Mary Scott Lord

1858 - 1948  (89 years)

• Name	Mary Scott Lord  [1, 2]
  Birth	30 Apr 1858	Honesdale, Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	5 Jan 1948	New York, New York, New York, USA   [2]
  Burial	Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA   [2]
  		Burial-HARRISON President Benjamin Grave of President Benjamin Harrison and his wives Caroline Scott Harrison and Mary Lord Harrison
  Person ID	I32397	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	President Benjamin Harrison,   b. 20 Aug 1833, North Bend, Hamilton, Ohio, USA d. 13 Mar 1901, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	1896	New York, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Family ID	F15744	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 Apr 1858 - Honesdale, Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage - 1896 - New York, USA Death - 5 Jan 1948 - New York, New York, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Burials

  Burial-HARRISON President Benjamin Grave of President Benjamin Harrison and his wives Caroline Scott Harrison and Mary Lord Harrison

  
  

• Sources

  [S11421] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;). [S5142] Find a Grave - US Index (Famous), LORD Mary Scott Harrison 1858-1948. 2nd Wife of 23rd United States President Benjamin Harrison. Mary Scott Lord was the daughter of Russell Farnham Lord and Elizabeth Mayhew Scott Lord. Her first husband, attorney Walter Erskine Dimmick, (July 4, 1856-January 14, 1882) was the son of the Pennsylvanian attorney-general, but died shortly after their marriage on October 22, 1881. In 1889, she became an assistant to her aunt, First Lady Caroline Harrison. After Mrs. Harrison's death in 1892, Mary Lord married the former President Benjamin Harrison on April 6, 1896 in New York City; he was 62 and she was 37 years of age. They had one child Elizabeth Harrison Walker (1897-1955). Mary Lord Dimmick Harrison died in New York City from conditions related to asthma. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22891/mary_scott_harrison [S11421] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Source number: 1056.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WVB.