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��destroyed during the Civil War, at close of which she accompanied her widowed mother on an extended European and Oriental tour; m. 1867, Burton Norvell Harrison (a Virginia lawyer, who had at one time been secretary to President Jefferson Davis); iwo sons: Fairfax (railway official), Francis Burton (lawyer, Congressman). Moved to N.Y. City, 1876, and began literary career, her first magazine story being: A Little (Centennial Lady; has since contributed con- stantly to the magazines, written many books and produced several plays, chiefly adapted from the French. Books: Golden Rod; Helen of Troy; Woman's Handiwork in Modern Homes; Old-Fash- loned Fairy Book; Bric-a-Brac Stories; Flower- de-Hundred; My Lord Fairfax of Greenwary Court; The Homes and Haunts of Washington; The Russian Honeymoon; Sweet Bells Out of Tune; A Daughter of the South and Other Tales; Bar Harbor I>ays; The Anglomaniacs; Edelweiss of the Servlaa and Other Tales; A Merry Maid of Arcady; A Son of the Old Dominion; Good Americans; Externals of Modern New York; An Errant Wooing; A Bachelor Maid; Crow's Nest and Bellhaven Tales; A Triple Entanglement; A Princess of the Hills; Sweethearts; Trans- planted Daughters; Recollections Grave and Gay. Plays: A Russian Honeymoon (adapted from the French); The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch; Little Comedies for Amateur Acting. Mem. Colony Club (N.Y. City).

HAJBBI80N, Edith Ogden (Mrs. Carter H.

Harrison), 607 Rush St., Chicago, 111.

Born New Orleans, La.; dau. Hon. Robert Nash and Sara (Beattie) Ogden (of old and prominent American family, descendant of John Ogden of N.J., which has furnished Colonial governors and distinguished military men — one ancestor was pres. of the Society of the Cin- cinnati for 25 years); ed. Notre Dame Convent, New Orleans; speaks French, German, Spanish; grad. first in class (valedictorian); m. Dec. 14, 1887, Carter Henry Harrison (now serving his fifth term as Mayor of Chicago); children: Carter H. (at Yale), Edith Ogden Harrison, lost one boy in infancy. Has received and led balls with three Presidents of the United States; re- ceived Prince Henry of Prussia and was honored by the Emperor of French Government with Les Palm&s Academique, given by the French Academy. Mem. Colonial Dames, D.A.R. ; mem. Fortnightly and Friday clubs; prominent and active socially in Chicago's welfare. Books: Prince Silver Wings; Star Fairies; Moon Prin- cess; Flaming Sword; The Glittering Festival; Princess Sayrane; The Lady of the Snows. Catholic. Democrat.

HARBISON, Florence, 637 Hackett Av., Mil- waukee, Wis.

Actress; b. Minneapolis, Minn.; dau. John Fothergill and Victoria (Johnson) Harrison; ed. Minneapolis High School; Univ. of Minnesota; Leland Powers School of Spoken Word, Boston; pupil of George Riddle (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma). Mem. of Northampton Players Com- pany, first municipal theatre company in America. Mem. Visiting Nurses' Ass'n, Fresh Air Fund (Minneapolis). Favors woman suf- frage. Episcopalian. Recreations: Tennis, golf, riding, swimming, fancy dancing. Mem. College Club and Lend-a-Hand Dramatic Club (Boston), Wisconsin Dramatic Club (Milwaukee), Mini- kahda Club (Minneapolis, Minn.).

HARRISON, Gertrude Freiitagh Van Vleek

(Mrs. Charles Champness Harrison), 170 W.

73d St., N.Y. City fsummer, Larchmont, N.Y.).

Bom N.Y. City; dau. Jasper Ten Broeck and Emma (Dickie) Van Vleck; ed. In N.Y. City at private schools; m. N.Y. City, Nov., 1879, Charles Champness Harrison; children: Emma Gertrude. May Hardinge, Rosalind Harrison. Interested in improving condition of the poor. Bending poor children to the country, providing rides for poor old women, giving homes to several poor old women, taking care of several old horses, boarding them on farms to rest them, active in numberless charities. Has writ- ten children's stories, poems and sketches for magazines and papers. Episcopalian. Mem.

��Am. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, N.J. State Soc. P.C.A., Camden (N.J.) Soc. P.C.A., The Ridgewood Soc. P.C.A. (pres. and founder), Am. Female Guardian Soc, Little Mothers' Aid Ass'n, Aureoline Auxiliary No. 4, Tribune Fresh Air Fund, Nat. Soc. Patriotic Women of America, Manhattan Chapter D.A.R. Clubs: The Criterion; Mary Arden Shakes- peare; Political Study; Post Parliament: N.Y. Theatre Club; State, City and Gen. Federations of Women's Clubs; Current Event Club. Recre- ations: Traveling, music, painting, reading, writing. Favors woman suffrage.

HARRISON, Ida Withers (Mrs. Albert M. Har- rison), 530 Elmtree Lane, Lexington, Ky. Born Grand Gulf, Miss., May 9, 1851; dau. William Temple and Martha (Sharkey) Withers; ed. Patapsco Female Inst., near Baltimore, Md.; m. Lexington, Ky., June 17, 1879, Albert M. Harrison; one son: James O. (now deceased). Was pres. of Ky. Christian Woman's Board ol Missions for 13 years. Now vice-pres. of Nat. Christian Women's Board of Missions; honorary pres. for life of Kentucky Federation of Women'a Clubs; pres. of Woman's Club of Central Ky.; trustee of Public Library. Has taken active part in campaign in Ky. for school suffrage for woman; served on Lexington Board of Educa- tion as vice-pres. for 2% years. Mem. of Suf- frage Ass'ns, etc. Author: Four Little Bridges (bof)k for children); now editing a page in tha -Christian Century, a weekly religious paper, published in Chicago. Mem. Disciples of (Christ. Democrat. Was Centennial Sec. for woman's organization of her church in four years' cam- paign, 1905-09, in celebration of 100th anniver- sary of beginning of their religious movement — women gave one-quarter of a million dollars in ■'that time.

HAKBISON, Lillian Byrn (Mrs. J. H. Harri- son), 5623 Reiger Av., Dallas, Tex. Daughter Lucas Haynes and Jennie (Kendrick) Byrn; ed. Beechcraft, Spring Hill, Tenn. ; special course in anthropology, Univ. of Chicago; Mexi- can archaeology under Dr. Leopoldo Batres, Museo Nacional, Mexico City; research under Dr. Juan Baez, Cuzco, Peru; m. Aug. 21, 1910, J. H. Har- rison, of Harrisonburg, Va. Special writer for Boston Times and Town and Country, N.Y. City; literary editor Taylor-Trotwood Magazine, Nash- ville, Tenn., 1905-08. Interested in and traveled for the study of Am. anthropology and archseol- ogy. Has written special articles and monographs on Mitla (Mexico), Cuzco and Ollantaytambo (Peru), Tiahuanaco (Bolivia), A Vocabulary for Young Fathers. Mem. Pen Women's League, Washington; Nat. Geographic Soc, Washington; London Soc. of Historical Research, London.

HARRISON, Louise, 4256 Maryland Av., St.

Louis, Mo.

Born St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 11, 1875; dau. Edwin and Laura (Sterne) Harrison; ed. Smith Coll., B.L. '98. Episcopalian. Mem. Wednesday Club.

HARRISON, Louise Thatcher (Mrs. Albert E.

Harrison), Alta, Iowa.

Born Brownsdale, Minn., Sept. 26, 1883; dau. Isham Clarence and Ella (Ritter) Thatcher; ed. high school, Pocahontas, Iowa; "Tobin Coll., Ft. Dodge, Iowa; grad. Iowa State Teacher's Coll., Cedar Falls, Iowa; m. Pocahontas, Iowa, July 12,

1911, Albert E. Harrison, sup't of public schools, Alta, Iowa; one son: Harlan Albert, b. Oct. 2,

1912. Teacher of English, Alta High School, 1910-11 Interested in and Identified with the various religious, social and philanthropic ac- tivities of the community. Presbyterian. Mem. and organizing regent for D.A.R.; mem. Order of Eastern Star. Recreation: Tennis. Mem. La Coterie (Iowa) Fed. of Clubs.

HARRISON, Lucy Gray (Mrs. Matthew Bland Harrison), Red Hill on the Staunton (P.O., Brookneal, Va.), Campbell Co., Va. Born Charlotte Court House, Va. ; dau. Hon.

William Wirt and Lucy Gray (Marshall) Henry;

ed. at home and private schools; m. Richmond,

Va., October, 18S6, Matthew Bland Harrison;

one daughter: Louise Henry Harrison, b. 1888.

Mem. Colonial Dames of Virginia. Presbyterian.

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