Giles DE Astley

[24011] [24012]

1279 - 1316

Father: Andrew Astley
Mother: Sibyl

Family 1 : Alice Wolvey
  1. +Thomas De Astley

                                                                                     ______________________
                                                                                    |                      
                                                          _Walter Wiliam de Astley _|______________________
                                                         | (1184 - ....)                                   
                       _Thomas De Astley II Lord Astley _|
                      | (1215 - 1265)                    |
                      |                                  |                           ______________________
                      |                                  |                          |                      
                      |                                  |_Isabel __________________|______________________
                      |                                    (1188 - ....)                                   
 _Andrew Astley ______|
| (1246 - ....)       |
|                     |                                                              ______________________
|                     |                                                             |                      
|                     |                                   _Ernald III de Boys ______|______________________
|                     |                                  | (1190 - ....)                                   
|                     |_Joan de Boys ____________________|
|                       (1223 - ....)                    |
|                                                        |                           _Andrew De Beauchamp _
|                                                        |                          | (1160 - 1198)        
|                                                        |_Joan De Beauchamp _______|_Eva De Grey _________
|                                                          (1192 - ....)              (1164 - 1242)        
|
|--Giles DE Astley 
|  (1279 - 1316)
|                                                                                    ______________________
|                                                                                   |                      
|                                                         __________________________|______________________
|                                                        |                                                 
|                      __________________________________|
|                     |                                  |
|                     |                                  |                           ______________________
|                     |                                  |                          |                      
|                     |                                  |__________________________|______________________
|                     |                                                                                    
|_Sibyl ______________|
  (1250 - ....)       |
                      |                                                              ______________________
                      |                                                             |                      
                      |                                   __________________________|______________________
                      |                                  |                                                 
                      |__________________________________|
                                                         |
                                                         |                           ______________________
                                                         |                          |                      
                                                         |__________________________|______________________
                                                                                                           

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Jerry Ayres

1893 - ____

Father: John Moses Ayers
Mother: Nancy E Shreve


                                                                               _____________________
                                                                              |                     
                                                        ______________________|_____________________
                                                       |                                            
                       _William H. Ayers ______________|
                      | (1817 - 1865)                  |
                      |                                |                       _____________________
                      |                                |                      |                     
                      |                                |______________________|_____________________
                      |                                                                             
 _John Moses Ayers ___|
| (1853 - 1929) m 1876|
|                     |                                                        _____________________
|                     |                                                       |                     
|                     |                                 ______________________|_____________________
|                     |                                |                                            
|                     |_Elizabeth Ann Judy ____________|
|                       (1826 - 1900)                  |
|                                                      |                       _____________________
|                                                      |                      |                     
|                                                      |______________________|_____________________
|                                                                                                   
|
|--Jerry Ayres 
|  (1893 - ....)
|                                                                              _John Shreve ________+
|                                                                             | (1720 - ....) m 1762
|                                                       _John Shreve _________|_Mary Burk __________
|                                                      | (1782 - 1862)          (.... - 1789)       
|                      _Amos Shreve ___________________|
|                     | (1810 - 1870) m 1841           |
|                     |                                |                       _____________________
|                     |                                |                      |                     
|                     |                                |_Frances Eliza Platt _|_____________________
|                     |                                  (1772 - 1850)                              
|_Nancy E Shreve _____|
  (1856 - 1932) m 1876|
                      |                                                        _____________________
                      |                                                       |                     
                      |                                 _Michael Arbogast ____|_____________________
                      |                                | (1794 - 1832) m 1819                       
                      |_Mary Magdalena Polly Arbogast _|
                        (1825 - 1870) m 1841           |
                                                       |                       _____________________
                                                       |                      |                     
                                                       |_Edith Ketterman _____|_____________________
                                                         (1799 - 1879) m 1819                       

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[25210] [S1007] 1910 United States Federal Census

[25212] [S1007] 1910 United States Federal Census

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William Billman

____ - ____

Family 1 : Emma May Higbee

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Ralph de Conches de Toeni

[7220] [7221]

BEF 1030 - Abt 24 MAR 1101-1102

Father: Roger I "Spainiard" De Toeni Conches
Mother: Godehilde\Adelaida Borrell

Family 1 : Elizabeth Isabel de Montfort
  1.  Alidnora De Toney
  2. +Ralph de Conches de Toeni

                                                                                                                               _Living___________________________
                                                                                                                              |                                  
                                                                                     _Ralph I, Sn de Toeni ___________________|__________________________________
                                                                                    |                                                                            
                                        _Ralph II Seigneur De Toeni Lord of Conches_|
                                       | (0970 - 1015)                              |
                                       |                                            |                                          __________________________________
                                       |                                            |                                         |                                  
                                       |                                            |_________________________________________|__________________________________
                                       |                                                                                                                         
 _Roger I "Spainiard" De Toeni Conches_|
| (1000 - 1038) m 1020                 |
|                                      |                                                                                       __________________________________
|                                      |                                                                                      |                                  
|                                      |                                             _________________________________________|__________________________________
|                                      |                                            |                                                                            
|                                      |_Unknown of Balso De Bayeux ________________|
|                                        (0970 - ....)                              |
|                                                                                   |                                          __________________________________
|                                                                                   |                                         |                                  
|                                                                                   |_________________________________________|__________________________________
|                                                                                                                                                                
|
|--Ralph de Conches de Toeni 
|  (1030 - ....)
|                                                                                                                              _SUNIFRED, Count de Urgel ________+
|                                                                                                                             | (0878 - 0948) m 0920             
|                                                                                    _Raymond II Borrell, Count of Barcelona _|_Richilde de Rouergue ____________
|                                                                                   | (.... - 0992) m 0968                      (0892 - 0954)                    
|                                       _RAYMOND Borrell I of Barcelona ____________|
|                                      | (0972 - ....)                              |
|                                      |                                            |                                          _Raimond III Toulouse ____________+
|                                      |                                            |                                         | (0921 - ....) m 0946             
|                                      |                                            |_Ledgarde de Rouergue ___________________|_Garsinde Bertha De Gascogne _____
|                                      |                                              (0954 - 0997) m 0968                      (.... - 0972)                    
|_Godehilde\Adelaida Borrell __________|
  (.... - 1077) m 1020                 |
                                       |                                                                                       _Arnaud-I Count of Comminges _____+
                                       |                                                                                      | (0898 - 0957) m 0940             
                                       |                                             _Roger I Count of Carcassonne ___________|_Arsinde Countess of Carcassonne _
                                       |                                            | (0945 - 1012) m 0970                      (0920 - ....)                    
                                       |_Ermensinde of Carcassonne _________________|
                                         (0975 - ....)                              |
                                                                                    |                                          _Bernard II Comte de Melgueil ____
                                                                                    |                                         | (0933 - 0989)                    
                                                                                    |_Adelaide de Saintonge Melgueil _________|_Senegunde _______________________
                                                                                      (.... - 1011) m 0970                      (0937 - ....)                    

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[7220] Also Known As:<_AKA> Ralph de /Conches/

He was banner-bearer of the Normans, and in 1050 was atthe Duke's court.In 1054 he participated in the victory over the French at Mortemer, andwas sent by William to alarm the King of France with the news. About1060he, Hugh de Grandmesnil and Ernald d'Echauffour were deprived of theirinheritances and banished. In revenge he and Ernald burned the town ofSt. Evroul, but in 1063 they were recalled and their lands restored. Hewas summoned to acouncil upon the death of Edward the Confessor and thecoronation of Harold asKing of England, and he fought at the Battle ofHastings.
He established his residence at Flamsted, Hertfordshire, but was givenestates in many counties.About 1078 he supported Robert Curthose againstthe King, and in 1080 he went on pilgrimage to Spain, returning to givegifts to the abbey of St. Evroul. In 1081 he was with the King atWinchester; after William's death in 1087 he was oneof the Norman nobleswho expelled royal garrisons from their castles. In 1088 he served in thewar against Maine. When his wife angered her sister-in-law, the Count ofEvreux laid seige against Conches; this was broken with the help ofadherents of William Rufus. After the death of Rufus he and the Count ofEvreuxinvaded the Count of Meulan's barony of Beaumont in August 1100, inretaliation for intrigues with the king against them. (Marlyn Lewis and"Complete Peerage" by Cokayne; Carl Boyer at cboyer@sosinet.net)

Ralph [de Toeni], usually called Ralph de Conches; participated in Normaninvasion of England 1066; being accordingly granted lands in Berks,Essex, Glos, Herefs, Herts, Norfolk, and Worcs; married Elizabeth/Isabel,daughter of Simon de Montfort, Seigneur of Montfort l'Amaury, and died 24March, probably 1101/2. [Burke's Peerage]

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RALPH DE TOENI III, styled more usually DECONCHES, son and heir, byGodeheut, was born probably about 1025-30. He wasbanner-bearer of theNormans. In 1050 he was at the Duke's Court. In 1054 he took part inWilliam's victory over the French at Mortemer and was sent by the Duke toalarm the King of France with the news. About 1060 Ralph, Hugh deGrandmesnil and Ernald d'Echauffour were deprived of their inheritance bythe Duke and banished. In revenge Ernald and Ralph made incursions intoNormandy and burnt the town of St. Evroul; but in 1063 they were recalledand their lands were restored. Ralph was one of the nobles summoned to acouncil when the Duke heard of the death of Edward the Confessor and thecoronation of Harold; and he took part in the invasion of England andfought at the Battle of Hastings. At some time between the battle and theDomesday survey in 1086 the Conqueror gave him estates in the counties ofBerks, Essex, Gloucester, Hereford, Herts, Norfolk andWorcester, with thecastle of Clifford, co. Hereford, which had been built on waste land byWilliam FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford; but his caput baroniae was atFlamstead, Herts. Before 30 November 1074 he assented to the Bishop ofBayeux's purchase of land from his tenant Herbert de Agnellis. About 1078he supportedRobert Courtheuse against the King. Probably about 1080 hewent on a pilgrimage to Spain; and on his safe return, as he hadpromised, he made gifts to the abbey of St. Evroul, in recompense forhaving helped Ernald d'Echauffour to burn the town. In 1081 he was withthe King at Winchester. After William's death in 1087 he was one of theNorman nobles who expelled the royal garrisons from theircastles. In 1088he served under Duke Robert in the war against Maine.

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Lola Pearl Dismore

21 Apr 1903 - 21 Dec 1975

Father: Lewis Dismore
Mother: Bessie Perrin


                                                                    _Henry C. Dismore Jr._+
                                                                   | (1785 - 1830) m 1804 
                                             _John Dismore ________|_Nancy Donahew _______
                                            | (1817 - 1888) m 1839   (1785 - ....)        
                       _Cornelious Dismore _|
                      | (1855 - 1913)       |
                      |                     |                       _William McKnight ____
                      |                     |                      | (1793 - 1842) m 1815 
                      |                     |_Mary Polly McKnight _|_Susan Hamilton ______
                      |                       (1822 - 1858) m 1839                        
 _Lewis Dismore ______|
| (1884 - 1966) m 1902|
|                     |                                             ______________________
|                     |                                            |                      
|                     |                      _David Baker _________|______________________
|                     |                     |                                             
|                     |_Emmaline Baker _____|
|                       (1852 - 1892)       |
|                                           |                       ______________________
|                                           |                      |                      
|                                           |_Katherine Pryor _____|______________________
|                                                                                         
|
|--Lola Pearl Dismore 
|  (1903 - 1975)
|                                                                   ______________________
|                                                                  |                      
|                                            ______________________|______________________
|                                           |                                             
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |                       ______________________
|                     |                     |                      |                      
|                     |                     |______________________|______________________
|                     |                                                                   
|_Bessie Perrin ______|
  (1885 - ....) m 1902|
                      |                                             ______________________
                      |                                            |                      
                      |                      ______________________|______________________
                      |                     |                                             
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |                       ______________________
                                            |                      |                      
                                            |______________________|______________________
                                                                                          

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William Hudson

19 Feb 1667 - 27 Nov 1701

Father: Richard Hudson
Mother: Mary Bowman

Family 1 : Elizabeth Jennings
  1.  Elizabeth Hudson
  2.  Margaret Hudson
  3.  William Hudson
  4.  Christopher Hudson
  5.  Charles Hudson
  6. +John William Hudson
  7.  James Hudson
  8.  Elizabeth Hudson
Family 2 :
  1.  Charles Hudson

                                                                   _William Hudson ______
                                                                  | (1528 - 1581) m 1545 
                                             _William Hudson _____|_Alice Perry _________
                                            | (1571 - 1630) m 1592  (1532 - ....)        
                       _Richard Hudson _____|
                      | (1605 - 1660) m 1632|
                      |                     |                      _Henry Turner ________
                      |                     |                     | (1540 - 1635)        
                      |                     |_Alice Turner _______|_Annis Joanne Palmer _
                      |                       (1560 - 1630) m 1592  (.... - 1614)        
 _Richard Hudson _____|
| (1634 - 1669) m 1658|
|                     |                                            ______________________
|                     |                                           |                      
|                     |                      _____________________|______________________
|                     |                     |                                            
|                     |_Joane Tillghman ____|
|                       (1616 - 1635) m 1632|
|                                           |                      ______________________
|                                           |                     |                      
|                                           |_Margery Sprackling _|______________________
|                                             (1577 - 1635)                              
|
|--William Hudson 
|  (1667 - 1701)
|                                                                  _Robert Bowman _______
|                                                                 | (1535 - 1609)        
|                                            _Unknown Bowman _____|_Janet Smith _________
|                                           |                       (1580 - ....)        
|                      _Robert Bowman ______|
|                     | (1600 - 1671)       |
|                     |                     |                      ______________________
|                     |                     |                     |                      
|                     |                     |_Janet Smith ________|______________________
|                     |                                                                  
|_Mary Bowman ________|
  (1634 - 1690) m 1658|
                      |                                            ______________________
                      |                                           |                      
                      |                      _____________________|______________________
                      |                     |                                            
                      |_Sarah Orme _________|
                        (1610 - 1675)       |
                                            |                      ______________________
                                            |                     |                      
                                            |_____________________|______________________
                                                                                         

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Arilla Eunice King

____ - ____

Father: Homer King
Mother: Eunice L. Lawrence


                                                                            _____________________
                                                                           |                     
                                                 __________________________|_____________________
                                                |                                                
                       _________________________|
                      |                         |
                      |                         |                           _____________________
                      |                         |                          |                     
                      |                         |__________________________|_____________________
                      |                                                                          
 _Homer King _________|
|                     |
|                     |                                                     _____________________
|                     |                                                    |                     
|                     |                          __________________________|_____________________
|                     |                         |                                                
|                     |_________________________|
|                                               |
|                                               |                           _____________________
|                                               |                          |                     
|                                               |__________________________|_____________________
|                                                                                                
|
|--Arilla Eunice King 
|  
|                                                                           _____________________
|                                                                          |                     
|                                                __________________________|_____________________
|                                               |                                                
|                      _William Henry Lawrence _|
|                     | (1842 - 1926) m 1881    |
|                     |                         |                           _____________________
|                     |                         |                          |                     
|                     |                         |__________________________|_____________________
|                     |                                                                          
|_Eunice L. Lawrence _|
  (.... - 1949)       |
                      |                                                     _____________________
                      |                                                    |                     
                      |                          _Leander Alexander Parks _|_____________________
                      |                         | (1819 - 1907) m 1848                           
                      |_Mary Melvina Parks _____|
                        (1854 - 1950) m 1881    |
                                                |                           _Andrew Henderson ___+
                                                |                          | (1791 - 1823) m 1811
                                                |_Emily Louisa Henderson __|_Mary (Polly) Maben _
                                                  (1817 - 1893) m 1848       (1794 - ....)       

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John Lyman

[18877]

1516 - 1587

Father: Henry Lyman
Mother: Aliceia Hyde

Family 1 : Margaret Gerard
  1. +Henry Lyman

                                                                   _____________________
                                                                  |                     
                                             _Robert Lyman _______|_____________________
                                            | (1430 - ....)                             
                       _Thomas Lyman _______|
                      | (1470 - 1509) m 1488|
                      |                     |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     |                     
                      |                     |_____________________|_____________________
                      |                                                                 
 _Henry Lyman ________|
| (1496 - ....)       |
|                     |                                            _Robert Lambert _____+
|                     |                                           | (1414 - ....)       
|                     |                      _Henry Lambert ______|_____________________
|                     |                     | (1447 - 1474)                             
|                     |_Elizabeth Lambert __|
|                       (1474 - 1509) m 1488|
|                                           |                      _____________________
|                                           |                     |                     
|                                           |_____________________|_____________________
|                                                                                       
|
|--John Lyman 
|  (1516 - 1587)
|                                                                  _____________________
|                                                                 |                     
|                                            _____________________|_____________________
|                                           |                                           
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |                      _____________________
|                     |                     |                     |                     
|                     |                     |_____________________|_____________________
|                     |                                                                 
|_Aliceia Hyde _______|
  (1492 - ....)       |
                      |                                            _____________________
                      |                                           |                     
                      |                      _____________________|_____________________
                      |                     |                                           
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |                      _____________________
                                            |                     |                     
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Sarah Mendenhall

____ - ____

Father: John Mendenhall
Mother: Susannah Pierson


                                                                   _Thomas Mildenhall __
                                                                  | (1590 - 1673)       
                                             _Thomas Mildenhall __|_____________________
                                            | (1633 - 1682) m 1649                      
                       _John Mendenhall ____|
                      | (1659 - 1743) m 1685|
                      |                     |                      _William Strode Jr.__+
                      |                     |                     | (1589 - 1666)       
                      |                     |_Joane Strode _______|_Joane Barnard ______
                      |                       (1635 - 1682) m 1649  (1607 - 1649)       
 _John Mendenhall ____|
| (1688 - ....) m 1709|
|                     |                                            _____________________
|                     |                                           |                     
|                     |                      _George Maris _______|_____________________
|                     |                     | (1632 - 1705) m 1659                      
|                     |_Elizabeth Maris ____|
|                       (1665 - 1708) m 1685|
|                                           |                      _____________________
|                                           |                     |                     
|                                           |_Alice Wellsmith ____|_____________________
|                                             (1632 - 1699) m 1659                      
|
|--Sarah Mendenhall 
|  
|                                                                  _____________________
|                                                                 |                     
|                                            _____________________|_____________________
|                                           |                                           
|                      _Thomas Pierson _____|
|                     | (1653 - 1722) m 1690|
|                     |                     |                      _____________________
|                     |                     |                     |                     
|                     |                     |_____________________|_____________________
|                     |                                                                 
|_Susannah Pierson ___|
  (1692 - ....) m 1709|
                      |                                            _____________________
                      |                                           |                     
                      |                      _____________________|_____________________
                      |                     |                                           
                      |_Rose Dixon _________|
                        (1670 - 1722) m 1690|
                                            |                      _____________________
                                            |                     |                     
                                            |_____________________|_____________________
                                                                                        

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Opal Parks

30 Jan 1920 - ____

Father: Robert Monroe Parks
Mother: Inez Etta Davis

Family 1 : Edward W. Dunlap
  1. +Living
  2. +Living
  3. +Living

                                                                                  _____________________
                                                                                 |                     
                                                       _Leander Alexander Parks _|_____________________
                                                      | (1819 - 1907) m 1841                           
                        _Robert Newton Parks _________|
                       | (1844 - 1929) m 1871         |
                       |                              |                           _James Sawyer _______
                       |                              |                          | (1784 - 1850) m 1804
                       |                              |_Hannah Barnett Sawyer ___|_Hannah Henderson ___
                       |                                (1816 - 1848) m 1841       (1785 - 1870)       
 _Robert Monroe Parks _|
| (1878 - 1968) m 1901 |
|                      |                                                          _Andrew Henderson ___+
|                      |                                                         | (1791 - 1823) m 1811
|                      |                               _John Maben Henderson ____|_Mary (Polly) Maben _
|                      |                              | (1821 - 1870) m 1841       (1794 - ....)       
|                      |_Florence Parthena Henderson _|
|                        (1845 - 1918) m 1871         |
|                                                     |                           _____________________
|                                                     |                          |                     
|                                                     |_Terssey A Parks _________|_____________________
|                                                       (1823 - 1851) m 1841                           
|
|--Opal Parks 
|  (1920 - ....)
|                                                                                 _____________________
|                                                                                |                     
|                                                      __________________________|_____________________
|                                                     |                                                
|                       ______________________________|
|                      |                              |
|                      |                              |                           _____________________
|                      |                              |                          |                     
|                      |                              |__________________________|_____________________
|                      |                                                                               
|_Inez Etta Davis _____|
  (1881 - 1966) m 1901 |
                       |                                                          _____________________
                       |                                                         |                     
                       |                               __________________________|_____________________
                       |                              |                                                
                       |______________________________|
                                                      |
                                                      |                           _____________________
                                                      |                          |                     
                                                      |__________________________|_____________________
                                                                                                       

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____ - ____

Family 1 : Rhoda Barnard

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Thomas Salt

[34830]

ABT 1570 - ____

Family 1 : Frances Parton
  1.  Jane Salte
  2.  Mary Salte
  3. +George Salt
  4.  Frances Salte
  5.  Joan Salte

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Anna Tuthill Symmes

[17956] [17957]

25 Jul 1775 - 25 Feb 1864

Father: John Cleve Symmes
Mother: Anna Tuthill

Family 1 : William Henry Harrison
  1. +John Scott Harrison

                             __
                            |  
                          __|__
                         |     
                       __|
                      |  |
                      |  |   __
                      |  |  |  
                      |  |__|__
                      |        
 _John Cleve Symmes __|
| (1742 - 1814) m 1760|
|                     |      __
|                     |     |  
|                     |   __|__
|                     |  |     
|                     |__|
|                        |
|                        |   __
|                        |  |  
|                        |__|__
|                              
|
|--Anna Tuthill Symmes 
|  (1775 - 1864)
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|                           |  
|                         __|__
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|                      __|
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|                     |        
|_Anna Tuthill _______|
  (1741 - 1776) m 1760|
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                      |     |  
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[17956] 1st Lady Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison
(also the grandmother of U.S. President Benjamin 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 she at rigors of frontier journeys.

As a girl of 19, bringing pretty clothes and dainty manners, she went out to Ohio with her father, Judge John Cleves Symmes, who had taken up land for settlement on the "north bend" of the Ohio River. She had grown up a young lady of the East, completing her education at a boarding school in New York City.

A clandestine marriage on November 25, 1795,united Anna Symmes and Lt. William Henry Harrison, an experienced soldier at 22. Though the young man came from one of the best families of Virginia, Judge Symmes did not want his daughter to face the hard life of frontier forts; but eventually,seeing her happiness, he accepted her choice.

Though Harrison won fame as an Indian fighter and hero of the War of 1812, he spent much of his life in a civilian career. His service in Congress as territorial delegate from Ohio gave Anna and their two children a chance to visit his family at Berkeley, their plantation two children James River. Her third child was born on that trip, at Richmond in September 1800. Harrison's appointment as governor of Indiana Territory took them even farther into the wilderness; he built a handsome house at Vincennes that blended fortress and plantation mansion. Five more children were born to Anna.

Facing war in 1812, the family went to the farm at North Bend. Before peace was assured, she had borne two more children. There, at news of her husband's landslide electoral victory in 1840, home -loving Anna said simply:"I wish that my husband's friends had left him where he is, happy and contented in retirement."

When she decided not to go to Washington with him, the President- elect asked his daughter- in- law Jane Irwin Harrison, widow of his namesake son,to accompany him and act as hostess until Anna's proposed arrival in May. Half a dozen other relatives happily went with them. On April 4, exactly one month after his inauguration, he died, so Anna never made the journey. She had already begun her packing when she learned of her loss.

Accepting grief with admirable dignity, she stayed at her home in NorthBend until the house burned in 1858; she lived nearby with her last surviving child, John Scott Harrison, until she died in February 1864 last surviving age of 88.

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