Wednesday, June 25, 2014

H.M. Harshaw Update

Apparently Mac received his Phd in 1926 from the University of Missouri.

A STUDY OF THE NUTRIENTS REQUIRED BY MAMMALS FOR SUCCESSFUL REPRODUCTION

H. M. Harshaw
PhD Dissertation University of Missouri - Columbia 0 (1926)

Monday, June 23, 2014

When Did Michael Harshaw Emigrate

Marjorie says we know, I say we don't.

When was he born?

His tombstone says: died Aug. 11, 1874
Aged
67 Years  meaning he was born in 1807.  He was baptized either may 17, or June 21, 1807.

His son's Romance of Old Home Missions says he was about 17 when he emigrated, which would make it 1824.   But the obit says he emigrated in 1826 along with other members of his family.

We have Andrew immigrating at Lewiston, in Apr. 1823  (no source)


Sunday, June 22, 2014

Trip--Day 7

Just figured out I didn't post a record of day 7 of the trip Marjorie and I took back in 2008, so I'm only 6 years late (and probably inaccurate).

We left Brecksville, Oh, traveled east, visited Grove City, noting the stone blocks in the main street recording history, including that of the Grove City Harshaws.  Marjorie visited the bank where the Harshaw Diaries had been stored, though she wasn't able to see the vault.  We then went north, stopping briefly in the Grove City cemetery and then to try to locate Andrew Harshaw's farm, but I got lost and frustrated and couldn't find it.  We did succeed, after searching a good while and finally asking for instructions, in finding the church where Michael and M. were married, and then the Rocky Glen graveyard, where Sarah and her children are buried.

Late in the day we got into New York.

Photos