Portrait and biographical album of Pike and Calhoun counties, Illinois .. . A-J /o\ /^)9{^yiA^ i-\^ NINTH PRESIDENT. 5. m ILLIAM HENRY HARRI-SON, the ninth President ofthe United States, was bornat Berkeley, Va., Feb. 9, father, Benjamin Harri-son, was in comparatively op-ulent circumstances, and wasone of the most distinguishedmen of his day. He was anintimate friend of GeorgeWashington, \\as early electeda member of the ContinentalCongress, and was conspicuousamong the patriots of Virginia inresisting the encroachments of theBritish crown. In the celebratedCongress of 1775, Benjamin
Portrait and biographical album of Pike and Calhoun counties, Illinois .. . A-J /o\ /^)9{^yiA^ i-\^ NINTH PRESIDENT. 5. m ILLIAM HENRY HARRI-SON, the ninth President ofthe United States, was bornat Berkeley, Va., Feb. 9, father, Benjamin Harri-son, was in comparatively op-ulent circumstances, and wasone of the most distinguishedmen of his day. He was anintimate friend of GeorgeWashington, \\as early electeda member of the ContinentalCongress, and was conspicuousamong the patriots of Virginia inresisting the encroachments of theBritish crown. In the celebratedCongress of 1775, Benjamin Har-rison and John Hancock wereboth candidates for the ofifice ofsi>eaker. Mr Harrison was subsequentlychosen Governor of Virginia, andwas twice re-elected. His son,i William Henry, of course enjoyed in childhood all the advantages which wealth andintellectual and cultivated society could give. Hav-i;ig received a thorough common-school education, lieentered Hampden Sidney College, where he graduatedwith honor soor. the death of his father. He-iien repaired to Philadelphia to study medicine underthe ins
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