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Wife Elizabeth B Harsin
Born: Jan 20, 1787 - , , NC
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Died: Oct 11, 1865 - Shelbyville, , IN
Buried: - Liberty Cem, Shelby Co, IN, USA
Father: Garret Harsin (1753-1838)
Mother: Elizabeth Doughty (1763-1845)
Other Spouse: Henry Bass (1792-1867) - Mar 4, 1840
Other Spouse: James Dailey (Abt 1786- ) - Apr 15, 1811 - , Greenup, KY
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LIBERTY CEMETERY-BASS PLOT
ELIZABETH WAS A CRIPPLE-WALKED WITH A LIMP AND HAAD A BIRTH MARK ON FACE OR HAIRLIP.
3/8/1996 LTR FROM HAZEL RIN=2151 SAY BD = 1-20-1787, MARRIED THREE TIMES. 4/5/1996 LTR FROM DEAN PRATT RIN=2124 SENDS OPAL CAMERONS WORK SAYS ELIZABETH WEDDED 4 TIMES.,
3/26/2001 WENT TO SHELBY COUNTY INDIANA LIBRARY: IN THE SHELBY COUNTY COURT RECORDS INDEX BOOK OF 1822-1862 PAGE 78 SAYS MENTION OF ELIZABETH AND HEBRY BASS IN THE PETITION TO SELL REAL ESTATE OF ELIZABETH'S FATHER GARRET HARSIN, DEC. BOOK D PAGE 220 (1847-1849) COURT DATE AUG 9, 1848.
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Wife Elizabeth P Harsin
Born: Abt 1831 - , , IL
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Father: Garret Gilbert Harsin (1790-1884) 17
Mother: Mary Lawery (1797-1849) 17
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NICKNAME BETSY.
9/5/1850 MARION CO,IOWA CENSUS LAKE PRARIE TWP.
LIBRARY RECORDS FROM KNOXVILLE,IA REC 4/27/1984 ON MARRIAGE RECORDS.
WAS IN MARION CO, IOWA IN 1851 WHEN SHE MARRIED ELIAS WILLIAMS
Husband Garret Gilbert Harsin 17
Born: Sep 24, 1790 - Paris, Bourbon Co, KY, USA
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Died: 1884 - Knoxville, Marion Co, IA, USA
Buried: - Durham, Eureka Cemetery, IA, USA
Father: Garret Harsin (1753-1838)
Mother: Elizabeth Doughty (1763-1845)
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Other Spouse: Mary Lawery (1797-1849) 17 - Jun 28, 1814 - , Greenup Co, KY, USA
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GARRET GILBERT MOVED TO IOWA AROUND 1843. IN 1833 HE LIVED IN KEOKUK, IOWA. GARRET'S BIBLE IS IN THE POSSION OF HOMER EUGENE HARSIN OF UNION OREGON. 9/5/1850 CENSUS-MARION CO, IOWA-LAKE PRARIE TOWNSHIP.
1/87 MARGARET HUNT OF ROGER,AR HAD INQUIRY-SEE FILE.
INFO FROM W1059
MAY HAVE HAD A THIRD WIFE NAMED HATTIE ? BORN 1819? 4/14/1994 LTR FROM SANDY HARSIN RIN=1079
LAST LIVED IN DURHAM,IA AREA.
CEMETERY:EUREKA CEMETERY IN OR AROUND DURHAM,IA
CEMETERY HEAD STONE SAYS HE WAS BORN IN 1789.
"PIONEERS OF MARION COUNTY"PUBLISHED 1872,2ND PRINTING JUNE 1978, CLAY TOWNSHIP HISTORY: ON NOV 18,1846 A GROUP OF RESIDENTS MET AT THE HOME OF JASPER KOONS. THEY ELECTED JOHN R WHALEY & GARRET G HARSIN AS JUSTICES. DAVID DURHAM, CLERK. ""THOSE WHO SETTLED IN THE TOWNSHIP IN 1843 WERE... THOSE WHO CAME IN 1844 WERE GARRET G HARSIN, JOHN HARSIN....""
FROM "HARVEY'S CENTENNIEL BOOK-ONE HUNDRED YEARS"HARVEY,IA. 1876-1976" PAGE 38 -MAY 23,1872. "OLD UNCLE GARRET HARSIN OF CLAY TOWNSHIP AGED 82 YEARS, HAS JUST COMPLETED A VIOLIN, WITH WHICH HE MAKES VERY FINE MUSIC." 1ST MOVED TO ILLINOIS AT EARLY AGE THEN TO HENRY CO,IOWA IN 1839 AND HIS PRESENT PLACE IN SPRING 1844 - CLAY TOWNSHIP,MARION CO,IA.
4/5/1996 LTR FROM DEAN PRATT RIN=2124 SENDS WORK COMPILED BY OPAL CAMERON SAYS DD IS 1882 IN EUREKA CEM.WAS FARMER, VIOLIN MAKER AND METHODIST.
3/7/2001 FROM IRV HARSIN RIN796 SENDS PIECE FROM THE CLAY TOWNSHIP, MARION COUNTY, IOWA...FROM PIONEERS OF MARION COUNTY, 1872. SAYS" AMONG THOSE WHO SETTLED IN THE TOWNSHIP IN 1843, WERE, ANDREW FOSTER, THOMAS KIRTON, MATHEW RUPLE, DAVID DURHAM, JOHN LINPOD AND BENAJAH WILLIAMS. AMONG THOSE WHO CAME IN 1844, WERE, G.G.HARSIN AND JOHN HARSIN.
MR. GARRET G HARSIN, WHO IS STILL A RESIDENT OF THIS TOWNSHIP, AND NOW QUITE ADVANCED IN YEARS, WAS BORN IN KENTUCKY IN 1790. HE FIRST MOVED TO ILLINOIS AT AN EARLY DAY. FROM THENCE TO HENRY COUNTY, IOWA IN 1839, AND TO HIS PRESENT PLACE OF RESIDENCE, IN THE SPRING OF 1844. ON LEAVING THE SETTLEMENT THE FAMILY CAREFULLY LAID IN PROVISIONS ENOUGH TO LAST THEM TILL THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER. BUT, ON REACHING THEIR DESTINATION, THEY WERESO BESET BY OTHER IMIGRANTS, WHO WERE NOT SO PROVIDENT, AND WHO WERE COMPELLED TO BORROW OR SUFFER, THAT THEIR SUPPLY SOON RAN SHORT. INDEED IT WAS TWICE EXHAUSTED, AND THE FAMILY LIVED ON WHEAT BOILED IN MILK. AT THIS TIME MR. HARSIN WAS IMPROVING HIS CLAIM, AND ONCE, WHEN MAKING RAILS, HIS NOONDAY LUNCH CONSISTED OF ONLY ONE GREEN CUCUMBER, WITHOUT SALT. ON SUCH A DIET HE TOILED ON DAY AFTER DAY, WITH FAILING STRENGTH, TILL HE WAS FINALLY ABLE TO MAKE ONLY SIXTEEN RAILS PER DAY. THIS WAS DURING THE ABSENCE OF HIS TEAM, AND ONE OR TWO OF HIS SONS FOR ANOTHER SUPPLY OF PROVISIONS, OF MR HARSIN'S FIVE SONS, GEORGE W LIVES IN CLAY TOWNSHIP, JAMES AND MARTIN V. IN UNION TOENSHIP, JOHN THE OLDEST, NEAR SIOUX CITY, IOWA AND GARRET IN OREGON." GARRET G HARSIN LIVES ON THE FARM IN CLAY IN 1881..."
TOWNSHIP NEAR DURHAM, IN HIS 91ST YEAR. HE SETTLED HERE IN 1844.
JOHN HARSIN LIVES NOW IN OREGON.
GEORGE W HARSIN LIVES ON THE FARM FIRST OCCUPIED BY BENAJAH WILLIAMS IN CLAY TOWNSHIP. HISTORY OF MARION COUNTY, 1881, PAGE 795"
1830 CENSUS OF SHELBY COUNTY INDIANA, SUGAR CREEK TOWNSHIP LISTS GARRET HARSIN LIVING THERE. THERE WERE NO LISTINGS OF HARSINS IN 1820 CENSUS IN INDIANA.
1840 Census has Garret G Harsin in Iowa:
Name: Garret G Harsin Township: Not Stated County: Henry State: Iowa Territory Roll: 101 Page: 97
POSSIBLY IN MARION CO, IOWA IN 1851 WHEN HIS DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH P HARSIN MARRIED ELIAS WILLIAMS.
GARRET AND MARY BOUGHT LAND IN EDGAR CO, IL IN 1829. THEY WERE GUARDIANS FOR JAMES FIRST AND MARTIN V HARSIN IN KNOXVILLE, IA IN 1833.
Husband Garret Gilbert Harsin 17
Born: Sep 24, 1790 - Paris, Bourbon Co, KY, USA
Christened:
Died: 1884 - Knoxville, Marion Co, IA, USA
Buried: - Durham, Eureka Cemetery, IA, USA
Father: Garret Harsin (1753-1838)
Mother: Elizabeth Doughty (1763-1845)
Marriage: Jun 28, 1814 - , Greenup Co, KY, USA
Other Spouse: Living
Wife Mary Lawery 17
Born: Apr 12, 1797
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Died: Feb 2, 1849
Buried: - Durham, , IA
Children
1 M John Harsin
Born: 1820 - , , IL
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Spouse: Lucinda Dragoo (1821- )
Marr: Feb 27, 1840 - , Henry Co, IA
2 M Living (details have been suppressed)
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3 M George Washington Harsin
Born: 1821 - , , IL
Christened:
Died: Oct 23, 1893 - Knoxville, , IA
Buried: - Eureka Cemetery, Marion Co, IA, USA
Spouse: Elizabeth Emily Dorcas Iler (1829-1914)
Marr: Mar 23, 1848 - , Marion Co, IA, USA
4 M Martin Van Buren Harsin
Born: 1838 - , , IL, USA
Christened:
Died: Dec 15, 1912 - Knoxville, Marion Co, IA, USA
Buried: Dec 1912 - Graceland Cem, Marion Co, IA, USA
Spouse: Living
Spouse: Mandelia Weigand (1850-1948)
Marr: May 11, 1882 - , Marion, IA
5 M James Martin Harsin
Born: Dec 3, 1838 - , Bourbon Co, IN, USA
Christened:
Died: Jul 13, 1913 - Butte, , OR, USA
Buried: - Imnaha, , OR, USA
Spouse: Elizabeth Matilda Davis (1843-1908)
Marr: Sep 12, 1868 - Knoxville, Marion Co, IA
6 F Nancy A Harsin
Born: Sep 17, 1827 - , , IL
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Died: Jun 17, 1858
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Spouse: Ellison Reilly Wright (1825-1905)
Marr: Apr 15, 1852 - , Marion, IA, USA
7 F Elizabeth P Harsin
Born: Abt 1831 - , , IL
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Spouse: Living
8 M Garret Quinn Harsin 17
Born: Dec 1830-1836 - , , IL
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Died: Mar 20, 1905 - Medical Springs, , OR
Buried: - Big Creek, Medical Springs, Baker Co., Ore.
Spouse: Martha S Logan (1844-1937) 26,17,28
Marr: Aug 22, 1862 - Auburn, , OR 17
9 F Maria Harsin
Born: 1841 - , , IA
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GARRET GILBERT MOVED TO IOWA AROUND 1843. IN 1833 HE LIVED IN KEOKUK, IOWA. GARRET'S BIBLE IS IN THE POSSION OF HOMER EUGENE HARSIN OF UNION OREGON. 9/5/1850 CENSUS-MARION CO, IOWA-LAKE PRARIE TOWNSHIP.
1/87 MARGARET HUNT OF ROGER,AR HAD INQUIRY-SEE FILE.
INFO FROM W1059
MAY HAVE HAD A THIRD WIFE NAMED HATTIE ? BORN 1819? 4/14/1994 LTR FROM SANDY HARSIN RIN=1079
LAST LIVED IN DURHAM,IA AREA.
CEMETERY:EUREKA CEMETERY IN OR AROUND DURHAM,IA
CEMETERY HEAD STONE SAYS HE WAS BORN IN 1789.
"PIONEERS OF MARION COUNTY"PUBLISHED 1872,2ND PRINTING JUNE 1978, CLAY TOWNSHIP HISTORY: ON NOV 18,1846 A GROUP OF RESIDENTS MET AT THE HOME OF JASPER KOONS. THEY ELECTED JOHN R WHALEY & GARRET G HARSIN AS JUSTICES. DAVID DURHAM, CLERK. ""THOSE WHO SETTLED IN THE TOWNSHIP IN 1843 WERE... THOSE WHO CAME IN 1844 WERE GARRET G HARSIN, JOHN HARSIN....""
FROM "HARVEY'S CENTENNIEL BOOK-ONE HUNDRED YEARS"HARVEY,IA. 1876-1976" PAGE 38 -MAY 23,1872. "OLD UNCLE GARRET HARSIN OF CLAY TOWNSHIP AGED 82 YEARS, HAS JUST COMPLETED A VIOLIN, WITH WHICH HE MAKES VERY FINE MUSIC." 1ST MOVED TO ILLINOIS AT EARLY AGE THEN TO HENRY CO,IOWA IN 1839 AND HIS PRESENT PLACE IN SPRING 1844 - CLAY TOWNSHIP,MARION CO,IA.
4/5/1996 LTR FROM DEAN PRATT RIN=2124 SENDS WORK COMPILED BY OPAL CAMERON SAYS DD IS 1882 IN EUREKA CEM.WAS FARMER, VIOLIN MAKER AND METHODIST.
3/7/2001 FROM IRV HARSIN RIN796 SENDS PIECE FROM THE CLAY TOWNSHIP, MARION COUNTY, IOWA...FROM PIONEERS OF MARION COUNTY, 1872. SAYS" AMONG THOSE WHO SETTLED IN THE TOWNSHIP IN 1843, WERE, ANDREW FOSTER, THOMAS KIRTON, MATHEW RUPLE, DAVID DURHAM, JOHN LINPOD AND BENAJAH WILLIAMS. AMONG THOSE WHO CAME IN 1844, WERE, G.G.HARSIN AND JOHN HARSIN.
MR. GARRET G HARSIN, WHO IS STILL A RESIDENT OF THIS TOWNSHIP, AND NOW QUITE ADVANCED IN YEARS, WAS BORN IN KENTUCKY IN 1790. HE FIRST MOVED TO ILLINOIS AT AN EARLY DAY. FROM THENCE TO HENRY COUNTY, IOWA IN 1839, AND TO HIS PRESENT PLACE OF RESIDENCE, IN THE SPRING OF 1844. ON LEAVING THE SETTLEMENT THE FAMILY CAREFULLY LAID IN PROVISIONS ENOUGH TO LAST THEM TILL THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER. BUT, ON REACHING THEIR DESTINATION, THEY WERESO BESET BY OTHER IMIGRANTS, WHO WERE NOT SO PROVIDENT, AND WHO WERE COMPELLED TO BORROW OR SUFFER, THAT THEIR SUPPLY SOON RAN SHORT. INDEED IT WAS TWICE EXHAUSTED, AND THE FAMILY LIVED ON WHEAT BOILED IN MILK. AT THIS TIME MR. HARSIN WAS IMPROVING HIS CLAIM, AND ONCE, WHEN MAKING RAILS, HIS NOONDAY LUNCH CONSISTED OF ONLY ONE GREEN CUCUMBER, WITHOUT SALT. ON SUCH A DIET HE TOILED ON DAY AFTER DAY, WITH FAILING STRENGTH, TILL HE WAS FINALLY ABLE TO MAKE ONLY SIXTEEN RAILS PER DAY. THIS WAS DURING THE ABSENCE OF HIS TEAM, AND ONE OR TWO OF HIS SONS FOR ANOTHER SUPPLY OF PROVISIONS, OF MR HARSIN'S FIVE SONS, GEORGE W LIVES IN CLAY TOWNSHIP, JAMES AND MARTIN V. IN UNION TOENSHIP, JOHN THE OLDEST, NEAR SIOUX CITY, IOWA AND GARRET IN OREGON." GARRET G HARSIN LIVES ON THE FARM IN CLAY IN 1881..."
TOWNSHIP NEAR DURHAM, IN HIS 91ST YEAR. HE SETTLED HERE IN 1844.
JOHN HARSIN LIVES NOW IN OREGON.
GEORGE W HARSIN LIVES ON THE FARM FIRST OCCUPIED BY BENAJAH WILLIAMS IN CLAY TOWNSHIP. HISTORY OF MARION COUNTY, 1881, PAGE 795"
1830 CENSUS OF SHELBY COUNTY INDIANA, SUGAR CREEK TOWNSHIP LISTS GARRET HARSIN LIVING THERE. THERE WERE NO LISTINGS OF HARSINS IN 1820 CENSUS IN INDIANA.
1840 Census has Garret G Harsin in Iowa:
Name: Garret G Harsin Township: Not Stated County: Henry State: Iowa Territory Roll: 101 Page: 97
POSSIBLY IN MARION CO, IOWA IN 1851 WHEN HIS DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH P HARSIN MARRIED ELIAS WILLIAMS.
GARRET AND MARY BOUGHT LAND IN EDGAR CO, IL IN 1829. THEY WERE GUARDIANS FOR JAMES FIRST AND MARTIN V HARSIN IN KNOXVILLE, IA IN 1833.
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4/14/1994 LTR FROM SANDY HARSIN RIN=1079.
EUREKA CEMETERY IN OR AROUND DURHAM,IA.
NICKNAME: POLLY M.
Notes: Marriage
Husband Garret Quinn Harsin 17
Born: Dec 1830-1836 - , , IL
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Died: Mar 20, 1905 - Medical Springs, , OR
Buried: - Big Creek, Medical Springs, Baker Co., Ore.
Father: Garret Gilbert Harsin (1790-1884) 17
Mother: Mary Lawery (1797-1849) 17
Marriage: Aug 22, 1862 - Auburn, , OR 17
Wife Martha S Logan 26,17,28
Born: Sep 22, 1844 - Greencastle, Putman, IN, USA 17,35
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Died: Jan 27, 1937 - Medical Springs, Baker Co., Ore. 17,35
Buried: - Big Creek, Medical Springs, Baker Co., Ore.
Father: William Harrison Logan (1815-1899) 18,23,27,28,29,30,31
Mother: Ruth Alley (1821-1855) 26,27
Children
1 M James Burbadge Harsin 17
Born: May 20, 1867 - Cove, Union Co, OR, USA
Christened:
Died: Apr 1, 1940 - New Bridge, Baker Co., Ore. 49
Buried: - Big Creek Cem, Union Co, OR, USA
Spouse: Elizabeth Ada "Ada" West (1877-1913) 17,46,49
Marr: Abt 1898
2 F Mary Elizabeth Harsin 17
Born: Abt 1863 - , , OR
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Died: 1895 - Cove, Union, OR
Buried: - Cove Cem., Union Co., Ore.
Spouse: George E. Corpe (1860-1933) 17
3 M Homer Wilmath Harsin 17,46
Born: May 10, 1869 - Cove Cem., Union Co., Ore.
Christened:
Died: Dec 9, 1936 - Baker, Baker Co, OR, USA 46
Buried: Dec 13, 1936 - Mt. Hope Cem., Baker, Baker Co., Ore.
Spouse: Florence Fayette Bowman (1871-1964) 17,46
Marr: Sep 2, 1905 - Baker, Baker Co, OR, USA
4 F Hilda B Harsin 17,46
Born: Apr 9, 1870 - Cove, Union Co, OR, USA 50
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Died: Jul 2, 1961 - , Union Co, OR 46
Buried: Jul 5, 1961 - Mt. Hope Cem., Baker, Baker Co., Ore.
Spouse: George Lewis Bowman (1865-1938) 17,46
Marr: Dec 14, 1891 - Union, Union Co, OR, USA
5 M Wilson H Harsin 17
Born: Jul 15, 1876 - Medical Springs, Union, OR
Christened:
Died: May 4, 1954 - Baker, , OR
Buried: May 6, 1954 - Mt. Hope Cem., Baker, Baker Co., Ore.
Spouse: Bertha Rhoda Fairbanks (1890-1973) 17
Marr: Mar 8, 1908 - Baker, , OR
6 M Willard Clayton Harsin 17,46
Born: Jun 4, 1865 - Cove, Union Co, OR, USA
Christened:
Died: Jan 19, 1955 - Baker, Baker Co, OR, USA 46
Buried: Jan 22, 1955 - Mt. Hope Cem., Baker, Baker Co., Ore.
Spouse: Etta Leona Welch (1880-1955) 17,46
Marr: Aug 22, 1898 - Union, Union, OR, USA
7 M George Harsin 17
Born: Dec 11, 1884 - Medical Springs, Union Co, OR, USA
Christened:
Died: Feb 5, 1966 - Baker, Union Co, OR, USA
Buried: Feb 8, 1966 - Baker, Union, OR, USA
Spouse: Anna Ruth Lane (1894-1932) 17
Marr: Dec 18, 1908 - Baker, , OR
Spouse: Living
8 M Living (details have been suppressed)
Born:
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9 M Lorenzo Harsin 17
Born: Oct 12, 1888 - Medical Springs, Union Co, OR, USA 50
Christened:
Died: Feb 17, 1889 - Medical Springs, Union Co, OR, USA 50
Buried: - Big Creek Cem., Medical Springs, Baker Co., Ore.
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OCCUPATION - FREIGHT LOGGER.
HAD A YOKE OF OXEN AND HAULED LOGS TO TOWN FOR $1 A LOG.
ACCORDING TO GRANDDAUGHTER, LAURIE MAE, MARTHA DROVE A TEAM TO OREGON ACCROSS THE PLAINS AS A YOUNG GIRL.
INFO FROM VERNON FOY HARSIN
W1109, W1059, W1118, W1067, W1117, W1063
6/28/1994 LTR FROM LORI HARSIN FORD RIN=775 FROM GENEALOGICAL FORUM OF PORTLAND OREGON. BIG CREEK CEMETERY, 2-3 MILE SOUTH OF MEDICAL SPRINGS,OR.
4/14/1994 LTR FROM SANDY HARSIN RIN=1079 EXTRACTED FROM MARION COUNTY HISTORY PIONEERS 1872 P62. CURRENTLY LIVING IN OREGON.
5/25/1994 LTR FROM WENDY MAE HARSIN SMATLAN RIN=748 4/1/1994 LTR FROM WILLIS HARSIN, RIN=819. HE WENT TO OREGON.
4/14/1994 LTR FROM SANDY HARSIN RIN=1079.
4/4/1994 LTR FROM VERNON HARSIN RIN=746.
MARRIED & MP. ABURN WAS A GOLD MINING TOWN, ONLY THING LEFT NOW IS A CEMETERY. NOTES IN FILE: "HAD TWO YOKE OF OXEN HAULED LOGS TO TOWN WITH. FOR $1.00 A PIECE. ACCORDING TO HIS GRANDDAUGHTER, LAURA MAE, MARTHA DROVE A TEAM TO OREGON AT THE AGE OF 18 (MARTHA).
4/13/1996 LTR FROM LEILA SVENDSIN RIN=604, SENDS PICTURE OF GRAVE FOR GARRET SAYS NAME IS GARRETT Q. HARSIN 1836-1906. CEMETERY IN OREGON. BIG CREEK CEMETERY IN UNION CO, OR. PICTURE OF GRAVE STONE IN VOLUME 1, PAGE 1.
1/10/2003 HTTP://WWW.ROOTSWEB.COM/~ORBAKER/DATABASE/CENETERY/BIGCREEK01.HTM SAYS FUNERAL HOME RECORDS SUPPORT THE BIRTH AS IN 1838 AND DEATH MAR 24, 1905.
From Brian Gilliland:
Probate also lists W.C. Harsin of Medical Springs Oregon, James B. Harsin of Richland Washington, H.W. Harsin deceased (fa of Eugene?), Hulda Bowman of Baker Oregon, Wiilson H. Harsin of Pondarosa (California?), and George Harsin near Haines Oregon.(Muddy Creek Oregon)
http://www.rootsweb.com/~orbaker/database/cemetery/bigcreek01.htm
General Notes: Wife -
Received from Brian Gilliland:
MEDICAL SPRINGS WOMAN RECALLS ARRIVAL IN 1862
"Grandma" Harsin, 85, faced Hardships on Western Wilderness;
only one log cabin then on present site of Baker, the trip from Iowa took five months.
Written by Klass V. Powell
Mrs. Martha S. Harsin fought the battle of motherhood amid the dangers of the western wilderness when the development of Oregon was in its enfancy, and she won. She lived in quietude on the ranch near Medical Springs on which she and her husband "squatted" shortly after their arrival in Baker county in 1862.
Grandma Harsin as she was known among her intimate friends, recalls landing in Baker September 22, 1862, after making the five month trip from Marion county, Iowa. When Mrs. Harsin arrived in this valley there was only one house in Baker, a log cabin, located on the present sight of Cambell Holdings on east Cambell street, just north of the park.
The imigrant party made camp near the Cambell home, according to a story told by Mrs. Harsin to her granddaughter, Mrs, Archie Whisman, who provided the details for this story. A woman who died at the "Farewell Bend" on the Snake River was buried near the camp, having been brought to this valley in Captain Glenn's wagon train. Mrs. Harsin who was then Martha Logan, helped to dress the woman to place her in the casket that was improvised at the grave.
Grandma Harsin's cow helped to pull one of the fifteen wagons in the train, and also furnished milk for the Logan family on the long trek. The cow was the original dam of the present Harsin herd near Medical Springs.
When coming across the plains, a single man who was with Captain Glen's train, said he was going to kill the first Indian he saw. The members of the party urged him to refrain from committing the crime, but further along the trip he killed an Indian squaw. A party of Indians overtook the train before it had gone very far and demanded that the youth be turned over to them, issueing a warning that if he remained with the train the entire party would be killed. The woman's murderer was turned over to the Indians, who tortured him to death.
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They moved to Big Creek in 1871.
Martha (Logan) Harsin was Pioneer Queen, July 4, 1934.
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Oregon Death Index:
Name: Harsin, Martha
County: Baker
Death Date: 26 Jan 1937
Certificate: 28
OCCUPATION:NURSE
MOVED TO IOWA 1846, TO OREGON-1862. SETTLED IN BAKER CITY, OR.
6-28-1994 LTR FROM LORI HARSIN FORD RIN=775 FROM THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM OF PORTLAND OREGON. BIG CREEK CEMETERY 2-3 MILES SOUTH OF MEDICAL SPRINGS,OR. 3/15/1996 LTR FROM RON HARSIN RIN=724 WITH OBIT FOR MARTHA S LOGAN THAT SAYS" J.B.HARSIN RECIEVED WORD OF HIS MOTHER'S DEATH AT THE HOME OF HER GRANDDAUGHTER, MRS MERLE SMITH OF MEDICAL SPRINGS, JANUARY 26. MRS HARSIN WAS BORN IN PUTNAM COUNTY, IND, SEPTEMBER 22, 1844 AND WHEN A GIRL DROVE A SPAN OF MULES ACROSS THE PLAINS TO OREGON. SHE ARRIVED IN OREGON ON HER BIRTHDAY, 1862, AND WAS MARRIED THAT FALL TO G.O. HARSIN WHO DIED IN 1902. MR. AND MRS HARSIN LIVED IN THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE LOCATING AT MEDICAL SPRINGS IN 1871, WHERE THEY SPENT THE REMAINDER OF THEIR LIVES. THE DECEASED IS SURVIVED BY FOUR SONS, W.C. AND WILSON OF MEDICAL SPRINGS, GEORGE OF HAINES AND J.B. OF RICHLAND; DAUGHTER, MRS GEORGE BOWMAN OF MEDICAL SPRINGS, 33 GRANDCHILDREN, 37 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND FIVE GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. gRANDMA HARSIN WAS PIONEER QUEEN OF THE BAKER MINING JUBILEE IN 1936.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD SUNDAY IN THE WEST AND COMPANY PARLORS. INTREMENT IN THE MEDICAL SPRINGS CEMETERY."
ALSO SENDS OBIT FOR HOMER W HARSIN THAT STATES MOTHER MARTHA HARSIN SURVIVES AND LIVES IN MEDICAL SPRINGS,OR IN NOV 1936.
4/13/1996 LTR FROM LEILA SVENDSIN RIN=604 SENDS PICTURE OF GRAVE STONE FROM BIG CREEK CEMETERY OUTSIDE MEDICAL SPRINGS, OR.
PICTURE OF MARTHA'S GRAVE STONE IN VOLUME 1 PAGE 1.
BIG CREEK CEMETERY, UNION CO, OREGON
Notes: Marriage
Husband George Harsin 17
Born: Dec 11, 1884 - Medical Springs, Union Co, OR, USA
Christened:
Died: Feb 5, 1966 - Baker, Union Co, OR, USA
Buried: Feb 8, 1966 - Baker, Union, OR, USA
Father: Garret Quinn Harsin (1830-1905) 17
Mother: Martha S Logan (1844-1937) 26,17,28
Marriage: Dec 18, 1908 - Baker, , OR
Other Spouse: Living
Noted events in his life were:
• Residence 84, Jun 1932 - Haines, Ore.
Wife Anna Ruth Lane 17
Born: Dec 6, 1894 - Nishnabotna, Atchison Co., MO. 50
Christened:
Died: Jun 6, 1932 - Baker, Baker Co., Ore. 84
Buried: - Mt. Hope Cem., Baker, Baker Co., Ore.
Noted events in her life were:
• Alt. Birth, Alt. Birth, Dec 6, 1894 - MO.
Children
1 F Laura Mae Harsin 17,50
Born: Oct 8, 1909 - Medical Springs, , OR, USA
Christened:
Died: Jun 4, 1999
Buried: - Enterprise, , OR, USA
Spouse: Living
Spouse: Living
Spouse: Bill Odam (1916-1983)
2 F Living (details have been suppressed)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Living
3 F Living (details have been suppressed)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Living
4 M William Garret Harsin 17,50
Born: Jan 11, 1913 - Baker, , OR, USA
Christened:
Died: Feb 1, 1953 - Tuscon, , AZ
Buried: Feb 6, 1953 - Mt. Hope Cem., Baker, Baker Co., Ore.
5 M Harold Ronald Harsin 17,50
Born: Jun 3, 1916 - Medical Springs, , OR
Christened:
Died: Mar 17, 1988
Buried:
Spouse: Living
Spouse: Living
6 M Roy Lavern Harsin 17,50
Born: Nov 1, 1918 - Baker, Baker Co., Ore. 50
Christened:
Died: Feb 10, 1994 - Umatilla Co., Ore.
Buried: - Sky View Cem., Pendleton, Ore. 50
Spouse: Estelle Mayfred Eller (1925-1994) 17,50
Marr: Oct 11, 1945 - Sitka, Alas. In "St. Peter's By The Sea"
7 M Allen Lewis Harsin 17,50
Born: Jan 13, 1921 - Baker, , OR, USA
Christened:
Died: Apr 13, 2001 - Fairfield, Solano Co, CA, USA
Buried: Apr 19, 2001 - Creamated
Spouse: Living
Spouse: Living
General Notes: Husband -
OCCUPATION:FARMER
FROM VERNON HARSIN W1116, 4/24/1987.
6-14-1994 LTR FROM DARWIN HARSIN RIN=721.
SENT PHOTO. IN ALBUM.
3/15/1996 LTR FROM RON HARSIN RIN=724 SENDS OBIT FOR MARTHA HARSIN THAT SAYS SON GEORGE HARSIN SURVIVES AND LIVES IN HAINES, OR IN JAN 1937.
3/28/1996 LTR FROM PHILLIP BIDDLE SAYS PROBABLY MARRIED A SECOND TIME BECAUSE SON WILLIAMS OBIT SAYS HALF-SISTER LEILA, AND STEP SISTERS OF PHYLLIS AND RUTH. 5/30/1996 LTR FROM LEILA RIN=604 SHOWS GEORGE MARRIED A SECOND TIME TO A LURA PATTISON. SAYS GEORGE PLAYED THE FIDDLE. PLAYED WITH FOUR BOYS OFTEN. HE PLAYED AT ROD AND SADDLE CLUB IN BAKER, OR.
3/28/2001 RESEARCHING THE INTERNET WITH SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH RECORDS, SHOWS GEORGE HARSIN PASSING AWAY 2/15/1966 AND LAST LIVING IN UNION, OREGON 3/20/2003 FROM GRANDDAUGHTER LINDA HARSIN R777 SAYS GEORGE LIVED IN HAINES, OREGON AREA.
Oregon Death Index:
Name: Harsin, George
County: Union
Death Date: 05 Feb 1966
Certificate: 2910
Spouse: Lura
General Notes: Wife -
MT HOPE CEMETERY.
FROM W1059,W1063, W1117,W1118,W1109, W1116 5/1984
6/28/1994 LTR FROM LORI FORD RIN=775
WORKING ON DEC DATE AND PLACE
12/25/2000 FROM BRIAN GILLILAND RIN=2991 SAYS NICK NAME WAS ANNIE
Oregon Death Index:
Name: Harsin, Anna
County: Baker
Death Date: 06 Jun 1932
Certificate: 82
Spouse: George
Notes: Marriage
Husband George Harsin 17
Born: Dec 11, 1884 - Medical Springs, Union Co, OR, USA
Christened:
Died: Feb 5, 1966 - Baker, Union Co, OR, USA
Buried: Feb 8, 1966 - Baker, Union, OR, USA
Father: Garret Quinn Harsin (1830-1905) 17
Mother: Martha S Logan (1844-1937) 26,17,28
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Anna Ruth Lane (1894-1932) 17 - Dec 18, 1908 - Baker, , OR
Noted events in his life were:
• Residence 84, Jun 1932 - Haines, Ore.
Wife Living (details have been suppressed)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 F Living (details have been suppressed)
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Living
General Notes: Husband -
OCCUPATION:FARMER
FROM VERNON HARSIN W1116, 4/24/1987.
6-14-1994 LTR FROM DARWIN HARSIN RIN=721.
SENT PHOTO. IN ALBUM.
3/15/1996 LTR FROM RON HARSIN RIN=724 SENDS OBIT FOR MARTHA HARSIN THAT SAYS SON GEORGE HARSIN SURVIVES AND LIVES IN HAINES, OR IN JAN 1937.
3/28/1996 LTR FROM PHILLIP BIDDLE SAYS PROBABLY MARRIED A SECOND TIME BECAUSE SON WILLIAMS OBIT SAYS HALF-SISTER LEILA, AND STEP SISTERS OF PHYLLIS AND RUTH. 5/30/1996 LTR FROM LEILA RIN=604 SHOWS GEORGE MARRIED A SECOND TIME TO A LURA PATTISON. SAYS GEORGE PLAYED THE FIDDLE. PLAYED WITH FOUR BOYS OFTEN. HE PLAYED AT ROD AND SADDLE CLUB IN BAKER, OR.
3/28/2001 RESEARCHING THE INTERNET WITH SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH RECORDS, SHOWS GEORGE HARSIN PASSING AWAY 2/15/1966 AND LAST LIVING IN UNION, OREGON 3/20/2003 FROM GRANDDAUGHTER LINDA HARSIN R777 SAYS GEORGE LIVED IN HAINES, OREGON AREA.
Oregon Death Index:
Name: Harsin, George
County: Union
Death Date: 05 Feb 1966
Certificate: 2910
Spouse: Lura
Husband George Harsin 17
Born: Dec 11, 1884 - Medical Springs, Union Co, OR, USA
Christened:
Died: Feb 5, 1966 - Baker, Union Co, OR, USA
Buried: Feb 8, 1966 - Baker, Union, OR, USA
Father: Garret Quinn Harsin (1830-1905) 17
Mother: Martha S Logan (1844-1937) 26,17,28
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Anna Ruth Lane (1894-1932) 17 - Dec 18, 1908 - Baker, , OR
Other Spouse: Living
Noted events in his life were:
• Residence 84, Jun 1932 - Haines, Ore.
Wife
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Children
General Notes: Husband -
OCCUPATION:FARMER
FROM VERNON HARSIN W1116, 4/24/1987.
6-14-1994 LTR FROM DARWIN HARSIN RIN=721.
SENT PHOTO. IN ALBUM.
3/15/1996 LTR FROM RON HARSIN RIN=724 SENDS OBIT FOR MARTHA HARSIN THAT SAYS SON GEORGE HARSIN SURVIVES AND LIVES IN HAINES, OR IN JAN 1937.
3/28/1996 LTR FROM PHILLIP BIDDLE SAYS PROBABLY MARRIED A SECOND TIME BECAUSE SON WILLIAMS OBIT SAYS HALF-SISTER LEILA, AND STEP SISTERS OF PHYLLIS AND RUTH. 5/30/1996 LTR FROM LEILA RIN=604 SHOWS GEORGE MARRIED A SECOND TIME TO A LURA PATTISON. SAYS GEORGE PLAYED THE FIDDLE. PLAYED WITH FOUR BOYS OFTEN. HE PLAYED AT ROD AND SADDLE CLUB IN BAKER, OR.
3/28/2001 RESEARCHING THE INTERNET WITH SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH RECORDS, SHOWS GEORGE HARSIN PASSING AWAY 2/15/1966 AND LAST LIVING IN UNION, OREGON 3/20/2003 FROM GRANDDAUGHTER LINDA HARSIN R777 SAYS GEORGE LIVED IN HAINES, OREGON AREA.
Oregon Death Index:
Name: Harsin, George
County: Union
Death Date: 05 Feb 1966
Certificate: 2910
Spouse: Lura
Husband George Washington Harsin
Born: 1821 - , , IL
Christened:
Died: Oct 23, 1893 - Knoxville, , IA
Buried: - Eureka Cemetery, Marion Co, IA, USA
Father: Garret Gilbert Harsin (1790-1884) 17
Mother: Mary Lawery (1797-1849) 17
Marriage: Mar 23, 1848 - , Marion Co, IA, USA
Wife Elizabeth Emily Dorcas Iler
Born: Nov 23, 1829 - , Ohio County, KY
Christened:
Died: Nov 30, 1914 - Knoxville, Marion Co, IA, USA
Buried: Dec 3, 1914 - Marion Co, Eureka Cemetery, IA, USA
Children
1 M Francis Marion Harsin
Born: Feb 22, 1849 - Knoxville, Marion, IA, USA
Christened:
Died: Jul 27, 1932 - Las Animas, , CO, USA
Buried: Jul 29, 1932 - Rocky Ford, Otero Co, CO, USA
Spouse: Rebekah Niell (1850-1875)
Marr: Jun 15, 1871 - Knoxville, Marion, IA, USA
Spouse: Amelia Welgand (1854-1917)
Marr: Mar 14, 1878 - Knoxville, Marion Co, IA, USA
2 F Louisa Jane Harsin
Born: Apr 17, 1851 - , Marion, IA
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Living
3 M Jacob Douglas Harsin
Born: Feb 26, 1856 - Durham, Marion Co, IA, USA
Christened:
Died: 1939 - Knoxville, Marion Co, IA, USA
Buried: - Breckenridge Cem, Marion Co, IA, USA
Spouse: Sarah Janette Loynachan (1853-1938)
Marr: Feb 24, 1881 - , Marion, IA, USA
4 F Sarah Miranda Harsin
Born: Oct 9, 1852
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
5 M Garret Gilbert Harsin
Born: May 22, 1861 - , , IA, USA
Christened:
Died: Nov 10, 1935 - Nampa, Canyon Co, ID, USA
Buried: - Nampa, Canyon Co, IA, USA
Spouse: Susannah Jane Momyer (1865-1958)
Marr: Oct 13, 1886 - Cope, Washington Co, CO, USA
General Notes: Husband -
IN 1843 MOVED TO MARION CO,IOWA FROM KENTUCKY-BIOSKETCH OF DANIEL A MCTAGGART, SON-IN-LAW-DAUGHTER-LOUISA JANE.
HE FARMED 300 ACRES IN IOWA.
9/5/1850 MARION CO IOWA CENSUS-LAKE PRARIE TEP.
HAVE CEMETERY RECORDS FROM LIBRARY IN FILE.
HE WAS AN AUCTINEER
4/14/1994 LTR FROM SANDY HARSIN RIN=1079 EXTRACTED FROM MARION COUNTY HISTORY PIONEERS,1872. AT THIS TIME GEORGE WAS LIVING IN CLAY TOWNSHIP, MARION CO,IA. WAS LIVING IN CLAY TOWNSHIP MARION CO, IOWA IN 1855 AS CORONER OF THE COUNTY...FROM HISTORY OF MARION COUNTY IOWA 1855 P 446.
AGRIGULTURAL SOCIETY OF MARION CONTY, 1866, GEORGE HARSIN, SUPERINTENDANT OF CLASS B CATTLE."
GEORGE HAD A BROTHER-IN-LAW NAMED LORANZO EARP.
WAS IN MARION COUNTY IOWA BY 1848 WHEN HE MARRIED ELIZABETH DORCAS
General Notes: Wife -
Husband Homer Wilmath Harsin 17,46
Born: May 10, 1869 - Cove Cem., Union Co., Ore.
Christened:
Died: Dec 9, 1936 - Baker, Baker Co, OR, USA 46
Buried: Dec 13, 1936 - Mt. Hope Cem., Baker, Baker Co., Ore.
Father: Garret Quinn Harsin (1830-1905) 17
Mother: Martha S Logan (1844-1937) 26,17,28
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Florence Fayette Bowman (1871-1964) 17,46 - Sep 2, 1905 - Baker, Baker Co, OR, USA
Wife
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Children
General Notes: Husband -
OCCUPATION:FARMER
MT HOPE CEMETERY
LIVED MOST OF THE TIME IN MEDICAL SPRINGS,OR AREA. MADE TRIP WITH BROTHER, CLAYTON, TO NORTH DAKOTA EARLY 1890 TO SELL 250 HORSES. WINTERED AT FORT LINCOLN-CUSTER'S FORT. HOMER GOT A MUG USED BY CUSTER. CUSTER DIED IN JUNE OF 1876.
FROM VERNON HARSIN W1116, 4/24/1987.
3/15/1996 LTR FROM RON HARSIN RIN=724 SENDS OBIT FOR HOMER W. HARSIN THAT SAYS: MEDICAL SPRINGS PIONEER PASSES, HOMER W HARSIN, NATIVE OF UNION CO., MOVED TO SPRINGS IN '71. HOMER W HARSIN, NATIVE OF UNION COUNTY, DIED IN THE BAKER GENERAL HOSPITAL AT 7PM WEDNESDAY. HE HAD BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL FOR TWO WEEKS. MR HARSIN WAS BORN IN COVE, MAY 10, 1870. HE MOVED WITH HIS PARENTS TO MEDICAL SPRINGS IN MARCH 1871 AND SPENT THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE THERE. HE ENGAGED IN FARMING AT MEDICAL SPRINGS FOR MANY YEARS. THE DECEASED IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIDOW, FLORENCE, SONS EUGENE HARSIN AND FRED NEWMAN BOTH OF MEDICAL SPRINGS, TWO DAUGHTERS, MRS ARCHIE WHISTMAN, OF BAKER, AND MRS CARL BERNSON OF LOS ANGELES, HIS MOTHER, MRS MARTHA HARSIN OF MEDICAL SPRINGS, FOUR BROTHERS, WILSON OF PONDOSA, CLAYTON OF MEDICAL SPRINGS, JAMES B. OF NEWBRIDGE AND GEORGE OF HAINES,A SISTER MRS GEORGE L BOWMAN OF MEDICAL SPRINGS, AND FIVE GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL SEVICES WILL BE HELD SUNDAY AT 2PMIN THE WEST & COMPANY PARLORS. INTREMENT WILL BE IN THE MT HOPE CEMETERY." SENT LETTER TO RON ASKING WHO FRED NEWMAN WAS, AND WHO HIS TWO DAUGHTERS WERE. 3/28/96 FROM PHILLIP BIDDLE SAYS DD WAS 12-9-1936 AND BURIAL WAS 12-13-1936 5/21/1996 LTR FROM RON HARSIN RIN=724 SAYS HE AND HIS MOTHER DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING OF HOMER'S CHILDREN
Oregon Death Index:
Name: Harsin, Homer
County: Baker
Death Date: 09 D 1936
Certificate: 208
Spouse: Florence