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Benjamin HARRISON was born
20 August 1833
in Ohio, USA.
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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
born at North Bend, Ohio
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Caroline L SCOTT-- Date: 20 October 1853 Place: Butler, Ohio, USAfamilysearch.org
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Event Date: 20 Oct 1853
Event Place: Butler,Ohio
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M51451-1
System Origin: Ohio-ODM
GS Film number: 0355779 V. 1-4
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"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.
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Benjamin HARRISON
Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894
Benjamin HARRISON
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Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis Marion County Indiana, USA Plot: Section 13, Lot 57
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Birth
20 August 1833
, Ohio, USA
1836 - The Alamo and Texas Declaration of Independence
1837 - The Panic of 1837
1839 - January 2 – First photograph of the Moon taken by photographer Louis Daguerre.
1840s - 1880s - The Oregon Trail
1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States
1842 - August 9 – The Webster–Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.
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".
1846 - April 25 – Mexican–American War: Open conflict begins over border disputes of Texas' boundaries.
1848 - January 24 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma, California.
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.
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Miami, Hamilton, Ohio, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Race: White
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Birth Year (Estimated): 1833
Birthplace: Ohio
Household ID: 240
House Number: 240
Line Number: 21
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 686
GS Film Number: 444679
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1851 - June 5 - Uncle Tom's Cabin Appeared in Serial Form
1853 - Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations
1854 - July - Republican Party formed for abolition of slavery.
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.
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.
1861 - January 21 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away States
1861 - Start of U.S. Civil War - April 12, 1861 - Confederate forces fire upon Fort Sumter.
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.
1861 - October 26 – The Pony Express announces its closure.
1861 - November 6 - Jefferson Davis Elected President of the Confederate States of America
1863 - January 1 - Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves
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).
1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States
1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
1865 - April 9 - Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysees S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.
1865 - April 14 - Assassination of Abraham Lincoln:
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"
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)
1853 Marriage / Partner
Benjamin HARRISON and Caroline L SCOTT 20 October 1853, Butler, Ohio, USA
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.
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.
1875 - Civil Rights Act of 1875
1876 - May 10 - Centennial Exhibitiion
1876 - June 25 – American Indian Wars – Battle of the Little Bighorn:
1879 - Cleveland became the world's first city to be lighted electrically in 1879 when Charles Brush successfully demonstrated arc lights on the streets.
1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
1883 - November 18 – U.S. and Canadian railroads institute 5 standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
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.
1884 - December 6 – The Washington Monument is completed in Washington, D.C., becoming the tallest structure in the world at this date.
1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
1886 - January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent Motorwagen (built in 1885).
1887 - February 2 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed.
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Indiana, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 36
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1833-1834
Birthplace: Ohio
Page Number: 33
Household ID: 229
Line Number: 1
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M593
GS Film number: 000545839
Digital Folder Number: 004263412
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March 4, 1889
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 ended
1892 - NO MORE BARGE OFFICE. Immigrants Will Hereafter Land at Ellis Island.
1893 - May 1 - World's Columbian Exposition
1894 - Pullman strike
1896 - Gold discovered in the Yukon's Klondike
1897 - September 1 – The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America.
1898 - U.S. battleship, Maine, blows up in Havana Harbor, Cuba, igniting the Spanish-American war.
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).
1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.
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Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Center Township, Precinct 12 Indianapolis city Ward 3, Marion, Indiana, United States
District: 56
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Number of Living Children:
Years Married: 4
Birth Date: Aug...Read MORE...
1900 - March 15 – The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
1900 - June 1 – American temperance agitator Carrie Nation begins her crusade to demolish saloons.
Death 13 March 1901
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Benjamin HARRISON
Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894
Benjamin HARRISON
Grave
Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis Marion County Indiana, USA Plot: Section 13, Lot 57
findagrave.com
Birth 20 August 1833
, Ohio, USA
Bio
BENJAMIN HARRISON, the twenty-third President, is the descendant of one of the historical families of this country. The first known head of the family was Maj . -Gen. Harrison, one of Oliver Cromwell's trusted followers and fighters. In the zenith of Cromwell's power it became the duty of this Harrison to participate in the trial of Charles I., and afterward to sign the death warrant of the king. He subsequently paid for this with his life,...Read MORE... 1836 - The Alamo and Texas Declaration of Independence 1837 - The Panic of 1837 1839 - January 2 – First photograph of the Moon taken by photographer Louis Daguerre. 1840s - 1880s - The Oregon Trail 1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States 1842 - August 9 – The Webster–Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains. 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". 1846 - April 25 – Mexican–American War: Open conflict begins over border disputes of Texas' boundaries. 1848 - January 24 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma, California. 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.1850
Name: Benjamin HarrisonEvent Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Miami, Hamilton, Ohio, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Race: White
Race (Original):
Birth Year (Estimated): 1833
Birthplace: Ohio
Household ID: 240
House Number: 240
Line Number: 21
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 686
GS Film Number: 444679
Digital...Read MORE...
1851 - June 5 - Uncle Tom's Cabin Appeared in Serial Form 1853 - Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations 1854 - July - Republican Party formed for abolition of slavery. 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. 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. 1861 - January 21 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate. 1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away States 1861 - Start of U.S. Civil War - April 12, 1861 - Confederate forces fire upon Fort Sumter. 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. 1861 - October 26 – The Pony Express announces its closure. 1861 - November 6 - Jefferson Davis Elected President of the Confederate States of America 1863 - January 1 - Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves 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). 1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States 1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1865 - April 9 - Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysees S. Grant at Appomattox Court House. 1865 - April 14 - Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: 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" 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)1853 Marriage / PartnerBenjamin HARRISON and Caroline L SCOTT 20 October 1853, Butler, Ohio, USA
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. 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. 1875 - Civil Rights Act of 1875 1876 - May 10 - Centennial Exhibitiion 1876 - June 25 – American Indian Wars – Battle of the Little Bighorn: 1879 - Cleveland became the world's first city to be lighted electrically in 1879 when Charles Brush successfully demonstrated arc lights on the streets. 1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton. 1883 - November 18 – U.S. and Canadian railroads institute 5 standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times. 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. 1884 - December 6 – The Washington Monument is completed in Washington, D.C., becoming the tallest structure in the world at this date. 1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor. 1886 - January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent Motorwagen (built in 1885). 1887 - February 2 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed.1870
Name: Benjamin HarrisonEvent Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Indiana, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 36
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1833-1834
Birthplace: Ohio
Page Number: 33
Household ID: 229
Line Number: 1
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M593
GS Film number: 000545839
Digital Folder Number: 004263412
Image...Read MORE...
1889 - March 4 - Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) becomes 23rd President of the United States
In 1888, Benjamin Harrison received the Republican nomination for president on the eighth ballot. Though behind on the popular vote, he won over Grover Cleveland in the electoral college by 233 to 168www.infoplease.com
March 4, 1889
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 ended 1892 - NO MORE BARGE OFFICE. Immigrants Will Hereafter Land at Ellis Island. 1893 - May 1 - World's Columbian Exposition 1894 - Pullman strike 1896 - Gold discovered in the Yukon's Klondike 1897 - September 1 – The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America. 1898 - U.S. battleship, Maine, blows up in Havana Harbor, Cuba, igniting the Spanish-American war. 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). 1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.1900
Name: Benjamin HarrisonTitles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Center Township, Precinct 12 Indianapolis city Ward 3, Marion, Indiana, United States
District: 56
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Number of Living Children:
Years Married: 4
Birth Date: Aug...Read MORE...
1900 - March 15 – The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard. 1900 - June 1 – American temperance agitator Carrie Nation begins her crusade to demolish saloons.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
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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.
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