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Mary Scott Dimmick Harrison (née Lord; April 30, 1858 – January 5, 1948) was the second wife of Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president of the United States. She was nearly 25 years younger than Harrison, and was the niece of his first wife.
Mary Lord Dimmick Harrison, Benjamin Harrison’s second wife, celebrated and actively supported art and theatre, believed in the empowerment of women educated in business, and ensured the preservation of the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site for the benefit of future generations.
Born Mary Scott Lord on April 30, 1858, in Honesdale, Pennsylvania; died on January 5, 1948, in New York, New York; daughter of Russell Farnham (chief engineer, and later general manager, of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company) and Elizabeth (Mayhew) Scott (sister of Caroline Scott Harrison); married Walter Erskine Dimmick, on October 22 ...
The story of the Benjamin Harrison Papers is largely that of Mrs. Mary Lord Dimmick Harrison’s search for a biographer of her husband. Inquiry about the papers on behalf of the Library of Congress was first made in 1903. After negotiations with several prospective biographers fell through, the first group of Harrison papers was deposited in ...
21. Mai 2014 · Mary Lord Dimmick was Caroline Harrison’s widowed niece. She became close to her “Uncle Ben” during his presidency.
Caroline Lavinia Harrison (née Scott; October 1, 1832 – October 25, 1892) was an American music teacher and the first lady of the United States from 1889 until her death. She was married to President Benjamin Harrison, and she was the second first lady to die while serving in that role.
10. Dez. 2021 · Biography. Mary Dimmick Harrison was born April 30, 1858 in Honesdale, Pennsylvania and was the daughter of Russell Farnham Lord and Elizabeth Mayhew Scott. Mary’s father died when she was nine and the family moved to Springfield, Illinois.
