Jacob H Harmon (1823 - 1893)

Born 1823 in Pike Township, Marion, Indiana, United States

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Died 21 Apr 1893 at about age 70 in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States

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Son of Richard Harmon and Mary Parrish. He married Elizabeth Fansler and to this union were born the following children: James, Jacob, David F. and Thomas.

SOURCE: Waterloo Courier, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., IA - April 21, 1893

DIED. - Jacob Harmon, one of the oldest settlers of Black Hawk County, died last night at the poor farm, of paralysis, aged about 70 years. Deceased came to this county in 1853, settling on a farm in Spring Creek Township. He lived there until last fall when he was taken to the poor farm. He suffered two strokes of paralysis, the last of which proved fatal, as stated above.

SOURCE: The Cedar Valley Times, Cedar Rapids Iowa. Dated July 16 1857. Page 3. Murder--- A.J. Yancey, a young and respectable farmer near LaPorte city, Black Hawk county, was deliberately shot down by Jacob Harmon, a few days since. He died almost instantly. There had been a dispute between them of some months standing. Harmon, who bears a bad character, had threatened the life of Yancey previously, and deliberately shot him down with a rifle, while he was at work in his field. He was arrested, and the public indignation was so great he narrowly escaped lynching.

Jacob was sent to the Fort Madison Penitentiary in Fort Madison, Lee Co., IA in 1857 for the murder of Andrew J. Yancy. It appears that he served a 10 year term for this crime. He was in the 1860 Census Fort Madison, Lee Co., IA.

SOURCE: Waterloo Courier, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., IA - June 22, 1893 This was a claim listed within the Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors of Black Hawk Co., IA and paid out of Black Hawk County's Poor Fund. SVR Slade, coffin, box and burial of Jacob Harmon…..15.00 Sardis V.R. Slade was a Furniture Dealer in the 1880 Iowa Census and a Funeral Director in the 1900 Iowa Census, residing in Waterloo, Black Hawk Co. in both census.

Jacob and Andrew J. Yancy (Yancey) were living next door to each other in the 1856 Census Iowa, Black Hawk Co., Spring Creek Twp.

Sources

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV27-72XV : accessed 5 March 2016), Jacob H. Harmon, 1893; Burial, Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States of America, Hillcrest Cemetery; citing record ID 60792426, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.