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Jehu Harlan

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Jehu Harlan

Birth
Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Death
9 Dec 1855 (aged 63)
Dumont, Butler County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Dumont, Butler County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Jehu Harlan, #2865 in the Harlan book, was born in Frederick Co., Virginia in 1792. He moved to Ohio with his parents, Daniel #822 and Esther (Ford) Harlan, when he was about twelve years of age. In about 1823, he married Susannah Moore in Ohio. They resided for many years in Richland and Crawford counties in Ohio, and were the parents of 15 children -- 10 of them as listed in the Harlan book:
#7217 Sarah (1824-1854) m. George Nace.
#7218 Jane (1826-1847) m. Samuel Lockhart.
#7219 Esther (1828-1919) m. Samuel K. DeArmoun.
#7220 James (1829-1911) m. Matilda Crissinger.
#7221 George (1832-1907) m. Charlotte Stacy.
#7222 Jehu (1834-1911) m. Isabelle J. Hartgrave.
#7223 Elizabeth (1836-1898) m. Jonathan Allen.
#7224 Susannah (1839-1883) m. James W. Allen. Her FAG memorial says she died in 1883.
Mary (1841-1841).
Daniel (1843-1846).
#7225 Nathan (1844-1910) m. Jane Allen.
#7226 Clarinda (1848-1917) m. Elias Belt.

NOTE: There are some birth and death years recorded above that are not in the Harlan book--found them on FAG and Ancestry.com.

In 1855, they moved from Ohio to Butler Co., Iowa arriving there on July 3, 1855. Jehu and his wife, Susannah, donated the original acre of land for a cemetery. He died Dec 8, 1855, and was the first person to be buried there. This became the Harlan Cemetery of Dumont, Butler Co., Iowa, which is now several more acres. Many of his descendents, as well as many other people, are buried there.
Jehu Harlan, #2865 in the Harlan book, was born in Frederick Co., Virginia in 1792. He moved to Ohio with his parents, Daniel #822 and Esther (Ford) Harlan, when he was about twelve years of age. In about 1823, he married Susannah Moore in Ohio. They resided for many years in Richland and Crawford counties in Ohio, and were the parents of 15 children -- 10 of them as listed in the Harlan book:
#7217 Sarah (1824-1854) m. George Nace.
#7218 Jane (1826-1847) m. Samuel Lockhart.
#7219 Esther (1828-1919) m. Samuel K. DeArmoun.
#7220 James (1829-1911) m. Matilda Crissinger.
#7221 George (1832-1907) m. Charlotte Stacy.
#7222 Jehu (1834-1911) m. Isabelle J. Hartgrave.
#7223 Elizabeth (1836-1898) m. Jonathan Allen.
#7224 Susannah (1839-1883) m. James W. Allen. Her FAG memorial says she died in 1883.
Mary (1841-1841).
Daniel (1843-1846).
#7225 Nathan (1844-1910) m. Jane Allen.
#7226 Clarinda (1848-1917) m. Elias Belt.

NOTE: There are some birth and death years recorded above that are not in the Harlan book--found them on FAG and Ancestry.com.

In 1855, they moved from Ohio to Butler Co., Iowa arriving there on July 3, 1855. Jehu and his wife, Susannah, donated the original acre of land for a cemetery. He died Dec 8, 1855, and was the first person to be buried there. This became the Harlan Cemetery of Dumont, Butler Co., Iowa, which is now several more acres. Many of his descendents, as well as many other people, are buried there.


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