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)
Monday, June 23, 2014
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
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
Saturday, February 1, 2014
John Coventry Smith
One of Sarah Harshaw's descendants, making him a third cousin. He rated an obit in the NYTimes, beginning:
" Rev. Dr. John Coventry Smith, a former president of the World Council of Churches and a leader of the United Presbyterian Church, died Sunday after suffering a heart attack while participating in a panel discussion at the Abington Presbyterian Church in Abington, Pa. He was 80 years old."
" Rev. Dr. John Coventry Smith, a former president of the World Council of Churches and a leader of the United Presbyterian Church, died Sunday after suffering a heart attack while participating in a panel discussion at the Abington Presbyterian Church in Abington, Pa. He was 80 years old."
Friday, January 31, 2014
Sarah Harshaw b1831
Marjorie reported finding a genealogy: "the Harshaws of Northwestern Pennsylvania", mostly focused on Michael Harshaw's brother Andrew and his daughter Sarah. While I'd found data for Andrew's sons, Sarah was a blank. So with the names of her husband (Smith) and children, I've been able to fill in some blanks in my ancestry tree. Mostly her children seem to have lived in the Grove City area. It's a prolific branch of the tree, so there's much more to do.
Monday, March 18, 2013
Clarifications on Irish Harshaws
Marjorie has clarified to me: "Loughgilly" is the civil parish in County Armagh, "Donaghmore" is the civil parish in County Down, Ballydogherty is the townland in County Down where Andrew and Sarah Harshaw lived, from which Sarah and 3 of her sons emigrated.
I also ran across this writeup: not about the church where the Harshaws worshipped, which was Tyrone's Ditches, but nearby church which split.
"The same evangelized truth continued to be taught and the worshipping community peaceful and prosperous under the ministry of Mr. Turrittine for 12 years, when an event occurred which suddenly and unexpectedly proved the occasion of dividing the congregation into two equal parts. This event was the rebuilding of their meeting house consisting of four large aisles, but now falling into decay. One party to suit their local convenience would have the new house built at the village of Mountnorris about three fourths of a mile distant. The other party from the same motive would have it erected on the old ground and both actually began to build in the two places at the same time. Their common minister, as may be well imagined, was greatly disappointed. For some time he preached at a bleach mill midway between the two houses which were being erected for him, and performed the other duties of his office alike to both sides. Matters were carried on in this manner for some time until the Presbytery visited the congregation and decided that the house erected in the village of Mountnorris should in future be Mr. Turrittine’s place of labour. This decision, which was no doubt considered partial, rash, and inconsiderate by many at the time, immediately led the party at Tullyallen to resolve to apply to the Associate or Secession Presbytery of Monaghan to take them under their care and supply them regularly with services. This was done and shortly afterwards in the year 1791 Mr. Wm McAuley was ordained amongst them as their minister. A few years afterwards a wing of the original congregation around Kingsmill and remote from both the former places formed themselves into a separate congregation there and is at the present time in a flourishing condition."
I also ran across this writeup: not about the church where the Harshaws worshipped, which was Tyrone's Ditches, but nearby church which split.
"The same evangelized truth continued to be taught and the worshipping community peaceful and prosperous under the ministry of Mr. Turrittine for 12 years, when an event occurred which suddenly and unexpectedly proved the occasion of dividing the congregation into two equal parts. This event was the rebuilding of their meeting house consisting of four large aisles, but now falling into decay. One party to suit their local convenience would have the new house built at the village of Mountnorris about three fourths of a mile distant. The other party from the same motive would have it erected on the old ground and both actually began to build in the two places at the same time. Their common minister, as may be well imagined, was greatly disappointed. For some time he preached at a bleach mill midway between the two houses which were being erected for him, and performed the other duties of his office alike to both sides. Matters were carried on in this manner for some time until the Presbytery visited the congregation and decided that the house erected in the village of Mountnorris should in future be Mr. Turrittine’s place of labour. This decision, which was no doubt considered partial, rash, and inconsiderate by many at the time, immediately led the party at Tullyallen to resolve to apply to the Associate or Secession Presbytery of Monaghan to take them under their care and supply them regularly with services. This was done and shortly afterwards in the year 1791 Mr. Wm McAuley was ordained amongst them as their minister. A few years afterwards a wing of the original congregation around Kingsmill and remote from both the former places formed themselves into a separate congregation there and is at the present time in a flourishing condition."
Sunday, March 17, 2013
John R. Harshaw in the Papers
The FultonHistory.com website enables me to follow my father, John R. Harshaw:
From the Binghamton Press of Dec. 15, 1917
ON ACCOUNT of entering army Y. M.
C. A. work, will sell very good farm team
cheap. John R. Harshaw. Chenango
Forks. N. Y.
Not sure why he's selling his team.
From the Binghamton Press of Dec. 15, 1917
ON ACCOUNT of entering army Y. M.
C. A. work, will sell very good farm team
cheap. John R. Harshaw. Chenango
Forks. N. Y.
Not sure why he's selling his team.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
The Covenanters of Lower Chanceford
Been a long time since I posted here but I stumbled on the Rev. Alexander Craighead (aka Creaghead), who was an early Presbyterian minister in PA and then points south. One of the Covenanters and apparently a man very firm in his beliefs, who had problems making common cause with other Presbyterians.
From the introduction to one of his works:
From the introduction to one of his works:
"At the time of the renewal of the Covenants, in 1743, there were at least seven regularly organized Covenanter societies in Eastern Pennsylvania, in each of which were ruling elders, as follows: Middle Octorara, Lancaster County, with elders Samuel Irwin, Josiah Kerr, and Robert Laughead. Pequea, Lancaster County, with elders Neal McNaughton, William Ramsey, and Joseph Walker. Muddy Run, Lancaster County, with elders Joseph Bell and John Brownlee. Lower Chanceford, York County, with elders Samuel Hawthorne and Samuel Jackson. Paxtang, Dauphin County, with elders James Brown, James Mitchel, and Andrew Smith. Rocky Spring, Franklin County, with elders Christopher Houston and James Willson. Rock Creek, Adams County, with elders Robert McCullock and Thomas Wilson. No doubt many of these elders, and a large number of the people, were present at Middle Octorara, and entered into the proceedings of the solemn covenanting occasion."
Monday, September 24, 2012
Sullivan-Clinton Expedition
The Sullivan-Clinton expedition was not one of the most glorious episodes in the American Revolution. Essentially it was a mission to destroy the crops and dwelling places of the Iroquois in central New York. Gen. Clinton took his troops down the Susqehanna from its source in x, while Gen. Sullivan, the overall commander, took his troops up the Susquehanna from Pennsylvania. They met, fought a battle at Newtown east of Elmira and then went north to the top of the Finger Lakes.
The expedition is interesting from two points:
The expedition is interesting from two points:
- did Captain John Rippey participate in the expedition?
- was the expedition the source of the information which caused the Rippeys, the McIntyres, and others to move north from York county to the Geneva area?
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Helen's in the New York Times
Thanks to Beth Chase, whom I've invited to be a co-author of the blog, we know that Helen Harshaw's appointment as a secretary in the YWCA in China was announced in the New York Times on June 4, 1915 (just after the sinking of the Lusitania, as an article on the same page makes clear.)
Friday, July 6, 2012
More on Mac
Okay:
we know in the summer of 1915 he was in North Fenton with John and Ada on the farm. He was 18 then.
He graduated from high school in 1914, so presumably he had just finished his freshman year at the U of Minnesota.
That would make him a junior the spring of 1917 (assuming he was doing the usual 4 year course). Did he complete his year before enlisting in the Army? How did he qualify as an officer with only 3 years of college or did he finish in 3+ years and graduate before enlisting?
Assume he's demobilized in the winter of 1918/19, so returns to college in the fall of 1919. If he has 1 year to complete that would mean he graduates in 1920.
Presumably he spends the 1920's doing graduate work, researching, and possibly teaching.
He's doing research in 1923--don't know if he got a masters before his doctorate. He resigned as an assistant in biochemistry at the U of MN in 1923, perhaps at the end of the school year?He gets his doctorate from University of Missouri in the mid 20's. He's listed as a member of Sigma Xi (dad also was) the chemistry honorary society at U of Nebraska 1928/2.
In the spring of 1929 he resigns from U of Nebraska to take a post at Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee. That's where the family is when Marjorie is born.
On Lincoln Memorial University, from a recent history: " Located near Cumberland Gap in the rugged hills of East Tennessee, Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) was founded in 1897 to help disadvantaged Appalachian youth and reward the descendents of Union loyalists in the region. Its founder was former Union General Oliver Otis Howard, a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, who made it his mission to sustain an institution of higher learning in the mountain South that would honor the memory of the Civil War president."
Marjorie doesn't think he would have been a good teacher, because he lacked patience, and that may have been a factor in his leaving the University after only one year. But it appears from the history there was a lot of unrest and dissent among the faculty during his year. In the history he's a co-author of a letter cited in a footnote written in April 1930 when things were coming to a boil.
So, we don't know why he decided to leave after a year--the uproar in the university, dissatisfaction with teaching, better pay in USDA, better research opportunities, a metropolitan area, the opinion of his wife? Whatever the reason he takes a job with USDA/Agricultural Research Service at Beltsville, MD. He stays for 12 or 13 years and then goes to Massachusetts with Webster Feed, where he worked until retirement
Note: I did a previous post on his research articles, but Googling "H.M.Harshaw" now shows more articles, all or almost all on nutrition of various farm animals, during the 1920's and 30's.
If I"m understanding this and this correctly he knew German well enough to translate an article, or at least enough to abstract them
we know in the summer of 1915 he was in North Fenton with John and Ada on the farm. He was 18 then.
He graduated from high school in 1914, so presumably he had just finished his freshman year at the U of Minnesota.
That would make him a junior the spring of 1917 (assuming he was doing the usual 4 year course). Did he complete his year before enlisting in the Army? How did he qualify as an officer with only 3 years of college or did he finish in 3+ years and graduate before enlisting?
Assume he's demobilized in the winter of 1918/19, so returns to college in the fall of 1919. If he has 1 year to complete that would mean he graduates in 1920.
Presumably he spends the 1920's doing graduate work, researching, and possibly teaching.
He's doing research in 1923--don't know if he got a masters before his doctorate. He resigned as an assistant in biochemistry at the U of MN in 1923, perhaps at the end of the school year?He gets his doctorate from University of Missouri in the mid 20's. He's listed as a member of Sigma Xi (dad also was) the chemistry honorary society at U of Nebraska 1928/2.
In the spring of 1929 he resigns from U of Nebraska to take a post at Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee. That's where the family is when Marjorie is born.
On Lincoln Memorial University, from a recent history: " Located near Cumberland Gap in the rugged hills of East Tennessee, Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) was founded in 1897 to help disadvantaged Appalachian youth and reward the descendents of Union loyalists in the region. Its founder was former Union General Oliver Otis Howard, a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, who made it his mission to sustain an institution of higher learning in the mountain South that would honor the memory of the Civil War president."
Marjorie doesn't think he would have been a good teacher, because he lacked patience, and that may have been a factor in his leaving the University after only one year. But it appears from the history there was a lot of unrest and dissent among the faculty during his year. In the history he's a co-author of a letter cited in a footnote written in April 1930 when things were coming to a boil.
So, we don't know why he decided to leave after a year--the uproar in the university, dissatisfaction with teaching, better pay in USDA, better research opportunities, a metropolitan area, the opinion of his wife? Whatever the reason he takes a job with USDA/Agricultural Research Service at Beltsville, MD. He stays for 12 or 13 years and then goes to Massachusetts with Webster Feed, where he worked until retirement
Note: I did a previous post on his research articles, but Googling "H.M.Harshaw" now shows more articles, all or almost all on nutrition of various farm animals, during the 1920's and 30's.
If I"m understanding this and this correctly he knew German well enough to translate an article, or at least enough to abstract them
William's Obit notice
WILLIAM R, HARSHAW. 91,
died January 1 at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Ralph Gould, Newport.
R. I. Besides his daughter,
he is survived by two sons, Dr.
H. M. Harshaw of Andover, Mass.,
and John R. of Chenango Forks;
and four grandchildren. The funeral
will be held today at Newport,
and the body will be brought
to Greene for burial in Sylvan
Lawn Cemetery Wednesday, following
, arrival by Lackawanna
Railroad at 1 p. m. Arrangements
were made by Harry R. Rogers,
Greene.
Source is Binghamton Press, here Jan 5, 1948
died January 1 at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Ralph Gould, Newport.
R. I. Besides his daughter,
he is survived by two sons, Dr.
H. M. Harshaw of Andover, Mass.,
and John R. of Chenango Forks;
and four grandchildren. The funeral
will be held today at Newport,
and the body will be brought
to Greene for burial in Sylvan
Lawn Cemetery Wednesday, following
, arrival by Lackawanna
Railroad at 1 p. m. Arrangements
were made by Harry R. Rogers,
Greene.
Source is Binghamton Press, here Jan 5, 1948
Sunday, June 24, 2012
for the same purpose. Dr. Upson becomes
dean of the graduate college on September 1
and also continues as chairman of the chemistry
department. Dr. H. Armin Pagel and
Dr. H. M . Harshaw are both reported to bè
vacationing at their old homes in
Western Electric Company of Chicago.
Among the chemists who attended the meeting
of the Northwest Association of Horticulturalists,
Entomologists and Plant Pathologists
July 17-19, were Dr. J. R. Neller of
the Washington Agricultural Experiment
Station, Dr. Chas. E. Sands and K. S.
Markly, bio-chemists of the U. S. D. A.,
Washington, D. C. Dr. Sands presented before
this meeting a paper on "The progressive
changes in the ether soluble apple surface
constituents during maturation and
storage and a possible relation to storage
scald,"
Dean W. M.» Cobleigh spent his vacation
touring by automobile to the N e w England
states, enroute he visited friends and relatives.
W. McKinley Martin of the chemistry staff
of the University of Minnesota began his
duties with the chemistry department of the
Montana Experiment Station September 1.
MrD.r .M cBM.a Lrt.i Jno hinss oDnr .r eApo.r tHs. t Jhaoth nhsiosn 'tsr ips utcothe
Atlantic Coast was very enjoyable. In
passing east he visited friends and former
associates at the South Dakota State College,
Iowa State College, and Massachusetts Agricultural
College.
T h e N e b r a s k a S e c t i on
John G. Meiler, Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb., Editor.
Personals
The summer session at the University of
Nebraska closed August 8 and with it came
a rather general exodus of our members on
the campus. Dr. S. Avery went for a fishing
trip in Minnesota, Dr. Upson and family are
in another part of the same state and no doubt
for the same purpose. Dr. Upson becomes
dean of the graduate college on September 1
and also continues as chairman of the chemistry
department. Dr. H. Armin Pagel and
Dr. H. M . Harshaw are both reported to bè
vacationing at their old homes in Minnesota.
http://repository.library.northwestern.edu/fedora/get/inu:inu-mntb-0005391474-pg-b318e040-39fb-4551-a288-1b18f74e3efd/PDF
dean of the graduate college on September 1
and also continues as chairman of the chemistry
department. Dr. H. Armin Pagel and
Dr. H. M . Harshaw are both reported to bè
vacationing at their old homes in
Western Electric Company of Chicago.
Among the chemists who attended the meeting
of the Northwest Association of Horticulturalists,
Entomologists and Plant Pathologists
July 17-19, were Dr. J. R. Neller of
the Washington Agricultural Experiment
Station, Dr. Chas. E. Sands and K. S.
Markly, bio-chemists of the U. S. D. A.,
Washington, D. C. Dr. Sands presented before
this meeting a paper on "The progressive
changes in the ether soluble apple surface
constituents during maturation and
storage and a possible relation to storage
scald,"
Dean W. M.» Cobleigh spent his vacation
touring by automobile to the N e w England
states, enroute he visited friends and relatives.
W. McKinley Martin of the chemistry staff
of the University of Minnesota began his
duties with the chemistry department of the
Montana Experiment Station September 1.
MrD.r .M cBM.a Lrt.i Jno hinss oDnr .r eApo.r tHs. t Jhaoth nhsiosn 'tsr ips utcothe
Atlantic Coast was very enjoyable. In
passing east he visited friends and former
associates at the South Dakota State College,
Iowa State College, and Massachusetts Agricultural
College.
T h e N e b r a s k a S e c t i on
John G. Meiler, Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb., Editor.
Personals
The summer session at the University of
Nebraska closed August 8 and with it came
a rather general exodus of our members on
the campus. Dr. S. Avery went for a fishing
trip in Minnesota, Dr. Upson and family are
in another part of the same state and no doubt
for the same purpose. Dr. Upson becomes
dean of the graduate college on September 1
and also continues as chairman of the chemistry
department. Dr. H. Armin Pagel and
Dr. H. M . Harshaw are both reported to bè
vacationing at their old homes in Minnesota.
http://repository.library.northwestern.edu/fedora/get/inu:inu-mntb-0005391474-pg-b318e040-39fb-4551-a288-1b18f74e3efd/PDF
Monday, June 11, 2012
Rev. John Rippey's Classmate
Was doing some searching and found a listing from Union College of the members of various classes. The 1851 class included Rev. John Rippey, Capt. John's grandson and my great grandfather.
He made Phi Beta Kappa. I happened to notice the listing for a classmate who also made Phi Beta Kappa, Leonard G. Calkins. What stood out was his "Residence at Entrance", which was China. (Most of the class was from New York, though there were a couple of Southerners as well.) So I googled him, and found a reference to "New York Central College" in McGraw, NY (just east of Cortland), which turns out to be a short-lived institution modeled on Oberlin, which was open to both sexes and to blacks. Calkins isn't mentioned in this newspaper story but there is a former "Calkins hotel" in McGraw.
Calkins appears to have bounced around, being in real estate in Chicago when the Union centennial directory was published.
He made Phi Beta Kappa. I happened to notice the listing for a classmate who also made Phi Beta Kappa, Leonard G. Calkins. What stood out was his "Residence at Entrance", which was China. (Most of the class was from New York, though there were a couple of Southerners as well.) So I googled him, and found a reference to "New York Central College" in McGraw, NY (just east of Cortland), which turns out to be a short-lived institution modeled on Oberlin, which was open to both sexes and to blacks. Calkins isn't mentioned in this newspaper story but there is a former "Calkins hotel" in McGraw.
Calkins appears to have bounced around, being in real estate in Chicago when the Union centennial directory was published.
Captain John's Service (Cont)
Capt John was, on the organizational chart, the commander of the 6th company of the 6th battalion, led by Col. Ross.
But according to this, he was
But according to this, he was
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