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Harrison, Byron Patton, lawvi-r, cuiign-s.sinuii, was born Aug. "29, 1S81, in Crystal S|>riii!."^. Mi>H. He s»'rvt'<l two tt-rms as district atlunu-y. In he was a menibtT of the 8ixty-8«cond and 8ixty*tbird con* greases as a democrat. Harrison, Carter B., (Mi)»rts3man,wn« born In 1793-!)!) lit' was in Charlos coiin^v, 'a. a representative from Virginia to the third, fourth and fifth conj^rraws. He died In Viri

Harrison, Carter Henry, lawyer, mayor of Chicago, congressman, was bom Feb. 15, He was a 1825, in Favotte county. Kv. democrat and mavor of Chicago in 1879-87 and again in 1893. In 1875-70 he was a representative to the forty fourtli rmd fortyfiftli eongresso^; and was a can.iiilate for {;ovt>rnor of Illinois in 1884.

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The

Chicago Times and owned

it at the time of death. He was assiM^sinated Oct. 28, 1893, in Chioa0», 111.

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Harrison, Carter Henry, lawyer, ionrnalpnldisher, was »nu April 23, 18(10. in Chicago, III.; and a son of tbe laie Carter H. Harrison, a mrniher of congress and who served five terms a.s mayor of Cliicago. In 1883 he graduated from Yale law school; and in 1883-99 practiced law in Chicago, Ttl. In 1889-91 he was in the real estate business; and in 1891 94 was editor and publisher of the Chicago Times. In 18971905 he served four terms as mayor of Chii.st,

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Harrison, Charles Custis, manufacturer, provost, author, was born Afay 3, 1844, in graduated Philadelphia. Pa. In 18 m' from the university of Pennsylvania: received the degree of A.M. from the institution: anil lec'ivcd the lUgrre of T.T..T) fi 'm Princeton and also from Columbia university. Tn 1863-02 he was in aetive business Frnm ISTd lie a a- :i nintnifnotiirrr. trU'%tee, in 1S94 0,"» was acting provost, and In 1895-1902 was provost of the university Tlf was a niembrr of the i>f Penn-'V Ivania. AuuTican philosopliii :i -ocict y was a tnemlier of the Pennsylvania lii^^torical society; was M member of tiie academy of fine artx; and was pri«ir fbric years as

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West Virginia volunteer infantry; and was the youngest captain in c<»mmand of a pany from West Virginia during the For thirteen years he was president private bank; and since 1800 has been ident of the Somerset county national of Somerset,

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HarrisoB, Mrs. Constance Cary, author,wae April 25, 1848, in Fairfax eounty, Va.

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the author of .Story of Helen Troy; in Modem Homes; An

Woman's Handiwork

Edelweiss of the Sierras, and Other Tales; Bar Harbor Days; The OM Fi^liimir Fairy liooks; Folk and Fairy Tales; .Anglomania; . Errant Wooing; A Virginia Cousin; l

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Sweet Bells Out of Tunc; Crow's Nest an«l ]?(lliaven Tabs; Externals of Modem New York; and other works. Harrison, Mrs. Edith Ogden, wnler. author, was 1m. in in New Orleans. La. In 1887 she was married to Carter H. Harrison, mayor of ChicagD. She is the author of Priii Silver Wings; Star Fairies and Moon •

Princess.

RanrlsoB, Frauds Burton, lawyer, soldier, congres'-man. was T>orn Dec. IG, 1873. He was admitt(>d to the bar in 1898; and for two years was an instructor in the New York night law school. During the Spanish.'merieiin war he was <'a plain and as>)istant adjutant gi>neral in the I'nited Stat< ^ volunteers.

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Harrison, Caskie, educator, author, was In Oet. 24, 1848, in Richmond, Va. 188.1 he estahlishid iho Brooklyn latin He is the .schitol, of which he i-* lioadmastrr. author of Odt's of Horacf, in English verse; and Notes on tlir. v Edition of GkKMlwin's Greek Moods an. I Tenses. Harrison, Charles, Boldier.waa born in Virginia. In 1776 he joined the United States army ss a colonel; and in 1783 attained the rank of brigadier general.

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poKs and Addresses.

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vice-president of the

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company of New York (Mty. In 190;}and l!)07-ln he was a reprenentative from New York City to the fifty-eighth, sixtietlu sixty-flrst. sixty-second and sixty- third conr«^lty

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gresses as a ih-moorat.

Harrison, Gabriel, or dramatist, artist, author, was l)om Marcli 2.1. 1818, in Phila«lelphia. Pa. He is a Brooklyn dramatist and instructor in elocution; and has painted several pictures of note. He is tlie author of T.if<> of .Tolin Howard Payne; The Stratford Bust, a Critical Inquiry as to Its Authenticity; Melanthia; Dartmore; and Life of Edwin Forrest. i

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Harrison, George, colonist, was 1>orn about in England. He came to Virginia in KilS, and tiiree year-^ later s"eured two hundred acres of land. In the spring of 1624 he was wounded in a duet with Rlehard Stephens, lu-ar TaiTH's City. anliia.

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hie author of Chapters on Social Scienes;