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 HARRISON

HARRISON

For his; action in leading the tieet p;ist Forts St. Philip and Jackson he \v;is ivmniended in the odioial ivp^^rt. He commanded the M ihitska of the James River flotilla. IStii: the -V^«w«'JJ<>^l of the North Atlantic blockading squadron. lSG*2-63, and of the S<.nith Atlantic stiuadrou. iStUi-tW): commanded Portsmouth navy yard. 1866-68. and was commandant of cadets at Anna|x»lis. 18l>8-69. and of the CoiKjress. 1869-70. He died at Key West. Fla. Oct. OT. 1870

H.\KRISO.N, Thomas Alexander, painter, w:is iKiru in Philadelphia. Pa.. Jan. 17. 1853. He began the study of art while an aid on the U.S. co;\st survey, working intermittently in the studio of G^-»rge Pettit in Philadelphia. In 1877 he left the government service and en- tered the S;in Francisco school of design where he studied until 1879. He then went to Paris, became a pupil of Gerome at the Ecole des l^eaux arts, and in 1880 exhibited a picture at the Salon. He w;is elected a member of the Socit'ti^ nation- ale des beaux arts: of the R4^yal Institute of London and of the Society of American artists in 1885. He received honorable mention at the Paris S:\lon in l88o and many other honors, including medals at the Paris (^1889) and Munich (189l>> expositions. In 1887 he was awardeii by the American art ivssooiation of New York a prize of .^O-^OO for -Le Cr^puscule." which was afterward purchased for the museiun of tine arts. St. Ix^uis. Mo. He also received from the French government the decorations of Chevalier de la legion d'honneur and Officier d'instruction publique. In 189*.) he opened a studio in New York city. Among his notable pictures are: Casrhs in S^Miin (188-2); La Vat/ tie : Arcadie ; The Eirun : tr-rn Sea: and Th, Anuihim^.

H.ARRISO.N, Thomas Perrin, educator, was born in AblievUle. S.C.. Oct. 11. 1864: s<^n of Francis Eugene and Mary Eunice (Perrin") Harri- son: and grandson of James and St^rah (Earle> Harrist^n and of Thomas Childs and Jane s, Ward- law > Perrin. He attended the school at Ablwille. and was gntduated at the Svuith Carolina military acivlemy in 1886. He taught two years and tcx^k a p^^st -graduate course in Johns Hopkins univer- sity. 1>S<-91. receiving his Ph D. degree in 1891. He was :issociate professor of English in Clemson agricultural college, S.C. 1891-95. and became pn^fessor of English in Davidson college. N.C.. in 18ai. He was married. Jan. 9, 18^4. to Adelia. daugJiter of James Turner and Adelia (Lake"* Leftwich.

HARRISON. William Henr>', ninth President of tlie United States, was liom at "Berkeley." Chirles City county. Va.. Feb. 9. 1773: son of Ixr.jamin and Elizitbeth (Bassett ^ Harrison. His father was a signer of the Dei-laration of Inde- pendence. He had access to a considerab)«»

library at ' Berkeley " and used the books to a gt.>od purjH^se. preparing iiimself for admission to HamjHlen-Sidney college, where he was duly graduated and then took up the study of medicine. Indian depredations on the frontier had. however, checked immigration westward

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THE HARRISON HOr^tSrr^Q AT AlORTH BEAIO, OHIO.

and young Harrison determined to enter the army and take p;\rt in making safe the path to settlers anxious to locate in the north- western territory. He had been placed under the guardianship of Robert Morris of Philadel- phia, who opposed his purpose and to prevent it consulted with President Washington, who however favored the boy"s project and overruled the judgment of the great tinancier. The Presi- dent in April, 1791. commissioned young Harri- Si'in an ensign in the 1st regiment. U.S. artillery, then stationeii at Fort Wjishington on the Ohio, the site of the future city of Cincinnati. Oeneral Wayne was attracted to the young ensign, eigh- teen years of age. and in 1790 made him a lieu- tenant. He was of the detachment that occupied the gnnmd. Dec. 23. 1793. where St. Clair had been defeated. Nov. 19. 1791. and they built Fort Recovery and Lieutenant Harrison was men- tioned in general orders " for the excellence of his performance of a jvrilous duty." At the battle of the Maimiee. Aug. 20. 17W. he was an aide-de-camp to General Wayne, who in liis report of the Ix^ttle commendeil his faithfulness and g:\llantry. adding that " by his conduct and bravery he excited the troops to pre.ss for vic- tory." In 179o he was promoted captain and placed in cc>mmand of Fort Washington, the key of the southwest and west territory then in possession of the Sjx^nish and practically im- known. Under the Jay treaty the military in^sts in the northwest held by the British trix>ps were alxuidoneil and those within the territorial limit of Captain Harrison's command he (.x-cupied. He was married, Nov. '22, 179."). to Anna, daughter of Col. John Cleves Symmes. founder of the Miami settlement and U.S. judge in New Jersey. Cap- tain Harrisi->n was apjx^inted by President Adams .<*ecretarT of the northwestern territory in 1798