Harlan's grandson [[John Marshall Harlan II]] was also a justice of United States Supreme Court.
Harlan's grandson [[John Marshall Harlan II]] was also a justice of United States Supreme Court.
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==Personal life==
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In 1856, after "a two-year, long-distance engagement," Harlan was married to Malvina "Mallie" French Shanklin.<ref name="ANB"/> Together they had six children.<ref name="ANB"/> They were married until his death in 1911.
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A conservative, [[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]] Christian, Harlan's Christian beliefs strongly shaped his views during his tenure as Supreme Court justice.<ref name="PBS"/><ref>Przybyszewski (1999), pgs. 47–60.</ref> During his time on the Supreme Court, he was an elder at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in [[Washington D.C.]],<ref name="Przybyszewski 48">Przybyszewski (1999), p. 48.</ref> and there he taught a Sunday school class of middle aged men from 1896 until his death in 1911.<ref name="ANB"/><ref name="Przybyszewski 48"/> In addition to this, he was a lecturer at [[The George Washington University|Columbian Law School]] from 1889 to 1911.<ref name="ANB"/>