A frontier romance ties Anna Symmes to William Henry Harrison
In 1745 Anna Symmes met Captain William Henry Harrison in Lexington, Kentucky, later wife of a future US president and grandmother of another. The narrative traces her Morristown birth, North Bend move, father Colonel Symmes’s Ohio land grant, and Harrison’s early Ohio frontier commands at Ft. Washington as a bridge between Revolutionary era figures and the fledgling nation.
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Anna Symmes
William Henry Harrison
Niny
United States
Miss Symmes
Harrison
Ohio River
Great
Little Miami Rivers
North Bend
Northwest Territory
Ft. Washington
Cincinnati
Captain Harrison
Judge Symmes
Symmes
Susan Livington
Gov. Livingston
New York
Ft Washington
Anna
William Henry Harrison and Anna Symmes North Bend tale
The narrative traces the early life of Anna Symmes and Captain William Henry Harrison, their clandestine wedding in 1795, Symmes’s reluctant blessing, and the couple’s life around Fort Washington and North Bend. It notes Harrison’s public career, Mrs. Harrison’s health, and her 1864 death, with grandson Benjamin Harrison later becoming president. An Evansville line mentions a survey of 13,000 attendees on Sunday.
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Symmes
Harrison
Fort Washington
North Bend
Tippecanoe
Northwest Territory
Washington
Httle
Benjamin Harrison
United States
Evansville
Parishioners Prefer Church Over Drive-In Show
The Rev ALP Wilson of First Christian Church remarked that more people would attend church and Sunday school than sit in cars along the Princeton highway, highlighting a favor for attendance at religious services over automobile gatherings.
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Princeton
No Fool No Marriage Union Town Food Sample Protest
Woman alleges coercion by salesmen at a store operated by her husband, claiming she was forced to live on food samples. Local coverage notes the conflict arising in Union Town, Pennsylvania.
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Karpen
Brown Furniture House
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United Dry Cleaning Co
S.S.S
Pras
Children S Apparel
Elks Club
Vaiu
Bolt
F. M. Sponseller
Elyria Tock
Elsra. U
R. L. Taylor
Charelotte Walker
W. Bernard Walker
Elizabeth City
N.C
Asparakus
Florsheim Shoe
Kuppenheimer Camels Hair
Don Juan Meltons
Montinacs
Robinson-Hancock
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