Harter, Frank

HARTER, GEARHART, MCMURTRY

Posted By: Volunteer Transcriber
Date: 8/12/2009 at 19:32:00

Harter, Frank

This young gentleman is a member of one of the oldest and most respected families in the vicinity of Colfax, Jasper County. His father, John Harter, and his mother, Sarah (Gearhart) Harter, were natives of Iowa. The father was a merchant by trade, and in this pursuit was very successful. In 1873 he started for the far southern state of Texas, and there made his home in Henrietta until his death, I which occurred in 1884. His widow still makes her home there.

Our subject is one of a family of five children born to his worthy parents, all of whom are living, viz.: Julia, who is the wife of Andrew McMurtry and lives in Clay County, Tex.; Nellie, Frank, Willie and Nettie. The last named make their home with their mother in Texas.

Frank Harter, of whom we write this brief history, was born in Colfax on the 24th of August 1871, and obtained a good education in the city schools. He has been a great traveler, and has visited many of the states of the Union, as yet having no great responsibility to keep him from seeking pleasure at all times. He is the possessor of a fine ranch in Texas near the city of Henrietta, where he makes his home. Portrait and Biographical Record, Jasper, Marshall and Grundy Counties, IA Page 269.