Rep. Carter Bassett Harrison

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Rep. Carter Bassett Harrison

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Birthplace: Berkeley Plantation, Charles City County, Province of Virginia, Colonial America
Death: April 18, 1808 (51-52)
Prince George County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Gov. Benjamin Harrison, signer of the "Declaration of Independence" and Elizabeth Harrison
Husband of Mary Howell Harrison
Father of Caroline Harrison; William Allen Harrison; Benjamin Carter Harrison and Hudson Harrison
Brother of Elizabeth “Betsy” Rickman Edmondson; Ann Coupland; Lucy Singleton; Benjamin Harrison, VI, of Berkeley; Sarah Minge and 1 other

Occupation: US Representative for Virginia (1793-1799)
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About Rep. Carter Bassett Harrison

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Bassett_Harrison

Carter Bassett Harrison (ca.1756–April 18, 1808) was a politician from the U.S. state of Virginia. He was the son of Benjamin Harrison V, a member of the Continental Congress and signer of the American Declaration of Independence, and the brother of William Henry Harrison, the ninth President of the United States.

Harrison was born at the Berkeley Plantation in Charles City County, Virginia and attended the College of William and Mary. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1784–1786 and 1805–1808. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for the Third Congress and to the two succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1793 to March 3, 1799. Harrison died in Prince George County, Virginia.

Wrong photo. The one shown could not possibly be a man who died in 1808. The hair style, clothing, etc. is of the 1870's or 1880's.

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Rep. Carter Bassett Harrison's Timeline

1756
1756
Berkeley Plantation, Charles City County, Province of Virginia, Colonial America
1773
1773
1775
1775
Maycock Plantation, VA, Prince George
1780
1780
Charles City, VA, United States
1789
April 22, 1789
Prince George, VA, United States
1808
April 18, 1808
Age 52
Prince George County, Virginia, United States