. The great American book of biography . l own as one The noblest work by woman done. POLITICAL GIANTS OF THE PRESENT DAY. BV EDWARD S. ELLIS, A. M.,Author of Standard History of tkr Vnitrd States/ BENJAMIN HARRISON. SOLDIER, ORATOR AND STATESMAN. When General WilliamHenry Harrison, the heroof Tippecanoe and of morethan one important battle ofthe war of 1812, succumbedto the torments which besetevery President of the UnitedStates, and suddenly died onemonth after his inauguration,he left a grandson namedBenjamin, not quite eightyears old, who was the thirdson of John Scott Harrison,and was bor
. The great American book of biography . l own as one The noblest work by woman done. POLITICAL GIANTS OF THE PRESENT DAY. BV EDWARD S. ELLIS, A. M.,Author of Standard History of tkr Vnitrd States/ BENJAMIN HARRISON. SOLDIER, ORATOR AND STATESMAN. When General WilliamHenry Harrison, the heroof Tippecanoe and of morethan one important battle ofthe war of 1812, succumbedto the torments which besetevery President of the UnitedStates, and suddenly died onemonth after his inauguration,he left a grandson namedBenjamin, not quite eightyears old, who was the thirdson of John Scott Harrison,and was born at North Bend,Ohio, August 20, 1833. Hisfather was the owner of alarge farm, where the sontoiled while a boy, and laidthe foundation of the rueeedhealth andstood him soyears. The first school whichBenjamin Harrison attendedwas kept In a log building, where, so far as is known, he was neither a dull nor an unusually bright may have been too early in life for him to display the ability which afterward strength well m whichafter. BENJAMIN HARRISON. 697 \^ ;0 698 BENJAMIN HARRISON. carried him to the highest office in the gift of his countrymen. He was for-tunate in having a sensible parent, who, knowing the vakie of education, senthim at the age of fifteen to Farmers (now Behiiont) College, near remained two years and then became a student at Miami University, Oxford,where he attracted attention by his skill as a debater and orator. While a law student, he made the acquaintance of Miss Caroline L. Scott,a most estimable young woman, and daughter of the president of the two formed a strong, mutual attachment, and were married in 1853, beforeHarrison had attained his majority. He was graduated in 1852, fourth in hisclass. He entered the law office of Storer & Gwynne, and shortly after wasadmitted to the bar. Moving to Indianapolis in the following year, he beganto practice, and has made that city his home ever since. Clients were notnumerous n
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