Elizabeth Harrison Walker (February 21, 1897 – December 25, 1955) was the fourth and youngest child of

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, and the only child with his second wife,

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Biography

Born in Indiana in 1897, she graduated from

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in 1919 and was admitted to the bar in

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and

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. On April 6, 1921, Elizabeth Harrison married James Blaine Walker (January 20, 1889 – January 15, 1978), a grandnephew of Secretary of State James G. Blaine, a member of her father's cabinet. They had 2 children, Benjamin Harrison Walker (b. 1921 d. 1995) and Jane Harrison Garfield (

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Walker) (b. 1929 d. 2020). Jane Walker married Newell Garfield, a grandson of

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, and great-grandson of President

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. Jane and her husband, Newell had one daughter Eliza, but had no biological grandchildren. Their grandchildren were adopted instead. Benjamin married Elizabeth Sillcocks Walker and had 2 sons (one deceased) and 5 grandchildren. Elizabeth Harrison was the founder and publisher of ''Cues on the News'', an investment newsletter for women. She died from natural causes at 58 on Christmas in 1955. She was the last surviving child of Benjamin Harrison.

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, ''Benjamin Harrison'', 2005, (short biography-information about Mary Dimmick Harrison). *

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