John Scott Harrison
(1804-1878)
BIRTH
October 4, 1804
PLACE
Vincennes, Indiana, U.S.
DEATH
May 25, 1878
PLACE
North Bend, Ohio, U.S.
FAMILY
FATHER
William Henry Harrison
(1773-1841)
MOTHER
Anna Harrison
(1775-1864)
BROTHER
William Henry Harrison
(1773-1841)
SISTER
Elizabeth Bassett Harrison
(1796-1846)
BROTHER
John Cleves Symmes Harrison
(1798-1830)
SISTER
Lucy Singleton Harrison
(1800–1826)
SISTER
Mary Symmes Harrison Thornton
(1809-1842)
SISTER
Anna Tuthill Harrison Taylor
(1813-1865)
BROTHER
Benjamin Harrison
(1833-1901)
BROTHER
Carter Bassett Harrison
(c. 1756-1808)
SISTER
Marie
(dates unknown)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
NOT YET RESEARCHED
NOT YET RESEARCHED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
John Scott Harrison was an Ohio farmer and congressman, born in Vincennes in 1804. He was the son of President William Henry Harrison and father of President Benjamin Harrison. After abandoning medical studies, he pursued agriculture near North Bend. He served two terms in the U.S. House, from 1853 to 1857, as a Whig and then an Opposition candidate. He retired to his estate, Point Farm, and died there in 1878, with burial in the Harrison tomb.
EARLY LIFE
John Scott Harrison was born on Oct 4, 1804 in Vincennes, Indiana, U.S. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
The available biographical record identifies John Scott Harrison with work or public activity as a politician, farmer. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. John Scott Harrison died on May 25, 1878 in North Bend, Ohio, U.S. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
After abandoning medical studies, he pursued agriculture near North Bend. The available biographical record identifies John Scott Harrison with work or public activity as a politician, farmer. Harrison died in North Bend, Ohio on May 25, 1878, aged 73, the last surviving child of William Henry Harrison. Harrison's body was stolen by grave robbers until it was eventually returned to its final place of burial. 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.
William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial
41 Cliff Rd, North Bend, OH, 45052, USA
GRAVE
POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES
John Scott Harrison, the congressman who was the son of President William Henry Harrison and father of President Benjamin Harrison. Their biographies are related family reading. Five dedicated biographies were not identified. These editorial selections include biographies where available, with personal writings, biographical reference and related studies clearly labelled.
1. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774–2005 — United States Congress. [Biographical reference] Find on Amazon
2. Some Prominent Virginia Families — Louise Pecquet du Bellet. [Related Harrison family reference] Find on Amazon
3. Old Tippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His Time — Freeman Cleaves. [Related biography of his father] Find on Amazon
4. Benjamin Harrison: Hoosier President — Harry J. Sievers. [Related biography of his son] Find on Amazon
5. Dictionary of American Biography — Allen Johnson; Dumas Malone (editors). [Biographical reference] Find on Amazon
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