Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison,
born in Oxford, Ohio, 1 October, 1832, is the daughter of John W. Scott, who
was a professor in Miami university at the time of her birth, and afterward
became president of the seminary in Oxford. She was graduated at the seminary in
1852, the same year that General Harrison took his degree at the university, and
was married to him on 20 October, 1853. She is a musician, and is also devoted
to painting, besides which she is a diligent reader, giving part of her time to
literary clubs, of several of which she is a member. Mrs. Harrison is a manager
of the orphan asylum in Indianapolis and a member of the Presbyterian church in
that city, and until her removal to Washington taught a class in Sunday-school.
They have two children. The son, Russell, was graduated at Lafayette
in 1877 as a mining engineer, and, in addition to other engineering work, has
been connected with the United States mints at New Orleans and Helena as
assayer. He is now a resident of Montana, where he has a cattle-ranch, and is
also engaged in journalism. The daughter, Mary, married Robert J. McKee, a
merchant of Indianapolis.
