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Anna Tuthill Harrison (née Symmes; July 25, 1775 – February 25, 1864) was the first lady of the United States in 1841 as the wife of President William Henry Harrison. She served in the role for only one month, as her husband contracted pneumonia and died shortly after his term began.
Nov 9, 2009 · Anna Harrison (1775-1864) was an American first lady (1841), the wife of William Henry Harrison, ninth president of the United States, and grandmother of Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president....
Apr 25, 2024 · Anna Harrison (born July 25, 1775, Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.—died February 25, 1864, North Bend, Ohio) was an American first lady (March 4–April 4, 1841), the wife of William Henry Harrison, ninth president of the United States, and grandmother of Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president.
First Lady Biography: Anna Harrison. ANNA TUTHILL SYMMES HARRISON. Born: Solitude Farm, near Morristown, Sussex County, New Jersey. 25 July, 1775. Father: John Cleves Symmes, born 21 July, 1742, Colonel of the Continental Army during American Revolution, associate justice on the New Jersey Superior Court (1778-1785), delegate from Delaware to ...
Anna Harrison. Anna Harrison was too ill to travel when her husband set out from Ohio in 1841 for his inauguration. It was a long trip and a difficult one even by steamboat and railroad, with February weather uncertain at best, and she at age 65 was well acquainted with the rigors of frontier journeys. Anna Symmes was born on July 25, 1775 in ...
Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison, wife of President William Henry Harrison and grandmother of President Benjamin Harrison, was First Lady during her husband’s one-month term in 1841, holding the...
Firsts - 1st woman to be both wife of a president and grandmother to a president (Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President). Post White House residence - Family farm in North Bend, Ohio. Died - February 25, 1864 in North Bend, Ohio. Click here to see full bio of Anna Harrison
