Editing Carter Harrison III (section)

==Early life, education, and career==
Harrison was born on a plantation on February 15, 1825, in rural [[Fayette County, Kentucky]] near [[Lexington, Kentucky]] to Carter Henry Harrison II and Caroline Russell.<ref>{{cite book |last=Johnson |first=Claudius O.|title=Carter Henry Harrison I: Political Leader |publisher=University of Chicago Press |year=1928 |pages=7}}</ref><ref name="themayors"/><ref name="Another">{{cite web |title=Another Guiteau. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/754909011 |url-access=subscription|via=Newspapers.com |publisher=Mt. Carmel Republican |access-date=27 March 2023 |language=en |date=November 3, 1893}}</ref><ref name="TopekaDailyPress1"/> He was birthed in his family's home, a [[log cabin]] (as one obituary would remark, "he saw the light in a log hut in a [[canebrake]] in Fayette County.")<ref name="TopekaDailyPress1"/> When Harrison was merely eight months old, his father died.<ref name="Another"/><ref name="manofthepeople"/>

Harrison's family had a long Southern lineage, dating back to early colonial [[Virginia]].<ref name="themayors"/> He had ancestry in the [[Harrison family of Virginia]], the [[Randolph family of Virginia]], [[Carter family of Virginia]], and [[Cabell family of Virginia]].<ref name="Another"/><ref name="manofthepeople"/> Harrison was a descendent of Richard A. Harrison, (a lieutenant general to [[Oliver Cromwell]] during the [[First English Civil War]] who had been involved in carrying out the [[execution of Charles I]]). His great-great grandfather was [[Carter Henry Harrison I]] (who was a brother of founding father [[Benjamin Harrison V]]<ref name="manofthepeople"/> and a cousin of president [[Thomas Jefferson]]).<ref name="Booneville"/> He was a cousin of Vice President [[John C. Breckinridge]], and was also related to presidents [[William Henry Harrison]] and [[Benjamin Harrison]].<ref name="Booneville"/><ref name="manofthepeople"/>

Harrison was educated by private tutors.<ref name="retrobio"/> At the age of fifteen, he began to be tutored by [[Louis Marshall (educator)|Louis Marshall]].<ref name="Another"/> Harrison graduated from [[Yale University|Yale College]] in 1845 as a member of [[Scroll and Key]].<ref name="Another"/><ref name="retrobio"/> He graduated from Yale in 1851.<ref name="TopekaDailyPress1"/> Following graduation, he traveled the world and studied in Europe from 1851 to 1853.<ref name="Another"/><ref name="retrobio"/> His travels took him to England, Ireland, Scotland, and elsewhere. He also visited Egypt and accompanied [[Bayard Taylor]] to explore Syria and Asia Minor.<ref name="manofthepeople"/> After his world travels, he entered [[Transylvania College]] in Lexington in 1853,<ref name="manofthepeople"/> where he earned a [[LLB|law degree]] in 1855.<ref name="Another"/><ref name="retrobio"/>