. Portrait and biographical album of Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara counties, Wisconsin ... r lENJAMIN HARRISON, thel^enty-tliird President, isthe descendant of one of theliistorical families of thiscountry. The head of the_/?^-^ia ffunily was a Major General^lU^O Harrison, one of Oliver^ Cromwells trlisted follow-and fighters. In the zenith of Croni-^s power it became the duty of thisHarrison to participate in the trial ofCharles I, and afterward to sign thedeath warrant of the king. He subse-quently paid for this witii his life, beinghung Oct. 13, IGCO. His descendantscame
. Portrait and biographical album of Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara counties, Wisconsin ... r lENJAMIN HARRISON, thel^enty-tliird President, isthe descendant of one of theliistorical families of thiscountry. The head of the_/?^-^ia ffunily was a Major General^lU^O Harrison, one of Oliver^ Cromwells trlisted follow-and fighters. In the zenith of Croni-^s power it became the duty of thisHarrison to participate in the trial ofCharles I, and afterward to sign thedeath warrant of the king. He subse-quently paid for this witii his life, beinghung Oct. 13, IGCO. His descendantscame to America, and the next of thefamily that appears in history is Benja-r,:in,larrison, of Virginia, great-grand-father of the subject of this sketch, andafter whom he was named. Benjamin Harrisonwas a member of the Continental Congress duringthe years i77l-3-G, and was one of the originalsigners of the Declai-ation of Independence. Hewas three times elected Governor of AVilliam Henry Harrison, the son of the distinguished patriot of the Revolution, after a suc-cessful career as a soldier dur
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