Harbert, Benj. F. (1853-1924)

HARBERT

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Date: 9/22/2019 at 22:40:12

Benjamin Franklin Harbert
July 6, 1853 - Feb 16, 1924

(From the 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, p.315)
B.F. HARBERT, a worthy citizen residing on section 18, Macedonia Township, first came to this county and settled upon that place in 1881. He was born July 6, 1853, in Peoria Co, Illinois, son of Parcus HARBERT, a native of Johnson Co., Indiana, and of English and Scotch ancestry. Parcus HARBERT married Mary Ann HULICK, a native of Indiana, and moved to Illinois in 1853. Some time afterward, he returned to Indiana on a visit, and then in 1854 he came west with his family and settled in Mills Co, Iowa, in pioneer times. He died in Glenwood, in 1865, and his widow is now residing with her son, the subject of this sketch. They reared five children: America, now the wife of Joseph CRAMER of Wayne Co, Nebraska; B.F. was the next born; Katie, now the wife of J.M. COONS of Macedonia Township; Michael who lives in Mills Co; and John, a resident of Carson Township. Mr. HARBERT was brought up a farmer; was but ten years of age when his father died, and being the eldest son, greater responsibilities fell upon him. He now owns a fine farm of 180 acres. In politics he is a Democrat and in religion a member of the Christian Church. He was married March 4, 1880 to Miss Cynthia A. CRAMER, who was born and reared in Mills County, daughter of John and Elizabeth (McMULLIN) CRAMER.