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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...
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 ...
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...
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.
While never a First Lady, Anna Harrison was the first presidential wife widowed while her husband was in office. Because of her status as a presidential widow, Congress awarded Anna a $25,000 award as well as the franking privilege, allowing her to send mail free of charge.
Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison. Lived: 1775-1864 Mrs. William Henry 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 ...
