- Elizabeth Harrison
Elizabeth Harrison (
February 21 1897 ,Indianapolis, Indiana –December 25 1955 ,New York City ) was the third of three surviving children of the formerU.S. President ,Benjamin Harrison , and the only child of his second wife,Mary Scott Lord Dimmick . [ [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~harrisonrep/hhdocs/82dechh.htm#pres_ben Harrison Heritage December 1982 Vol. 2 Number 4 ] ]She graduated from
New York University School of Law in 1919 and was admitted to the bar inIndiana andNew York .On
April 6 1921 , Elizabeth Harrison married James Blaine Walker (January 20 1889 -January 15 1978 ), a grandnephew of Secretary of State,James G. Blaine , a member of her father's cabinet.Their daughter, Jane Harrison Walker, married Newell Garfield, a grandson of Interior Secretary
James Rudolph Garfield , and great-grandson of PresidentJames Garfield . Elizabeth Harrison was founder and publisher of "Cues on the News", an investment newsletter for women.Notes
ources
* Charles W. Calhoun, "Benjamin Harrison", 2005, (short biography-information about Mary Dimmick Harrison).
*External links
* [http://www.presidentbenjaminharrison.org Benjamin Harrison House]
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