William Henry Harrison Jr.
William Henry Harrison Jr. (1802–1838) was a Cincinnati lawyer and a son of William Henry and Anna Harrison. He was born in 1802 to William Henry Harrison and Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison. He married Jane Findlay Irwin on February 18, 1824, and they had two sons. He died in 1838, before his father became president. Jane later accompanied the president-elect to Washington and served as White House hostess during his brief administration in 1841.
EARLY LIFE
William Henry Harrison Jr. was born in 1802 to William Henry Harrison and Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison. The Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site’s family group sheet places his birth in Vincennes, Indiana, while his father was territorial governor. The sources reviewed identify his family but do not provide a detailed account of his childhood or legal education.
Harrison worked as a lawyer in Cincinnati. He married Jane Findlay Irwin on February 18, 1824, and they had two sons. He died in 1838, before his father became president. Jane later accompanied the president-elect to Washington and served as White House hostess during his brief administration in 1841.
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