Re: William Ed Harmon
HARMON, WILLIAM ED, HARMON, JOHN HENRY, JACOBS, ALICE ETTA, JACOBS, BENJAMIN
Posted By: Rick Bergman (email) In Response To: William Ed Harmon (Daniel Friedlander)
Date: 4/6/2010 at 06:26:38
Daniel
I am not related but here is what I found on free sites.
From Bremer IA GENWEBHARMON, William P
HARMON - REEVES
Posted By: Mary E Boyer
Date: 2/14/2007 at 15:50:13
WILLIAM P HARMON
(1883 History of Bremer County - page 856)
WILLIAM P. HARMON was born in St. Stephens, New Brunswick. His youth was spent at Calias, Maine, where he received a good common school education, or rather, educating himself, for he was in every respect a self-made man. He read law at Calias, Maine, which borough he represented in the State Legislature. Seeking his fortune in the western world, he tried his luck with indifferent success in various places, and finally came to this State and settled at Cedar Rapids, where he remained a few years, and then went to Independence, Iowa, where he remained until 1853; there he married Alzina E, a daughter of Manassah REEVES, Esq., and immediately removed to Waverly, where he remained until his death. He was the proprietor of the town, and it was mainly though his energies and perseverance that it owes its present prosperity. In every enterprise of a philanthropic or patriotic nature he was ever foremost, and his private charities were almost without number. He devoted his energies entirely to his business, and never would accept a public office, except when convinced the public good and his duty required it. He held the office of prosecuting attorney for county when that office was one of the most important in the county. He also represented his district in the State Legislature. He labored long and ardently to give Waverly the benefits of railroad communication, and lived to see from his chamber window, just before his death, the cars arrive on Bremer Avenue. He was buried Monday, the 19th day of December, 1884, by the Masonic Fraternity, of which he was a member. In his death, Waverly lost one of its best men, a loss hard to replace. He left a wife, three daughters and one son to mourn his loss, together with a large circle of friends. EndFrom Familysearch.org Family Record search:
1870 Census Family # 1Black Hawk, Cedar Falls Benjamin and Lucinda Jacobs , Alice
Family #2 Alzina Gardener b NY 1829 divorced with daughters Jennie 14, Lillian10, Lorine 8 and son William P. 6 (Note: Marriage of Alzina Harmon to B. M. Gardner listed on Bremer IAGenweb 19 Jul 1869. The biographical sketch at first glance seems to conflict but if William P. Harmon remarried after divorce he did leave a wife and 4 children by his first marriage)1880 Census search for Harmon’s in Bremer County
Family #3 Henry Harmon, b 1817 New Brunswick, Mary wife b 1835 New Brunswick, Hettie 1858, Nettie 1873, Charles F.1864Family #4 St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
John K.(sic) Harmon 29 IL Pedler par b. Ger. Alice E. Harmon 27 NY keeping house NY IRE
William Harmon 7 son b IA Pearl Harmon 5 b IA1900 census Los Angeles California 15 th Precinct
John Henry Harmon b 1851 Illinois both parents b. Rhode Island profession Bricklayer
Alice Etta Harmon b 1854 NY parents b. Ireland 1 child born 1 child alive married 28 years
Pearl Harmon b 1875 Iowa saleslady
( Two conflicts are obvious, “Rhode Island” could be a misinterpretation of a place in Germany. Second Alice said only one child was born to her and one child is living. Either, son William has died or she was confused by the census taker)Conclusion: John Henry Harmon has a German origin and is probably not related to Henry or William Patterson Harmon, both of whom were born in New Brunswick, Canada.
The best source of biographical information on these German Harmon’s is likely to be in the form of an obituary in a Los Angeles newspaper. Death dates may be found in California on a statewide index that is on microfiche or on Ancestry.comRegards
Rick Bergman
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