Eliphus
R
Harmon
Born in Union County, South Carolina, United States
Son of [father unknown] and Mary (Unknown) Harmon
Husband of
Martha Ellen (Baines) Harmon
— married
about 1869 in Union, South Carolina, United States
Father of
Lelia Harmon, Albert James Harmon, Margaret Harmon, Anna Harmon, Aaron Dexter Harmon and Sarah Ellen (Harmon) Bryant
Died
at about age 76
in Pacolet, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States
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Biography
Eliphus Harmon was a Prisoner of War during the United States Civil War.
Eliphus R. Harmon is NOT the son of John M. Harmon and Lucy Gossett, their son was John Eliphus Harmon, who died in the Civil War. Eliphus R. Harmon's mother is Mary and he was born in Union County, South Carolina.
1850 Census, Union, South Carolina: [1]
- Mary Hermon 39 Ireland (1811)
- Eliza age 19, SC
- Jane age 17, SC
- Sarah A. age 15, SC
- Eliphus, age 13, SC
- Margaret, age 11, SC
Military Record
Eliphas R. Harmon, Private, Company I, 13th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Confederate. [2]
He was captured during the Battle of Gettysburg, 4 July 1863 when he was left wounded on the battlefield. Eliphus was sent to Point Lookout as a POW and was released in 1865.
Life after the War
1880 Census, Jonesville, Union, South Carolina: [3]
- Eliphus R. Harmon Self Male 40 South Carolina, United States
- Ellen Harmon Wife Female 32 South Carolina, United States
- Lelia Harmon Daughter Female 10 South Carolina, United States
- Albert J. Harmon Son Male 7 South Carolina, United States
- Margaret Harmon Daughter Female 4 South Carolina, United States
- Anna Harmon Daughter Female 2 South Carolina, United States
1910 Census, Pacolet, Spartanburg, South Carolina: [4]
- E R Harmon Head Male 71 South Carolina
- Elen Harmon Wife Female 63 South Carolina
- Aaron Harmon Son Male 28 South Carolina
- Mollie Harmon Daughter-in-law Female 24 South Carolina
- Eugene Harmon Grandson Male 1 South Carolina
Eliphus' wife Martha Ellen Baines Harmon was born 14 May 1847, died 16 January 1922, Pacolet, Spartanburg, South Carolina, age 73.[5] Note: Memorial Stone has her name as Martha Ellen B. Harmon.
Children
- Lelia Harmon, born 1870
- Albert J. Harmon, born 1873, died 1927, married Mattie Baines. [6]
- Margaret Harmon, born 1876
- Anna Harmon born 1878
- Aaron Dexter Harmon, born 1882, died 1946, married Mollie M. Gossett (1885-1939) [7]
- Sarah Ellen Harmon, born 1885, died 1966, married John Durbin Bryant (1876-1936).[8]
Sources
- ↑ 1850 Census
- ↑ United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865 database, FamilySearch, Eliphas R. Harmon, Private, Company I, 13th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M381 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 14; FHL microfilm 881,980.
- ↑ United States Census, 1880 database with images, FamilySearch, Eliphus R Harmon, Jonesville, Union, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 157, sheet 576B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1242; FHL microfilm 1,255,242.
- ↑ United States Census, 1910 database with images, FamilySearch, E R Harmon, Pacolet, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 81, sheet 16A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,486.
- ↑ "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9JZ-299 : 12 March 2022), Ellen Harmon, 1922.
- ↑ "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N921-14M : 12 March 2022), James Albert Harmon, 1927.
- ↑ "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPM8-YP1 : 12 March 2022), Aaron Dexter Harmon, 1946.
- ↑ "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CDHX-NF2M : 12 March 2022), Eliphus Harmon in entry for Ellen Harmon Bryant, 1966.
- "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N921-149 : 12 March 2022), Liphus Harmon in entry for James Albert Harmon, 1927.
- METHODIST CEMETERY Pacolet, Spartanburg Died 1915
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1847, December 1 - Spartanburg Co., SC. Mention in the will of his great uncle Samuel Harmon. Samuel was his father's uncle.
1848, September 15 - Spartanburg Co., SC. Petitioned Ordinary Court to have B. F. Bates appointed guardian after the death of his uncle Samuel Harmon's death. Found in the estate papers of his father. His father had died in 1844 and his uncle Samuel became the guardian for the children. After Samuel died, B. F. Bates appointed guardian.
1860, August 8 - Spartanburg Co., SC. Census.
1863, July 30 - Spartanburg Co., SC. In the issue of the "Spartan" is this quote "Killed at Gettysburg, Pa., Co. I, 13th S.C.V.: . . . Eliphus R. Harmon." Found in "Marriages and Death Notices From Upper S.C. Newpapers 1843-1865."Abstracted by Brent Holcomb, published by Southern Historical Press, 1977 page 101.
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