William Henry Harrison
BIRTH
Feb 9, 1773
Charles City County, Virginia
DEATH
April 4, 1841
Washington, D.C.
FAMILY
FATHER:
Benjamin Harrison V
(1726-1791)
MOTHER:
Elizabeth Bassett
(1730-1792)
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Harrison, William Henry
(1773-1841)
William Henry Harrison was an army officer, territorial governor, diplomat, and the ninth president of the United States. Born just before the Revolution to signer Benjamin Harrison V, he became known for campaigns in the Northwest Territory and the War of 1812 before dying one month into his presidency.
2
SISTER
Lucy Singleton Harrison
BROTHER
Benjamin Harrison VI
(1755-1799)
SISTER
Anna Tuthill Harrison
(1813-1865)
SISTER
Sarah Harrison Blair
(1670-1713)
SISTER
Elizabeth Bassett Harrison
(1796-1846)
SISTER
Lucy Harrison
(1844-1915)
SISTER
Elizabeth Harrison
(1723-1783)
SISTER
Mary Symmes Harrison
(1809-1842)
BROTHER
Carter Bassett Harrison
(?-1808)
WIFE
Anna Harrison
(1775-1864)
Lucy Singleton Harrison
Anna Tuthill Harrison
(1813-1865)
Carter Bassett Harrison
(?-1808)
Elizabeth Bassett Harrison
(1796-1846)
Benjamin Harrison
(1833-1901)
Mary Symmes Harrison
(1809-1842)
Marie Harrison
(1893-1955)
Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Colonial Williamsburg | 101 Visitor Center Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | MUSEUM | ||
Berkeley Plantation | 12602 Harrison Landring Road, Charles City, VA | MUSEUM |
DIED:
Washington, D.C.
Apr 4, 1841
William Henry Harrison was born on Feb 9, 1773 in Charles City County, Virginia. 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 William Henry Harrison with work or public activity as a soldier, statesman. 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. William Henry Harrison died on Apr 4, 1841 in Washington, D.C. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.