DEATH: alternate death date: 27 Jul 1902--as given on TIB card

BIRTH: Lewisville Ward Records Film 2404 pt. 5: Place of birth: Millville, UT

CHURCH: Lewisville Ward Records Film 2404 pt. 5: LDS Blessing 1866 by _____ Wier
Baptized by Andrew Higgy
Remarks: Belong to Providence

CHURCH: Shelton Ward October 18, 1899 Patriarchal Blessing given by Oliver N. Harmon
Upon the head of Harriet Cordelia Hill, wife of George Hill and daughter of Ammon and Margret Harmon, Born November 3, 1866, Cash Co., Utah
Harriet Cordelia Hill, I place my hands upon your head to give unto you a father's blessing. Also seal all the former blessings that has been pronounced upon your head from your childhood up until the present time for the Lord has been merdiful unto you and spared your life until the present time. Thou hast seen afflictions in thy lifetime here upon the earth. So far, inasmuch as you will put your trust in God, your Heavenly Father, He will yet spare your life here upon the earth.
The last days of your life shall be the best because you have not complained of your sufferings that you have been called to endure. I say unto you, dear sister, that your life shall be still spared and life to see the work done that you desire to do in this life, but I say unto you cultivate the Spirit of the Lord and you shall live to see great things accomplished in your day for thou art of the Tribe of Ephraim through the loins of Joseph. You are entitled to all the blessings that are enjoyed by the daughters of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob if you will cultivate the spirit of wisdom and prudance. You shall live to see these blessings which has been pronounced upon your head and all former blessings fulfilled. You shall have the privilege in coming forth in the morning of the first resurrection. I seal these blessings upon you by virtue of the Holy Priesthood which I hold and seal you up unto eternal life in the name of Jesus, Amen.
(Josephine Newman, scribe)
The patriarch, Oliver Norton Harmon was related to Harriet as follows:
Harriet Cordelia Harmon and Oliver Norton Harmon Jr. are 1st cousins 1 time removed. Their common ancestors are Martin Harmon and Tryphena Poole or Pooler. Oliver's mother was Sarah Harmon, sister of Harriet's grandfather, Alpheus Harmon.

BIOGRAPHY: Susan's daughter, Ida wrote: Mother and father felt privileged to live near Grandma and Grandpa Harmon who shared their joy as the children came along. Mother also appreciated living near sisters with whom she enjoyed visits, and could exchange help when needed. She and her sister, Delia, tended each other’s children even to nursing each other’s babies. The Harmons were a close-knit family, and while they were not without arguments, feelings of resentment or bitterness never developed. They loved to get together and often cousins were included in the family socials. Candis and Vivian both recalled the pleasant times they had as they became old enough to enjoy these occasions. Music was usually enjoyed in the evening. Grandpa and Gene Stine both played violins; Father the accordion. Vivian once told me the children really loved to watch Grandpa when he played livley music, as his foot tapped louder than anybody and his blue eyes sparkled. There was always singing by everyone.

Records of Cheryl Harmon Bills
cherylbills@@gmail.com Parents: Ammon HARMON and Margaret SCOTT.

Spouse: George HILL.

Spouse: George E. HILL SR..

POSSIBILITIES: During the diptheria epidemic of 1888-1889, Forty-one children in the Joseph area died that year. All public gatherings were stopped and people were afraid to associate with one another.

Records of Cheryl Harmon Bills
cherylbills@@gmail.com Parents: Alpheus Amuleck HARMON and Eliza BRAMWICH.

Yvonne: Also have a print out from couple years ago from IGI Record for Harriet Louisa Harmon, F, birth 3 Aug 1818,Poultney, Rutland,VT, relative Adelbert Harmon.

Records of Cheryl Harmon Bills
cherylbills@@gmail.com Parents: Horatio HARMON and Lucy CLARK.

Spouse: Chester SMITH. Harriet Louisa HARMON and Chester SMITH were married on 26 September 1841 in Pittsfield, Lorain, Ohio.¹⁵⁶ md by Rev. Daniel Tillotson Children were: Salome S. SMITH, Gilbert SMITH, Rhoda SMITH, Albert C. SMITH, Adelbert SMITH, Gilbert H. SMITH, Lucy SMITH.

Parents: Henry Martin HARMON and Mary Alzina SPERRY.

Records of Cheryl Harmon Bills
cherylbills@@gmail.com Parents: Henry Martin HARMON and Susan MARLER.

Spouse: Maria PARSONS. Maria PARSONS and Heman Rising HARMON were married on 21 February 1827 in Warren, Trumbull, OH. Children were: George HARMON, Maria HARMON, George HARMON, Maria HARMON, Calvin Austin HARMON, Margaret Kibbe HARMON, Heman Rising Jr HARMON, Frances Parsons HARMON, Martha Loomis HARMON, Clara HARMON.

Spouse: Mary Cornelia FULLER. Mary Cornelia FULLER and Heman Rising Jr HARMON were married on 19 June 1866. Children were: Lucius Percival HARMON, Aurelia Pier HARMON, Herman Fuller HARMON, John Berry HARMON.

Parents: Henry Martin HARMON and Mary Alzina SPERRY.

Children were: John HARMON.

Spouse: Sarah BERRY. Sarah BERRY and Henry HARMON were married on 6 March 1819 in Machias, Washington, Maine. Children were: Emery HARMON, Hill HARMON, Sarah HARMON, Loring HARMON, Elmira HARMON, Leonora HARMON.

Records of Cheryl Harmon Bills
cherylbills@@gmail.com Parents: Joseph HARMON and Mary SMITH.

Spouse: Almira ROWLAND. Almira ROWLAND and Henry HARMON were married in 1818 in Hillsdale, Columbia, New York. Date of marriage verified by family Bible--a picture of which was sent to me in Mar 2006 by CathyHrmon@aol.com Children were: Mortimer Tracy HARMON, Harriet Adeline HARMON, Erwin Eugene HARMON, Rowland C. HARMON.

Spouse: Mary Jane WHITTEMORE. Mary Jane WHITTEMORE and Henry HARMON were married in 1841. Children were: George Clinton HARMON, Austin Turner HARMON, Daniel Morton HARMON, Martha K HARMON, Lorenzo Dow HARMON, Charlotte B HARMON, Adeline HARMON, Abbie Long HARMON.

Spouse: Elizabeth PERSINGER. Elizabeth PERSINGER and Henry H. HARMON were married on 26 April 1800 in ,Cabell, Virginia. Children were: Winston HARMON, Mary Anne (Nancy) HARMON, Patsy HARMON, Elizabeth Bettie HARMON, Ned HARMON, Sallie HARMON, West HARMON, Edward Ned HARMON, Wesley West HARMON, Eli Ferdinand HARMON, Martha Patsy HARMON, Nancy W. HARMON, Henry M. HARMON, Sydney A. HARMON, John C. HARMON.

Spouse: Mary E. MEDLEY. Children were: John HARMON.

Witness to Martyrdom -- Twelve year old Henry Martin Harmon was a resident of Carthage, Illinois on the fateful day of June 27, 1844. Two years earlier his father, Alpheus, froze to death while returning to Nauvoo from a mission for the Church, leaving a widow Hulda, and nine small children. The family had lived in Carthage since his mother's marriage to Loren Bassett, a non-member.

Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum had been in the Carthage Jail for several days and rumors were rampant that the Smiths would never be allowed to leave the jail alive. Mobs were reported organizing to attack the jail. Perhaps it was to watch for mobs that Henry stationed himself in the cupola of the courthouse. From there he saw the anti-Mormon mob make its appearance from the west.

Leaving the courthouse, he arrived at the jail at about the same time the mobsters did. Their faces were painted black and most of them wore the uniform of the militia from the neighboring town of Warsaw.

Henry reported, "I saw the mob rush upon the guards who were stationed at the jail, when the guards fired on them, a scuffle ensued. Some of the mob went into the jail and I heard reports of the guns fired inside. Joseph Smith came to the window, and then went back, and in a few moments appeared again, and leaped from the window, when the mob fired upon him and he fell dead. The fifer of the Warsaw company came running into the jail yard as Joseph fell dead, and brandishing his fife over Joseph, triumphantly exclaimed, 'You were the ruination of my father. I will have revenge', and struck him several times on the head with his pewter fife, then fled with the company toward Warsaw".

Henry returned home to tell his mother of the tragic scene he had witnessed. Years later, Henry Martin Harmon told his sorrowful story again, this time to a recorder in the Church Historian's office in Salt Lake City, where his testimony has been preserved.

Harmon Family Genealogy by Artemis C. Harmon p. 198 Marriage: md. in polygamy 23 Nov 1868 Mary Alzina Sperry Ward Records: Tremonton 4th Ward : Salmon River Mission to the Indians Lived in Carthage, Ill at the time of martydom and was a witness to the murder of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Journal History of Church 28 Jun 1844.
Residence: Went to Star Valley Wyoming to escape persecution for polygamy.

It is possible that the land that Henry Martin was born on is Tract 504 in Elk Creek, land purchased by his Uncle, Oliver Harmon in 1822 in Elk Creek. See my files. Erie 066.

HENRY MARTIN HARMON & SUSAN MARLER
by Cheryl Harmon Bills:
Henry Martin Harmon, the son of Alpheus Harmon and Hulda Dimeras Vaughn, was born 19 Jun 1832 at Elk Creek Township, Erie, Pennsylvania. He was the 5th child and 3rd son in the family.
His family were early converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints along with several of his relatives. The Harmon's moved to Kirtland, Ohio where Henry's father helped build the temple there. Persecution drove them to seek a new home and they went to Illinois with the Saints and participated in building up Nauvoo, the largest and most beautiful city in Illinois from a swamp wasteland. They were closely associated with the Prophet Joseph Smith.

When several of the children were fairly young, their father, Alpheus, went on a mission to Wisconsin. As he was returning home, he froze to death in Nov. 1842 during a blinding snowstorm. Henry's mother then married a widower named Loren Bassett, who had young children also. They moved to Carthage, Illinois, a small town about fourteen miles from Nauvoo.
Henry literally was an eye witness to the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith when he was a twelve year old boy. As a family we are fortunate to have the account written in his own words and recorded by the Church Historian when Henry was twenty five years old, several years after the event. I quote his affidavit in full:

TESTIMONY OF HENRY MARTIN HARMON, WITNESS TO THE MARTYRDOM OF THE PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH 27 June 1844

I, Henry M. Harmon, aged 25, do solemnly declare and affirm that on the 27th day of June 1844, I lived in Carthage and was on the cupola of the court house in Carthage when the anti_Mormon mob made their appearance from the west. I came down from the cupola and arrived at the jail about the time the mob did. They were painted black and mostly wore the uniform of the Warsaw Company. I saw the mob rush onto the guards who were stationed at the jail, when the guard fired upon them and a scuffle ensued. Some of the mob then went into the jail and I heard the reports of the guns fired inside. Joseph Smith came to the window, and then went back, and in a few moments appeared again, and leaped from the window, when the mob fired upon him and he fell dead. The fifer of the Warsaw Company came running into the jail yard as Joseph fell dead, and brandishing his fife over Joseph triumphantly exclaimed, "You were the ruination of my father. I will have revenge, and struck him several times on the head with his pewter fife, and fled with the company toward Warsaw.

I then went home and told my mother what had happened and returned in a few minutes and saw Joseph who was set up against the well curb, and was informed that Stigall the jailor had set him up there. Stigall appeared very much alarmed, his room in the lower part of the jail being fired into through the window, and his wife only just escaped being shot. I have examined many times where the ball lodged in the wall after being shot through the window.
In company with my mother and step-father we moved that even 3 miles out of Carthage to our farm. My mother did not wish to go, but my step-father insisted. Next day with my brother, I returned to Carthage and found the town almost entirely vacated. [This statement given in the Historian's Office in Salt Lake City on 14 Apr 1857, Robt. L. Campbell, Clerk]

RELATIONSHIPS: Henry Martin HARMON and Loren Elias BASSETT are 4th cousins. Their common ancestors are Anthony AUSTIN and Esther HUGGINS. They also have a second relationship as 4th cousins. Mercy Barber is their common ancestor. Mercy Barber married Benjamin Gillett and they were the parents of Benjamin Gillett. She also married George Norton and was the mother of Freegrace Norton who is the father of Abigail Norton. Abigail is, therefore, a niece of Benjamin Gillett. She is also the Great-grandmother of Henry Martin Harmon.
Benjamin Gillett was the grandfather of Lucy Gillett, who was Loren Bassett's mother.

LAND: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/
Harmon, Henry M. homestead 160.97 acres in Cache Co. Utah 2/10/1883
Harmon, Henry, heirs of: homestead 160 acres in Idaho County, Idaho 12/5/1884 (prob different person)

A History of Henry Martin Harmon
By Estella B. Harmon
5 August 1960
(transcribed by David A. Price ~1991)

FOREWORD
In writing this history of Henry Martin Harmon I have used notes made during the earlier years of my marriage to Esse Harmon and before the death of my dear mother-in-law - the second wife of Henry Martin Harmon - Mary Alzina Sperry. Also stories told to me by his daughters Harriett and Orby Crapo, statements from stories written by two others of his daughters Millie Henderson and Alvaretta Davis, and items gathered from records and historical information in the book "Star Valley and It's Communities" (Material collected and written by the University of Wyoming Extension Class in Education 603 "School and Community Relations" in August and September 1951. Pages 17, 20, 42, 44, 63 and 93.)

Henry Martin Harmon was born in Elk Creek Township, Pennsylvania on the 12 of December 1832. The fifth child and third son of Alpheus Amulick Harmon and Hulda Dimerus Vaughn. Very little is known of his early boyhood life, by the time he was twelve years of age, he had moved with his parents to Kirtland, Ohio then to Carthage Illinois. It was while they were living at Carthage Illinois in a small house across the square from the Carthage jail that the Prophet Joseph Smith was martyred.

Henry Martin Harmon and a brother (possibly Ammon) were returning home with the cows from the pasture on that eventful day 27, June 1844 when the saw the mob of cruel men. The hid behind the fence. The brothers came on the scene just after the Prophet had fallen from the jail window after being murdered by the ruthless mob. The prophets body was leaning against the well curb. He also saw the flash of light spoken of in history of this event. Father Harmon's mother (Esse's Grandmother) was standing in the door of their home which stood at one side of the public square and saw the murder committed.

It was just the winter prior to this terrible affair when Esse's Grandfather Alpheus Amulick Harmon was returning from a mission for the church and on 17 November 1843 [actually 1842] was frozen to death between Nauvoo and Carthage Illinois. In time after the tragic death of her husband (Alpheus) Grandmother Harmon married again a man named Lorin Bassett who was a widower with several children. Later the family came to Utah. Due to differences arising between the two families of children, also grandmothers Harmon's children and their stepfather, her eldest son Ebenezer left their home in Illinois and from all reports joined the Mormon Battalion. After his discharge in California from this service he went to the gold fields and was lost track of by the family. Soon after this the second son Edwin left for the West but died in the Black Hills on his way.

A few years later when near twenty years of age, Henry Martin Harmon also left to go to the California gold fields. On his way he contracted Mountain Fever which compelled him to stop in Utah. It was later at north Ogden that he met Miss Susan Marler. It was an important event in his life, for these two young people grew to love each other and were married at North Ogden March 2, 1856. From this union were born eleven children.

Soon after their marriage they were called with others on what is known as the Salmon River Mission. This mission was for the purpose of helping civilize and teach the Gospel to the Indians. It proved a failure in this respect and they were recalled in March 1858. They had many and varied experiences while on this mission. They were able to make friends among the Indian people, but one was especially disagreeable. They were in the habit of coming evenings to the missionaries camp for something to eat. One evening Aunt Susan (as she was lovingly called) didn't have anything prepared and asked them to wait. The unfriendly Indian struck at her and Father Harmon kicked him out of camp. He had to be firm with them as well as kind.

Father Harmon was an excellent swimmer and had swimming contests with some of the Indians. When he won the contest they started calling him "Wino" meaning very good.

Towards the end of their stay in Salmon River their flour supply was running low. It looked like they would surely be out before help could arrive. But their prayers were answered and their faith justified the flour when near the end it seemed to remain at the same level in the barrel until the men who were to bring them back to their homes in Utah arrived with fresh supplies.

The first night out on their return trip to Utah, the first child of Henry Martin Harmon and Susan Marler Harmon was born. The young father had to help stand guard against the Indians, there was no one to help the young mother but her friends and her Heavenly Father. It was a cold night - the only method of warmth for the mother was hot coals from the fire placed in a Dutch over and placed in the covered wagon where she lay. The next morning there was snow on top of her bed, but no ill effects were felt from this experience. The baby was a girl, she was named Susan Elizabeth and was born March 28 1858. She grew to womanhood and married Harvey Dixon, (This couple played a prominent part in the settlement of Star Valley). They were the parents of Ida Dixon Kennington whom we all know and love so dearly.

The family of Henry Martin Harmon moved to North Ogden in 1864. Here in 1868 he married as his second wife Mary Alzina Sperry who was my husband's mother. To this couple was born thirteen children. They lived in Providence, Utah for a while then in 1869 he moved his families to Clifton, Idaho and later to Clarkston, Utah. In 1885 due to the persecution of Polygamist families they moved to Star Valley Wyoming. At that time there were few people living in Star Valley. It was very isolated from the outside world. As in so many pioneer settlements those early settlers suffered many privations and hardships during those first years.

The name "Star Valley" was given my Moses Thatcher when he visited the valley a few years earlier. It was so beautiful he said, "A Star among valleys". It is nestled in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. It is about 60 miles long and varies in width from 3 to 6 miles. It is surrounded by towering majestic mountains, which are mostly covered with trees and rich vegetation with beautiful sparkling streams of water flowing from it's many canyons into the valley. Truly a lovely peaceful place to live.

Harvey Dixon, who was a son-in-law of Henry Martin Harmon (Having married Susan Elizabeth Harmon) home-steaded ground at Afton Wyoming and built a home near a pretty, clear stream of water. It stood on what is now main street of Afton and just north of where the airport is now located.

Here the families of Henry Martin Harmon lived with their daughters family until his second wife, Mary Alzina Sperry used her homestead right and took up a homestead across the valley from Afton at the foot of the west hills (Father Harmon had used his homestead right in Utah). Here they built a cabin and both families lived together for a while. Later another cabin was built for aunt Susan.

Father Harmon was well known for his sense of direction and was the leader in surveying the plot for the town of Afton. Assisted by Harvey Dixon and Charles Cazier and using a long rope, a common square, with the north star for a compass staked off the streets of Afton. For this work he was paid $39.10. Many years later when Afton was officially surveyed it was found to be almost perfectly straight. He also used this method to survey the town of Auburn which is situated north of the old Harmon ranch.

The Harmons owned and operated one of the first cheese manufacturing businesses in Star Valley. The owned cows of their own and rented for pasture cows from others. In the fall Father Harmon would take a load of cheese to Utah and trade for winter supplies and clothing for his families.

He assisted his son-in-law Harvey Dixon to build his home - the first built in Afton. He also helped survey and build the first irrigation ditches in Star Valley. He loved beautiful horses and did much of raising, selling and trading along this line.

Along the west side of Star Valley where the Harmon ranch was located, wild meadows of hay grew in rich abundance. While calling at our home recently County Commissioner Ben Neild told my husband and I this story of gathering this wild hay in early days.

The men who owned these meadows cut and raked the hay, then those people in surrounding area who needed hay were given the opportunity to come haul five loads of hay in for the owner and take the sixth load home for their pay.

Mr. Neild said he and his older brother Johnny Neild had gone many times to the Harmon ranch and earned hay in this manner. Also when they were ready to load the sixth load Father Harmon would say "Now load a good big load and tromp it down solid to take home with you".
He described Father Harmon as a fair, honest man who wanted those he dealt with to have a fair deal.

Although the two wives families lived in homes on the same ranch and were very close together, they lived in harmony with very little of disorder or quarreling in their families. I have heard children of both families remark of how well they lived together and the love they had for each other. Also the love and respect the two wives gave each other. There were twenty four children in the two families. When Mother Harmon (Mary Alzina) passed away twelve of these children were still living and all of them were present at her funeral service.

Henry Martin Harmon passed away at his home on the old ranch December 7, 1895 at the age of sixty three years. He was laid to rest in the cemetery at Afton Wyoming. When his wives passed away they were buried beside him.

It can be said of him that he gave generously of his time and what ever he had to any neighbor or friend who needed it.

CENSUS: 1860 Weber County, Utah Territory
Henry Harmon 26m Laborer; personal estate $100; b. Ills
Susan 21 b. Miss
Susan E. 2f b. U. T. (Utah Territory)
Henry M. 3/12 b. U.T.
(same page as Susan's mother)

CENSUS: 1870 Clifton, Cache, Utah Territory [image 2 of 3]
Harmon [looks like Hansman, but I know it should be Harmon]
Harmon, Henry 38 M W Farmer $500/$550 Tennessee [should be Pennsylvania]
Susan, 31 F W Keeping House Mississippi
Susan E. 13 FW at home Idaho
Henry M. 11 M W at home Utah
William 6 F [should be Male] at home Utah
Allen I. 3 M W at home Utah
Milla A. 8/12 F W [should be Millie Almeda] at home Utah b. Sep.
Mary E. 15 F W Keeping House Utah
Alpheus 31 M W Works in Saw Mill Ohio

CENSUS: 1880 Census Place: Clarkston, Cache, Utah
Source: FHL Film 1255336 National Archives Film T9-1336 Page 226D
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Henry M. HARMOND Self M M W 47 PA
Occ: Farmer Fa: PA Mo: PA
Susan HARMOND Wife F M W 41 MS
Occ: Keeping House Fa: MS Mo: MS
William A. HARMOND Son M S W 15 UT
Occ: Laborer Fa: PA Mo: MS
Allan J. HARMOND Son M S W 17 UT
Occ: Laborer Fa: PA Mo: MS
Millie O. HARMOND Dau F S W 10 UT
Fa: PA Mo: MS
Aplelton M. HARMOND Son M S W 8 UT
Fa: PA Mo: MS
Huldah D. HARMOND Dau F S W 6 UT
Fa: PA Mo: MS
Alveretta HARMOND Dau F S W 3 UT
Fa: PA Mo: MS
Jesse P. HARMOND Son M S W 3M UT
Fa: PA Mo: MS
Mary A. HARMOND Wife F M W 25 UT
Fa: AR Mo: CAN
Mary A. HARMOND Dau F S W 7 UT
Fa: PA Mo: UT
Hariett M. HARMOND Dau F S W 5 UT
Fa: PA Mo: UT
O. Ann HARMOND Dau F S W 1 UT
Fa: PA Mo: UT
Daniel CASTLY Other M S W 37 WI
Occ: Herding Fa: WI Mo: WI

WEB: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/ILHANCOC/2001-01/0979008494
Henry Martin Harmon witnesses Martyrdom of Joseph Smith.

DEATH: During the final illness of Henry Martin Harmon,

DEATH: <searchForm.cfm> <searchForm.cfm>
Top of Form 1
ID: 137289
Last Name: Harmon
First Name: Henry Martin
Age:
Gender: U
Cemetery: Afton,WY
Birth Date: 19 JUN 1832
Birth Place: Elk Creek,Erie,Penn.
Date Died: 7 DEC 1895
Death Place: Afton,WY
Father: Alpheus Amuleck Harmon
Mother: Hulda Dimrus
Spouse: 1. Susan Marler, 2 Mar 1856, Ogden, UT, 2. Mary Alzina Sperry, 23 Nov 1868, SLC, UT
Sources: Ancestral File
Remarks: Blk 138 L 2 Film 2121
Bottom of Form 1

BIRTH: Some birth records claim he was born at Little Elk Creek. I found the following information on Little Elk:
Little Elk Creek rises in Franklin Township, runs through a corner of McKean, and falls into Elk Creek proper on the John Sterrett place.

Records of Cheryl Harmon Bills
cherylbills@@gmail.com

Parents: Alpheus Amuleck HARMON and Hulda Dimeras VAUGHN. Parents: .

Spouse: Susan MARLER. Susan MARLER and Henry Martin HARMON²⁴⁷¹ were married on 2 March 1856 in Ogden,Weber,Utah. They were married on 2 March 1856 in North Ogden, Weber, Utah. ID Number 270162 Grooms First Name Henry M. Grooms Last Name HARMON Grooms Residence North Ogden Ward Brides First Name Susan Brides Last Name MARLER Brides Residence North Ogden Ward County of Record Weber Co., Utah Place of Marriage Date of Marriage 2 Mar 1856 Volume 4 Page 18 Comment Source: UGA, "Deseret News" Marriage by Lundberg and Hansen.

Issue of newspaper: 19 Mar 1856 FHL US/CAN Film 0026587, item 5 Married, Salt Lake City, 02 Mar 1866, Henry M HARMOND and Susan Marler.
Children were: Susan Elizabeth HARMON, William Ammon HARMON, Millie Almeda HARMON, Jesse Perce HARMON, William Ammon HARMON, Huldah Dimeras HARMON, George HARMON, Henry Martin HARMON, George Alma HARMON, Allen Ithamor HARMON, Appleton Milo HARMON, Hulda Dimerus HARMON, Alvaretta HARMON, Harvey HARMON.

Spouse: Mary Alzina SPERRY. Mary Alzina SPERRY and Henry Martin HARMON were married on 20 November 1868 in logan, Cache, Utah. Children were: Alpheus John HARMON, Mary Alzina HARMON, Harriet Matilda HARMON, Louisa May HARMON, Orby Ann HARMON, Orilla HARMON, Orson Elmer HARMON, Sarah Jane HARMON, King Charles HARMON, Hosea HARMON, Walter Sperry HARMON, Essie HARMON, Henrietta HARMON.

Parker Cemetery for husb, wife, children 2,5,8; I was unable to locate the tombstones for Henry Martin and Margaret Lavina. Gary Bidwell who has the sexton records shows the little girls buried on a plot owned by H.M. Harmon; the plot is large enough for more burials and it appears there are more there. Jean Erickson of Moore, Idaho says when she was a little girl her mother took her to the Parker Cemetery and showed her a wooden headstone and said it was "Uncle Mart's grave." Henry Martin went by Mart and Margaret was Lavina. She is the one who gave me information on Lavina's marriage to Russell King Homer Jr. I have proven that he is a relative.

RECOLLECTIONS: Of Granddaughter, Marjorie Harmon Higgins, daughter of Wiley Harmon: "Grandfather Harmon died in Idmon when I was five. I remember curling up under a blanket with Velma also five on a leather sette in the hotel they ran and trying so hard to cry while not realizing the sorrow of it. He was a kind and gentle man where as Grandma was stern and strict and ruled the roost and I was scared to death of her. I remember meeting a brother of hers one time."
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LAND: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/
Harmon, Henry M. 160 acres homestead; Blackfoot, Clark Co, Idaho 2/14/1913
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Henry Martin Harmon Jr. Family
A family working together– to build a good life for themselves and their posterity– that describes the family of Henry Martin Harmon Jr. and his wife, Margaret Lavina Myler. Henry was known as “Mart” by his friends and family. Born in 1860 in North Ogden, Utah to Henry Martin Harmon and Susan Marler, Mart was the second of eleven children born to this union– and the eldest son. His father also had a second wife, Mary Alzina Sperry who bore him 13 children. Susan and “Aunt Zina” and their families lived together very harmoniously. The love these two families had for one another is still spoken of by their numerous descendants. There was a 38 year age span between Henry Sr’s oldest and youngest children.

Margaret was the daughter of James Myler and Julia Ann Brownell. She was the eight of eleven children and the second daughter. Mart and Margaret met in Clarkston, Utah and married when he was 17 and she was 15–just two weeks after Mart’s mother gave birth to his sister, Alvaretta Harmon (who eventually married Frank Leroy Davis and is buried in the Sugar City Cemetery.)

In 1883, Margaret’s parents and their married children moved to the Snake River Valley arriving in Lewisville, Idaho on 15 Apr. Her siblings families included the Orrin M. Myler family, William Stokes family, James Archibald family, and Arthur J. Goody family.. Mart and Margaret Harmon also came to Lewisville at this time. They lived in covered wagons and tents while log houses were built with family members working to help one another build more permanent shelter and clear the land of sage so crops could be planted.

To clear the sage brush, two teams of horses, hitched to a length of railroad tie and driven by a driver on each side of the horses was needed. It took one pass in each direction up and back to rip the sagebrush from the rich soil. To clear about 5 to 10 acres of land a year was about all these pioneers could do. The larger sagebrush was used as firewood for the settlers.

To dig wells, the men shoveled by hand until they could no longer throw soil upward, then a pulley was rigged where buckets were lowered and brought up full of soil. After the well had been cased with 4-inch boards secured by 2 x 4 posts, the well was used for water as well as for storing milk, butter, meat, and other perishables, which were lowered to the level of the cold water to keep them fresh.

Digging canals was done by hand and it required great teamwork. Hordes of mosquitoes infested the Lewisville area during the irrigation season and the whole settlement would move out during this time to the high bench country to escape the vicious insects. Some of the men would stay behind to do the irrigation and watch over the property.
A great example of how the settlers worked together is the way they met the Cricket invasions that threatened the Upper Snake River Valley near Lewisville. The men got together and determined their defense. They constructed tin-covered fences with a pair of log rollers at the lower end of it along a creek. When the crickets came, men, women, and children began banging pans and making noise while herding the crickets toward the creek. As the crickets reached the creek, they tried to hop it, but struck the fence and slid down the tin tip into the water which carried them downstream to the rollers which were turned by men. The rollers crushed the crickets. Many tons of crickets were crushed in this manner and had to be hauled away and buried.

All of the Myler families and the Harmon family was very musically inclined. The Lewisville ward records tell of Martin Harmon singing “The Mormon Battalion Song” at the pioneer celebration on July 24, 1890. James Myler delivered an oration on the Mormon Battalion of which he had been a participant. A couple years later, the celebration of the founding of the Relief Society is covered in great detail. It was interesting to note that Margaret Harmon made a brief speech to the sisters at this time.

In 1896, Mart sold his 40 acres to his brother, Allen “Al” Harmon and moved to Parker, Idaho where he took up a larger acreage. While in Parker, Margaret gave birth to the last three of their twelve children.

A severe diphtheria epidemic struck the area and hit the Harmon family with great intensity. Three of their five daughters perished during this epidemic during a one month period of time. A doctor had told Margaret to give the girls a “chew of tobacco” to help them but this thought horrified her and she felt the doctor was a quack. However, she relented when her little son, 2 ½ year old Wylie, also had the diphtheria. Another doctor played with him letting him ride on his back so that Wiley would let the doctor swab his throat and give him tobacco to chew. Wylie recovered and Margaret ever wondered if the tobacco might well have saved her girls, too. Eliza (19), Julia (14), and Susan (7), Harmon are buried side by side in the Parker cemetery.

Mart and his three older sons filed on homestead rights in the Camas Meadows country. Camas Meadows (Kilgore) is located at the curve of the Idaho panhandle and very near the Montana border. They got several hundred acres of land and the law required that someone had to live on the land several months of the year. It was a while before they could get logs to build a house, so the summer of 1905, their 15-year old son, Parley, lived in a covered wagon in the meadows. He milked twelve cows, separated the milk, churned the cream and made butter, packed it in ten-pound lard buckets and sent it to his parents in Parker. His mother re-worked the butter and wrapped it to sell. Parley fed the separated milk to the 125 pigs he herded.

Moving out to Camas Meadows was truly a family enterprise with all working together bu help one another. They built a log house and moved the family to Kilgore. Church records indicate the family removed to the Kilgore ward from Parker on Dec 19, 1908. About 1910, Mart took a mail contract to deliver mail from Spencer to Kilgore, then on to Glen Rea towards Yellowstone Park. This was a full-time job at which their sons worked. Some of the boys would bring the mail from Spencer to Kilgore and another would take it on to Glen Rea. At that time there were no cars, so they used horses and a light wagon or buggy to deliver the mail in the summertime. In the winter, they would ski behind a small sleigh pulled by a team of 6 or 8 dogs depending upon the load. Winters were long and hard and sometimes the blizzards were so bad that the boys would just cover their head with a tarp and depend on the dogs to take them home. In the fall, when the snow began to fall, they would stick long willows in the snow about fifty feet apart to show them where they were and to make the way in case of a blizzard. The snow would get so deep they could not see the usual fence posts and it would freeze so hard that they could go anywhere with a team and sleigh on the crust of the snow. Skis were kept within easy reach of the outside doors of the house to be used to do chores around the ranch and to go from house to house among the family and neighbors.

In the beginning, the settlers put up wild Timothy hay. In winter, many tons of baled hay were hauled to Spencer to be sent to Butte for horses in the mines there. There was plenty of wild game to eat. Sage birds and game birds abounded. The sage grouse was a favorite food source. Big game and bear could be found in the timbered area and herd after herd of antelope could be seen all the time around the lower perimeters of the meadows. Coyotes were many and considered quite a menace.

The Harmons had quite a large dairy operation. Margaret sold all the butter she could spare to the Trude Ranch which was a stage stop and hunting resort for wealthy eastern people on the mail route to Glen Rae and the boys would deliver it along with the mail. She baked nearly every day–lots and lots of bread to feed her hungry and growing family. She was well known for her wonderful pies and cinnamon rolls. She even baked pans and pans of dog bread which was broken up in the dog dishes and covered with milk. The dogs had to be well taken care of as they were literally the family’s transportation for the winter mail route. All worked together raising a large garden and lots of raspberries. Fruit trucks came up from the valley bringing apples, peaches, plums and pears. Bottling the produce was a major family project.

World War I intruded on their peace—as their second son, William Russell was sent to Germany; five of their sons were all required to register for the draft, but as far as we know, only William actually served in the Army. He was gassed in Germany and died soon afterward.

The oldest son, James, was very ambitious and with the help of his extended family, he established the town of Idmon at the junction of the road that goes to Spencer. He built a small store and post office at which one of his sister-in-laws, Eva Tucker Harmon, (md to Parley) was the first postmistress. A school, a large mercantile store, and a hotel along with several houses kept family members busy, employed and very actively involved. Mart and Margaret lived in the hotel and the school teachers boarded there.

The Myler family tells of building a washing place down on the creek which included a place to heat wash water and a clothesline to dry the clothes. So as not to waste time while the clothes dried, they made a net to catch fish while waiting. Claims are made that these fish were 10 to 12 pound trout jumping up the falls to go upstream to spawn. It was a great sport, but they never kept more than they could use. When small trout were caught, they were fried crisp and be eaten bones and all.
Along with the hard work, the Harmon family loved to play! They were a very musical family. Margaret had a player piano, James played the fiddle and the other boys played the banjo and guitar. Most everyone played a harmonica and they were famous for their incredible singing voices from the deepest base to baritone, tenor, and the women provided the alto and soprano. Many is the time the family would gather and hold sing-a-longs. They would often sing far into the night with grandchildren sneaking down the stairs after being put to bed–just so they could listen! Dances were held in the school house and would often go all night long. Children would be laid on blankets on benches or on the floor and parents would keep dancing. Each family brought pot-luck food and everyone enjoyed eating together and dancing. Many times the Harmon boys provided the music.

On the 4th of July celebrations, the Harmon family sold homemade ice cream which was a big hit on a hot day!

Of the death of Henry Martin Harmon Jr. On 28 Feb 1824, one of his granddaughters wrote: “Grandfather Harmon died in Idmon when I was five. I remember curling up under a blanket with my cousin on a leather sette in the hotel they ran and trying so hard to cry while not realizing the sorrow of it. He was a kind and gentle man whereas Grandma was stern and strict and ruled the roost. I was scared to death of her!” But the grandchildren sure did love her cookie jar–which was never empty and oh, to sing with heraughters were flower girls. Mart and Margaret are buried in unmarked graves near their three daughters in the Parker cemetery. Another granddaughter wrote: “Grandma decreed that the one of her children to pay her funeral expenses would inherit her beloved player piano. We were delighted to be the ones to have that piano!” The funeral expenses were paid for by her daughter Ada Jensen.

Children of Henry Martin Harmon Jr. And Margaret Lavina Myler are:
Henry James Harmon md. Katie May Mortenson He died 1960 in Montana (8 children)
Eliza Lavina Harmon d. 21 Jan 1900 in Parker
Martin D. Harmon md. Effie Sharp d. 1946 in Pocatello (4 children)
William Russell Harmon md. Anna Lorentzen; died from WWI wounds in 1924 (no children)
Julia May Harmon d. 30 Jan 1900 in Parker
Arthur Ozro Harmon md. Laura Ellen Walker and died 1957 in Twin Falls (9 children)
Parley Allen Harmon md. Eva May Tucker and died 1968 in Pocatello (6 children)
Susan Alzina Harmon d. 17 Jan 1900 in Parker
Ada Millie Harmon md. George Aldo Jensen and died 1974 in Nevada (6 children)
Wiley Myler Harmon md. Edna May Hendrickson and died 1858 in Twin Falls (2 children)
June Alvina Harmon md. William Henry Barnett and died in California (7 children)
Elmon Ether Harmon md Marie Flint and died in 1961 in Pocatello (1 child)

An interesting sidelight: Of Mart and Lavina’s children, James fathered one set of girl/boy twins; Ozro fathered two sets of girl/boy twins; and June had one set of girl/girl twins.
(by Cheryl Harmon Bills April 2004)

CENSUS:
1880 Census Place: Beaver Head River, Beaverhead, Montana
Source: FHL Film 1254742 National Archives Film T9-0742 Page 15B
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Wm. MARLER Self M W W 43 MS
Occ: Grading On Rr Fa: MS Mo: MS
Saml. MARLER Son M M W 21 UT
Occ: Grading On Rr Fa: MS Mo: MI
George MARLER Son M S W 18 UT
Occ: Grading On Rr Fa: MS Mo: MI
Martin HARMON Other M M W 21 UT
Occ: Grading On Rr Fa: MS Mo: MS
Chas. CAZIER Other M S W 21 UT
Occ: Grading On Rr Fa: MS Mo: MI
William CAZIER Other M S W 16 UT
Occ: Grading On Rr Fa: --- Mo: MI
Theodore MONROE Other M S W 15 UT
Occ: Grading On Rr Fa: --- Mo: ---
Brigham ATKINSON Other M S W 18 UT
Occ: Grading On Rr Fa: ENG Mo: ENG
Andrew FELTMAN Other M M W 37 SWI
Occ: Grading On Rr Fa: SWI Mo: SWI
Enoch HUNT Other M S W 19 UT
Occ: Grading On Rr Fa: KY Mo: IL

CENSUS: 1910 Kilgore, Fremont, Idaho
Harmon, Henry M. head; age 49; married 33 years; b. UT; fb IL; mb. Unk; farmer
Margret L. wife; age 50; married 33 years; mother of 12 children; 9 living; b. UT; parents b. IN
William R. son age 25 single; general farm labor
Parley A. son age 19 single; farmer on home farm
Ada A. dau age 15 b. ID
Wiley M. age 13 b. ID
Juney A. dau age 11 b. ID
Elmon E. son age 7 b. ID
next door:
Harmon, Henry J.head age 31 married 3 years; b. UT; farmer
Katie M. wife age 22; married 3 years; mother of 1 child; 1 living; b. UT; parents Danish
James M. son; age 1 5/12 b. ID
next door:
Harmon, Arthur O. age 21; md 1 year; b ID; farmer
Laura E. wife, age 10; md 1 year; 1 child; 1 living; b. ID
Ellen L. daughter, age 8/12 b. ID
next door:
Harmon, Martin D. age 27; md 4 years; b. UT; farmer
Mary E. wife age 23; md 4 years; mother of 1 child; 1 living; b. ID
Zelda E. dau age 3 b. ID

CENSUS: 1920 Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho
Harmon, Henery M owns home;
Margaret; age 60
Elmon age 17

He was known as "Mart"--this is same death date; cemetery and I am sure it is the same person.
DEATH: Top of Form 1
ID: 128639
Last Name: Harmon
First Name: Mark
Age:
Gender: M
Cemetery: Parker,Idaho
Birth Date:
Birth Place:
Date Died: 28 FEB 1924
Death Place: Idaho Falls,Idaho
Father:
Mother:
Spouse:
Sources: Post, 4 Mar 1924, Page 6
Remarks: Age 67

DEATH: Bottom of Form 1

Records of Cheryl Harmon Bills
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Spouse: Margaret Lavina MYLER. Margaret Lavina MYLER and Henry Martin HARMON were married on 17 June 1877 in Clarkston, Cache Co., UT.

Spouse: Mary B GARDNER. Mary B GARDNER and Hiram Hill HARMON were married on 28 October 1828 in Machias, Washington, ME. Children were: George Washington HARMON, Mary Elizabeth HARMON, Leonard Spaulding HARMON, Hiram Walter HARMON, Nathan Gardner HARMON, Abbie Gardner HARMON, Gilbert Lafayette HARMON, Laura Stone HARMON, Frances A HARMON, Thaddeus P HARMON, Sherlock HARMON, Watson Walter HARMON, Evelyn HARMON, Daniel Webster HARMON, Charles F HARMON.

Excerpts from old love letters written between Elvira Harmon and John W. Bryant:
28 Jan 1848 (from John to Elvira)
:Whenever I met Horace on the street, he took great pains to invite me to "call over." And indeed the first time I remember, of seeing him, was at a discussion in the school-house there, where he urged me to to leave my company, and go home with him, and stay all night. But Oh! Alas! would he be heard to do so now? No, never. The sides are turned now. But why? Perhaps you know, but I do not. Since I penned the foregoing, I have been down in tosn, and I saw Horace there. I was greatly surprised to see what a change had come over him since I saw him last. He addressed me warmly, we shook hands cordially, and his own tenderness reminded me of days of yore. It looke d to me like a return of pleasantry. His countenance was like a summer sunshiny day, and when contrasting him this evening, with the time I saw yim before, I was forced to believe there was a change somewhere; for when I saw him before, he reminded me of what the Dutchman said of Elmira, and he had no countenance at all. I have found by this time, that it is the intention of your father to separate us entirely forever. But his intention thus far has met with dreadful success. Horace wished me to go to the 22nd ball at Whitneys, when I saw him. I had concluded that New Years had ended my balls for a while, but I believe I shall have to go over there if they have one."

11 Sep 1848 (from John to Elvira)
You seem to imply that our nuptials are to be celebrated in the house occupied by Horace. Then is it true that he, who has been pleased to bestow upon myself the ignominious appellation of "fuss" and "Mischief maker" and so forth and heap upon my head malignant abuse, in whatever covert or unfair manner his inventions have favored him with, has granted his house to the theatre of a scene, which he but a few weeks ago looked upon with such horrid contempt. My Elvira, I hope that you will allow me to impore you for once, not to calculate for our marriage to be celebrated in your brother's house, unless that house be freely granted. No never, never, never! while one spark of the crimson current remians to strengthen me, will I ask, of him a favor. But if you will pardon me, I will say no more upon this subject, for I have said too much already."

26 Sep 1848 (from Elvira to John)
'It seems to be the minds of my Brothers and sisters that we should be united at our home, it being just as much our home as it has been. Or I mean Horace has no more liberty here than any of the rest of us could take if we felt disposed to although he calculated to dwell here. I have not said anything to Horace about our return, but I told brother Wm. He said he would talk with him, which he did. Horace said if he can't treat you like a Brother, he will leave home. I don't think you need fear him so doing as we have the majority on our side. Elmira has been very sick. Brother Horace was married yesterday which made the work very hard there being no one to do it except myself to wait on his company. Him and his wife have gone South on a visit now; I attended the wedding with Silas, the only ones that went from here."

Records of Cheryl Harmon Bills
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Spouse: Roxana SMART. Children were: Carrie HARMON.

Artemus Harmon: The Harmon Genealogy pg. 198: "Father told me about his cousins, Lucina, Oliver, Nehemiah, Alpheus lived near Molley in Erie Co. Lucina came with Horatio and Martin to Erie Co."
[Lucina and Alpheus are children of Martin. Oliver's wife, Sarah; and Nehemiah's wife, Orilla, are children of Martin. Oliver and Nehemiah are children of Martin's brother, Nehemiah who, with Martin, are Uncles of Horatio and brothers of his father, Selah. Molly is the daughter of Selah--and sister of Horatio.

Age at death: 61 years, 11 months, 28 days

Email and correspondence with direct descendent of Horatio, Doris Vivienne DeRodes Garza has supplied information on descendants of Horatio and Lucy Clark.
Doris D Garza <ddgarza@earthlink.net>
This kind woman has supplied so much information to me. She is in her late 70s in 2002.

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Email From: "Elizabeth Beske" <elizabethbeske@hotmail.com> 8/13/2001
Hi - I noted that you were the source of information regarding the marriage of Horatio Harmon (b. 1786) and Lucy Clark. Do you know who their children were? I'm searching for the parents of Edwin R. Harmon (born c. 1818), who named his oldest son Horatio and his oldest daughter Helen Clark Harmon. Based on the names and dates, I'd say this couple is a distinct possibility.
If you have ANY ideas at all as to how I'd figure out what children they had, I'd really appreciate it.
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http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen/cemetery/PI-1EPitts.html
HARMON
Horatio, d 1848, 61y
Lucy, consort, d 1846, 56y
East Pittsfield Cemetery:

RESIDENCE: Oratio voted in Poultney, VT in 1807.
His name also spelled Horasha.
This is from Pages of George Washington Harmon's ledger from which the book Harmon genealogy was written.

Artemus Harmon: The Harmon Genealogy pg. 198: "Father told me about his cousins, Lucina, Oliver, Nehemiah, Alpheus lived near Molley in Erie Co. Lucina came with Horatio and Martin to Erie Co."
[Lucina and Alpheus are children of Martin. Oliver's wife, Sarah; and Nehemiah's wife, Orilla, are children of Martin. Oliver and Nehemiah are children of Martin's brother, Nehemiah who, with Martin, are Uncles of Horatio and brothers of his father, Selah. Molly is the daughter of Selah--and sister of Horatio.

Age at death: 61 years, 11 months, 28 days

Email and correspondence with direct descendent of Horatio, Doris Vivienne DeRodes Garza has supplied information on descendants of Horatio and Lucy Clark.
Doris D Garza <ddgarza@earthlink.net>
This kind woman has supplied so much information to me. She is in her late 70s in 2002.

____________
Email From: "Elizabeth Beske" <elizabethbeske@hotmail.com> 8/13/2001
Hi - I noted that you were the source of information regarding the marriage of Horatio Harmon (b. 1786) and Lucy Clark. Do you know who their children were? I'm searching for the parents of Edwin R. Harmon (born c. 1818), who named his oldest son Horatio and his oldest daughter Helen Clark Harmon. Based on the names and dates, I'd say this couple is a distinct possibility.
If you have ANY ideas at all as to how I'd figure out what children they had, I'd really appreciate it.
____________
http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen/cemetery/PI-1EPitts.html
HARMON
Horatio, d 1848, 61y
Lucy, consort, d 1846, 56y
East Pittsfield Cemetery:

RESIDENCE: Oratio voted in Poultney, VT in 1807.
His name also spelled Horasha.
This is from Pages of George Washington Harmon's ledger from which the book Harmon genealogy was written.

Records of Cheryl Harmon Bills
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Spouse: Lucy CLARK. Lucy CLARK and Horatio HARMON were married on 28 January 1811 in Clarendon,Rutland,Vermont.

Spouse: Lucy CLARK.

Spouse: Lucy CLARK. Lucy CLARK and Horatio HARMON were married on 28 January 1811 in Clarendon, , Vermont. Children were: Maryann HARMON, William B. HARMON, Lucy HARMON, Harriet Louisa HARMON, Horace C. HARMON, Elvira HARMON, Elmira HARMON, Lafayette HARMON, Isaac HARMON.

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Spouse: Sally JOHNSON. Sally JOHNSON and Hosea HARMON were married on 3 September 1846 in Sugar Grove, Warren, Pennsylvania. Children were: William HARMON, Emma HARMON.

DEATH: Bottom of Form 1

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Parents: Henry Martin HARMON and Mary Alzina SPERRY.

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Parents: Appleton Milo HARMON and Elemeda STRINGHAM.

Spouse: Julia Ann STRINGHAM. Julia Ann STRINGHAM and Hosea Frank HARMON were married on 2 February 1879 in Holden, Millard, Utah. Children were: Frank Milton HARMON, Etta May HARMON, Walter Leslie HARMON, Milo Stringham HARMON, Myrtle Evelyn HARMON, Mont HARMON.

Spouse: Miss RIDGLAY. Miss RIDGLAY and Hugh HARMON were married about 1499 in ,Gloucestershire,England. Children were: Johanna "Harman" HARMON.

CHURCH: Patriarchal Blessing Index:
Blessing given: 19 Mar 1917 at Clifton, ID
Lineage: Ephriam
Vol 297; pg 256

MARRIAGE: According to the information I have, Hulda was never married in her lifetime. She died 27 Jan 1922. It is hearsay tradition that Millie loved her sister so much that she wanted to have her sealed to her husband, but this was not done in Millie’s lifetime either. The earliest sealing record I have found is 17 Jan 1951 in the Idaho Falls Temple. Some of the records have “about” dates for a marriage, but it is all speculation. It is highly unlikely that Marion and Millie, good active members of the church, married in polygamy after the manifesto was issued–so I personally think the actual marriage did not take place.

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Parents: Henry Martin HARMON and Susan MARLER.

Spouse: Joel CADY. Huldah HARMON and Joel CADY were married in , Warren, Pennsylvania. Children were: Polly CADY, John CADY, Thomas CADY, Susan CADY, Harriet CADY, William Harmon CADY, Laura CADY, Hosea CADY, Margaret CADY, James CADY.

David Danielson's genealogy on genealogy.com on Descendats of Isaiah Mathur Rogers states: In a letter written in 1934, Huldah C. Rogers Palmer, eldest daughter of Isaiah Mathur and Huldah (Harmon) Rogers said of her parents, "Mother and Father were married when she was 14 1/2 years old. She was nearly 16 when I was born and he was 44. I think Father was a school teacher and she was one of the pupils, a small girl with blue eyes and curly hair, of Pennsylvania Dutch and French descent. Isaiah Rogers was called a "blue-bellied Yankee." The family lived on the Indian Reservation (in Blue Earth, Minn) until Aunt Hulda was 4 years old. Then the soldiers took them to the Army Barracks at Brownsdale, MN. She remembers riding in the covered wagon all night with lots of crying kids--she was one of them. Then from there they went to Lansing, MN. From there, they moved to Iowa. She was 9 years old then. She was 13 when the family moved to Neilsville, Wisconsin."

Death: Alternate death date: 1 Jan 1886 from Dave Danielsen does not agree with cemetery record.

Pine Grove Cemetery Lookup:
Hilda, wife of B. Clouse
1. Aug. 1841 - 30. Jan. 1886

Bernard Clouse
22. March 1830 - 9. April 1904

Nancy, wife of B. Clouse
23. Aug. 1839 - 18. Nov. 1876
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1880 Census Place: Loyal, Clark, Wisconsin
Source: FHL Film 1255419 National Archives Film T9-1419 Page 399B
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Benhard CLOMES Self M M W 50 PRUSSIA
Occ: Farmer Fa: PRUS. Mo: PRUS
Hulda CLOMES Wife F M W 39 OH
Occ: Keeping House Fa: OH Mo: OH
Charlie CLOMES Son M S W 17 WI
Occ: Laborer Fa: PRUS Mo: OH
Ellie CLOMES Dau F S W 14 WI
Occ: Laborer Fa: PRUS Mo: OH
Caroline CLOMES Dau F S W 11 WI
Occ: At Home Fa: PRUS Mo: OH
Betsy CLOMES Dau F S W 9 WI
Occ: At School Fa: PRUS Mo: OH
Alpha CLOMES Son M S W 7 WI
Occ: At School Fa: PRUS Mo: OH
Edwin CLOMES Son M S W 2 WI
Fa: PRUS Mo: OH
Mary CLOMES Dau F S W 4M WI
Fa: PRUS Mo: OH

This surname should read Clouse. The children, Ellie (Lillian), Caroline, Betsy (Elizabeth), Alpha (Alpheus) should be Rogers.

BURIAL: Hulda's information is inscribed on tombstones with both of her husbands. See sources.

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Spouse: Isaiah Marther ROGERS. Huldah HARMON and Isaiah Marther ROGERS were married on 20 January 1856 in Rockford, Floyd, Iowa. Rogers, Isiah M. Harmon, Huldah 01-20-1856
Floyd County marriage online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~iafloyd/EarlyMarriages.html verifies that this marriage took place at Floyd County and not Shell Rock, Butler county as previously had in family records. I believe it would have been at Rockford, Floyd, Iowa where the family lived and where other marriages in the family took place.

I CANNOT explain the following:
Rogers, Isaiah M. Strawn, Elizabeth Jan 9 1856
After corresponding with Elizabeth's descendants, we feel they probably intended to marry, and got a license but did not get married. Here is a bio of Elizabeth Strawn from usgenweb:
One of the old settlers of Floyd County, and at present a resident of Charles City, was born near Chillicothe, Ross County, O., Feb. 5, 1810. Her parents were William and Elizabeth (Cating) Jolly, also natives of Ohio and members of the Presbyterian church. They had a family of four sons and six daughters; seven of the family lived to be men and women. When Mrs. Strawn, the subject of this memoir, was fifteen years of age, she removed with her parents to Indiana and settled on a farm near Covington, Warren County, where she married James Oxford, September, 1826. He was born in Ohio. The fruit of this marriage was two children, viz.: David H. Oxford, who died in 1850, and Martha, the wife of A. H. Brackett. They reside in Charles City, old settlers of Floyd County. Mr. James Oxford died in 1831; Mrs. Strawn then married Enoch Strawn and they had one daughter, viz.: Mary E., wife of John Ferguson. They reside in Charles City, and are old settlers also. Enoch Strawn died in 1854. Mrs. Strawn then came with her family to Floyd County and purchased a large tract of land in St. Charles Township. She has since sold her farms and purchased a nice home in Charles City, where she resides. Mrs. Strawn is a member of the Christian church and has been a member of this church for the past fifty-two years. Mrs. Strawn is one of the few old settlers now living who came to Charles City in its infancy. She is now in the seventy-third year of her age and looks much younger.

Her descendant says the death of Enoch Strawn is incorrect in the above biography and that he actually died 16 Sep 1835 – seven months after his marriage to Elizabeth according to their family Bible record. Regardless of which date is correct, Elizabeth was a widow at the time Isaiah and she were romancing. Did he jilt her and elope with his young student—OR did she jilt him and he married Huldah on the rebound???? There was not time for a divorce or an annulment of a marriage between Isaiah and Elizabeth, so it is most likely that they perhaps only applied for a marriage licence and then one or the other of them backed out of the relationship! Elizabeth’s descendant says there is no record of such a marriage and no family “rumors” of her being jilted in love! She and Isaiah were about the same age; she being born in 1810 and he in 1811– while there was nearly a 30-year age span between Isaiah and Huldah. However, Isaiah and Huldah appear to have had a happy married life together– Isaiah dying after they had been married just over 19 years. Children were: Hulda Caroline ROGERS, Sarah Isabelle ROGERS, Mary Jane ROGERS, Ida Celestia ROGERS, Isaiah Mathur "Ike" ROGERS Jr., Lillian Esther "Ellie" ROGERS, Caroline Dimeras ROGERS, Elizabeth E. "Bessie" ROGERS, Alpheus Marthur "Alf" ROGERS, Elvira ROGERS.

Spouse: Bernard CLOUSE. Huldah HARMON and Bernard CLOUSE were married on 14 February 1877 in Loyal, Clark, Wisconsin. Children were: Harry Edwin CLOUSE, Mary E. CLOUSE, Edith CLOUSE.