 1825 - 1893 (68 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. |  III Carter Henry Harrison was born on 15 Feb 1825 in Elk Hill, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA; died on 28 Oct 1893 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Notes:
B.A., Yale, 1845. Member, 44th and 45th Congresses, 1875-79. Five times
elected mayor of Chicago.
Carter Harrison came to Chicago because he saw it as a land of opportunity. As mayor, he believed that Chicagoans' two major desires were to make money and to spend it. During his administrations, Chicago's vice districts blossomed and special maps were printed to enable tourists to find their way from brothel to brothel. The name of one Chicago saloon-keeper of the time entered the English language as a term for a strong or laced drink intended to render unconsciousness: Mickey Finn. The night of the Haymarket Riot, Harrison walked unmolested through the crowd of anarchists and advised the police to leave the demonstrators alone. The riot was sparked by a policeman who disobeyed Harrison's directive. Harrison was re-elected in time for the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. His desire was to show the world the true Chicago and he appointed 1st Ward Alderman "Bathhouse" John Coughlin to sit on the reception committee. On October 28, 1893, three days before the close of the Exposition, Harrison was murdered in his home by Eugene Patrick Prendergast, a disgruntled office seeker. Prendergast was hanged on July 13, 1894. Harrison was Chicago's first five-time elected mayor. Eventually his son, Carter Harrison, Jr. would be elected mayor five times.
Carter married Sophonisba Grayson Preston on 12 Apr 1855 in Henderson, Kentucky, USA. Sophonisba was born on 27 Oct 1833 in Henderson County, Kentucky, USA; died in Sep 1876 in Germany; was buried in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Carolina Dudley "Lina" Harrison
 was born on 28 Mar 1857 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA; died on 21 Feb 1943 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
- 3. IV Carter Henry Harrison was born on 23 Apr 1860 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 25 Dec 1953 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA.
- 4. William Preston Harrison was born on 12 Apr 1869 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 28 Jun 1940 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA; was buried in San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- 5. Sophie Harrison
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Carter married Margaret E. Stearns in 1882 in Il. Margaret was born in 1829 in Il; died in 1887. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 2
| 3. | IV Carter Henry Harrison (1.Carter1) was born on 23 Apr 1860 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 25 Dec 1953 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Carter married Edith Ogden on 14 Dec 1887 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Edith was born on 16 Nov 1862 in Houma, Terrebonne, Louisiana, USA; died on 22 May 1955 in Lake Forest, Lake, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 4. | William Preston Harrison (1.Carter1) was born on 12 Apr 1869 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 28 Jun 1940 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA; was buried in San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California, USA. Notes:
Educated in Germany, France, and at old University of Chicago. Traveler,
newspaper correspondent, was part owner and editor of the Chicago Times.
Democratic nominee for Congress, 1904. Spent two years, 1894-96, in South
Sea Islands, living with the natives, mostly in the cannibal groups.
Founded Harrison Art Museum in Los Angeles.
William married Ada Marie Sandberg on 3 Jul 1915 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Ada was born on 12 Mar 1882 in Illinois, USA; died on 22 Oct 1947 in Los Angeles County, California, USA; was buried in San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 8. Preston Carter Harrison was born on 4 Apr 1921 in California, USA; died on 11 Jan 1941 in Los Angeles County, California, USA; was buried in San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Generation: 3
| 6. | Jr. Carter Henry Harrison, V (3.Carter2, 1.Carter1) was born on 28 Jun 1890 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 9 Nov 1964 in Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, USA. Notes:
A.B., St. Ignatius, Chicago, 1881 (LL.D., 1900); LL.B. Yale, 1883. Mayor
of Chicago five terms 1897-1905 and 1911-1915. Capt., A.R.C.,
representative and 12 A.E.F. hospitals in Toul sector France, 1918-1919.
Carter married Lucy Brady Cook [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 8. | Preston Carter Harrison (4.William2, 1.Carter1) was born on 4 Apr 1921 in California, USA; died on 11 Jan 1941 in Los Angeles County, California, USA; was buried in San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California, USA. |
Generation: 4
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