BENJAMIN HARRISON

AUGUST 20, 1833 – MARCH 13, 1901

LAWYER AND PUBLICIST

COL. 70th REG. IND. VOL. WAR 1861-1865

BREVETTED BRIGADIER GENERAL 1865 U.S. SENATOR 1881-1887

PRESIDENT 1889-1893

STATESMAN, YET FRIEND TO TRUTH OF SOUL, SINCERE IN ACTION, FAITHFUL

  AND IN HONOUR CLEAR

Harrison served admirably as a soldier in the Civil War, as a United States Senator, and as President.  Benjamin Harrison was also a highly successful lawyer, perhaps the most successful attorney to serve in our highest office. Though Harrison did not inherit a fortune from his father, his 18-year law practice was incredibly lucrative, even representing the government of Venezuela.

In spite of his business and political success, his family chose a monument that was “off the rack” so to speak, most likely from one of the many gravestone catalogs available at the time.

Other examples can be found below:

Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan

FAMILY

WM A. MOORE

WILLIAM A. MOORE, 1823 – 1906

LAURA J. MOORE, 1837 – 1911

Wm. V. MOORE, 1856 – 1925

JANE A. MOORE, 1859 – 1937

Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan

Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan

PERRY S. WESTFALL

DEC. 18, 1834

JAN. 17, 1889

NANCY M. WESTFALL

BORN FEB. 23, 1836

DIED JULY 16, 1915

Highland Cemetery, Terre Haute, Indiana

J. T. GLENN

1908

Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Kentucky.  The Glenn has a slightly different embellishment on the top of the stone, but everything else is the same.

R. B. GRAVES

APR. 13, 1813

SEPT. 7, 1887

JANE HUGHES

WIFE OF

R. B. GRAVES

AUG. 27, 1821

JAN. 1, 1903

Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky