Documentation for Isaiah Harmeson

22. Documentation for Isaiah James Harmeson
(May 13, 1825 to Dec 9, 1887)
father of Lucy Jane Harmison
(Apr 1851 to Jan 30, 1908)
Isaiah James Harmeson was born in May 13, 1825, in Belmont County, Ohio.(1)
His parents were William Harmeson and Elizabeth Farnsworth.(2) William and
Elizabeth were married August 19, 1824, in Belmont County, York Township, Ohio.(3)
William Harmison was born July 29, 1800, in Belmont County, Ohio.(4) Elizabeth
Farnsworth was born May 20, 1805, in Hampshire, Virginia.(5)
Isaiah Harmeson married Melissa Perkins about 1848 when he was about 23
years old and she was about 18 years old.(6) Melissa Perkins probably was born either
December 15, 1829, or January 23, 1830, in Indiana.(7) She was the daughter of George
Perkins and Agnes Allen.(8) George Perkins married Agnes Allen on February 24, 1829,
in Wayne County, Indiana.(9) George Perkins was born October 15, 1808, in Greenbrier
County, Virginia (now West Virginia).(10) Agnes Allen probably was born in 1811 in
Surry County, North Carolina.(11)
Since the father of Isaiah, William Harmeson, is listed in the 1840 census of
Madison Co., Indiana, it is probable that Isaiah met and married his wife while he was
in that area.(12) The following list provides information about the nine children of
Isaiah Harmison and Melissa Perkins:
Enos Harmison was born in 1848 and died March 2, 1923, in Cook County,
Illinois. He taught school in Chicago. He married Marcella Laingor on December 5,
1878, in Clark County, Illinois. She was born in 1852 and died November 11, 1918 in
Cook County, Illinois.
The 1880 Illinois Census for Casey lists 1) Enos as age 32, born in Indiana, his
mother was born in Indiana, and his father was born in Ohio. His occupation was that
of schoolteacher. 2) Marcella is listed as age 28 and born in Indiana. Both of her parents
were born in Kentucky. 3) Malissa, age 3, was born in Illinois and her parents were born
in Indiana.
Cornelia Dee Harmison was born February 7, 1850, in Indiana. She married John
Milton Myler on July 5, 1866, in Champaign County, Illinois. He was born June 18, 1846,
in Ross County, Ohio. His father was William Myler (1809-?) and his mother was
Experience McClelland (1810-1906).
The children of William Myler and Cornelia Dee Harmison were: James T. (18681950); Charles Milton (1872-1949); Etta (Marietta Ellen) (1877-ca 1927); John Edward
(1888-1973); and Melissa (1885-1898).
John Myler died March 27, 1900, in Ogden, Illinois. Cornelia Dee (Harmison)
Myler died October 19, 1900, in Ogden, Illinois, and is buried in the Bodkin Yard,
Ogden, Illinois. She was a housewife.
Lucy Jane Harmison Lucy Jane Harmison was born in April 1851 in the state of
Indiana. Lucy Jane Harmison married Chesterfield Worth. Chesterfield was the son of
John Worth and Julia Ann Drysdale.
Lucy Jane Harmison and Chesterfield Worth were the parents of seven children:
Elizabeth Ann, Jesse, Clara Belle, Mellisa (Melessia M.), Margaret, Isaphine, and Ethel
Leona Worth. Annie Worth (Elizabeth A. Worth) died at age 18. She was buried at
Highland Lawn Cemetery in Terre Haute, Indiana, on September 23, 1891.
Chesterfield Worth apparently died in 1892 at Terre Haute, Indiana, probably
sometime after March of that year. Lucy Jane Harmison married for a second time on
June 9, 1896, in Terre Haute, Indiana. She married Jesse Lewellen who was the widower
of Elizabeth Worth, a sister of Chesterfield Worth.
Lucy Jane (Harmison) (Worth) Lewellen died January 30, 1908, in Terre Haute,
Indiana. Because she was impoverished, she was given a county burial at Highland
Lawn Cemetery in Terre Haute, Indiana. Her grave has no tombstone.
Two pictures of Lucy Jane Harmison are in the possession of Curtis Lynn Older,
a great-grandson. He obtained the pictures from Wilma Jane (Older) Zillman, a
grandaughter of Lucy Jane Harmison.
Sarah Harmison was born in 1855 and died July 12, 1903, in Chicago, Illinois. She
married Frank Mitchel on December 24, 1889, in Coles County, Illinois. Sarah was
buried at the Dodge Grove Cemetery in Mattoon, Illinois.
Cynthia Ann Harmison married William T. McGahn on May 9, 1874, in Clark
County, Illinois. Cynthia Ann McGahn died in St. Louis, Missouri. She and her husband
are buried in Highland Park Cemetery, East Wabash Avenue, Terre Haute, Indiana,
section 20, grave 62. The tombstone gives the dates of birth and death for Cynthia as
1857 and 1948. She was buried on March 8, 1948, and the cause of death was listed as
myocarditis. Highland Park Cemetery also is the cemetery where Lucy Jane Harmison
was buried.
William and Cynthia Ann (Harmison) McGahan had two children. 1) Maud
Delue McGahan was born in 1882 and died March 6, 1976, in St. Louis, Missouri. She
married Theodore Calvin Bailey. Maud and Calvin Bailey were the parents of Edith
Maud Bailey. 2) Francis McGahan was a son of William and Cynthia Ann McGahan.
Henry Burke Harmison was born in May 1861 and died in 1939. He is buried in
Washington Cemetery, Casey, Clark County, Illinois. The 1900 census for Illinois shows
the following for Henry Burke Harmeson's family: Burt B., born 1860 in Clark County,
Illinois, age 40; wife Flora, born January 1862 in Indiana, age 38; son Frank, born August
1880 in Illinois, age 19; Harry, son, born August 1882 in Illinois, age 17; Cleve, son, born
June 1884, born in Illinois, age 16; Roy, son, born February 1888 in Illinois, age 12;
Eddie, son, born November 1890, in Illinois, age 9.
Levi Allen Harmison was born December 23, 1863, in Casey, Clark County,
Illinois, and died in 1941 in North Dakota. He is buried at the Douglas Cemetery,
Douglas, North Dakota. The Levi homestead was near Ryder, North Dakota. His spouse
was Mary Hayes. She was born January 21, 1866, in Linden, Indiana, and she died
September 22, 1932. They were married May 13, 1885, in Vance, Illinois. Their children
were: Ethel Ida (1886-1968), George Otto (1888-1939), John (1890-?), Pearl (1893-1896),
Adolph (1896-1963), and Opal (1898-1917).
Andrew Johnson Harmeson was born about 1868. He married Rosa Plump. She
was born in 1867. Their children were: Leroy (1893-), Esther (1897-), Alfred (1900-), and
Ruth (1907-). The 1900 Census lists: Andrew J. age 44, born Illinois; Rosie, age 43;
Leroy, age 17; Ester, age 13; Alfred, age 10; Ruth, age 3; all born in Illinois.
George (Bud) Harmeson was born about 1874 (1874-?).
Isaiah Harmeson died December 9, 1887, in Casey, Clark County, Illinois. He is
buried in the Macedonia Cemetery, Casey, Clark County, Illinois.(13) Melissa (Perkins)
Harmeson died June 23, 1891, in Casey, Illinois. She also is buried in the Macedonia
Cemetery in Casey, Clark County, Illinois.(14).
Isaiah Harmeson, his wife, Melissa, and their first two children, Enos and
Camilla (Cornelia), are listed in the 1850 U. S. Census for Indiana, Madison County,
Anderson Township, enumerated October 18, 1850, page 67. dwelling 959 and family
959.(9) Isaiah is listed as age 25 and born in Ohio; Melissa is listed as age 20 and born in
Indiana; Enos is listed as age 2 and born in Indiana; and Camilla is listed as age 1 and
born in Indiana. Also listed on the same census page is the William Harmison
household in dwelling 956 and family 956 and the John Harmison household in
dwelling 960 and family 960.(15)
The 1860 U. S. Census for Illinois, Champaign County, Township 19 N Ranges 11
E and 14 W, enumerated August 21, 1860, listed Isaiah Harmeson, his wife Melissa, and
six children. The ages given for each member of the family were: Isaiah 35, Melissa 30,
Enos 12, Cornelia 10, Lucy J. 7, Sarah J. 5, Cynthia A. 3, and Burke 5 months. Also listed
in the household is William Harmison, age 20, farm laborer, born in Ohio.(16)
The 1870 U. S. Census for Illinois, Champaign County, North Homer Township,
enumerated July 26, 1870, lists Isaiah Harmison, age 45; Malissa Harmison, age 40; Enos
Harmison, age 22; Isabel Harmison, age 17, Cynthia Harmison, age 14; Henry
Harmison, age 12; Levi Harmison, age 4; and Johnson Harmison, age 2.(17)
The 1880 U. S. Census for Illinois, Cumberland County, Union Township,
enumerated June 7, 1880, lists Isah Harmison, age 55, farmer, born in Ohio, father born
in Pennsylvania, and mother born in Ohio; Malissa Harmison, age 50, born in Ohio,
parents born in Ohio; Andrew J., age 13, son, farm laborer, born in Illinois, parents born
in Ohio; and George W., age 6, son, born in Illinois, parents born in Ohio.(18)
Lucy Jane Harmison, daughter of Isaiah Harmeson and Melissa Perkins
Harmeson, identified Isaiah Harmeson as her father on her marriage license form in
Terre Haute, Indiana, when she married Jesse Lewellen. She identifies her mother's
maiden name on the marriage license form as Perkins.(19) The death certificate for Lucy
Jane Lewellen lists Isaiah Harmeson as her father. Jesse Worth, a son of Lucy Jane
Lewellen by her first marriage to Chesterfield Worth, signed the form.(20)
Isaiah Harmeson died December 9, 1887, in Casey, Clark County, Illinois. He was
buried in the Macedonia Cemetery in Casey, Clark County, Illinois.(21) Melissa
(Perkins) Harmeson died June 23, 1891, in Casey, Clark County, Illinois, and was buried
in the Macedonia Cemetery in Casey, Clark County, Illinois.(22) For information on the
Harmeson genealogy, see Harmeson and Their Kin by Richard Harold and Irma L. (Cole)
Harmeson, Mesa, Arizona.
Children (Harmison), born:
i.
Enos, born about 1848, in Indiana (per 1850 census)
ii. Cornelia Dee, born about 1849, in Indiana (per 1850 census)
iii. Lucy Jane, born in April 1851, in Indiana (per census records, death cert?)
iv. Sarah J., born about 1855 (per 1860 census)
v. Cynthia Ann, born in 1857, in Illinois (per tombstone in Terre Haute)
vi. Henry Burke, born about March 1860, in Illinois (per 1860 census)
vii. Levi Allen, born about 1866 (per 1870 census)
viii. Andrew Johnson, born about 1868 (per 1870 census)
ix. George Washington, born about 1874 (per 1880 census)
REFERENCES
1. Ancestry.com OneWorldTree; www.worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com, website
of Robert B. Cochran.
2. Ibid; The 1826 and 1827 tax records in Belmont County, Ohio, spell the name
Harmison. Harmison also is on the marriage record.
3. Ohio Marriages, 1803-1900, Genealogy.com, Harmison, William, and Farnsworth,
Elizabeth, August 19, 1824, Belmont, Ohio.
4. Robert B. Cochran website.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
8. Ibid.
9. Indiana Marriages through 1850 - Perkins, George and Allen, Agnes, Wayne County,
February 24, 1829, Book A, Page 213.
10. Website of Robert B. Cochran. (tombstone of George Perkins?)
11. Ibid; U. S. Census of Indiana, 1850, Madison County, Anderson Township,
enumerated October 18, 1850, page 67, dwelling 959, family 959; (tombstone of Agnes
Allen Perkins.?)
12. 1840 U. S. Census for Indiana, Madison County, Anderson Township,
Wm.Harmason household. The Robert Farnsworth household lived nearby. The
Ancestry.com census records incorrectly list Wm Harmason as living in Huntington
County, Indiana, Roll 88, Page 181. The Elizabeth Clark household census entry appears
directly above the Wm. Harmason census entry.
13. Cochran website; tombstone of Isaiah Harmeson.
14. Cochran website; tombstone of Melissa Perkins Harmeson.
15. U. S. Census of Indiana, 1850, Madison County, Anderson Township, enumerated
October 18, 1850, page 67, dwelling 959, family 959.
16. 1860 U. S. Census for Illinois, Champaign County, Township 19 N Ranges 11 E and
14 W, enumerated August 21, 1860.
17. 1870 U. S. Census for Illinois, Champaign County, North Homer Township, Post
Office - Homer, enumerated July 26, 1870, by John S. Smith.
18. 1880 U. S. Census for Illinois, Cumberland County, Union Township, enumerated
June 7, 1880, by Lloyd F. Miller, dwelling 91, family 91.
19. State of Indiana, Vigo Co., Marriages, V 4-M, Nov 1892 - Dec 1896, p. 87, Box 60,
June 9, 1896 (929.3177245 V); State of Indiana, Vigo Co., Marriages, June 9, 1896, Jesse
Lewellen and Lucy Worth, Book 14, p. 84.
20. Certificate of Death, Lucy Lewellen, location of death - Harrison Township, Vigo
Co., Terre Haute, N 4th St., widow, father Isaiah Harmeson, mother - not known,
information given by Jesse Worth, N 4th St.
21. Ancestry.com.
22. Ancestry.com.
check out:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilchampa/
Old Homer-Dunkard Cemetery
Champaign County Genealogical Society Quarterly: ublished in Volume 7, Issue 4
The Old Homer-Dunkard Cemetery is located about one mile north of Homer, west of
Route 49, in the Southeast Quarter of Section 32. The lane leading to the cemetery on the
south bank of the Salt Fork River.
Harmeson, John, Apr 8, 1827 - July 30, 1910 88 (or 83) yr 3 mo 22 da
(brother of Isaiah Harmeson who was married to Melissa Perkins)
Harmeson, Matilda, 1841 - 1921(sister of Melissa Perkins and wife of John Harmeson)
Harmeson, Levi, Aug 13, 1816 - Jan 12, 1891 (within stone wall)
(brother of William Harmeson who was married to Elizabeth Farnsworth)
Harmeson, Thomas, 1829 - 1911(brother of Isaiah Harmeson)
Harmeson, Sarah Ann, wife of Thomas, 1833 - 1886 (Sarah Ann Perkins, wife of Thomas
Harmeson)
brother of Isaiah HarmesonNewspaper article/photograph (Champaign Daily Gazette) #0203000210080101
-----------------------------------------------------------------------Title: OBITUARY FOR JOHN HARMESON (DATE OF BIRTH NOT GIVEN; AGE AT
DATE OF DEATH: 83 YEARS)
Comments: PRINTED IN THE AUGUST 1, 1910, CHAMPAIGN DAILY GAZETTE
(PAGE 1)
Name(s): HARMESON, JOHN
Indexed book (Family history) #05070010004
-----------------------------------------------------------------------Title: HARMESONS AND THEIR KIN (1989) [CALL NO.: A/929.2/HARMESON]
Comments: NAMES LISTED APPEAR ON PAGE 4.
Name(s):
FARNSWORTH, ELIZABETH
HARMESON, JOHN
HARMESON, MATILDA
HARMESON, MELISSA
HARMESON, NANCY
HARMESON, OLIVIA
HARMESON, SARAH ANN
HARMESON, SARAH JANE
PERKINS, MATILDA
PERKINS, MELISSA
PERKINS, SARAH ANN
Federal census entry (Enumerated household) #07011870OGD00054
-----------------------------------------------------------------------Title: POPULATION SCHEDULES OF THE NINTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED
STATES, 1870: ILLINOIS, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY
Comments: NAMES LISTED SHOWN FOR DWELLING NO. 54 OF OGDEN
TOWNSHIP. THIS TOWNSHIP LISTED IN THE CENSUS BOOK AS "NORTH
HOMER TOWNSHIP".
Name(s):
HARMESON, CYNTHIA
HARMESON, ENOS
HARMESON, HENRY
HARMESON, ISABEL
HARMESON, ISAIAH
HARMESON, JOHNSON
HARMESON, LEVI
HARMESON, MALISSA
Federal census entry (Enumerated household) #070118602027
-----------------------------------------------------------------------Title: POPULATION SCHEDULES OF THE EIGHTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES,
1860: ILLINOIS, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY
Comments: NAMES LISTED SHOWN FOR DWELLING NO. 2027. SOURCE OF INPUT
DATA: 1860 U.S. FEDERAL CENSUS OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, ILLINOIS (1988) [CALL
NO.: A/ILLINOIS/(CHAMP)/CENSUS/1860]
Name(s):
HARMISON, BURKE
HARMISON, CORNELIA
HARMISON, CYNITHA A.
HARMISON, ENOS
HARMISON, ISAIAH
HARMISON, LUCY J.
HARMISON, MELISSA
HARMISON, SARAH J.
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1850 U. S. Census for Indiana, Madison County, Anderson Township, enumerated October 18, 1850, page 67
Dwelling 956, Family 956, William Harmison, age 34, male, born in Ohio
Melinda Harmison, age 24, female, born in Virginia
Elizabeth Harmison, age 3, female, born in Indiana
Dwelling 959, Family 959, Isaiah Harmison, age 25, male, born in Ohio
Melissa Harmison, age 20, female, born in Indiana
Enos Harmison, age 2, male, born in Indiana
Camilla Harmison, age 1, female, born in Indiana
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1860 United States Census, Illinois, Champaign County, Township 19 N Ranges 11 E and 14 W, enumerated August 21
Isaiah Harmison family - Isaiah, Melissa, Enos, Cornelia, Lucy J., Sarah J., Cynthia A., Burke, and William
1870 United States Census, Illinois, Champaign County, North Homer Township, enumerated July 26th.
Isaiah Harmeson family, Isaiah, Malissa, Enos, Isabel, Cynthia, Henry, Levi, Johnson.
1880 U. S. Census for Illinois, Cumberland County, Union Township
enumerated June 7, 1880, by Lloyd F. Miller
Dwelling 91, Family 91
Isah Harmison, white, male, age 55, farmer, born in Ohio, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Ohio
Malissa, Harmison, white, female, age 50, wife, keeping house, born in Ohio, parents born in Ohio
Andrew J., white, male, age 13, son, farm laborer, born in Illinois, parents born in Ohio
George W., white, male, age 6, son, born in Illinois, parents born in Ohio
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llrcn cyf Mr. lind Mrs. Porter are llfnry E .• Ed ,~in
P., Hobert L .. Bert!ta E .• Cnra L. , Lutber A., Arthur C., Annie L. :1od Fred G.
Mr. Porter cume ti> tl!is St.llte with !tis parents in
1859, :mil in ) RC5 locnted neu1· where he now live!!.
He took possession of his present home in 1872.
Pnl'ing n perioct o f nearly thi r ty years our S\~bject
ll:LS wnt<~hed with interest the rapid growth of the
Pmirie State. and :liLhongh uot tile hero j)llrbaps of
ltny rcmnrknble e'•entS, hiLS ptH·suecl the even tenor
of I.Ji!! way us an hunest man nnd .n. -goorl citi~C·Cn.
performing llS he h:ui opportunity those duties .tcnrling to ~be encour~ement of morality nnd religion.
Roth our subject nn <i his "•ife nre connected with
tbe finptist CIJnrch, and Mr. P. hss sen•ed as School
Dircct.or und Postmaster, casting his political influence with the Rep ublican party.
HOMAS liAP.MESON. 'fhe subject of this
hi(lgrapby, 11 :n:p re~ent:t~ive fnrmer of Ogrlen
T o "'n$hip, I~ n fine eState of 3GO ncres of
land. with n h:mdsome residence and utber su itable t,ui!dings <)n >;ection :21' besides seventeen acres
or timber. The ba!.;ulce is lnid 011t in l)Mture and
grt~in field:; which, uoc'ler 't.he carcfnl supervision of
tb!! proprietor, "·ho :;;Operiiltends the ir <:o.re and c ultlv:ltion. present a benutifn l picture <lnriog the
$ll1lltner si<!ISQll of peaceful country l'ife, where
plenty reigns nnd wh.erc thrift :!.nd intelligence nre
the distinctive fmttures.
Mr. ll:mueson bee:-~me; resident of tile Prairie
St.~tc in l/l5'2, Jocntfug nt (>nee upon t he lnn d inch.Hleil in his present homestend. He is n nnti ''e of
M:'lrion Conoty, Oh iv... born April 10, 1829, :md the
son of Willi:un nnd F:lir,:tbeUi (Fnn•swo•·th) H:J.rmeson. the former n nar.j1•e of Yiq; inia nn<l tile Iutter
of Obio. \\'illi:wi il armescm wns born in i 802,
~nrl !11lJt\W~U f::trming n5 an OCCHpn.tion, JLDd during
tb~ l:1tter yenrs of hb life nl;t<1e his home iu Homer
Tnwnfhip. this CQnn cy, "·here he r P.Sted from his
e:trthly labors in t ;;:;G. He wns Dem(lcmtic in
t!Uiiti l'~, nnrl relig1u iT:,ly n ltnt•rl-shell lhptist. The
moth~r wns IJ•Irn in ltill , nml tlif'rl t \\'enty ye!lrs
l•tlf<>re ~be clenth of b·"'r bustoan<i, in 1856. She wns
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member of ~he Gcnnno -lluptist Ch\lrch, nnd s
lady of strong cbnr.actcr. who impresserl upon her
ch ildren the $tTicteSt mor a l principles, tU1d a riglcl
honesty and integrity, ' vhich formed the basis of
their character io a ft-er li fe. The bousrhold wo.s
complet.ccl by the birth o f t welve ul1ildren, ull, witb
one exception, living to mature yeur::. 'they" were
nawed respocti vely, Tsai!lb, John, Thomas, R<lhert,
William , Nancy, Eli<:nbeth, &lrah ,J., E$ther A., Atvim, Wns!Jiugtoo M., nnd one who died in infnnoy.
The life of young 'f.rurmesor beg~11 on the farw,
and lle hfl-c; continneil in t.be mirlst of rnrnl ~cenes
since his first introtluction to thll busy world. l.le
1·eruained under the home roof until after rcncbing
bfs majo1·ity, occupied witb his father und brothers
in sowing und reaping, rmct the v:t r icd employments
inoiclent to li fe npon the fttrm . On tbe lOtb of
A.vril, 1851, ~e wus uni~ed· in rnurriage "' ith Mi~s
Sarall Perkins, the wetl tliog t!tklng plnce n.t the
borne of the bride's pnrents, in Mndison County,
Ind., where ~irs: H. -.yas bvrn Oct. 21, 1832. She
. was the daughter of George and agnes {allen) Perkins, who spen~ the grenter part of t heir lives In
Indiana. The mother clien in 181!5. in Clark County, m ., ·wbcre the father is still living, being seventy- uil!~t ye.an Of age, Utld lllakinz his bome wttb
his son Henry. The bt'otbers aud sistet"S of i\frs.
Haroo~son , twelve in nnoober, were l!elissn, i\f:\tilda, Sarnh A nn, Jane, John, 'Burke, llenry, Frank~
L ucinda, Ly<lia, Su&\n and Adam.
A.fter marriage .Mr. an(i Mrt. FJ,armeson wcot to
housekeeping on s. fnrm in Tnninna, where out' snbject attcnd~d tt> the outdoor work, and the wi[e
fnitb(ully performed her sh:tre inside. In rlue time
tbere c:tme a thtrd member in to the fnmil)', who was
followed by t'"elve more, and to .wbom were given
the names of William P ., A lbert F., Ge01·ge W.,
.Tohn. A,, Agnes ~-. Chnrles C., Robert L. , C_.,-nthi!l.
A., Celin A .. ~hry E., Fnnnie, N.onh ;tno Ly<iin.
Ag:nes S., Cbnrles C- no<'! .M ary E. are cleccase<l.
T be eldest son, ·w illiam, is maniec'l an1i b:lS
thre.e ch ihlren; his wire wns formerly M.iss Mary
Sbrceves; Albert married .Miss Mary E. Gm<lon,
an<l tbey bec.'tme th<! p:tn~nts of one chilo. wb•) (iic1l
j'OUllg' i George w. m!lnicd ]IJ iss Elfie n. Bigg><.
ln arlrlit.iotl to the Ot'l'tinary empt..yments of
mised bu-.>bnmlry Mr. H:trrnCRim h:is Clf lute ):eurs
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given considcrsblc i\Lt.ention ~o tltc mising vf fine
sto~:k.
PoliticAlly he n.ffilintes with th~ Dcmocmtic
pnrty; 11nci in his rt~ligious tendencies ailhc_rcs t.0
t!Je (";etrnllu-Buptist doctrines. ~1 rs. lfarr.neson died
of quick con~uruption on the 30th of August, l fl86 .
She was n l:<dy of wncb personnl worth, nod htHI
been cormecten .O th \be Gcrrmm-Baptist Church
for a period of ~i:neen yeara.
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ATR EW F: • .'TA:'Ilb:Y. [n HensleyTow,,.
ship, l()(:ltcd on section 3G, the farm ol
our subject inmri:J.bly 1\ttracts tbe 11ttention of th e passer-by AS the borne or pe:tce
and plenty, wb~ foundAtions w<:re IRid in the pioneer dnys, nnd ..-b<l.se inmrttes nre now surrounrien
l•y :til the cnmfvrtS nnd mnny of t.bc Ju::.;uries .of
modern life. 'J.bt- subject or this bist.oi"Y learned
in cnrl_y years th~ hahit.s of industry R.nd ecunomy
wbicb b:~ve PN"~"OO the sucress uf his later life.
He commenced in :1 monest wny t.o do for hitnself.
:~.nd afl;(lr ye:m; of perse v~ring labor, uow finds
himself the owner of 1321} :tCrCl! of v:~lunble lnud,
furnished with a handsome ~na $Db1Sl3ntiul :;et of
f:lrur buildings, v..nil rtll the llpplinuc:cs rcquirecl by
the intelligcl.l~ ani'! progre.o;sive modern :;griculturilst. This, of Cu!lrse, b:I.S involv ed an 6utlny of
t hoosllnds of dol.br.\. hat t he r•esult ltns firlly justilied the expenditure. The fnrm or Mr. 'tamcy is
nekoo"•ledged by all to be one uf the lllOSL at~acLi>e spots in this :SeCtion, Rod its proprietor is beld
in the highest respect. for his escellent qualities :lS
" ~iti:wn aorl a bu~ine~ man . To such men as he
is t.his county ioriebt.ed fnr the positi o n which she
no,.- holrls ilJ One or tbe wc.'\ltbi es~ States iu· the
Cnion. Ue b.'lS, bs bis o wn cnrerpl'ise and energy,
encoumged those elements in tJthers, ann the wb ole
worldng tugclher. have hwugbt about tiJe r·osult
which w~ see :~!B over this b~mtifnl s tretch of
country.
Mr. St:Hoey W'!U' born in IVI~<tl. is no..- Somer
Township, thjs cuco nty, ~ov. lG, l !,l3r,, His f:tthcr,
Elias ~t:tmcy, n Mltive of :Kortb Cnl'llliM, was o f
\.('rtnan atul frb!!l :~neest ry. "rhe l;lttcl' grew tO
1 wunhourt ill !tis !l;l.ti ,.e ~t.'\t.c, vf whit:b he rC'ln!\inecl
~T 11 rlo'Sident ooriJ lt-.32. In thnt yellr, while still n
::~iuglc
runn, be surt.cd for tbe WeaL overland on
bor·s<•lJack. 11nd Ianden in this county. Liking tbe
onLI•>Ok. which g:r.ve c\•iriencc of good tbing11 ror
the fuLnrfl if the~ soil were properly cultivated and
the cunntry ~ettled 11p by 1\ good class of people,
be C11rrcludcd to ~rry. ~o~ long nft.erwnrd he
" 'M nnit.erl in mnrriugu with Misa Drusilla, daughter of Mathew E. Busey. :1lso one of the pioneers
o£ tbc I..'Qunty. Tbc young couple Jived Col' n time
iu Somer Township, whence they removed to U rUR.nl\ ToiVllship, settling upon II tmct or land which
the father o f Mrs. Stnmey hall givc11 them, and
where the dcntb of Elias ~tnmey occu rred, in 184fi.
His family included four ch ildren, nnrnely. :'lfntbew
E. of o ur sker.ch; 011niel \V., who is nnw a re~ident
of R.~nt.onl Towoship; .lames W .• on the old homesil~l\(l. nnd .John C. in R.'\ntonl. After ·t be death
or her husb!lnd, Mrs. St.'\mey kept 1\er family togcthcr until they were old enough t.o provirie for
themselves. Sbe still resi1lcs nt the olct homcstl!ad,
respected by nll who kuow her.
T he sobjecl of our~ s kewh was three yeArs old
when his p~rents hec!lfiiC residents of UrlJunR. Township. Hb enrly educ!ltioo was comlucred in the
pioneer log .;<:h<•ol-house, with it.~ pnucheon floor
and sl:ll>s for $eats :md writing-desks, with its huge
fireplace, mud :wd 11tick chimney, and the excuse
for a 1vindow, which W:\S forLOed by cutting o ut
one log. '£bis builcling st.()()d o n Lbel:md of Grand.
fa tiler Busey. Md the system or education ~~us contluct.ud by a te:tcber who curresponded with all
the other npplinnces. in point of emdition at least..
Afwrwarrl our subject atteuded scb<X)) a part o f
the time at Urbnna, :.nd being nrobitious to le.'\rn 1
secured a ver·y ~ood education for thnse rltlys. He
made his horue witli his mother until his rnarri~e.
After reAching . his mnjol'i ty, she pre.seot<.·d bim
wit h :1 tm.ct of ltulcl io He nsley Township, which
be cnlti\·~ted anrl improw:d, nnd wbir•h con~Lf tutes
a pnrt o f his present ho mestead. .After his marringc he lQC:\tcd on this plncc, which he bss now
brought to nlioe :;t.'\te of cul~iv:.tion . nod mise~ the
best crops in this section. His stock is all of good
breeds, a\1d the fn.riTJ mllcl.Jinery is of lhe mo~t.
morier·n 111Hl iroproveJ :,Lyle.
The mnni!lge of ~I r. St.'lnrey took p lare in Lhe
s wing o f ll:'G5, ~he l!\1ly of his choice hcing ~!iss
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lda ( F·~r-k i:.1s) liarmes('r.
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Old Homer-Dunkard Cemetery
Champaign County Genealogical Society Quarterly: Published in Volume 7, Issue 4
The Old Homer-Dunkard Cemetery is located about one mile north of Homer, west of
Route 49, in the Southeast Quarter of Section 32. The lane leading to the cemetery on the
south bank of the Salt Fork River.
The cemetery is in good condition and kept mowed. It was copied by the D.A.R. in
September 1956, and by the Illiana Genealogical Society. There are some discrepancies
between the two readings so the stones should be checked.
Harmason, Mary Elizabeth, Apr 12, 1873 1 yr 3 mo 27 da (spelling as given on stone, but
others in the same row were spelled Harmeson)
Hameson, Infant, child of L. & M., June 2, 1859 17 da
Hameson, Charles G.1 son of T. & S.A., Jan 26, 1861 2 yr 4 mo 21 da
Hameson, Charley, son of AF. & M.C., Oct 24, 1884 1 mo 17 da
Harmeson, Effa, dau of M. & F.L., Feb 8, 1871
Harmeson, Effie R., wife of G.W., Feb 25, 1885 21 yr 1 mo 17 da
Harmeson, Elizabeth, wife of Wm. Sr, Mar 31, 1855 49 yr 11 mo 11 da
Harmeson, Ida, dau of M. & E.E., Nov 13, 1870 1 m 14 da
Harmeson, John H., son of J. & M., Sept 6, 1865 7 yr 2 mo
Harmeson, John, Apr 8, 1827 - July 30, 1910 88 (or 83) yr 3 mo 22 da
Harmeson, Laura E., dau of J. & M., Sept 4, 1858 1 yr 4 mo 12 da
Harmeson, Levi, Aug 13, 1816 - Jan 12, 1891 (within stone wall)
Harmeson, Levi, son of M. & J., July 29, 1873 5 mo 26 da
Harmeson, Linn, child of Levi & M., Oct 25, 1854 9 mo 16 da
Harmeson, Maria, Apr 10, 1824 - Feb 16, 1889 (within stone wall)
Harmeson, Matilda, 1841 - 1921
Harmeson, Miles, Oct 30, 1870 27 yr 6 mo 4 da
Harmeson, Samantha A., dau of T. & S.A., Feb 25, 1857 1 mo 25 da
Harmeson, Sarah Ann, wife of Thomas, 1833 - 1886
Harmeson, Thomas, 1829 - 1911
Harmeson, William, Apr 30, 1875 74 yr 9 mo 1 da
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FRESJ
of this city ! here Saturday last at 2 p. n;t .. frotn
Q 0-acre farm ; paralysis .and old age, took p~a ce this
6---. is ~aid that ; afternoon at 1 o'cvlock, the ~ev . l\ttr. Taken · In
, small . tra·c ts J Blickenstaff of Cerro Gordo I officia. by \Vebster .. ·• ating. The burial \vas in ~ he old
Henry
very proud : Hon1er cemetery.
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Park ! av€
!lrls. say that \
1\Ir. Harmeson -.vas one of ~.he old- n1orning c
- z;ett1~.g · close l est citizens here, having rea.dhcd the \Vife. He
;· ~nt tune, at ! ripe . old age of S3 . tie was! the fa- fine Qt $~
urch 1ase ~e- j their of. thirteen c,hildren o~ 'Yhom _J\rmstro·n
~ opportun1ty 1 the
following
-~urvive:
I Oliver,
the polic
a few years. ; Francis. Joseph, George P., a.n d Bob- 1 last nig~1
~ ert B. Harmeson, 1\Irs. lVIary \.A. Con- 1 the · treat
.-::.1 \.eusink .
~ ~elly of St. .Joseph, Susie E .\ Crou.ch ' and: latex
~ ~ - Keus1n~, ~ of Dan ville and Nora Hat:nlqson hv- did . n-o t . a
\vas n1atte lit : ing at home. He leaves also twenty
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J'J 1ay evening, ; grandchildren and six great! grand- I LOCKJA
hIs afterx:-oon ! child r'en . . Mr. l-1 arme8on \ras\ a nigh- I'
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·- 3 Central and l 1y respected man and l~aves' a good
,~ her Json, An -i name behind·.
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A Pleasa-nt Surpl;se
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l\liss Neva Paulus of 1113 . \Vest
Kalam1
.J faDlllY ~ot tn ; Beslin street, ~ Urbaoa. was ~iven n result of
l very pleasant surprise Saturday ~f- Patrolma
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""l'ett"ng
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friends, th(-1 occasion being h r- r fonr·- is- said t<
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bly the ~ teenth birthdav . . The aftern<jor. '\·as · T·he ·
of La )Of to 1
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~ (~ti~?rl~ck :n 1 freshtn€nts \Ver e served . A llk11Hher nf ; special <
~e' o tntee o f th e ! handson1e
presents "-'ere
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