With Personal Notes
Generation No. 1
1. MATTHIAS1 HARMAN was born Abt. 1737, and died 1812 in Frederick County, Virginia. He married ELIZABETH UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1741.
Children of MATTHIAS HARMAN and ELIZABETH UNKNOWN are:
i. BENJAMIN2 HARMAN.
ii. JOSEPH HARMAN.
iii. SOLOMON HARMAN.
2. iv. ISAAC HARMAN I, b. Abt. 1763, Rockingham Co. Va.; d. Abt. 1820, Macksville,
Pendelton, Co.WV.
Generation No. 2
2. ISAAC2 HARMAN I (MATTHIAS1) was born Abt. 1763 in Rockingham Co. Va., and died
Abt. 1820 in Macksville, Pendelton, Co.WV. He married CHRISTINA HENKEL 1786 in New
Market, VA, daughter of JACOB HENKLE and MARY TETER. She was born Abt. 1769 in
Hampshire County, WV, and died Abt. 1846 in Macksville, Pendelton, Co.WV.
Notes for ISAAC HARMAN I:
ISAAC1 HARMAN was born Abt. 1763 in Rockingham Co., VA.
(Source:
Harman-Harmon Genealogy and Biography by John William
Harman, page 74.),
and died Bef. November 16, 1821 in Pendleton County, (W) VA.
He married
CHRISTINA HINKLE Bef. 1785 in New Market, VA. (Source:
Harman-Harmon,
page 57- as pertains to marriage location.), daughter of
JACOB HINKLE and
MARY TETER/DIETER. She was born Abt. 1763 in Hampshire Co.,
(W) VA., and
died Abt. 1846 in Near Macksville, PC, (W) VA..
Note: Some sources indicate Isaac was living during the 1920 census and that he died about
1921 instead of 1919.
His birthplace is questionable.FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY GEORGE HARMAN, ISAAC'S GRANDSON IN 1890:
My grandfather, Isaac, was born in Rockingham County, Virginia; died at the age of my father,
[56] in 1819. He had 8 brothers. I do not know the names of them all. Benjamin, Joseph and
Solomon are the only names I know now. Most of them moved south; some settled near the
Tennessee line and there are a great many of them living in that section. It is said that half the
people in Tazewell County, Virginia, are Harmans or relatives of the name.
Isaac was a very large man, dark complected, and of German descent. He was maybe as much as 20 years older that Christina. He was a private with the Massachusetts army under Capt. Taylor, during the Revolutionary war. He was at the surrender of Cornwallis on Oct. 19, 1781, and saw the British cut the hamstrings of horses and let them fall back into a river rather than permit the Americans from gaining their usage.
Isaac brought Christina back to the foot of North Mountain in what has since been known as the Harman Hills. On August 6, 1794, he received a deed from Peter Shall granting him two tracts of land respectively 202 and 94 acres of the west side of North Mountain. The deed is recorded in Deed Book No. 2, Page 34, in the county clerk's office of Pendleton County. Isaac and his brother built a cabin on this land.
The brother soon moved westward and was, presumably killed by Indians. Christina became known as a woman of superior endowments, becoming a "woman doctor" and a leader in the Harman Hills. She and Isaac had 8 (maybe 9) children.
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Isaac Harman the first, Information from the "Harman, Harmon" book, by John William
Harman of Parsons, WV. (1928) Page 54.
The first we have any information of him is when he and his brother came from Rockingham County, VA to Pendleton County between 1775 and 1795 and built a log cabin at the foot of North Mountain in what has since been known as the Harman Hills. The brother not being satisfied with the location, decided to go further west and was never heard from afterward, it being supposed that he was killed by the Indians, as he had promised to write back when he located.
August 4, 1794, Isaac received a deed from Peter Shall and Rosanna, his wife for two tracts of land, containing respectively 202 and 94 acres, lying on the west side of North Mountain between the lands of John Hall and Joseph Roy. Deed Book No. 2, page 34, in the county clerk's office of Pendleton County.
This was for the land where he and his brother had built the log cabin.
Tradition tells of this Isaac having been at the surrender of Cornwallis and having seen the British cut the hamstrings of the horses and let them drop back into the river rather than to permit them to fall into the hands of the Americans.
It is evident that Isaac was of German descent, his descendants having an old German Bible belonging in the family and his family could speak German.
Shortly after coming to Pendleton County, perhaps about 1777, he went back to near New Market, Va. And married Christina Henkle, daughter of Jacob Henkle and aunt of Dr Solomon Henkle of New Market, Va. And brought her back to the Harman Hills on horseback as there were then no wagon roads, only paths through the wilderness. She was a woman of superior endowments and became a "woman doctor" and a leader in her neighborhood. She was a great-grand -daughter of Rev. Anthony Jacob Henkel who came to America from Frankfort-on-the-Main in Germany in the year 1717.
Isaac and Christina (Henkel) Harman had the following children, all born in the Harman Hills: SAMUEL W. who probably died in infancy; JONAS born about 1788, married Barbara Harper and moved to Missouri. REUBEN born 1789, married Christina Miller and moved to Missouri late in life; PHOEBE, born Sept. 10, 1791, married---- Harper, moved to Missouri and died May 18, 1859; JOSHUA, married Anise Harper, Susannah Dice and Eve Judy and lived in Harman Hills; MOSES, died young; NOAH, married Magdaline Mallow and lived in the Mallow Hills, Pendleton County; RACHEL, married Leonard Day and lived on North Fork in Pendleton County; CHRISTINA, born 1809, married Samuel Harman, son of George, and lived in Harman Hills, and ISAAC, married Polly Harman, daughter of George and lived in Harman Hills.
Eighty grandchildren of Isaac Harman the first, grew up, married and settled in the Harman Hills until they owned a strip of land at the foot of North Mountain ten miles long and, on average, two miles wide.
All of Isaac's children first settled in the Harman Hills except Noah who located in the Mallow Hills in the same county.
My information is that Isaac Harman the first and George Harman the first were both large, tall, dark complexioned men.
Isaac died about 1819.
The old Harman homestead in Pendleton County has never been owned by any person who was not a descendant of Isaac Harman since it was first bought by him. Philip Henry Harper, a descendant of Isaac and who married Rebecca Harman, also a descendant of Isaac, now (1928) owns the farm and resides there. It is the birthplace of Rebecca (Harman) Harper.
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More About ISAAC HARMAN I:
Burial: Harman Hills, Pendleton, WV
Notes for CHRISTINA HENKEL:
Christina Henckel
GIVN: Christina
SURN: Henckel
Sex: F
Born: ABT 17631
Died: ABT 1846 in nr Maxwell, now WV1
Father: Jacob Henckel, b. 14 MAR 1733 in Upper Milford Twp., Bucks (Now Lehigh)
Co. PA
Mother: Maria Barbara Dieter, b. BET 1731 AND 1733
Sources:
1.Title: Moist, Kenneth. The Henckel-Teter (Dieter) Connection. Morgantown,PA:
Masthof Press, 1996. Available from the author at R.R. 3, Box92, Newport, PA
17074.
Page: p. 61
Christina Henkle [before marriage], a matriarch to her people, a êwoman doctor' and one who
exerted a wonderful influence over not only her own children and near relatives, but over a wide
circle of acquaintances. She lived a long, active and very useful life, dying at eighty-three years
of age, near Macksville, Pendleton County, WV.
Marriage Notes for ISAAC HARMAN and CHRISTINA HENKEL:
marriage date might have been 1787
Children of ISAAC HARMAN and CHRISTINA HENKEL are:
i. MOSES3 HARMAN, b. Harmon Hills, West Va..
Notes for MOSES HARMAN:
He died young.
ii. SAMUEL WESLEY HARMAN, b. Bef. 1788, Harmon Hills, Hardy County, West Va..
3. iii. JONAS HARMAN, SR., b. 1788, Harmon Hills, West Va.; d. 1864, Washington County, MO [Brazil Creek?].
4. iv. REUBEN HARMAN, SR., b. August 16, 1789, Harmon Hills, West Va.; d. June 19, 1878, Crawford Co. Missouri.
v. PHOEBE HARMAN, b. September 10, 1791, Harmon Hills, West Va.; d. May 18, 1859,
Crawford Co. Missouri; m. JACOB HARPER; b. March 11, 1790.
Notes for PHOEBE HARMAN:
Moved to Missouri.
PHOEBE HARMAN, b. September 10, 1791,
Pendleton
County, (W) VA. (Source: Hinkle Bulletin, page 646.); d. May
18, 1859,
Crawford Co., Missouri (Source: HB, page 646.); m. JACOB
HARPER; b. March
11, 1780 (Source: HB, page 646.).
Notes for JACOB HARPER:
Moved to Missouri after marriage.
5. vi. JOSHUA HARMAN, b. Abt. 1793, Harmon Hills, West Va.; d. April 02, 1849, Pendleton Co. WV.
6. vii. NOAH HARMAN, b. Abt. 1798, Harmon Hills, West Va.; d. 1863, Harman Hills, Pendleton Co. WV.
7. viii. RACHAEL HARMAN, b. July 29, 1800, Harmon Hills, West Va.; d. June 10, 1887, Harman Hills, Pendleton Co. WV.
ix. MARY HARMAN, b. Bef. 1806, Harman Hills, WV; d. 1841, Whitley, IN; m. WILLIAM
VANMETER, July 26, 1824, Pendleton Co. WV; b. 1807; d. 1885.
Notes for MARY HARMAN:
MARY HARMAN, b. Bef. 1806, (W) VA.; d. 1841
(Source:
Henckel Bulletin, page 362.); m. WILLIAM VANMETER, July 26,
1824,
Pendleton Co., (W) VA. (Source: Henckel Bulletin, page
362.); b. 1807
(Source: Henckel Bulletin, page 362.); d. 1885 (Source:
Henckel Bulletin,
page 362.).
8. x. SOLOMAN HARMAN, SR., b. May 1807, Harman Hills, WV; d. November 22, 1893, Randolph Co., WV.
9. xi. CHRISTINA HARMAN, b. November 02, 1809, Harmon Hills, West Va.; d. 1896, Pendleton Co. WV.
10. xii. ISAAC HARMAN, JR., b. August 12, 1812, Harmon Hills, West Va.; d. June 27, 1903,
Pendleton Co. WV.
Generation No. 3
3. JONAS3 HARMAN, SR. (ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born 1788 in Harmon Hills, West Va.,
and died 1864 in Washington County, MO [Brazil Creek?]. He married (1) BARBARA
HARPER December 23, 1806 in Pendleton Co. WV. She was born 1787 in Pendleton Co. WV,
and died December 28, 1816. He married (2) CATHERINE WOLFORD Abt. 1817 in Pendleton
Co. WV. She was born Abt. 1800, and died June 28, 1856.
Notes for JONAS HARMAN, SR.:
JONAS HARMAN, b. Abt. 1788, Hardy County,
(W) VA.
(Source: Hinkle Genealogy, page 246.); d. Abt. 1864,
Washington County,
MO. (Source: Hinkle Genealogy, page 246.); m. (1) BARBARA
HARPER,
December 23, 1806, Pendleton County, (W) VA. (Source: Page
25, Harter's
book on Marriages of PC, VA.); b. Bef. 1792, Pendleton Co.,
(W) VA.
(Source: Hinkle Genealogy, page 246.); d. December 28, 1816
(Source:
Hinkle Genealogy, page 246.); m. (2) CATHERINE WOLFORD, Abt.
1817,
Pendleton Co., (W) VA. (Source: Hinkle Genealogy, page
246.); b. Abt.
1800; d. June 28, 1856 (Source: Harman-Harmon Genealogy,
page 79.).
Jonas Harman, son of Isaac and Christina [Henkle] Harman, was born in the Harman Hill, Pendleton County, VA, now WV, in 1788.
He first married Barbara Harper in 1806 and resided for several years after his marriage in the
Harman Hills where several of his children were born, and then moved to Brazil Creek,
Washington County, MO, where he spent the rest of his life. He owned about 500 acres Ozark
land. Moses Harman, his grandson, said of him: "Jonas Harman was a man of superior
endowments, physical and mental. His mother was Christina Henkle [before marriage], a
matriarch to her people, a êwoman doctor' and one who exerted a wonderful influence over not
only her own children and near relatives, but over a wide circle of acquaintances. She lived a
long, active and very useful life, dying at eighty-three years of age, near Macksville, Pendleton
County, WV. Jonas, her eldest son, had a splendid physique--six feet tall; well formed; a fine
head and majestic cast of features; a mind far above the average of men for the time and country
in which he was born. He possessed a very fair education in both German and English; was a
land surveyor, a school teacher and served several times as justice of the peace. In religion he
was not devout, never joined a church and seemed inclined to agnostic views. He was regarded
by his neighbors and acquaintances as a very upright man in all his dealings, industrious and
frugal habits, inclined to mechanical pursuits, never accumulated more than a modest
competence, and died a poor man in 1864, aged seventy- six. He was the father of fifteen
children of whom Job, the father of Moses, was the oldest." Children of this marriage: Job,
born July 20, 1807; Sally, born May 20, 1809; Jacob, born Feb. 16, 1812; Simeon, born June
21, 1814 and Barbara, born Dec. 10, 1816. Simeon died Aug. 7, 1848. Barbara, wife of Jonas,
died Dec. 28, 1816, when her daughter, Barbara was an infant.
After his first wife died, he married Catherine Wolford, who died June 28, 1856. Children by this marriage: Nimrod, born Sept. 30, 1818; John W., born May 27, 1821; Phoebe, born March 10, 1825; Isaac born April 9, 1827; Jonas M. born Dec. 29, 1829; Reuben, born Aug 5, 1832; Ellen, born Dec. 20, 1834; Elizabeth, born July 3, 1838; Christina, born June 8, 1841.
Nimrod died May 16, 1835, unmarried; Eliza died April 19, 1843 when a little past eighteen years old and Jonas M. died Jan. 15, 1830 in infancy.
Reuben Harman, son of Jonas Harman, Sr. had the following children: J. C., J. P., Mary, B. F., and Maggie Christina.
Mary Harman, daughter of Reuben of Jonas, married John F. Summers and resides in Anthony's Mill, MO. They have the following children: W. R., May Ona, Myra, B. H., and J. R. Reuben and sons were farmers.
Jacob Harman, son of Jonas, Sr. moved from Missouri to Iowa and died there. His wife's name was Eliza. Two children: boy and girl.
Christina Harman, daughter of Jonas, Sr. married ______Wolford and lived and died in Tipton County, Indiana. No information as to her descendants. Tipton is county seat of Tipton County.
John C. Harman, son of Reuben of Jonas, was judge of Crawford County, MO court for a term or two, and Benjamin, his son, served as Secretary of State of Oklahoma.
Job Harman, son of Jonas, Sr. married Nancy Harman.
Nimrod H. Harman, father of George Harman, a prominent business man of Sacramento, Calif. is a descendant of Jonas Harman, Sr. through one of Jonas' sons but have been unable to ascertain for a certainty which one.
John married Margaret Isgrig; Phoebe married Noah Harper; Ellen married John Pinson, Christine married Felix W. Summers.
It is claimed that Jonas Sr. had another daughter, Caroline, who married Jacob Kinberlain.
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Notes for BARBARA HARPER:
Barbara [Harper] Harman died Dec. 28, 1816, while her daughter, Barbara was an infant.
Children of JONAS HARMAN and BARBARA HARPER are:
11. i. JOB4 HARMAN, b. July 20, 1807.
ii. SALLY HARMAN, b. May 20, 1809.
12. iii. JACOB HARMAN, b. February 16, 1812, Berlin, Southampton, VA; d. 1891, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa.
iv. SIMEON HARMAN, b. June 21, 1814; d. August 07, 1848.
v. BARBARA HARMAN, b. December 10, 1816.
Children of JONAS HARMAN and CATHERINE WOLFORD are:
vi. NIMROD4 HARMAN, b. September 30, 1818; d. May 16, 1835.
Notes for NIMROD HARMAN:
Nimrod never married.
vii. JOHN W. HARMAN, b. May 27, 1821; m. MARGARET ISGRIG.
viii. PHOEBE HARMAN, b. March 10, 1823; m. NOAH HARPER, January 27, 1842.
ix. ELIZA HARMAN, b. March 10, 1825; d. April 19, 1843.
Notes for ELIZA HARMAN:
Unmarried. Died at a little past 18 years of age.
13. x. ISAAC HARMAN, b. April 09, 1827, Pendelton, Co. WV.
xi. JONAS M. HARMAN, b. December 29, 1829; d. January 15, 1830.
Notes for JONAS M. HARMAN:
He died at less than 1 month of age.
14. xii. REUBEN HARMAN, b. August 05, 1832.
xiii. ELLEN HARMAN, b. December 20, 1834; m. JOHN PINSON.
xiv. ELIZABETH HARMAN, b. July 03, 1838.
xv. CHRISTINA HARMAN, b. June 08, 1841; m. MR. WOLFORD.
Notes for CHRISTINA HARMAN:
She lived her life and died in Tipton, Indiana. She might have had another husband named Felix
W. Summers, either that or I have my Christinas' mixed up.
Notes for MR. WOLFORD:
Resided in Tipton County, Indiana. No information about descendants. Tipton is the county seat of Tipton County.
.
4. REUBEN3 HARMAN, SR. (ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born August 16, 1789 in Harmon
Hills, West Va., and died June 19, 1878 in Crawford Co. Missouri. He married CHRISTINA
MILLER Abt. 1809. She was born Abt. 1790, and died Bef. 1870 in Missouri.
Notes for REUBEN HARMAN, SR.:
Reuben Harman was born in the Harman Hills, WV Aug. 16, 1789; married Christina Miller
and resided in Pendleton County for many years and late in life [1860] moved to Crawford
County, Missouri. Children: Jonas, Lydia, Martha, Rebecca, Rachel Ann, Noah, Thomas,
Reuben [killed in Civil War], Phebe, and Elizabeth.
1850 Pendleton CO WV census
396 Harmon Reuben 61 Farmer VA birth/ 1789
396 Harmon Christina 60 VA birth/ 1790
396 Harmon Noah 17 VA birth/ 1833
396 Harmon Rachael A. 14 VA birth/ 1836Moved to Crawford
County, Missouri late in life, in 1860.
Children of REUBEN HARMAN and CHRISTINA MILLER are:
15. i. RACHEL ANN4 HARMAN, b. Pendelton, Co.WV.
ii. JONAS HARMAN.
Notes for JONAS HARMAN:
JONAS HARMAN AND THE DEER
Jonas Harman, son of Reuben Sr., before moving to Missouri, resided on what is now known as
the George W. Ritchie farm in Pendleton County, WV and the following stories about his
experience with deer in that early period, are told:
On one occasion he was out hunting near what is known as the Cave School house in the
Harman Hills and shot a very large spiked buck, knocking the deer down and thought he had
killed him and was proceeding to turn the buck over to cut his throat so he would bleed, when to
Jonas' surprise, the buck sprang to his feet and gave battle. Jonas struggled with him quite
awhile. His clothes were nearly off his body and he would have been glad to let the deer go, but
he was not to be gotten rid of so easily. But after much effort, Jonas succeeded in getting his
hunting knife out of his shot pouch and drove its long sharp blade to the deer's heart and won the
battle. In this battle, the ground was torn up for a considerable distance around, the deer's feet
sinking into the earth a couple of inches or more, as it brought them down so hard.
On another occasion when out hunting he caught a fawn and took it home and made a pet of it.
He put a bell on it and it became very tame. When it grew up, it would go to the mountain, at
intervals, and sometimes would be gone several days, but would always return home and each
time, it would bring another deer with it which Jonas would kill, as he made it a rule to always
take his gun out with him when he heard the bell. And each time when Jonas would kill its
companion, the little traitress would caper about as if in great joy over having brought the deer
for him to kill.
One reason why Jonas moved to Missouri, he had heard that the hunting was so good there.
16. iii. MARTHA HARMAN, b. Harman Hills, WV.
iv. REBECCA HARMAN.
v. ANN HARMAN.
17. vi. THOMAS HARMAN.
18. vii. PHEBE HARMAN.
19. viii. ELIZABETH HARMAN.
20. ix. LYDIA HARMAN, b. Abt. 1816, Harman Hills, WV.
21. x. NOAH HARMAN, b. 1833; d. 1913.
xi. REUBEN HARMAN, JR., b. Abt. 1836.
Notes for REUBEN HARMAN, JR.:
Reuben was killed in the Civil war.Reuben Harman, Jr. was killed in the Civil War.
xii. RACHAEL HARMAN, b. 1836.
5. JOSHUA3 HARMAN (ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born Abt. 1793 in Harmon Hills, West Va.,
and died April 02, 1849 in Pendleton Co. WV. He married (1) ANNE ELIZABETH HARPER
1814 in Pendleton Co. WV. She was born Bef. 1800, and died Abt. 1817 in WV. He married
(2) SUSANNAH DICE October 07, 1817 in Pendleton Co. WV. She was born Abt. 1800, and
died Bef. July 26, 1841. He married (3) EVE JUDY January 27, 1846 in Pendleton Co. WV.
She was born Abt. 1800, and died Aft. November 11, 1878 in Harman Hills, WV.
Notes for JOSHUA HARMAN:
JOSHUA HARMAN, b. Abt. 1793, Harman Hills,
PC, (W) VA.;
d. April 02, 1849, Pendleton County, (W) VA. (Source: Date
of death might
be April 21.); m. (1) ANNE ELIZABETH HARPER, 1814, Pendleton
County, (W)
VA. (Source: Marriage was performed by Valentine Power.); b.
Bef. 1800;
d. Abt. 1817, (W) VA..; m. (2) SUSANNAH DICE, October 07,
1817, Pendleton
County, (W) VA.; b. Abt. 1800; d. Bef. July 26, 1841; m. (3)
EVE JUDY,
January 27, 1846, Pendleton County, (W) VA. (Source:
Marriage was
performed by Benjamin Stickley. Harter's book on Bonds,
page 11,
Marriage bond was on January 23, 1845 by Joshua Harman and
Zebulon Dye.);
b. Abt. 1800; d. Aft. November 11, 1878.
He lived in Harman Hills, WV. and was a farmer.
FROM A LETTER BY GEORGE HARMAN, JOSHUA'S SON (1890):
My father's name was Joshua. Born in Pendleton County, VA, now WV; died April 2, 1819, age
56. Died with pneumonia. He had 5 brothers; all lived to be old; two of them still living--the
youngest 80 and the next, 84.
Children consisted of 5 boys and 4 girls. Only 3 girls are listed, so one is yet to be found. (1998)
More About JOSHUA HARMAN:
Burial: Harman Hills, Pendleton Co. WV
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Children of JOSHUA HARMAN and ANNE HARPER are:
22. i. PHOEBE4 HARMAN.
23. ii. JOEL HARMAN, b. 1814.
Children of JOSHUA HARMAN and SUSANNAH DICE are:
iii. ELI4 HARMAN.
Notes for ELI HARMAN:
Eli was killed during the Civil War.
iv. ISAAC HARMAN.
v. MARY C. HARMAN.
vi. ELIZABETH HARMAN.
vii. HELENA HARMAN.
24. viii. JOHN DICE HARMAN.
ix. JOEL HARMAN, b. Abt. 1814.
Notes for JOEL HARMAN:
Joel was still living in 1890 and was 76 years old.
25. x. GEORGE HARMAN, SR., b. July 11, 1828, Pendelton, Co.WV; d. January 02, 1899,
Petersburg, WV.
6. NOAH3 HARMAN (ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born Abt. 1798 in Harmon Hills, West Va.,
and died 1863 in Harman Hills, Pendleton Co. WV. He married MAGDALENA MALLOW
March 01, 1821 in Pendleton Co. WV. She was born Abt. 1798.
Notes for NOAH HARMAN:
NOAH HARMAN, b. Abt. 1798, Harman Hills, PC,
(W) VA.;
d. 1863, Pendleton County, (W) VA.; m. MAGDALENA MALLOW,
March 01, 1821,
Pendleton County, (W) VA. (Source: Harter's book on
marriages, page 25.);
b. Abt. 1798.
vii. RACHEL HARMAN, b. July 29, 1800, Pendleton
County,
(W) VA.; d. June 10, 1887; m. LEONARD DAY, July 07, 1822,
Pendleton
County, (W) VA.; b. Abt. 1801, Macksville, (W) VA. (Source:
1880
census.); d. May 19, 1881.
Lived in Mallow Hills, Pendleton Co. WV.
1850 census shows a Noah, age 52 and a Magdaline, age 52. Children as follows:
1. Mary 30
2. Henry 24
3. Reuben 19
4. Enos 17
5. Paul 15
6. Phoebe 13
230 Harmon Magdalen 52 VA
230 Harmon Noah Sr. 52 Farmer VA
230 Harmon Mary 30 VA
230 Harmon Henry 24 VA
230 Harmon Reuben 19 VA
230 Harmon Enos 17 VA
230 Harmon Paul 15 VA
230 Harmon Phoebe 13 VA
Notes for MAGDALENA MALLOW:
1850 census shows a Noah, age 52 and a Magdaline Mallow, age 52. Children as follows:
1. Mary 30
2. Henry 24
3. Reuben 19
4. Enos 17
5. Paul 15
6. Phoebe 13
Children of NOAH HARMAN and MAGDALENA MALLOW are:
26. i. MOAB4 HARMAN.
ii. MARY HARMAN, b. 1820.
27. iii. HENRY HARMAN, b. 1826.
28. iv. REUBEN HARMAN, b. 1831.
v. ENOS HARMAN, b. 1833; m. MARGARET BURGOYNE.
Notes for ENOS HARMAN:
No children are listed for them.
29. vi. PAUL HARMAN, b. 1835.
vii. PHOEBE HARMAN, b. 1837.
7. RACHAEL3 HARMAN (ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born July 29, 1800 in Harmon Hills, West
Va., and died June 10, 1887 in Harman Hills, Pendleton Co. WV. She married LEONARD DAY
July 07, 1822 in Pendleton Co. WV, son of EZEKIEL DAY. He was born October 22, 1800 in
MacksVille, Pendleton, WV, and died May 19, 1881.
Notes for RACHAEL HARMAN:
lived in North Fork, Pendleton Co. WV.
RACHEL HARMAN, b. July 29, 1800, Pendleton
County,
(W) VA.; d. June 10, 1887; m. LEONARD DAY, July 07, 1822,
Pendleton
County, (W) VA.; b. Abt. 1801, Macksville, (W) VA. (Source:
1880
census.); d. May 19, 1881.
More About RACHAEL HARMAN:
Burial: Macksville, Pendelton, Co.WV
Notes for LEONARD DAY:
He and Rachel lived on a farm on the North Fork River about one mile south of Macksville,
Pendleton County, WV.
Leonard Day, Oct. 22, 1800-May 19, 1881, and Rachel Harman, July 29, 1804-Jan. 10, 1887,
they married in Pendleton Co, July 7, 1822, Rachael was a daughter of Isaac Harman.]
Children of RACHAEL HARMAN and LEONARD DAY are:
i. MILES4 DAY.
Notes for MILES DAY:
Miles might also have been known as Washington and born in 1845. Not sure.
ii. SANFORD DAY, b. 1819.
iii. EUNICE DAY, b. 1821.
30. iv. SOLOMON DAY, b. February 08, 1823, Macksville, Pendelton, Co.WV; d. October 1906.
31. v. SAMPSON DAY, b. 1825.
32. vi. ISAAC DAY, b. 1827.
33. vii. JOSHUA DAY, b. September 09, 1829, Pendelton, Co.WV; d. February 18, 1919.
34. viii. MARY DAY, b. 1831.
35. ix. AARON DAY, b. 1833, Pendelton, Co.WV.
x. SAMUEL M. DAY, b. 1835.
36. xi. ELIZABETH DAY, b. 1841.
37. xii. BENAMIN DAY, b. 1843.
8. SOLOMAN3 HARMAN, SR. (ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born May 1807 in Harman Hills,
WV, and died November 22, 1893 in Randolph Co., WV. He married ELIZABETH BETSY
HARMAN January 15, 1828 in Harmon Hills, West Va., daughter of GEORGE HARMAN and
JANE REDMOND. She was born 1811 in Pendelton Co. West Va., and died February 22, 1884
in Horse Camp Run, WV.
Notes for SOLOMAN HARMAN, SR.:
SOLOMON E. HARMAN, b. May 1807, Harman
Hills, PC, (W)
VA.; d. November 1893, Randolph County, WV.; m. ELIZABETH
HARMAN, January
15, 1828, Pendleton County, (W) VA.; b. 1811, (W) VA.; d.
February 22,
1884, Horse Camp Run, WV..His son Benjamin was killed in the civil war.
1850 Pendleton County, [W] VA. census, printed version, page 26, family #390
390 Harmon Solomon 43 Farmer VA BIRTH 1807
390 Harmon Elizabeth 39 VA 1811
390 Harmon Noah 21 VA 1829
390 Harmon David 20 VA 1830
390 Harmon Mary A. 18 VA 1832
390 Harmon Asa 16 VA 1834
390 Harmon Job 14 VA 1836
390 Harmon Samuel 12 VA 1838
390 Harmon Benjamin 8 Twins VA 1842
390 Harmon Joseph 8 Twins VA 1842
390 Harmon Jesse 5 VA 1845
390 Harmon Emily J. 1 VA 1849
Archibald Middleton, 17, laborer
William Champ, laborer
George Harmon, 74, farmer
1860 Pendleton County, (W) VA. census, printed version, page 20, family #611:
Solomon Harmon, 53, farmer
Eliz Harman, 48,
Saml. H. Harman, 21, laborer
Joseph Harman, 18, laborer
Benj Harman, 18, laborer
Jesse Harman, 15, laborer
Emily J. Harman, 12
Sol Harman, 9
Noah C. Helmick, 22, laborer
Solomon and Elizabeth resided in the Harman Hills after marriage for several years, then moved to Horse Camp Run in Randolph County, WV, near where the present town of Harman is located.
He was tall, dark and had dark blue eyes, He was even tempered, kindly disposed, while his wife was of a firey disposition, very active and energetic which was likely due to the Redmond Irish blood in her veins. He died in Nov. 1893. He served as justice of the peace in Pendleton County before moving to Randolph, and his chief occupation was farming.
Children were: Noah, David, Samuel, Mary Ann, Jane, Asa, Joseph, Solomon, Jesse, Benjamin
[killed in Civil War], and Job.
More About SOLOMAN HARMAN, SR.:
Burial: Randolph, WV
Notes for ELIZABETH BETSY HARMAN:
Note: Elizabeth "Betsy" spelled her name Harmon. Supposedly no relation to the Harman
family.
Children of SOLOMAN HARMAN and ELIZABETH HARMAN are:
38. i. NOAH4 HARMAN, b. January 24, 1829, Harman Hills, WV; d. November 15, 1897, Valley Falls, Jefferson County, KS.
39. ii. DAVID HARMAN, b. April 10, 1830, Pendelton Co. Va.; d. April 16, 1909, Upper Marlboro, VA.
40. iii. MARY ANN HARMAN, b. 1832, Harman Hills, Pendelton Co. WV; d. 1911, Williamstown, KS.
41. iv. ASA HARMAN, b. October 31, 1834, Harman Hills, Pendelton Co. WV; d. June 28, 1902, Harman, Randolph County, WV.
42. v. JOB HARMAN, b. January 04, 1837, Harman Hills Pendelton Co. W. Va.; d. February 19, 1919, Crawford County, Missouri.
43. vi. SAMUEL HARMAN, b. Abt. 1838, Harman Hills, Pendelton Co. WV; d. Abt. 1875.
44. vii. JOSEPH WILLIAM HARMAN, b. July 27, 1842, Pendelton Co. Va.; d. April 02, 1925, St. Petersburg, FL.
viii. BENJAMIN HARMAN, b. July 27, 1842, Harman Hills, Pendelton Co. WV; d. November
05, 1862, Randolph County, WV.
Notes for BENJAMIN HARMAN:
BENJAMIN HARMAN, b. July 27, 1842, Harman
Hills, PC,
(W) VA. (Source: Harman Gold Album.); d. November 05, 1862,
Randolph Co.,
(W) VA..
Killed in Civil War when a boy.
Benjamin and Joseph seem to have been born on the same day and year. Were they twins?
45. ix. JESSE HARMAN, b. April 07, 1845, Harman Hills, Pendelton Co. Va.; d. April 15, 1922, Harman, Randolph County, WV.
46. x. EMILY JANE HARMAN, b. October 19, 1848, Harman Hills, Pendelton Co. Va.; d. December 16, 1908, Tucker County, WV.
47. xi. SOLOMAN HARMAN, JR., b. August 18, 1851, Mouth of Seneca, WV; d. October 24,
1937, Alburquerque, NM.
9. CHRISTINA3 HARMAN (ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born November 02, 1809 in Harmon
Hills, West Va., and died 1896 in Pendleton Co. WV. She married SAMUEL HARMAN
January 02, 1826 in Harman Hills, WV, son of GEORGE HARMAN and JANE REDMOND.
He was born February 25, 1801 in Highland County, VA, and died April 29, 1888 in Pendleton
Co. WV.
Notes for CHRISTINA HARMAN:
CHRISTINA HARMAN, b. November 02, 1809,
Pendleton
County, (W) VA.; d. 1896, Pendleton County, WV.; m. SAMUEL
HARMAN,
January 02, 1826, Harman Hills, Pendleton Co., (W) VA.
(Source: Harter's
book on Pendleton County, VA. marriages.); b. February 25,
1801, Highland
Co., VA.; d. April 29, 1888, Pendleton Co., WV..
Notes for SAMUEL HARMAN:
SAMUEL HARMAN OF PENDLETON COUNTY, WV.
Samuel Harman, son of George I, was born in what is now Highland County, VA, Feb 25, 1801. When a young man, he taught vocal music and came to Pendleton County where he met Christina Harman, daughter of Isaac Harman I who lived in what was known as the Harman Hills, and married her although she was not yet quite sixteen years old. She was born Nov. 2, 1809. He died April 29, 1888. She died in 1896.
Samuel Harman was a very industrious and thrifty man and at one time owned about 500 to 600 acres of land and had about half of it under cultivation.
He was a very religious man, an "exhorter" in the church of which he was a member; took an active part in Sabbath School work; held daily family prayer in his home and exercised a great influence for good in his community. No stranger who wanted to lodge with him was ever turned away from his door and he never make any charge for meals or lodging.
When, for any reason, church services could not well be held any place else, he would have them at his home and his home was headquarters for the ministers of the Gospel.
He was very liberal in his church views and was very anxious to discuss religion with ministers of the various denominations in order to obtain all the light he could. And in all these things he had the full cooperation of his wife.
He believed in the Benjamin Franklin saying, "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise," and it was his uniform rule to go to bed at eight o'clock at night and rise at 4 o'clock in the morning.
He was a firm believer in education, although his educational advantages were very limited, and long before there were any free schools in his community, he managed to have a subscription school in the neighborhood to which all the children were admitted.
On more than one occasion, the author heard him say that the time was coming when a man without an education would be at great disadvantage.
He was about 6 feet tall; well built; stood up straight and had light brown bordering on hazel eyes. His wife was well built, slightly above medium height; stood erect; had dark brown soft eyes and was very mild in disposition, while her husband was inclined to sternness.
He was an optimist and a firm believer that everything would work out well, although at the particular time, it would seem that everything was going wrong.
Children were: Sarah Ann, Isaac, John H., David H., Malinda, Naomi, Amby, Amos, William,
Martha, Rebecca.
Children of CHRISTINA HARMAN and SAMUEL HARMAN are:
48. i. ISAAC4 HARMAN, b. November 02, 1826.
49. ii. SARAH ANN HARMAN, b. 1828, Harman Hills, WV; d. August 16, 1864.
50. iii. MALINDA HARMAN, b. December 25, 1829, Harman Hills, WV.
iv. AMOS HARMAN, b. August 25, 1831, Harman Hills, WV; m. LOUISA HEDRICK.
Notes for AMOS HARMAN:
I think he died soon after marriage. It was hard to determine, from the wording, if it was Amos
or his wife or his father-in-law who died.
51. v. JOHN H. HARMAN, b. January 22, 1834, Harman Hills, WV; d. Abt. 1915, Alaska, Mineral Co. WV.
52. vi. NAOMI HARMAN, b. May 01, 1836, Harman Hills, WV; d. April 08, 1894, Danville, Ill.
53. vii. REBECCA HARMAN, b. January 07, 1838, Harman Hills, WV; d. June 09, 1909, Missouri.
54. viii. DAVID H. HARMAN, b. May 30, 1842; d. September 1897.
ix. AMBY HARMAN, b. March 08, 1844, Harman Hills, WV.
Notes for AMBY HARMAN:
He served in Civil War as a Union soldier; was captured when at home on a furlough and
imprisoned at Harrisonburg, Va for a while, and later was executed.
55. x. MARTHA HARMAN, b. 1850, Harman Hills, WV.
10. ISAAC3 HARMAN, JR. (ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born August 12, 1812 in Harmon Hills,
West Va., and died June 27, 1903 in Pendleton Co. WV. He married (1) MARY MAGDALENA
HARMAN November 08, 1832 in Harman Hills, WV, daughter of GEORGE HARMAN and
JANE REDMOND. She was born Abt. June 21, 1810 in Pendelton Co. West Va., and died April
01, 1856 in Pendleton Co. WV. He married (2) EVE LOUGH March 25, 1858 in Pendleton Co.
WV. She was born 1816, and died Aft. 1860. He married (3) SARAH [SHIRK] KIMBLE
March 21, 1869 in Pendleton Co. WV. She was born Abt. 1825 in Pendleton Co. WV, and died
May 28, 1896 in Pendleton Co. WV.
Notes for ISAAC HARMAN, JR.:
Isaac Harman, Jr., was born in Harman Hills, Pendleton County, WV, Aug. 12, 1812; was a farmer and resided for many years about three miles east of Macksville in said county where Jacob Harman, one of his sons now resides, later moved to the cove about one mile east of Mouth of Seneca where he lived on a farm until his death which occured Jurn 27, 1903.
He was a large, tall man with dark hair and dark brown eyes and was a man of exceptional strength, being able to mount a horse without assistance when over eighty years old.
He was interested in education and gave to his children such educational advantages as were then available in that section of the country.
He first married Polly Harman, daughter of George Harman I, then eve Lough and third wife,
Sarah [Shirk] Kimble.
More About ISAAC HARMAN, JR.:
Burial: Seneca Rocks, Pendleton, WV
Children of ISAAC HARMAN and MARY HARMAN are:
56. i. JOSHUA4 HARMAN, b. Harman Hills, WV.
57. ii. ELIJAH HARMAN, b. Harman Hills, WV.
58. iii. ENOS HARMAN, b. Harman Hills, WV.
59. iv. PHOEBE HARMAN, b. Harman Hills, WV.
60. v. ELIZABETH HARMAN, b. Harman Hills, WV.
61. vi. SIMEON HARMAN, b. 1835, Harman Hills, WV; d. 1927, Ringwood, OK.
62. vii. JACOB HARMAN, b. October 21, 1842, Harman Hills, WV.
Child of ISAAC HARMAN and SARAH KIMBLE is:
63. viii. ROSA4 HARMAN.
Generation No. 4
11. JOB4 HARMAN (JONAS3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born July 20, 1807. He married (1)
NANCY HARMAN, daughter of GEORGE HARMAN and JANE REDMOND. She was born in
Pendelton Co. West Va.. He married (2) NANCY HARMAN. She was born 1807.
Notes for JOB HARMAN:
Job and Nancy Harman moved to Missouri from Pendleton County, WV in 1838.
Children of JOB HARMAN and NANCY HARMAN are:
i. MOSES5 HARMAN.
ii. JOSHUA HARMAN.
iii. SOLOMON HARMAN.
iv. SAMUEL HARMAN.
Notes for SAMUEL HARMAN:
Samuel Harman died young
v. JOSEPH HARMAN.
vi. PENNIAH HARMAN, m. GEORGE W. ISGRIG.
64. vii. EMILINE HARMAN.
Children of JOB HARMAN and NANCY HARMAN are:
65. viii. MOSES5 HARMAN, b. October 12, 1830, Pendelton, Co. WV; d. June 30, 1910, Los Angeles, CA.
66. ix. JOSHUA HARMAN, b. Abt. 1832.
x. SOLOMON HARMAN, b. Abt. 1834; m. UNKNOWN.
Notes for SOLOMON HARMAN:
Solomon Harman was a soldier in the Civil War; died in St. Louis, aged 25 years. He left a wife
and child.
xi. SAMUEL HARMAN, b. Abt. 1835.
67. xii. JOSEPH HARMAN, b. January 26, 1840, Crawford Co. Missouri; d. March 15, 1925, Loma Linda, CA.
68. xiii. PENINNAH HARMAN, b. Abt. 1842.
69. xiv. EMELINE HARMAN, b. Abt. 1844.
70. xv. ELIZABETH HARMAN, b. Abt. 1846.
12. JACOB4 HARMAN (JONAS3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born February 16, 1812 in Berlin,
Southampton, VA, and died 1891 in Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa. He married (1) ELIZA
UNKNOWN. He married (2) FRANCIS POWELL. She was born December 08, 1812 in
London, England.
Notes for JACOB HARMAN:
Jacob moved from Missouri to Iowa and died there. They had two children, a girl and a boy.
More About JACOB HARMAN:
Burial: 1891, Sheridan Cemetery, Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA
Children of JACOB HARMAN and FRANCIS POWELL are:
71. i. JONAS FRANKLIN5 HARMAN, b. June 22, 1837, Ohio; d. August 10, 1898, Ft. Dodge, Ford, KS.
ii. HENRY H. HARMAN, b. October 08, 1839; m. JULIA BOILS.
iii. SUSAN HARMAN, b. September 27, 1841; m. JOHN RABAH.
iv. ELIZABETH HARMAN, b. June 01, 1843; d. May 08, 1844.
v. MARY HARMAN, b. June 17, 1844; d. October 13, 1866; m. FRED SHULTZ.
72. vi. MARIA E. HARMAN, b. June 17, 1844, Columbus, OH; d. October 13, 1866, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa.
vii. BARBARA ELLEN HARMAN, b. December 05, 1845; d. May 30, 1871; m. JOHN W. JONES.
viii. JOHN E. HARMAN, b. Abt. 1847; m. LIZZIE FAIRIS.
73. ix. SIMON MILBORN HARMAN, b. January 09, 1849.
x. JACOB WINFIELD HARMAN, b. September 15, 1851.
xi. NOAH S. HARMAN, b. July 11, 1853; d. June 25, 1861.
13. ISAAC4 HARMAN (JONAS3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born April 09, 1827 in Pendelton,
Co. WV. He married (1) UNKNOWN JOHNSON. He married (2) MARY E. BURGESS.
Notes for ISAAC HARMAN:
Isaac Harman moved from Pendleton County, WV to the present site of the city of Chicago and
took up land there, but on account of malaria, he found it necessary to leave that place and went
on west to the Ozark Mountain region of Missouri, locating in Franklin County, near the present
town of Sullivan, 1836. The tree under which they camped just outside of Sullivan is yet
standing (1928). Children by first wife: John M., Page, Elizabeth, Emma and Nancy. Children
by second wife: Margaret, J. William Edward, Julia, Charles Jacob, Washington, Isaac,
Benjamin Albert, Rosie Belle and another who died in infancy.
Children of ISAAC HARMAN and UNKNOWN JOHNSON are:
74. i. JONAS PAGE5 HARMAN.
75. ii. ELIZABETH HARMAN.
76. iii. EMMA HARMAN.
77. iv. NANCY HARMAN.
78. v. JOHN M. HARMAN, b. May 10, 1852; d. November 05, 1915.
Children of ISAAC HARMAN and MARY BURGESS are:
vi. MARGARET5 HARMAN, m. JAMES BAKER.
Notes for JAMES BAKER:
They had one child who died in infancy.
vii. WILLIAM EDWARD HARMAN, m. JULIA KIMBERLAIN.
Notes for WILLIAM EDWARD HARMAN:
They had no children.
viii. JULIA HARMAN.
Notes for JULIA HARMAN:
Julia died at age 20. No known marriage or children.
79. ix. CHARLES JACOB HARMAN.
80. x. WASHINGTON ISAACK HARMAN.
81. xi. BENJAMIN ALBERT HARMAN.
xii. INFANT HARMAN.
xiii. ROSE BELLE HARMAN, b. January 09, 1881, Anthonies Mill, MO Crawford County; d.
December 20, 1954, Sullivan, MO; m. CHARLES MATTOX, October 26, 1902; b. July 24,
1878; d. 1941.
Notes for ROSE BELLE HARMAN:
Rose Belle Mattox, wife of the late Chat Mattox, and daughter of the late
Isaac and Mary Burgess Harmon, passed away at her home in Sullivan, Mo., on
Monday, Dec 20, 1954. She was 73 years, 11 months and 11 days of age at
the time of her death. Mrs. Mattox was born at Anthonies Mill in Crawford County, Mo., on Jan 9, 1881, where she spent her childhood. On Oct. 26, 1902, she was married to Chat Mattox,, to which union five children were born, one of
whom, a daughter, passed away as a child. Mr. Mattox also preceded her in
death in 1941. Mrs. Mattox was baptised into the Methodist church when she
was 16 years old and worked in the church until just recently when her health prevented her from being active. Her faith and way of life continued steadfast until her death. She spent most of her married life in or near Sullivan. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Sullivan Chapter 105. Her father, Isaac Harmon, was a charter member of the Masonic Lodge of Sullivan, Mo.
Surviving are four sons, Clyde, Arlie and Wilbur, or Bud, as he is better known, all of Sullivan, Mo.; and Clifton of Avery, Idaho; one brother, Ben Harmon of Sullivan, Mo.; seven grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, nephews, nieces, other relatives and friends.
Mrs. Mattox lay in state at the Eaton Funeral Home until
time of funeral service on Thursday, Dec 23, 1954. Services were conducted
from the Methodist Church with the Rev. M. E. William officiating.
Eastern Star ritual was rendered by the Order of Eastern Star, Sullivan Chapter 109. Interment
was the Buffalo Cemetery.
More About ROSE BELLE HARMAN:
Burial: December 23, 1954, Buffalo Cem. Sullivan, MO
Notes for CHARLES MATTOX:
Nickname was Chattie
.
14. REUBEN4 HARMAN (JONAS3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born August 05, 1832. He
married UNKNOWN.
Notes for REUBEN HARMAN:
Reuben and sons were farmers.
Children of REUBEN HARMAN and UNKNOWN are:
i. JOHN C.5 HARMAN.
Notes for JOHN C. HARMAN:
John C. Harman was judge of the Crawford County, MO court for a term or two.
ii. J. P. HARMAN.
82. iii. MARY HARMAN.
iv. B. F. HARMAN.
v. MAGGIE HARMAN.
15. RACHEL ANN4 HARMAN (REUBEN3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born in Pendelton,
Co.WV. She married LABAN EYE.
Notes for LABAN EYE:
They moved ot Missour and most of her descendants live near Potosi, Washington County, MO.
The descendants of Laban Eye are generally farmers, some merchants and are respected citizens.
Information by Ed Eye of Potosi, MO.
Children of RACHEL HARMAN and LABAN EYE are:
83. i. JAMES W.5 EYE.
84. ii. NOAH W. EYE.
85. iii. SIMEON EYE.
86. iv. SYLVANUS EYE.
87. v. JOHN A. EYE.
88. vi. EDWARD EYE.
89. vii. SUSAN EYE.
90. viii. MARTHA EYE.
16. MARTHA4 HARMAN (REUBEN3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born in Harman Hills, WV.
She married PHILIP D. HARPER, son of ELIAS HARPER.
Notes for MARTHA HARMAN:
Resided on a farm in the Harman Hills until her death at an advanced age.
Children of MARTHA HARMAN and PHILIP HARPER are:
91. i. JOHN D.5 HARPER.
92. ii. PHOEBE J. HARPER.
93. iii. REUBEN W. HARPER.
94. iv. ELIZABETH V. HARPER.
v. CATHERINE HARPER.
Notes for CATHERINE HARPER:
Catherine died early. No known children.
95. vi. AMBY W. HARPER.
96. vii. PLEASANT M. HARPER.
97. viii. MARY S. HARPER.
ix. PHILIP H. HARPER, m. REBECCA HARMAN.
Notes for PHILIP H. HARPER:
Resides on a farm in the Harman Hills, WV.
.
17. THOMAS4 HARMAN (REUBEN3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) He married (1) PHOEBE
WYMER. He married (2) SUSAN WYMER.
Notes for THOMAS HARMAN:
Thomas Harman was a son of Reuben Sr. and a grandson of Isaac the First. He was a school
teacher and farmer; resided in Harman Hills, WV and married first, Phoebe Wymer and 2nd,
Susan Wymer, sisters.
Children of THOMAS HARMAN and PHOEBE WYMER are:
98. i. LUCINDA5 HARMAN.
99. ii. LYDIA HARMAN.
100. iii. HENRY HARMAN.
101. iv. CYRUS HARMAN.
v. ELIZABETH HARMAN.
Notes for ELIZABETH HARMAN:
Elizabeth never married.
vi. REUBEN HARMAN.
Notes for REUBEN HARMAN:
Reuben died in childhood, never married.
102. vii. ADAM HARMAN.
103. viii. ABRAHAM HARMAN.
ix. ISAAC HARMAN, m. MAHALA HARMAN.
Children of THOMAS HARMAN and SUSAN WYMER are:
x. MARY E.5 HARMAN.
xi. ALMEDA J. HARMAN.
xii. HANNAH R. HARMAN.
xiii. MARTHA S. HARMAN.
xiv. GEORGE W. HARMAN.
xv. JOHN RILEY HARMAN.
xvi. TITUS HARMAN.
xvii. DELLA HARMAN.
xviii. MARTHA A. HARMAN.
xix. KENNIE G. HARMAN.
xx. ZERNIE B. HARMAN.
xxi. OMAR T. HARMAN.
xxii. BERTHA M. HARMAN.
18. PHEBE4 HARMAN (REUBEN3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) She married CAIN PHARES October
07, 1841 in Pendleton Co. VA.
Notes for CAIN PHARES:
Cain Phares children all dead except Benjamin near Hinch, MO. (1928).
Child of PHEBE HARMAN and CAIN PHARES is:
i. BENJAMIN5 PHARES.
19. ELIZABETH4 HARMAN (REUBEN3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) She married CALVIN WYMER.
Child of ELIZABETH HARMAN and CALVIN WYMER is:
i. SIMEON5 WYMER.
Notes for SIMEON WYMER:
Simeon is now living near Hinch, MO. (1928)
.
20. LYDIA4 HARMAN (REUBEN3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born Abt. 1816 in Harman Hills,
WV. She married RUBEN MALLOW February 18, 1834, son of GEORGE MALLOW and
CATHERINE BUSH. He was born April 28, 1808 in Pendelton, Co.WV, and died August 18,
1874 in Pendelton, Co.WV.
Notes for RUBEN MALLOW:
Resided in the Timber Ridge section of Randolph County, WV.
They had seven children and all died young except Simeon H. and Abraham B. both of whom
resided in Timber Ridge.1850 Pendleton Co WV census:
549 Mallow Reuben 42 Farmer VA b. Abt. 1808
549 Mallow Lydia 34 VA b. Abt. 1816
549 Mallow Simeon 14 VA b. Abt. 1836
549 Mallow Abraham 7 VA b. Abt. 1843
Children of LYDIA HARMAN and RUBEN MALLOW are:
104. i. SIMEON H.5 MALLOW, b. July 04, 1836, Pendelton, Co.WV; d. August 22, 1889.
ii. ANNIE MALLOW, b. Abt. 1838.
105. iii. ABRAHAM BUSH MALLOW, b. May 16, 1842; d. November 19, 1904.
21. NOAH4 HARMAN (REUBEN3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born 1833, and died 1913. He
married MARY ANN KELLER.
Notes for NOAH HARMAN:
Noah Harman, son of Reuben Sr., and grandson of Isaac the First, married Mary Ann Kelller. He
died in 1913 aged 81. Children Solomon, Edward, Lydia, Minnie and two others, names
unknown.
Children of NOAH HARMAN and MARY KELLER are:
i. EDWARD5 HARMAN.
Notes for EDWARD HARMAN:
Edward Harman resides at Butts, MO. Has six children: Ethel, Otis, Juil, Curtis, Elmer and
Edith. All resides at Berryman, MO, except Edith who lives at Butts, MO.
106. ii. SOLOMON HARMAN.
107. iii. LYDIA HARMAN.
iv. MINNIE HARMAN.
22. PHOEBE4 HARMAN (JOSHUA3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) She married MICHAEL MOUSE,
SR..
Notes for MICHAEL MOUSE, SR.:
They resided on a farm about one mile below the mouth of Senica, Pendleton County, WV.
Children of PHOEBE HARMAN and MICHAEL MOUSE are:
i. MAHALA5 MOUSE, m. JOSEPH HARMAN.
108. ii. MICHAEL H. MOUSE.
iii. ADAM MOUSE, m. MARTHA HAMAN.
iv. CATHERINE MOUSE, m. MARTIN H. HARPER.
Notes for MARTIN H. HARPER:
They resided on mountain near Mouth of Seneca.
109. v. CHRISTINA MOUSE.
110. vi. REBECCA MOUSE.
111. vii. JOEL MOUSE.
112. viii. DANIEL MOUSE.
113. ix. ELIZABETH MOUSE.
23. JOEL4 HARMAN (JOSHUA3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born 1814. He married JANE
HARMAN October 08, 1839 in Pendleton Co. VA, daughter of GEORGE HARMAN and JANE
REDMOND. She was born 1813 in Pendelton Co. West Va..
Notes for JOEL HARMAN:
Have not proven this is our Joel but everything matches.
1850 census for Pendleton CO WV
402 Harmon Jane 37 VA birth/ 1813
402 Harmon Joel 36 Farmer VA birth/ 1814
402 Harmon Ann E. 5 VA birth/ 1845
Children of JOEL HARMAN and JANE HARMAN are:
i. PHOEBE5 HARMAN, m. DAVID SITES.
Notes for DAVID SITES:
Of Grant County, WV.
They had two children, both born dead.
ii. MAHALA HARMAN, m. ISAAC W. HARMAN.
Notes for ISAAC W. HARMAN:
They had no children.
114. iii. ANN E. HARMAN, b. 1845.
24. JOHN DICE4 HARMAN (JOSHUA3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) He married (1) HANNAH
MILLER. He married (2) UNKNOWN.
Notes for JOHN DICE HARMAN:
John was killed during the Civil War.
Children of JOHN HARMAN and HANNAH MILLER are:
115. i. SAMUEL5 HARMAN.
116. ii. MARY HARMAN.
117. iii. SUSAN HARMAN.
118. iv. CYNTHIA HARMAN.
119. v. REBECCA HARMAN.
120. vi. SOLON HARMAN, b. November 16, 1851, Pendleton Co. WV; d. September 11, 1925, New Portland, Maine.
121. vii. JOHN A. HARMAN, b. September 19, 1861, Harman Hills, WV.
25. GEORGE4 HARMAN, SR. (JOSHUA3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born July 11, 1828 in
Pendelton, Co.WV, and died January 02, 1899 in Petersburg, WV. He married (1) MARY
SMITH. He married (2) SUSAN SMITH.
Notes for GEORGE HARMAN, SR.:
George Harman, Sr. of Grant County, WV [Harman-Harmon book, pg. 71]
George married first Mary Smith and second Susan Smith, sisters.
He moved to Grant County and located on a large farm about one and a half miles west of Petersburg, WV, on the South Branch of the Potomac river where he lived until his death on Jan 2, 1899.
He was a dealer in cattle and owned a large acreage of land in Grant and Randolph counties, WV, and was reputed to be the wealthiest man in Grant County.
In addition to being a farmer and stock dealer, he was a minister of the United Brethren church, but did not accept any regular charge, though he preached regularly for years at the United Brethren church which he was chiefly instrumental in establishing near his home. He also preached at camp meetings and some other places and was often called upon to preach funeral sermons. He was for many years one of the most active and influential citizens of his county and state.
He served in the house of Delegates of WV 1867-1883 and was a state senator from the then Tenth Senatorial District, composed of the counties of Pendleton, Hardy, Hampshire, Morgan and Mineral, 1870-1871. While he served in the Legislature, he supported the Flick Amendment which restored to the Confederates the right of suffrage and removed certain other disabilities, which greatly endeared him to the people of the South.
In 1890 he was nominated by the Republicans of the 2nd congressional District of WV for representative from that district in the Congress of the United States, defeating Alston G. Dayton and others in the convention for the nomination, but was himself defeated at the following general election by the Late William L. Wilson who was at that time one of the most prominent Democrats of the nation.
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COPY OF LETTER WRITTEN, BY GEORGE HARMAN SR. TO A COUSIN IN THE WEST IN 1890:
Yours of the 6th inst. To hand and contents noted and appreciated, and take pleasure in answering so far as I can.
1st. My ancestors came from Germany, but a George Harman, an old man from whom I gained more information as to our ancestors than any one, who lived hear Hagerstown, Md., but who is now dead, said some centuries ago our fore-fathers settled in Ireland, moved from there to Germany, and two brothers came to America and settled--one in Pennsylvania and one in Virginia; and while the descendants of the one who settled in Virginia were like the sands on the sea shore, that he, his son and grandson were then the only living Harmans of the brother who settled in Pennsylvania more than 200 years ago; and as the old man is dead now, only two of the name remain now. One of my daughters who visited Dr. Harman [State Line, Pennsylvania] can give you more information in reference to your inquiries than any one we can imagine. Direct as above stated.
My father's name was Joshua. Born in Pendleton County, VA, now WV; died April 2nd 1849, age 56. Died with pneumonia. He had 5 brothers; all lived to be old; two of them still living--the youngest, 80 and the next, 84.
My grandfather, Isaac, was born in Rockingham County, Virginia; died at the age of my father in 1819. He had 8 brothers. I do not know the names of them all. Benjamin, Joseph and Solomon are the only names I know now. Most of them moved South; some settled near the Tennessee line and there are a great many of them living in that section. It is said that half the people in Tazewell County, Virginia, are Harmans or relatives of the name. The family above mentioned claim to be relatives, as above stated.
My age is 62. Born in Pendleton County, Virginia. I am a member of the U. B. Church, Virginia Conference, Local.
My ancestors, so far as I can trace them back, were Lutherans of the old school. But as I understand, their doctrine as touching the Lord's Supper, cannot subscribe to their Creed, as they teach that the bread and wine used in the Sacrament is given as the true Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I had four brothers--Joel, Isaac, John and Eli. The last two were killed during the War. Isaac died very young. Joel is still living at the age of 76. I had four sisters, only one now living.
NOTE BY THE AUTHOR: The above letter shows that Isaac Harman the First was born in Rockingham County, VA, while I always understood from my grandmother, Christina Harman, daughter of Isaac First, that he came to Pendleton County from Loudoun County, VA. Also Jacob Harman, now over eighty years old, claims that he came from Loudoun County as he always understood from the older ones. However, Christina was only 10 years old when her father died, and other information leads me to believe George is correct.
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Children of GEORGE HARMAN and MARY SMITH are:
122. i. ALICE5 HARMAN.
ii. BESSIE HARMAN, m. BRYAN HARMAN.
Notes for BRYAN HARMAN:
Bryan Harman of Virginia...
123. iii. JOHN G. HARMAN.
Children of GEORGE HARMAN and SUSAN SMITH are:
iv. ESTON5 HARMAN, m. STELLA LABURGER.
124. v. MOLLY HARMAN.
vi. MYRTLE HARMAN.
125. vii. MINNIE HARMAN.
26. MOAB4 HARMAN (NOAH3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1)
Child of MOAB HARMAN is:
126. i. NOAH5 HARMAN.
27. HENRY4 HARMAN (NOAH3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born 1826. He married MARY
KESNER.
Notes for HENRY HARMAN:
Resided near Kline, WV.
Children of HENRY HARMAN and MARY KESNER are:
127. i. SARAH A5 HARMAN.
128. ii. ISAAC HARMAN.
28. REUBEN4 HARMAN (NOAH3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born 1831. He married CYNTHA CUSTER.
Children of REUBEN HARMAN and CYNTHA CUSTER are:
129. i. DAVID5 HARMAN.
ii. MAHLON HARMAN.
iii. LUCY HARMAN, m. MORGAN MCQUAIN.
Notes for MORGAN MCQUAIN:
Moved to Upshur County WV.
.
29. PAUL4 HARMAN (NOAH3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born 1835. He married HANNAH
BORROR.
Notes for PAUL HARMAN:
They lived near Kline, WV.
Children of PAUL HARMAN and HANNAH BORROR are:
130. i. S. WESLEY5 HARMAN.
131. ii. WILLIAM W. HARMAN.
iii. JEMIMA HARMAN, m. NICODEMUS SHREVE.
iv. PHOEBE HARMAN.
v. SARAH HARMAN.
30. SOLOMON4 DAY (RACHAEL3 HARMAN, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born February 08,
1823 in Macksville, Pendelton, Co.WV, and died October 1906. He married HANNAH
HARPER April 06, 1848 in Pendleton Co. WV. She was born January 02, 1822 in Pendleton
Co. WV, and died October 1899.
Notes for SOLOMON DAY:
Moved to Upshur County, WV and was a prominent business man in Buckhannon.
From the BUCKHANNON DELTA newspaper, Thurs. Oct. 11, 1906
Early Sunday morning Solomon Day died of paralysis at the home of his son, George F. Day , in
Buckhannon. He had been practically helpless for many months, and was confined to his bed for
several weeks before the coming of the end, which was not unexpected. The funeral was held at
the house Monday by Rev. J. P. Pigott, after which interment was made in the Heavner
Cemetery.
Solomon Day was born February 8, 1823, in what is now Pendleton County, WV. In 1845, he
was married to Miss Hannah Harper, who died seven years ago. To them were born two sons
and four daughters, two of the latter now deceased. The sons, George F. and W. M. Day are
residents of Buckhannon.
Mr Day moved to Upshur County in 1850, and settled on Big Sand Run, where for many years
he was a successful farmer and merchant, and succeeded in amassing considerable wealth. He
was also a justice of the peace for a number of years. Mr Day retired from active business
several years ago, and in 1897, he removed to Buckhannon, where he resided with his sons until
his death.
In early manhood he was happily converted and became a member of the United Brethren
Church and lived a Christian to the end. He was a good man and leaves a large number of
friends and relatives to mourn his death.
[Hinkle Genealogy: Solomon Day was the son of Leonard Day, Oct. 22, 1800-May 19, 1881, and
Rachel Harman, July 29, 1804-Jan. 10, 1887, they married in Pendleton Co, July 7, 1822,
Rachael was a daughter of Isaac Harman.]
Notes for HANNAH HARPER:
From THE BUCKHANNON DELTA newspaper, Thursday, Oct. 12, 1899
Hannah Day
Mrs. Hannah Day, wife of Solomon, of this place, formerly of Sand Run, died at her home on
Florida St. on the10th inst. at 6 a.m. after an illness of about 10 days, aged 77 years, 9 months,
and 6 days. The funeral was held at the U. B. Church. Rev A. W. Lane, pastor officiating on the
11th inst. at 10 a.m.; interment in the Heavner Cemetery in the family plot. She leaves an aged
husband, two sons and two daughters, three brothers and one sister and many grandchildren.
[From another paper in Oct., date torn off,]: Hannah was born Jan. 2, 1822, in Pendleton Co.
She married Solomon Day when 27 years of age. (Pendleton County Marriages: Hannah Harper,
Apr. 6 1848)
Marriage Notes for SOLOMON DAY and HANNAH HARPER:
Soloman Days Obituary lists their marriage as 1845.
Children of SOLOMON DAY and HANNAH HARPER are:
i. MILES5 DAY.
132. ii. GEORGE DAY.
iii. SUSIE DAY.
iv. ELLEN DAY.
v. JENNIE DAY.
vi. MOLLIE DAY.
31. SAMPSON4 DAY (RACHAEL3 HARMAN, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born 1825. He
married (1) HELENA HARMAN. He married (2) CATHERINE WALDRON.
Notes for SAMPSON DAY:
They had one child who died early.
Children of SAMPSON DAY and CATHERINE WALDRON are:
i. CHARLOTTE5 DAY.
ii. ANDREW DAY.
iii. RILEY DAY.
iv. LAURA DAY.
v. ANDERSON DAY.
vi. LUCY DAY.
vii. LOYD DAY.
Notes for LOYD DAY:
Loyd Day was station agent at Harman, WV.
viii. HARMAN DAY.
ix. MARY DAY.
32. ISAAC4 DAY (RACHAEL3 HARMAN, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born 1827. He married
LOUISA CONNELL.
Notes for ISAAC DAY:
Isaac was born on North Fork River in Pendleton County, WV. He was a farmer near
Seymoursville, Grant County, WV.
Children of ISAAC DAY and LOUISA CONNELL are:
133. i. JOHN WILLIAM5 DAY.
134. ii. FANNIE A. DAY.
33. JOSHUA4 DAY (RACHAEL3 HARMAN, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born September 09,
1829 in Pendelton, Co.WV, and died February 18, 1919. He married (1) CHRISTINA SITES,
daughter of ADAM SITES. She was born 1838, and died 1882. He married (2) PHOEBE J.
PHARES. She was born 1845, and died 1923.
Notes for JOSHUA DAY:
Born 1830 and resided in Pendleton CO. until his death at an advanced age. He was a prominent farmer; served in the House of Delegates of WV from Pendleton County and was a very influntial man in his country.
Joshua lived at the Mouth of Seneca. He was a farmer and stockman, a bible scholar and an
excellent conversationalist.
Joshua Day married first Christina Sites and had 9 children. He married second, Phoebe Jane
Phares and they had 2 children.
Children of JOSHUA DAY and CHRISTINA SITES are:
135. i. MINNIE5 DAY, b. 1859; d. 1934.
136. ii. ALBERT DAY, b. 1861; d. 1915.
137. iii. LAURA DAY, b. 1862; d. 1929.
iv. JASPER DAY, b. 1863; d. 1931; m. BELLE LARGENT.
Notes for JASPER DAY:
Jasper Day taught school several years and later served as U. S. Liquor Gauger under different
Internal Revenue Collectors.
138. v. JOHN DAY, b. 1868; d. 1950.
vi. LOUISA DAY, b. 1871; d. 1920.
Notes for LOUISA DAY:
Louisa remained single.
139. vii. CLAY DAY, b. 1874; d. 1939.
140. viii. MAGGIE DAY, b. 1876; d. 1924.
ix. PAGE DAY, b. 1879; d. 1916.
Notes for PAGE DAY:
Page Day remained single.
.
Children of JOSHUA DAY and PHOEBE PHARES are:
141. x. MAY5 DAY, b. 1885; d. 1943.
142. xi. PEARL DAY, b. 1887.
34. MARY4 DAY (RACHAEL3 HARMAN, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born 1831. She married (1) JACOB SITES. She married (2) JOSEPH ELBON.
Children of MARY DAY and JACOB SITES are:
i. GEORGE5 SITES.
ii. ELLEN SITES, m. JOHN ELBON.
Notes for JOHN ELBON:
Resides at Sago, Upshur County, WV
.
Children of MARY DAY and JOSEPH ELBON are:
iii. HOY5 ELBON.
iv. HARLEY ELBON.
v. ORENDE ELBON.
vi. CHARLOTTE ELBON, m. P. B. GOFF.
Notes for P. B. GOFF:
Of Hambleton, WV
vii. FRANCES ELBON, m. L. E. GOFF.
Notes for L. E. GOFF:
Resided in Hambleton, WV.
.
35. AARON4 DAY (RACHAEL3 HARMAN, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born 1833 in Pendelton, Co.WV. He married (1) SARAH PHARES. He married (2) MARY PRICE.
Children of AARON DAY and SARAH PHARES are:
i. MILES5 DAY, m. ANNA BLAND.
ii. JACOB W. DAY, m. URSULA KISEMORE.
iii. ELIZA DAY, m. G. W. KISEMORE.
iv. GEORGE DAY.
v. SOLON DAY, m. IDA WHITE.
vi. LUTHER DAY, m. LEWELLA MELSON.
vii. WILBUR DAY.
Notes for WILBUR DAY:
He died young, probably never married.
viii. ELLEN DAY, m. JESSE B. KISEMORE.
ix. FRANCES DAY, m. DOW WHITE.
x. IDA DAY, m. HARNESS HARPER.
36. ELIZABETH4 DAY (RACHAEL3 HARMAN, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born 1841. She
married JOHN H. MILLER.
Notes for JOHN H. MILLER:
He was a farmer and resided on the North Fork River about four miles below the Mouth of
Seneca, Pendleton County, WV.
Children of ELIZABETH DAY and JOHN MILLER are:
i. BEJAMIN WILLIAM5 MILLER.
Notes for BEJAMIN WILLIAM MILLER:
He taught school for several years and was in the wholesale grocery business at Buckhannon,
WV several years.
ii. SCOTT D. MILLER.
iii. ANNA MILLER.
iv. KENNEY MILLER.
v. ARTHUR MILLER.
Notes for ARTHUR MILLER:
Arthur is in the wholesale grocery business at Morgantown, WV and is an influential man in his
city.
vi. ZADIE MILLER.
37. BENAMIN4 DAY (RACHAEL3 HARMAN, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born 1843. He married ELIZABETH HARMAN, daughter of ISAAC HARMAN and MARY HARMAN. She was born in Harman Hills, WV.
Children of BENAMIN DAY and ELIZABETH HARMAN are:
i. HOY5 DAY.
ii. VIOLA DAY, m. ELMER HARPER.
iii. OKEY DAY, m. MOLLIE SIMMONS.
38. NOAH4 HARMAN (SOLOMAN3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born January 24, 1829 in
Harman Hills, WV, and died November 15, 1897 in Valley Falls, Jefferson County, KS. He
married EMILY JANE BURGOYNE November 21, 1854 in Pendleton Co. WV, daughter of
GINERAL BURGOYNE and BURNETT. She was born Abt. 1833.
Notes for NOAH HARMAN:
NOAH3 HARMAN, b. January 24, 1829, Harman
Hills, PC,
(W) VA. (Source: Harman Gold Album.); d. November 16, 1897,
Valley Falls,
Jefferson Co., KS. (Source: Harman Gold Album.); m. EMILY
JANE BURGOYNE,
November 21, 1854, Pendleton Co., (W) VA. (Source: Roger
Teter and
microfilm on marriages.); b. Abt. 1833.
After marriage, he and Emily moved to Kansas.
Noah worked hard in the mountains cutting timber. He spent his spare time educating himself. He committed to memory all the, then known, rules and formlae of spelling, grammar, mathematics and philosophy. After obtaining a certificate, he taught school seventeen years in West Va., Ohio and Kansas. He went to Kansas City and arrived March 28, 1857. There was no railroad to Kansas City then. Travel, except by boat was by covered wagons and stages drawn by from two to eight horses.
There were a few small stores on the Kaw river at the east end of Minnesota street where the trade was chiefly with indians. The present industrial district was covered with slough grass four to six feet high, cut up by Indian and cattle trails. 640 acres could have been bought of the hilly section on which Kansas City's tallest building now stand for $2000.00. He had two thousand earned by teaching school, but there was little promise of the construction of an industrial center at the mouth of the Kay.
He went by boat from there to Leavenworth, bought a government wagon and an ox team; drove west 30 miles through Indian country and settled near what was later called Valley Falls Kansas.
He acquired 1440 acres and dealt extensively in live stock. Many winters were spent in teaching school and he supplied work and material for the first school house in that district, which was built on his farm.
There was an unselfishness and congeniality of spirit about him which made him kiked by all. His ideas were broad and liberal and he was generous to a fault.
He was a thinker, a good speaker and an essayist. He took great delight and an active part in the many debates at the Harman school house on his farm and in the Philomatic Hall in Grasshopper Falls in which laymen and clergymen had equal opportunity.
He was an ernest champion of free speech and free press and an advocate of the universal and eqial rights of man--A believer in the religion of humanity, and a confessor of his inability to grasp the infinite--the future--he was denounded by the clergy as an agnostic and a so-called infidel, and there were many interesting discussions on the freedom of the will, the trinity, the immaculate conception, the divinity of Christ, the inspiration of the Bible, the veracity of the Red Sea, the Jonah and the Lion Den stories , when he, Moses Hall , O.A Phelps, Gen Artz and Moses Harman met such men as Clark Braden and other religious debaters at these local arenas.
Out of these discussions and as an advocate of free speech and general personal liberty, grew a
new publication at first named the Valley Falls Liberal, financed by Hoah Harman and edited by
Moses Harman, a cousin. This paper was continued by Moses Harman as "Lucifer, the Light
Bearer" throughout his lifetime--later years as a magazine. Moses Harman was an ordained
minister, a brilliant speaker, a deep thinker and a fearless martyr to his belief in many reforms
ardently advocated.
He was Justice of the Peace for years. He financed the newspaper named the Valley Falls Liberal. In 1890, Noah founded the Farmer's Vindicator, which he edited the remainder of his life to Nov. 26, 1897.
He took an active part in many debates at the Harmon school house on his farm, and in the
Philomatic Hall in Grasshopper Falls (Later called Valley Falls.) He was considered an agnostic
and loved to debate with the clergmen. He was an earnest champion of free speech and of free
press.
He was in serious conflict with the clergy who took advantage of his publication of an article
written by another which discussed the abuses under martial so-called rights, and succeeded in
convicting him under the Comstock laws. In this fight for free speech Moses employed such
men as David Overmeyer and other famous legal talent, and the severity of the Comstock law
was condemned by the press of the world. Thus were these pioneers martyrs to the cause of
eugenics, now taught in many of our modern universities.
Notes for EMILY JANE BURGOYNE:
Not sure if her name was Jane or Emily. I show it both ways.
Children of NOAH HARMAN and EMILY BURGOYNE are:
143. i. COLFAX BURGOYNE5 HARMAN.
ii. MARY FRANCIS HARMAN, d. 1921.
Notes for MARY FRANCIS HARMAN:
Mary Harman never married.
Mary Frances Harman was an unusually industrious, studious and serious minded girl, on the farm. Her fame as a declaimer spread over her home county and her face was familiar as the last to remain in the many standing spelling matches in the rural and village schools. Oftimes assisting at farm work, driving the sulky rake or riding the horses hitched to the harrow, she acquired a strong physique and became a real type of health, cleanliness and beauty.
She was a graduate of the State Agricultural College, post graduate of same, graduate and post graduate of Kansas State Normal, did post graduate work at the State University at Lawrence, attended three terms at Chicago University, three terms in the Chicago School of Arts, three sessions in Harvard Annex.
Specializing in art, she possessed a rare art library and was principal of the Art School of the
Kansas City, Kan. high school for sixteen years, after teaching in the state school for the deaf
three years, besides several seasons at Lake View, Kan. For three years she was a Christian
Science reader in a church in Kansas City, Mo. she never married. She died in 1921.
144. iii. CYNTHIA LOCKHART HARMAN.
145. iv. JOHN BRIGHT HARMAN.
v. ANDREW HARMAN.
Notes for ANDREW HARMAN:
He died at age 3.
146. vi. EMMA HORTENSA HARMAN.
vii. DAVID HUME HARMAN.
Notes for DAVID HUME HARMAN:
He died in infancy.
147. viii. NOAH WEBSTER HARMAN, b. Abt. 1856, VA, Now WV.
148. ix. CHARLES FOURIER HARMAN, b. 1858; d. May 03, 1903, Valley Falls, Kansas.
39. DAVID4 HARMAN (SOLOMAN3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born April 10, 1830 in
Pendelton Co. Va., and died April 16, 1909 in Upper Marlboro, VA. He married (1) PHOEBE
CARR August 03, 1854 in Pendleton Co. WV. She was born Abt. 1835, and died Bef. October
1857. He married (2) RUTH TETER October 08, 1857 in Pendleton Co. WV. She was born
November 1838 in Pendleton Co. WV, and died Aft. April 1909.
Notes for DAVID HARMAN:
DAVID HARMAN, b. April 10, 1830, Pendleton
Co., (W)
VA. (Source: Harman Gold Album.); d. April 16, 1909, Upper
Marlboro, MD.
(Source: Obituary); m. (1) PHOEBE CARR, August 03, 1854,
Pendleton Co.,
(W) VA. (Source: Microfilm on Pendleton Co., (W) VA.
marriages.); b. Abt.
1835; d. Bef. October 1857; m. (2) RUTH TETER, October 08,
1857,
Pendleton Co., (W) VA. (Source: Microfilm on marriages of
Pendleton
County, WV.); b. November 1838, Pendleton Co., (W) VA.; d.
Aft. April
1909.
Resided for awhile in Harman Hills on a farm and later moved to near Petersburg, Grant County
WV., where he became a prominent farmer and influential citizen.
Children of DAVID HARMAN and RUTH TETER are:
149. i. MARGARET R.5 HARMAN.
150. ii. CHARLES H. HARMAN.
iii. D. C. HARMAN.
151. iv. THADEUS S. HARMAN.
152. v. GEORGE BERLIN HARMAN.
40. MARY ANN4 HARMAN (SOLOMAN3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born 1832 in Harman
Hills, Pendelton Co. WV, and died 1911 in Williamstown, KS. She married ISAAC RAINS
November 29, 1853 in Pendleton Co. WV. He was born 1824, and died 1902.
Notes for MARY ANN HARMAN:
MARY ANN HARMAN, b. 1832, Harman Hills, PC,
(W) VA.
(Source: Hinkle Bulletin, page 571.); d. 1911, Williamstown,
KS. (Source:
HB, page 571.); m. ISAAC RAINES, November 29, 1853,
Pendleton Co., (W)
VA. (Source: Microfilm on Pendleton County marriages.); b.
1824 (Source:
HB, page 571.); d. 1902 (Source: HB, page 571.).
This Mary Ann was the sister of Job Harman. There were two Mary Ann Harmans. One was the
sister of Job Harman, the other was the daughter of Job Harman. His sister married Isaac Raines
and moved to Kansas. His daughter married William B. Kinworthy.
Children of MARY HARMAN and ISAAC RAINS are:
i. SOLON5 RAINS.
ii. CLARE RAINS.
41. ASA4 HARMAN (SOLOMAN3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born October 31, 1834 in Harman
Hills, Pendelton Co. WV, and died June 28, 1902 in Harman, Randolph County, WV. He
married (1) MARY ELIZABETH COOPER July 10, 1856 in Randolph County, WV. She was
born Abt. 1834 in Randolph County, WV, and died Bef. 1863. He married (2) BARBARA ANN
COOPER April 23, 1863 in Tucker County, WV. She was born October 25, 1838, and died
December 02, 1914.
Notes for ASA HARMAN:
ASA HARMAN, b. October 31, 1834, Harman
Hills, PC, (W)
VA. (Source: Harman Gold Album.); d. June 28, 1902, Harman,
Randolph Co.,
WV. (Source: Harman Gold Album.); m. (1) MARY ELIZABETH
COOPER, July 10,
1856, Randolph Co., (W) VA. (Source: Randolph County, WV
marriages, page
76.); b. Abt. 1834, Randolph Co., (W) VA.; d. Bef. 1863; m.
(2) BARBARA
ANN COOPER, April 23, 1863, Tucker Co., (W) VA. (Source: The
History of
Tucker County, WV., page 661.); b. October 25, 1838; d.
December 02,
Asa was a very prominent Baptist minister and the town of Harman West Va. was named for
him.
Asa Harman was educated in the common schools; became a farmer and also was one of the
most prominent German Baptist ministers in his state. He resided on a farm at what is now
known as the town of Harman, Randolph County, WV., the town being named in his honor. He
was one of the most prominent men in his section of the state, but mety with financial reverses
in the later years of his life, greatly interfering with the education of some of his children whom
he had attending the university of his state. He died in 1902. He married [1] Elizabeth Cooper
and [2] Barbara Cooper, sisters.
Notes for MARY ELIZABETH COOPER:
Elizabeth Cooper was a sister to Barbara Cooper.
Notes for BARBARA ANN COOPER:
Barbara Cooper was a sister to Elizabeth Cooper.
Children of ASA HARMAN and MARY COOPER are:
153. i. H. CLAY5 HARMAN.
154. ii. JOB HARMAN.
Children of ASA HARMAN and BARBARA COOPER are:
155. iii. SIMON P.5 HARMAN.
156. iv. MARY HARMAN.
157. v. JASON HARMAN.
42. JOB4 HARMAN (SOLOMAN3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born January 04, 1837 in Harman
Hills Pendelton Co. W. Va., and died February 19, 1919 in Crawford County, Missouri. He
married CATHERINE FLORENCE MALLOW August 05, 1858 in Pendelton Co. W. Va.,
daughter of AMOS MALLOW and PHOEBE MOUSE. She was born May 09, 1835 in Mallow
Hills, Pendelton Co., W. Va., and died March 13, 1924 in Crawford County, Missouri.
Notes for JOB HARMAN:
1860 Crawford Co., MO. census, microfilm, family #788/782:
Job Harmon,
Jr., 23, farmer, 750/432, VA.
Catherine Harmon, 24, VA.
Emilion Harmon, 1, female
1870 Liberty Township, Crawford County, MO., family #14/14:
Job Harmon, 33, farmer, 600/585,
VA
Catherine Harmon, 34, VA
Evaline Harmon, 10, female, VA
Mary A. Harmon, 9, MO
William Harmon, 8, MO
Phebe C. Harmon, 6, MO
Samuel? Harmon, 4, MO
Durtha Harmon, 2, female, MO
Henry Harmon, 3/12, (March), MO
Job had 10 children and lived in Missouri, *Hinkle Bulletin,
page 571. I
also have his death year as 1920. He was a teacher,
merchant and farmer.
He moved to Crawford Co., MO., *Teter Genealogy Book, page
51.
Date of death 1920, *Harman-Harmon Genealogy, page 170.
Date of death February 19, 1919, *Crawford County, MO book,
page 228.
Job is buried in the Liberty Cemetery, near Steelville, MO,
*Crawford
County, MO. book, page 227.
Job Harman m. CATHERINE MAY MALLOW, August 05, 1858, Pendleton Co., (W) VA.
(Source: Microfilm on marriages of Pendleton County. [Note.] Middle name May is possibly
incorrect. Probably is Florence.
LDS Film Number 1903794
Job Harman was born in Pendleton County, VA (Now West VA) on Jan 5, 1837.( other records say Jan. 4.) At 20 years of age, he married Catherine Mallow and they moved to Crawford County, MO in 1858; took up a homestead and lived there continuously until his death March 1920 (other records say Feb. 1919.)
His mother was Elizabeth "Betsy" Harmon, daughter of George Harmon. He told his children that his parents were not related, although bearing the same name, the only difference being one letter.
He was a successful farmer and business man; had a good education for that period; taught three
terms of school before leaving Virginia and several terms in Missouri, after retiring from farm
work; became a writer for local papers and wrote many beautiful poems, was a very pious and
religious man.
POEM BY JOB HARMAN
of Liberty township, Steelville, Missouri
Caption from the Mirror newspaper Jan. 19, 1967
(At the request of relatives and friends, we are reprinting the following item which last appeared in the Mirror on November 24, 1955)
We are grateful to Joe Benton who brings us the following bit of verse, taken from an old, old clipping from a Steelville newspaper which has been in the possession of his family for a good half -century. The poem and introduction concerns the death of Bent Edwards, whose grave, in accordance with his dying wish, became the origin of the present Edwards Cemetery in the Cherry Valley community. The death of Mr. Bent Edwards occurred some 75 years ago.
Some years since, a young man of this county, who had been an enthusiastic hunter, died and
just before death requested his father to bury him at an old deer lick, where he had often watched
through the twilight for the cautious deer. His wish was regarded and his lone grave may still be
seen under the spreading oaks of the silent forest.--Ed,
The young Hunter's Grave
By Job Harman
Low lying on his bed of pain,
His pulses faint and few
"Grant my request," he said, and then
I'll bid you all adieu.
"Father, you know the old deer lick
Where many summer eves
I've heard the stealthy tramp of deer
Among the forest leaves.
"There I have watched with eager eyes,
In that deep solitude,
And listened to the wind's low sighs,
In contemplating mood.
"I've seen them come, I've seen them fall,
Those monarchs of the waste,
The antlered hart, so proud and tall,
And fawns so sly and chaste.
"While pulsed the life blood through my veins
In boyhood's brightest day,
And free and playful as the fawns
Life's morning passed away.
"Alas, my days are numbered now,
I pass within the vale,
Though only in the prime of life
My flesh and heart now fail.
"Consumption, that fell foe of man,
Doth lay me in the dust;
I yield to fate, I yield to God,
And in his mercy trust.
"Inter me at the old deer lick
Say, father, do you hear?
There let me sleep my last long sleep--
The place to me so dear;
"Where fawns shall gambol o'er my grave
And winds around me roar
And branches green above me wave
Till time shall be no more."
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More About JOB HARMAN:
Burial: February 1919, Liberty Cemetery Near Steelville Mo.
Notes for CATHERINE FLORENCE MALLOW:
Some doubt about birth year, 1835 or 1836.
More About CATHERINE FLORENCE MALLOW:
Burial: March 1924, Buried /Liberty Cemetery, Steelville, MO.
Marriage Notes for JOB HARMAN and CATHERINE MALLOW:
Marriage ceremony performed by Rev. George Schmucker.
Children of JOB HARMAN and CATHERINE MALLOW are:
158. i. EMELINE5 HARMAN, b. July 02, 1859, WV.
ii. MARY ANN HARMAN, b. 1861, MO; m. WILLIAM KINWORTHY.
Notes for MARY ANN HARMAN:
This Mary Ann Harman was the daughter of Job Harman. There were two Mary Ann Harmans.
The other one was the sister of Job Harman. They were Aunt and Niece to each other.
Notes for WILLIAM KINWORTHY:
Of St. Lewis, MO.
159. iii. WILLIAM CARVASSO HARMAN, b. September 10, 1862, Crawford County, Missouri; d. February 25, 1948, Crawford County, Missouri.
160. iv. PHOEBE ELIZABETH HARMAN, b. April 20, 1864; d. July 1922.
161. v. SAMUEL JOSHUA HARMAN, SR., b. February 24, 1866; d. March 03, 1929.
vi. DOROTHY JANE HARMAN, b. December 01, 1868; d. 1925; m. JEFF WESTOVER.
vii. AMOS M. HARMAN, b. March 24, 1870; d. April 06, 1940, Steelville, Missouri; m. ESTER
MAE GREGORY; b. April 21, 1880; d. March 21, 1949, Liberty Community, Steelville, MO..
Notes for AMOS M. HARMAN:
He is buried at Liberty Cemetery, Steelville, MO., next to his wife Ester Mae.
More About AMOS M. HARMAN:
Burial: April 1940, Liberty Community Cem. Steelville, MO
Notes for ESTER MAE GREGORY:
She is buried at Liberty Cem. next to her husband, Amos.
More About ESTER MAE GREGORY:
Burial: March 1949, Liberty Cemetery Near Steelville Mo.
162. viii. FLORENCE JEMIMA HARMAN, b. July 16, 1871, Steelville, Missouri; d. June 10, 1955, Claremore, Oklahoma.
163. ix. EFFIE MAY HARMAN, b. March 26, 1875; d. 1959.
x. SARAH LOU HARMAN, (LULU), b. May 05, 1878; d. June 08, 1960.
Notes for SARAH LOU HARMAN, (LULU):
Nick name Lulu
Sara never married. [Harman-Harmom geneology, page 171]
Buried at Liberty Cemetery near Steelville, MO. Stone says Lulu Harman, 1878--1960.
More About SARAH LOU HARMAN, (LULU):
Burial: 1960, Liberty Cemetery Near Steelville Mo..
43. SAMUEL4 HARMAN (SOLOMAN3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born Abt. 1838 in Harman
Hills, Pendelton Co. WV, and died Abt. 1875. He married EVE ELIZABETH BIBLE February
27, 1866 in Pendleton Co. WV. She was born March 08, 1847 in WV, and died December 16,
1916.
Notes for SAMUEL HARMAN:
SAMUEL H. HARMAN, b. Abt. 1838, Harman
Hills, PC, (W)
VA. (Source: Harman Gold Album.); d. Abt. 1875; m. EVE
ELIZABETH BIBLE,
February 27, 1866, Pendleton Co., WV. (Source: Microfilm on
marriages of
Pendleton County, WV.); b. March 08, 1847, (W) VA.; d.
December 16, 1916.
Born in Pendleton Coonty, WV; educated in the public schools; Taught school and later was
engaged in business on the North Fork in same County. Died with smallpox when yet a young
man.
Child of SAMUEL HARMAN and EVE BIBLE is:
164. i. HOWARD5 HARMAN.
44. JOSEPH WILLIAM4 HARMAN (SOLOMAN3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born July 27, 1842
in Pendelton Co. Va., and died April 02, 1925 in St. Petersburg, FL. He married MAHALA
MOUSE July 19, 1866 in Pendleton Co. WV. She was born September 07, 1845 in WV, and
died March 10, 1934 in Elkins, WV.
Notes for JOSEPH WILLIAM HARMAN:
JOSEPH WILLIAM HARMAN, b. July 27, 1842,
Harman
Hills, PC, (W) VA.; d. April 02, 1925, St. Petersburg, FL.
(Source: Roger
Teter.); m. MAHALA MOUSE, July 19, 1866, Pendleton Co., WV.;
b. September
07, 1845, Pendleton Co., (W) VA.; d. March 10, 1934, Elkins,
RC, WV.
He served in Civil war on side of the Union; was prominent merchant near the Mouth of
Seneca, Pendleton County, WV for many years, was in business at Davis, Tucker County several
years, ran a hotel at Harman, WV a few years, resided at Hambleton, WV several years; moved
to Elkins and ran a hotel there and later died at the home of his son, Preston, in St. Petersburg,
FLa.
Joseph and Benjamin seem to be born on the same day and year. Were they twins?
Children of JOSEPH HARMAN and MAHALA MOUSE are:
165. i. WILLIAM C.5 HARMAN.
ii. OLIVER G. HARMAN, m. STELLA NELSON.
Notes for OLIVER G. HARMAN:
They had no children
iii. CHARLES R. HARMAN, m. NEALE HARPER.
166. iv. LENA HARMAN.
v. LAURA HARMAN, m. EMORY JORDAN.
Notes for EMORY JORDAN:
No children
167. vi. ALICE HARMAN.
168. vii. PRESTON HARMAN.
169. viii. EMMA HARMAN.
ix. FLOYD HARMAN, m. GERTIE LONG.
Notes for FLOYD HARMAN:
No children
x. CALVIN HARMAN.
45. JESSE4 HARMAN (SOLOMAN3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born April 07, 1845 in Harman
Hills, Pendelton Co. Va., and died April 15, 1922 in Harman, Randolph County, WV. He
married SARAH COOPER March 25, 1869 in Randolph County, WV. She was born June 05,
1848 in Randolph County, WV, and died April 29, 1914.
Notes for JESSE HARMAN:
JESSE HARMAN, b. April 07, 1845, Harman
Hills, PC, (W)
VA.; d. April 15, 1922, Harman, Randolph Co., WV.; m. SARAH
COOPER, March
25, 1869, Randolph Co., WV. (Source: Book: Randolph Co., WV
Marriages,
1787-1923, page 96.); b. June 05, 1848, Randolph Co., (W)
VA.; d. April
29, 1914.
He was a prominent farmer near Harman, Randolph County, WV.
Children of JESSE HARMAN and SARAH COOPER are:
i. SOLOMON5 HARMAN, d. Columbus, Ohio; m. DELPHIA BAZZLE.
170. ii. JONAS HARMAN.
171. iii. HARRIS HARMAN.
iv. CORA HARMAN.
172. v. MARY HARMAN.
vi. EMMA HARMAN, m. DR. W. R. DOVE.
vii. BLANCH HARMAN.
Notes for BLANCH HARMAN:
Unmarried
.
46. EMILY JANE4 HARMAN (SOLOMAN3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born October 19, 1848
in Harman Hills, Pendelton Co. Va., and died December 16, 1908 in Tucker County, WV. She
married JOHN A. TETER March 11, 1869 in Randolph County, WV. He was born August 03,
1841 in Pendleton Co. WV, and died April 12, 1906.
Notes for EMILY JANE HARMAN:
EMILY JANE HARMAN, b. October 19, 1848,
Harman Hills,
PC, (W) VA.; d. December 16, 1908, Tucker Co., WV.; m. JOHN
A. TETER,
March 11, 1869, Randolph Co., WV. (Source: Randolph County
marriages,
page 96.); b. August 03, 1841, Pendleton Co., (W) VA.; d.
April 12, 1906.
Notes for JOHN A. TETER:
They lived on a farm near Red Creek, Tucker County, WV.
Children of EMILY HARMAN and JOHN TETER are:
i. LILLEE5 TETER.
ii. ROBERT TETER.
iii. FRANK TETER.
iv. KENNY TETER.
v. MALISSA TETER.
vi. ANNA TETER.
47. SOLOMAN4 HARMAN, JR. (SOLOMAN3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born August 18, 1851
in Mouth of Seneca, WV, and died October 24, 1937 in Alburquerque, NM. He married (1)
KATE UNKNOWN. He married (2) SARAH CATHERINE HARPER January 18, 1872 in
Pendleton Co. WV. She was born March 29, 1853 in Circleville, Pendleton Co., WV, and died
September 06, 1896 in Las Vegas, NM.
Notes for SOLOMAN HARMAN, JR.:
SOLOMON E. HARMAN, JR., b. August 18, 1851,
Mouth of
Seneca, (W) VA.; d. October 24, 1937, Alburquerque, BC, NM.
(Source:
Death record); m. (1) KATE; m. (2) SARAH CATHERINE HARPER,
January 18,
1872, Pendleton Co., WV. (Source: Microfilm on Pendleton
Co., WV
marriages.); b. March 29, 1853, Circleville, (W) VA.; d.
September 06,
1896, E. Las Vegas, SM C, NM.
He was a merchant at Petersburg, WV, Moved west to New Mexico.
Children of SOLOMAN HARMAN and SARAH HARPER are:
i. IRVING5 HARMAN.
Notes for IRVING HARMAN:
Resides at Simla, CO.
ii. BERTHA HARMAN, m. WILLIAMS.
Notes for WILLIAMS:
Resides in Albuquerque, NM
iii. HARPER HARMAN.
Notes for HARPER HARMAN:
Resides at Winslow, AZ.
iv. OWEN HARMAN.
Notes for OWEN HARMAN:
Resides at El Paso, TX.
.
48. ISAAC4 HARMAN (CHRISTINA3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born November 02, 1826. He
married SARAH HINKLE March 02, 1847 in Pendleton Co. VA, daughter of CAIN HINKLE.
Notes for ISAAC HARMAN:
Isaac Harman was born Nov. 2, 1826 in Harman Hills, Married Sarah Hinkle, daughter of Cain Hinkle of North Fork in Pendleton Co. WV.
He was a farmer and lived in the Harman Hills on part of the old home farm which his father partly gave to him.
He was a sufferer from Asthma which followed exposure in the Civil War and he died when
about 65 years old.
Children of ISAAC HARMAN and SARAH HINKLE are:
173. i. ELLEN5 HARMAN.
174. ii. ADDISON HARMAN.
175. iii. ISAAC NEWTON HARMAN.
176. iv. CLARK HARMAN.
177. v. SOLOMON HARMAN.
178. vi. SADINE HARMAN.
vii. MARY HARMAN.
179. viii. ANNA HARMAN.
ix. SAMUEL HARMAN.
Notes for SAMUEL HARMAN:
Samuel was a school teacher.
x. ISAIAH HARMAN.
Notes for ISAIAH HARMAN:
Isaiah was a school teacher.
180. xi. LOUISA HARMAN.
49. SARAH ANN4 HARMAN (CHRISTINA3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born 1828 in Harman
Hills, WV, and died August 16, 1864. She married REV. JOHN K. NELSON. He died October
19, 1896.
Notes for REV. JOHN K. NELSON:
Rev. Nelson was a United Brethren minister who later became Presiding Elder in his church and resided for awhile at Martinsburg, WV. He died Oct. 19, 1896.
They had 9 children, two of which died in infancy.
Children of SARAH HARMAN and REV. NELSON are:
181. i. MARY E.5 NELSON, b. September 07, 1849.
182. ii. MARTHA J. NELSON, b. November 25, 1850; d. Abt. 1894.
183. iii. WESLEY HARMAN NELSON, b. November 25, 1850.
184. iv. WILLIAM O. NELSON, b. June 29, 1854.
v. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN NELSON, b. 1857; d. 1864.
vi. ANNA ASENATH NELSON, b. 1859; d. Bef. 1927.
185. vii. MALINDA KATHERINE NELSON, b. June 12, 1861; d. January 06, 1899.
50. MALINDA4 HARMAN (CHRISTINA3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born December 25, 1829
in Harman Hills, WV. She married ROBERT VANCE.
Notes for ROBERT VANCE:
They moved to Grant County, WV, and lived near Arthur on a farm.
Children of MALINDA HARMAN and ROBERT VANCE are:
i. SALLIE5 VANCE.
186. ii. BENJAMIN COKE VANCE.
51. JOHN H.4 HARMAN (CHRISTINA3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born January 22, 1834 in
Harman Hills, WV, and died Abt. 1915 in Alaska, Mineral Co. WV. He married MARY
RICHIE.
Notes for JOHN H. HARMAN:
John H. Harman was born Jan. 22, 1834 in Harman Hills, Pendleton County, WV, a son of Samuel and Christina [Harman] Harman; Married Mary Ritchie of Brocks Gap, VA; first resided on a farm in the Harman Hills, then moved to Kline in the same county where he conducted a general merchandise store for many years, later buying the Andrew Dyer farm at Upper Tract, same county, and he and his son-in-law, J. Morgan Armstrong, formed a partnership in the name of Harman & Armstrong and ran a store at the village of Upper Tract for several years, following which he retired from the mercantile business and bought a farm near Alaska, Mineral County, same state, where he lived until his death which occurred when about 81 years old.
He was the father of 5 or more children. He was recognized as one of the leading and most
prosperous citizens wherever he lived. He was a grandson of George Harman the first, and Isaac
Harman, the first, of Pendleton County, same state.
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SEE PHOTO IN SCRAPBOOK OF JOHN H. HARMAN showing John H. and Mary [Richie] Harman and all five of their children. Viewing the picture, standing, left to right is: Etta [Harman] Armstrong; Kate [Harman] Horn; Charles Harman; Della [Harman] Kiser;
Sitting, Left to Right is: John Sheridan Harman, Mary [Richie] Harman,[the mother], and John H. Harman [the father].
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Notes for MARY RICHIE:
Of Brocks Gap, VA.
Children of JOHN HARMAN and MARY RICHIE are:
187. i. J. SHERIDAN5 HARMAN.
188. ii. KATHERINE C. HARMAN.
189. iii. DELLA M. HARMAN.
190. iv. ETTA HARMAN.
191. v. CHARLES HARMAN.
52. NAOMI4 HARMAN (CHRISTINA3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born May 01, 1836 in
Harman Hills, WV, and died April 08, 1894 in Danville, Ill. She married GEORGE KITER
LARGENT June 07, 1855. He died August 26, 1892 in Danville, Ill.
Notes for NAOMI HARMAN:
Naomi Harman, daughter of Samuel and Christina [Harman] Harman was born may 1, 1836 in the Harman HIlls, Pendleton County WV and was married to George Kiter Largent June 7, 1855.
They moved from WV to near Urbans, ILL where he became a successful and prosperous
farmer.
Notes for GEORGE KITER LARGENT:
They moved from WV to near Urbana, ILL. where he became a successful and prosperous
farmer. He sold his farm in 1891 and retired from active life, purchasing a home in Danville, Ill,
where he lived until his death, Aug. 26, 1892. His wife died in Danville April 8, 1894
Children of NAOMI HARMAN and GEORGE LARGENT are:
i. JACOB WESLEY5 LARGENT, b. August 24, 1856, Virginia; d. February 02, 1877, Urbana, Ill.
192. ii. ELIZABETH CATHERINE LARGENT, b. June 18, 1859; d. May 27, 1923, Chicago, ILL..
iii. SAMUEL DAVID LARGENT, b. August 29, 1861; m. HELEN EDGERTON, June 20, 1906.
Notes for SAMUEL DAVID LARGENT:
Samuel David Largent, son of George K, and Naomi [Harman] Largent was born Aug. 29, 1861 in Virginia; married Helen Edgerton of Marshall, Mich., June 20, 1906 and resides at Great Falls, Mont.
He taught eight years in Illinois and in August 1891, was elected principal of the high school at Great Falls, Mont., and the following year he was promoted to the position of Superintendent and has held that position ever since with the exception of two years, his contract expiring Sept. 1, 1929.
Great Falls is a city of over thirty thousand population, the second city in the state; 196 teachers are employed in its schools and there are 6,200 students [1927].
He was a member of the State Board of Education for thirteen years, serving under three
different governors, is a past Master of Cascade Lodge No. 34 and Euclid Lodge No. 58 Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons of Montana; is a member of Chapter no. 9, Royal Arch Masons;
Black Eagle Commandery Knight Templars and of Alegria Temple of the Order of the Mystic
Shrine, Helena, Mont. He is also a member of the Great Falls Chamber of Commerce; Meadow
Lark Country Club; Rotary International; life member Montana Education Association and a
member of the National Education Association since 1889.
193. iv. GEORGE GRANT LARGENT, b. November 22, 1863, West Virginia.
194. v. JOHN AMBY LARGENT, b. May 07, 1866, Peoria, ILL; d. July 19, 1919, Berkeley, CA.
195. vi. CHARLES ADAM LARGENT, b. March 31, 1868, Peoria, ILL; d. September 16, 1895.
vii. ROSA MAY LARGENT, b. May 20, 1872, Tolono, ILL; m. JOSEPH W. CULP, July 24,
1895.
Notes for ROSA MAY LARGENT:
Rosa May Largent, daughter of George K. and Naomi [Harman] Largent was born at Tolono, ILL. May 20, 1872 and was married to Joseph W. Culp, a building contractor, July 24, 1895 and resides at Danville, ILL.
.
53. REBECCA4 HARMAN (CHRISTINA3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born January 07, 1838 in
Harman Hills, WV, and died June 09, 1909 in Missouri. She married JACOB LARGENT.
Notes for REBECCA HARMAN:
She married Jacob Largent and moved to Urbana, ILL., where her husband died leaving her with
four small children and she returned to her father's place in Pendleton County, later moved to
Upper Tract, Pendleton County where she resided for many years and where she served as
postmistress for several years.
Children of REBECCA HARMAN and JACOB LARGENT are:
196. i. WILLIAM P.5 LARGENT.
ii. MARY LARGENT, m. MICHAEL H. MOUSE.
Notes for MICHAEL H. MOUSE:
They resided for many years near Mouth of Seneca and then moved to Missouri. Resides near
Adrian.Resided on their farm at Mouth of Seneca, later moving to Missouri, near Adrian.
197. iii. ROSA LARGENT.
54. DAVID H.4 HARMAN (CHRISTINA3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born May 30, 1842, and
died September 1897. He married (1) CYNTHA JANE HEDRICK, daughter of MARTHA. She
died June 14, 1869. He married (2) JOANNA HUFFMAN, daughter of GEORGE HUFFMAN.
Notes for DAVID H. HARMAN:
David H. Harman, son of Samuel and Christina [Harman] Harman, was born May 30, 1842, died Sept. 1897; was reared in the Harman Hills, Pendleton County, WV; taught school; served in the Civil War and was captured and imprisoned in the Confederate prison at Lynchburg, VA and was released from prison in the battle of Lynchburg; came back home and he and Cyntha Jane Hedrick, daughter of Solomon and Martha [Armstrong] Hedrick of Pendleton County, managed to get through the military lines and were married and immediately went to Charleston, ILL, where his wife had some relatives; soon contracted ague and was sent back to WV by his doctors and spent the rest of his live mostly on a farm in Pendleton County. He never regained his health and died, aged 55 years. Children to this marriage: Charles Grant, Mary Alice and John William. David's wife, Cyntha Jane died June 14, 1869, just 1 1/2 month after John William was born.
David then married Joanna Huffman, daughter of George Huffman of Pendleton County.
Children of this marriage were: Carrie, who grew to womanhood and died; Fannie, Minnie,
Martha, Linnie, Jennie, May, David Milton, Percy A., Jesse S. and Casper. [Total of 11 for this
marriage and three for the first marriage]
Marriage Notes for DAVID HARMAN and CYNTHA HEDRICK:
THE STORY OF DAVID AND CYNTHA HARMAN
DURING THE CIVIL WAR
Samuel Harman, a prominent farmer resided in the Harman Hills, Pendleton County, VA. (Now
WV). He was opposed to slavery and to secession, and his sons, Amby and David H. were
Union soldiers.
Solomon Hedrick, who owned several farms, resided on the North Fork in Pendleton County, not
far from where Samuel Harman lived. Samuel's son, David, was a school teacher before he
entered the war service, and Cyntha Jane Hedrick, daughter of Solomon, was one of his pupils
and the school house stood on part of Solomon Hedrick's farm.
Solomon Hedrick was not a slaveholder; was opposed to dividing the Union and supported the
Bell and Everett ticket in the 1860 election. But some of his close kin were slave holders and
when the war came on, his sympathies were with the South and, on account of his sympathies
and supposed activities, the Union forces gathered him up and took him to Camp Chase, Ohio,
where he was kept a prisoner for some time. While there, his brother, Philip Hedrick, who lived
in Delaware County, Ind., sent him $5.00.
While Solomon was kept in prison, his daughter, Cyntha (being the oldest child of the family)
took the place of her father in looking after his farms, and her sister, Mary, married Peter
McDonald, who was a captain in the Confederate army.
David H. Harman was captured by the Confederate soldiers and was held as a prisoner in the
Confederate prison at Lynchburg, VA, for about eighteen months, being released at the battle of
Lynchburg, when he made his way through the mountains to his home.
Not long after his return (he and Cyntha Hedrick having an attachment for each other from the
time she went to school to him) laid their plans to be married and worked their way through the
army lines; were married and went to her aunt's in Illinois.
While there she wrote the following letter to her Uncle Philip:
Charleston Coles County, ILL.,
April 2nd, 1865
Dear Uncle and Family:
I embrace this opportunity to write to you a few lines to let you know that I and my husband are
enjoying good health and hope these lines may find you and yours enjoying the same state of
health. I am staying with one of my aunts at this time and have been the principal part of my
time since I came from Virginia. Intended to stop and see you as I came from Virginia but did
not know the name of the station where you lived, and, by depending on one Mr. Wimer who
came with us from Virginia, I suppose we took the wrong route at Columbus, Ohio. I suppose
you received the letter from Father stating that I had run off and married a man by the name of
D. H. Harman. I will try and state to you some facts in regard to that. My husband was a Union
soldier and we did not wish to make our intentions known to many as the rebs were very thick in
that vicinity at that time. So, we concluded to get married without making much ado about it as
the rebs had been intercepting such meetings. So, we just went to Randolph County where we
could procure license and got married. They all knew that we were going to get married. This is
the way we ran off. The money Father sent you with us is comeatable. We will either send it to
you by mail if you think it safe to do so, or bring it with us as we return to Virginia next fall just
as you please about it. I wish you to give us the name of the station where we will get off in
Delaware County to come to see you. We will be to see you this coming fall if nothing happens
more than I know of at this time. The money I speak of is the five dollars you sent to Father
when he was at Camp Chase, Ohio. Please write to us and give us the news if you get any news
from Virginia. We heard from home about six weeks ago. The news was bad. The rebs were
still annoying our country by raiding and robbing citizens. I will have to close for this time.
Write soon if you please. Yours as ever,
Cyntha J. Harman
Within a month or so after the foregoing letter was written, David H. Harman became very ill
with ague and his doctor advised him to return to Virginia which he did and he never fully
recovered from the effects the ague.
Cyntha, his wife died June 14, 1869 in Pendleton County and left three children, the youngest
being only two months and 14 days old. About two years after her death, her father, Solomon
Hedrick, died, leaving a will which touched his Harman grandchildren lightly, the war feeling
still running high.
About 59 years after Cyntha wrote the letter to her Uncle Philip, a great granddaughter of Philip,
(Laura P. Bowen) when assisting her father, Dr. Payton of Muncie, Ind., in settling up the estate,
in searching about the old home for property, found in the attic, in a wooden box, a number of
old letters written to Philip Hedrick, the foregoing letter written by Cyntha being one of them.
Note: After Cyntha died, David remarried and had 8 more children making a total of 11 in all.
He never fully recovered from the ague and died at age 55. David was the father of the author of
the "Harman-Harmon Genealogy and Biography book, published in 1928. David and Cyntha's
child that was 2 months and 14 days old when Cyntha died was John William Harman, the
author of said book.
Children of DAVID HARMAN and CYNTHA HEDRICK are:
198. i. CHARLES GRANT5 HARMAN, b. November 28, 1865.
199. ii. MARY ALICE HARMAN, b. November 19, 1867, Pendelton, Co. WV.
200. iii. JOHN WILLIAM HARMAN, b. April 01, 1869, Harman Hills, WV.
Children of DAVID HARMAN and JOANNA HUFFMAN are:
iv. MINNIE5 HARMAN, b. April 28, 1870, Harman Hills, WV; m. LOYD M. KUHN.
Notes for LOYD M. KUHN:
He is a merchant at Monongah, WV and resides there. No children.
v. FANNIE HARMAN, b. December 11, 1874; m. GEORGE GIBBONS.
Notes for FANNIE HARMAN:
Fannie [Huffman] Harman was born Dec. 11, 1874, and reared in the Harman Hills of WV;
educated in the common schools; married George Gibbons of Parkersburg, WV, and
Englishman. Husband died. No living children.
201. vi. MARTHA HARMAN, b. August 03, 1876, Harman Hills, WV.
vii. DAVID MILTON HARMAN, b. June 05, 1880, Harman Hills, WV; m. REBECCA
HAWKINS.
Notes for DAVID MILTON HARMAN:
He became a school teacher and salesman; married Rebecca Hawkins and resides in Fairmont,
WV.
202. viii. JENNIE HARMAN, b. October 02, 1882.
203. ix. LINNIE HARMAN, b. April 08, 1884, Harman Hills, WV.
204. x. PERCY A. HARMAN, b. August 16, 1892, Pendelton, Co. WV; d. October 1974, Orrville, Ohio (See More).
205. xi. JESSE S. HARMAN, b. January 29, 1895, Pendelton, Co. WV.
55. MARTHA4 HARMAN (CHRISTINA3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born 1850 in Harman Hills,
WV. She married ADAM MOUSE September 29, 1868, son of MICHAEL MOUSE, SR.. He
died 1890.
Notes for MARTHA HARMAN:
After her husband's death in 1890 she moved with her family to Dayton, Ohio where she still
resides [1928].
Notes for ADAM MOUSE:
Lives on a farm near Mouth of Seneca, WV. Then moved to Rushville, VA.
Children of MARTHA HARMAN and ADAM MOUSE are:
206. i. PALLIE5 MOUSE.
ii. CHARLES MOUSE, m. BURTHA ANDERSON.
207. iii. RADIE C. MOUSE.
208. iv. JOHN A. MOUSE.
209. v. FANNIE MOUSE.
vi. ANDREW MOUSE, m. CLARA DINISON.
210. vii. ETTA M. MOUSE.
211. viii. LAURA A. MOUSE.
212. ix. LENA T. MOUSE.
213. x. FRANK G. MOUSE.
56. JOSHUA4 HARMAN (ISAAC3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born in Harman Hills, WV. He
married SARAH TETER.
Notes for JOSHUA HARMAN:
Joshua Harman was born in Harman Hills, married Sarah Teter and resided in Pendleton County,
WV. Was killed near Mouth of Seneca in Civil War.
Children of JOSHUA HARMAN and SARAH TETER are:
214. i. JANE ANN5 HARMAN.
215. ii. FRANCES HARMAN.
57. ELIJAH4 HARMAN (ISAAC3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born in Harman Hills, WV. He
married PHOEBE J. HARPER.
Notes for ELIJAH HARMAN:
Elijah Harman was born in Harman Hill, WV, married Phoebe J. Harper and was a successful
farmer in the Harman Hills. He served in the Civil War and was noted for his bravery. On one
occasion when a bunch of Union soldiers was ambushed by the Confederates near the home of
Samuel Harman in the Harman Hills and a fierce battle ensued, he was the last Union soldier
who stood fire until his last shot was fired, when he made his escape.
Children of ELIJAH HARMAN and PHOEBE HARPER are:
216. i. ULYSSES5 HARMAN.
ii. BERTHA HARMAN, m. (1) WALTER HARMAN; m. (2) H. JOHNSON.
217. iii. MOLLIE HARMAN.
iv. ELAN HARMAN.
v. CECIL HARMAN.
vi. LUTHER HARMAN.
58. ENOS4 HARMAN (ISAAC3, ISAAC2, MATTHIAS1) was born in Harman Hills, WV. He
married MARTHA SHIRK.
Notes for ENOS HARMAN:
They first lived on a far