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 HARRISON

HARRISON

HARRISON, (Lovell) Birge, artist, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 28, 18.>4; son of Appol- los Wolcott and Margaret (Belden) Harrison; grandson of Alexander and Sarah (Goodsell) Harrison and of Thomas and Margaret (Case) Belden; and a descendant of Thomas Harrison, who was major-general to Oliver Cromwell, signed the death warrant of Charles I., and conducted him to the scaffold; and whose son, Thomas, emigrated from England in 1640 and settled at Branford, Conn. Birge was educated at the private academies of Philadelphia; went to Paris in 1875 and studied painting in the Ecole des beaux arts, under Alexandre Cabanel. He made a trip around the world, painting in Aus- tralia, the South Seas, California and among the American Indians, 1889-93. He was elected a member of the Society of American artists, and received a silver medal at the Exposition univer- sal in 1889 and a unique medal from the World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, in 1893. He was married in 1883 to Eleanor Ritchie of Melbourne, Australia, who died, May 1, 1895. On Nov. 28. 1896, he was married to Jenny Seaton Harrison of Plymouth, Mass. In 1882 a large painting from his brush was bought by the French government for the National museum, and a large painting of a California landscape was sent to the Paris ex- position of 1900. He contributed to the mag- azines many articles on the South Seas with accompanying illustrations.

HARRISON, Lynde, lawyei-, was born in New Haven, Conn., Dec. 15, 1837; son of James and Charlotte NicoU (Lynde) Harrison; grand- son of Philemon and Sarah (Wolcott) Harrison and of John Hart and Elizabeth Deall (Nicoll) Lynde; and a descendant of Roger Wolcott, colonial governor of Connecticut in 1754; Henry Wolcott of Windsor, one of the nineteen to whom Charles II. granted the charter of Con- necticut; Thomas Harrison, born in Yorkshire, England, one of the first set- tlers of Branford and 7// X"'^' I ^ delegate from thai

^'/.JP'''i town to the colonial

jr/'. q/- assembly after the

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colonies; Judge Simon Lynde of Boston; the Hon. Thomas Hart of Farmington, speaker of the colo- nial assembly; Abraham Pierson, first pastor at Branford; Jolin Davenport, first pastor at New Haven; and other early settlers of New England.

He was prepared for college in the schools of New Haven and was graduated from the Yale law school in 1860. In December, 1863, he settled in the practice of law in New Haven. He was clerk of the Connecticut house of representatives and senate in 1862, 1863 and 1864, and was elected as a Republican to the state senate in 1865 and 1866. In 1871 he was appointed by the general assembly judge of the city court of Nevv Haven, resigning in 1874 to enter the state house of representatives as a delegate from Guilford, his summer home and legal residence. He served in the legislature until 1877, being speaker of the house the latter year. He was judge of the court of common pleas of New Haven county, 1877-81, and again a representative in t'le general assembly, 1881-82, serving as chairman of the judiciarj' committee. He served for many years ujion the Republican state central committee, being its chairman for about five years; and was a delegate to the Republican national conventions of 1876 and 1880. During his service in the state legislature he drafted many important bills which became laws, and he also drafted and secured the pas,sage of twelve amendments to the constitution of the state. After 1881 he confined himself to the practice of his profession, principally in connection with the settlement of estates and management of coriwrations, in several of which he was made a director and general counsel. He was elected a member of the American academy of political and social science. He was married, May 2, 1867, to Sara, daughter of Samuel O. Plant of Branford. She died in 1879, and on Sept. 30. 1886, he was manied to Harriet S., daughter of Luther C. White of Waterbury, Conn.

HARRISON, Napoleon Bonaparte, naval officer, was born in Virginia, Feb. 19, 1823. He was wan-anted as midshipman in the U.S. navy, Sept. 36, 1838, and received regular promotion, reaching the grade of lieutenant, Jan. 6, 1853; commander, July 16, 1863, and captain, April 28, 1868. He served k,^^^

in the Pacific ^x 'Ci""^

squadron, 1847-

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48. and in Cali- fornia. 1848- 49; and was a volunteer in the expedition that rescued _ -'.--g; — ""-^l,.^ " "r^' -S^''^ — General Kear- " " "^-^5^-^ 'Z^-'2^ =s -& ny-s command. ^-^-^ Miaj>veSOTA.

He was stationed at Washington observatory, 1850; was on coast survey duty, 1851-52; and served in the East Indian squadron, 1853. In the civil war he commanded the Cayuga flag- ship of Captain Bailey of the west gulf squadron.