Harman, Charley O.

HARMAN, BOYLE, MAYO, MILLIGAN, BACHMAN

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Date: 8/16/2010 at 01:16:14

CHARLEY O. HARMAN

The farm in Madison township on which Charley O. Harman makes his home has always been his place of residence, for here he was born on the 23rd of April, 1881, a son of Henry and Julia A. (Boyle) Harman, the former born in Montgomery county, Illinois, October 11, 1839, and the latter in Crawfordsville, Indiana, December 14, 1848.  From the time of the father's return from the Civil war until four years ago he followed farming in Madison township on the place on which our subject now resides.  He is now living retired in Brooklyn but the mother is deceased, her death occurring on the 21st of March, 1910.  More extended mention of the parents is made in connection with the sketch of Roland O. Harman, printed elsewhere in this volume.

Charley O. Harman was reared in the usual manner of farm lads, his time and attention during the period of his boyhood and youth being devoted to the various duties of the home farm such as the work of plowing, planting and harvesting.  When his services could be spared on the farm he attended district school No. 4 and there received the education that fitted him to face the responsibilities of life.  In 1908 he rented the homestead farm on section 19, Madison township, and is here engaged in general farming and stock-raising, dealing in the better grades of cattle, horses and hogs.

Mr. Harman was married on the 14th of June, 1903, to Miss Margaret Mayo, a daughter of John and Jane (Milligan) Mayo.  The father was born in England, while the mother was born in Kirkcudbright, Scotland.  They emigrated to America in their childhood days, he at the age of eleven years and she at the age of fourteen years.  The two families located in Illinois and it was in that state that Mr. and Mrs. Mayo were married, after which they removed to Tama county, Iowa, where the father was engaged in farming until his death.  They were the parents of seven children, but only four are now living:  Edward, who follows farming in Tama county; James, also a farmer of that county; Bessie, the wife of Charles Bachman, a farmer residing near Rockford, Illinois; and Margaret, now Mrs. Harman.

Mr. Harman gives his political support to the democratic party, while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, to which his wife also belongs.  He belongs to that class of representative young men who rapidly discern opportunities of improvement and who are rapidly forging to the front, and no doubt the future holds for him abundant success and prosperity.

- pp. 4395-440, History of Poweshiek County, Vol. II; Parker, Prof. L. F.
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, IL; 1911