Mathew E. Harlan, son of Cy and Martha Harlan, was born in Wayne County, Indiana July 26, 1854 and passed away at his home in Hillsboro, Iowa, July 11, 1936, after a lingering illness of many months at the age of eighty one years 11 months and 15 days old. He came with his parents when three month of age in covered wagon from Indiana to Iowa crossing the Mississippi river on a ferry boat and located on the Harlan Homestead two miles south of Hillsboro which is now known as the Milt Stillwell farm.
He was the second child in a family of four children, all having preceded him in death. He grew to manhood in and around the vicinity of Hillsboro and received his education in local school and at the old Bentonsport Academy.
On April 22, 1875 he was married to Jennie J. Hammond at Ft. Madison, Iowa and to this union were born two children, Walter A. and Harriet E Collins of Hillsboro, Iowa.
He united with the Christian church at Big Mound, Iowa at 12 years of age and when the Christian Church at Hillsboro was organized he became a charter member and continued faithfully in active service, serving as superintendent of Sunday school.
He was the second child in a family of four children, all having preceded him in death. He grew to manhood in and around the vicinity of Hillsboro and received his education in local school and at the old Bentonsport Academy.
On April 22, 1875 he was married to Jennie J. Hammond at Ft. Madison, Iowa and to this union were born two children, Walter A. and Harriet E Collins of Hillsboro, Iowa.
He united with the Christian church at Big Mound, Iowa at 12 years of age and when the Christian Church at Hillsboro was organized he became a charter member and continued faithfully in active service, serving as superintendent of Sunday school.
Mathew E. Harlan, son of Cy and Martha Harlan, was born in Wayne County, Indiana July 26, 1854 and passed away at his home in Hillsboro, Iowa, July 11, 1936, after a lingering illness of many months at the age of eighty one years 11 months and 15 days old. He came with his parents when three month of age in covered wagon from Indiana to Iowa crossing the Mississippi river on a ferry boat and located on the Harlan Homestead two miles south of Hillsboro which is now known as the Milt Stillwell farm.
He was the second child in a family of four children, all having preceded him in death. He grew to manhood in and around the vicinity of Hillsboro and received his education in local school and at the old Bentonsport Academy.
On April 22, 1875 he was married to Jennie J. Hammond at Ft. Madison, Iowa and to this union were born two children, Walter A. and Harriet E Collins of Hillsboro, Iowa.
He united with the Christian church at Big Mound, Iowa at 12 years of age and when the Christian Church at Hillsboro was organized he became a charter member and continued faithfully in active service, serving as superintendent of Sunday school.
He was the second child in a family of four children, all having preceded him in death. He grew to manhood in and around the vicinity of Hillsboro and received his education in local school and at the old Bentonsport Academy.
On April 22, 1875 he was married to Jennie J. Hammond at Ft. Madison, Iowa and to this union were born two children, Walter A. and Harriet E Collins of Hillsboro, Iowa.
He united with the Christian church at Big Mound, Iowa at 12 years of age and when the Christian Church at Hillsboro was organized he became a charter member and continued faithfully in active service, serving as superintendent of Sunday school.
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