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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.
Learn about Mary Dimmick Harrison, the wife of the 23rd president of the United States, who supported art, education, and preservation. Find out her biography, marriage, daughter, and death.
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 ...
May 21, 2014 · Mary Lord Dimmick Harrison, the second wife of Benjamin Harrison. She never served as First Lady. Former President Benjamin Harrison returned home to Indianapolis to practice law.
- Feather Schwartz Foster
Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison (1858-1948) was the daughter of Russell F. Lord (1802-1867) and Elizabeth Mayhew Scott (1828-1889). She is the granddaughter of John Witherspoon Scott (1800-1892) and Mary Potts Neal (1803-1876).
Dec 10, 2021 · 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.
Mary Dimmick was the niece of Harrison's first wife, Caroline Scott Harrison. Dimmick's first husband, Walter Dimmick, died in January 1882, less than three months after their wedding. 1897, Feb. 21
