sitting Bull killed at Little Eagle; Indian wars endedwww.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ sdtimeln.htm - December 29, 1890
1892 - NO MORE BARGE OFFICE. Immigrants Will Hereafter Land at Ellis Island.New York, Jan. 1. - Without any ceremony or formal opening the immigration officials of this city...Read MORE...
1893 - May 1 - World's Columbian ExpositionWorld's Columbian Exposition is held in Chicago, commemorating the 400th anniversary of European exploratory voyages to the western hemisphere. www.e-referencedesk.com/ ...Read MORE...
1894 - March 25 – Coxey's Army (of the unemployed), the first significant protest march in the United States, departs from Massillon, Ohio, for Washington, D.C.www.wikipedia.org - March 25, 1894
1894 - Pullman strikeThe Pullman Strike was a nationwide railroad strike in the United States in the summer of 1894. It...Read MORE...
1896 - Gold discovered in the Yukon's Klondike 1897 - September 1 – The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America.in 1897, at 6 am, over 100 people crowded onto the first train to travel through a tunnel under...Read MORE...
1898 - U.S. battleship, Maine, blows up in Havana Harbor, Cuba, igniting the Spanish-American war.The World Almanac of the U.S.A, by Allan Carpenter and Carl Provorse, 1996 -
1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain; the U.S. Congress announces that a state of war has existed since April 21 (later backdating this one more day to April 20)....On April 11, 1898, President William McKinley asked Congress for authorization to end the...Read MORE...
1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.On December 10, the Treaty of Paris officially ended the Spanish-American War. The once-proud...Read MORE...
1899 - First full time automobile service station was opened in 1899 in Ohio.www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ ohio.html -
1900 - Ohio gave America its first hot dog in 1900. Harry M. Stevens created the popular dining dog.www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ ohio.html -
1900 - March 15 – The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.The Gold Standard Act a Law.
Washington, March 15. - The gold standard act passed by congress,...Read MORE...
1900 - June 1 – American temperance agitator Carrie Nation begins her crusade to demolish saloons.THE KIOWA SALOONS RAIDED.
Mrs. Carrie Nation, of this City, Invaded Six of Them last Thursday....Read MORE...
Death 13 March 1901Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Benjamin is buried at: Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis Marion County Indiana, USA Plot: Section 13, Lot 57
Name: Benjamin Harrison
Maiden Name:
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 1901
Event Place: Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States of America
Photograph Included: Yes
Birth Date: 20 Aug 1833
Death Date: 13 Mar 1901
Affiliate Record Identifier: 451
Cemetery: Crown Hill Cemetery
"Find A Grave Index," Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ1-19SZ : accessed 28 June 2015), Benjamin Harrison, 1901; Burial, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States of America, Crown Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 451, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Added: 7/8/2014 11:51:14 AM
Is Benjamin HARRISON YOUR Ancestor? Tell us more.
If you'd like to be contacted by others who are related to Benjamin HARRISON, leave a message here!The comments you read here belong only to the person who posted them. We reserve the right to remove off-topic and inappropriate comments.
Search