Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1901 — Russell Harrison's Debt. [ARTICLE]

Russell Harrison's Debt.

It is claimed that "the chief debt of Russell B. Harrison to his father, all of which was remitted in the will, consisted of expended in fitting him out foK service during the Spanish-A.merican war. General Harrison wished to present his son with equipment, but Russell would not accept it save as a loan. That loan was never repaid that is the debt which was remitted in the will. The bequest of General Harrison of his sash and sword to any posthumous son that might be born is said by this friend of the former president to be due to his desire to have these emblems of his military service descend to a member of the family bearing his full name. It appears that when Russell B. Harrison’s son was born he and his father disagreed as to the name the boy should have. The former president wished and urged that he be given the name of Benjamin. Russell would not agree to this, but gave the boy the name of William Henry Harrison, the name of his distinguished great-grandfather. The sash and sword will in all probability, descend under the provisions of the will to the general’s grandson.