Harlan, Lewis

HARLAN

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 7/5/2021 at 14:41:55

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.636

HARLAN, LEWIS, farmer, Belmont Township, Sec. 23; P. O. Felix; born August 7, 1823, in Marion county, Ohio; parents moved to Pikes county, Indiana, in 1828, and to Peoria county, Ill., in 1836; here he lived till 1854, when he came to this county and settled where he now lives; he owns a farm of 120 acres, and the first house he built on it was of hay, straw, and mud; helped to organize the township, and voted at the first election; has been assessor; he enlisted in Co. D, 34th Iowa Infantry in August, 1862, as a private, and was promoted to Sergeant, January 5, 1863; he served to May 20, 1863, when he was discharged on sccount of injuries received in left arm, while in the line of duty; was in the battles of Haines' Bluff and Arkansas Post, and many other skirmishes; he was married October 8, 1846, to Evaline, daughter of Joseph Chapin, now a resident of this township; they have had ten children: Geo. E., Ruth, Joseph, John, Martha, Marian, James, Infant, Willie, and Ray; Geo. E., John, James and Infant are deceased.