Andrew A Harman (1805 - 1869)

Born 5 Apr 1805 in family homestead, Donegal Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

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Died 16 Nov 1869 at age 64 in Stahlstown, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

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"Andrew A. Harman, father of John A. Harman, was born at the family homestead in Donegal, April 5, 1805. He was educated in the district school of his neighborhood, and after the conclusion of his studies learned the shoemaker's trade, which he followed for some years. Relinquishing that calling he turned his attention to farming on the old Shaffer homestead at Four Mile Rim, and resided there for the remainder of his life. In politics he acted with the Democratic party, and participated in local public affairs to some extent, holding the office of school director. His religious affiliations were with the Lutherans and he was an elder of that church. He married, October 25, 1825, Mary M. Shaffer, born at Four Mile Run, July 7, 1809, of German parentage. Her father was Jacob Shaffer, who settled upon the farm situated some four miles northwest of Donegal, where his son-in-law, Andrew A. Harman, afterwards resided. Andrew A. and Mary A. [sic] Harman were the parents of twelve children." ^[1] He passed away in 1869, and was buried at Porch Cemetery, Donegal, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.^[2] His memorial gravestone has his name inscribed as ANDREW A. HARMAN.

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1. ↑ Boucher, John Newton, and John Woolf Jordan. History of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, Volume 2. New York : The Lewis Publishing Company. 1906. Page 451.
2. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 28737045