Jane Irwin Harrison
(1804-1847)
BIRTH
July 23, 1804
PLACE
Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, USA
NAME
Jane Irwin
DEATH
May 11, 1847
PLACE
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
FAMILY
MOTHER
James Findlay Harrison
(1825-1907)
CHILDREN
William Henry Harrison
(1828-1849)
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Jane Irwin Harrison was the widowed daughter-in-law of William Henry Harrison, who acted as White House hostess during his brief presidency in 1841. Jane Irwin was born July 23, 1804, in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Archibald Irwin, an ironmaster. She married William Henry Harrison Jr., the son of William Henry Harrison, in 1824, and they settled in Ohio. William Henry Harrison Jr. died in 1838, leaving Jane Irwin Harrison a widow.
EARLY LIFE
Jane Irwin was born on July 23, 1804, in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Archibald Irwin, an ironmaster. She married William Henry Harrison Jr., the son of William Henry Harrison, in 1824, and they settled in Ohio.
William Henry Harrison Jr. died in 1838, leaving Jane Irwin Harrison a widow. When her father-in-law was elected president in 1840, his wife Anna Harrison was too ill to travel in winter, so Jane accompanied him to Washington and served as White House hostess.
Harrison died on April 4, 1841, one month after his inauguration. Jane Harrison returned to Ohio and died in Cincinnati on May 11, 1847.
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Jane Irwin Harrison was the widowed daughter-in-law of William Henry Harrison, who acted as White House hostess during his brief presidency in 1841. William Henry Harrison Jr. died in 1838, leaving Jane Irwin Harrison a widow. When her father-in-law was elected president in 1840, his wife Anna Harrison was too ill to travel in winter, so Jane accompanied him to Washington and served as White House hostess. Harrison died on April 4, 1841, one month after his inauguration. Jane Harrison returned to Ohio and died in Cincinnati on May 11, 1847. The available biographical account does not describe a continuous final medical course. It gives no dependable sequence of treatment and last symptoms from which to reconstruct a more detailed bedside narrative.
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