West Virginia Blue Book (1947) p. 177:
[HARVEY W. HARMER, (R), of Clarksburg, was born July 25, 1865, at Shinnston; son of B. Tyson and Margaret J. (Shepler) Harmer; education received in the public schools, Fairmont State College and West Virginia University; married July 18, 1901, to Nellie B. Martin who died in 1922; married February 3, 1926, to Florence Warden Stemple; Methodist; lawyer; supervisor of census, First Congressional District, 1901 and 1910; trustee, West Virginia Wesleyan College for more than thirty years; referee in bankruptcy for three years; mayor of Clarksburg, 1906-07; member Harrison County Bar Association and served as its president; member State Bar Association and served as a vice president; served two terms in the State Senate, having been elected in 1900 and 1918; elected to the House of Delegates from Harrison County in 1894 and 1928; appointed member of the House of Delegates from Harrison County, January 15, 1943, to fill vacancy of Edward J. Kells, deceased, and served in the 1943 regular and 1944 extraordinary sessions; again elected a member in 1946.]
Bench and Bar of WV (1919), pp. 372-374:
[Hon. Harvey W. Harmer, LL.B.
Harvey W. Harmer, son of B. Tyson and Margaret J. Harmer, was born at Shinnston, Harrison County, West Virginia, July 25, 1865, and received his early educational training in the public schools of his native town, which has recently developed into a prosperous little city. Later he attended the State Normal School at Fairmont and graduated in the class of 1889, taking the complete academic course. Still later he attended the West Virginia University at Morgantown and graduated from the Law Department in the class of 1892, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws. The same year of his graduation he moved his residence to Clarksburg, was admitted to the Bar, hung out his " law shingle," began practice, and is carrying on a profitable business " at the old stand."
Mr. Harmer is one of those men not uncommon in this country who pursue their course quietly through life, doing well and earnestly whatever they undertake; and at the same time living honest and upright lives, and are always found on the moral side of every question that comes before the people. His career has been that of a successful lawyer. Although he has for a number of years taken a deep interest and an active part in State and National politics, and has held a number of important public positions, he has never allowed this to materially interfere with his business as a practitioner of the law. Ho loves the law, sticks to it, and the result is he has achieved success. His practice embraces all branches of the law and extends into all State and Federal Courts. He has proved a safe and wise counselor, a conscientious adviser, and is deliberate in all of his acts; and better than all else he at all times seeks to be just and entirely fair with his fellow men.
He was a member of the lower branch of the West Virginia Legislature from Harrison County in the session of 1894-96, and being a strong and fluent public speaker, of sound judgment and honest purposes, ranked well among the members and was a valuable legislator. He was a member of the State Senate from 1900 to 1904, and was reckoned among its ablest and sanest members. He was a member of the Board of Regents of the State Normal Schools from 1895 to 1901, inclusive; was Secretary of the Board of Education of the Clarksburg Public Schools for nineteen years; was Mayor of the City of Clarksburg in 1896 and 1897; was Supervisor of United States Census of West Virginia for 1900, appointed by President McKinley, and reappointed in 1910 to the same responsible position by President Taft; was Referee in Bankruptcy from 1898 to 1901, inclusive, and was nominated in 1914 by the Progressive party as a candidate for Congress in the First West Virginia District, and was defeated along with all the other members of his ticket. In all of the public offices he ever held he proved efficient and faithful to every trust.
Senator Harmer married Miss Nellie B. Martin, July 18, 1901. They have no children. He is an active and influential member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; is a Trustee of the West Virginia Wesleyan College of Buckhannon; is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is a Republican in politics. He is a man of good stature and of unusual firmness of character. He was again elected a member of the West Virginia State Senate in the campaign of 1918.]
[HARVEY W. HARMER, (R), of Clarksburg, was born July 25, 1865, at Shinnston; son of B. Tyson and Margaret J. (Shepler) Harmer; education received in the public schools, Fairmont State College and West Virginia University; married July 18, 1901, to Nellie B. Martin who died in 1922; married February 3, 1926, to Florence Warden Stemple; Methodist; lawyer; supervisor of census, First Congressional District, 1901 and 1910; trustee, West Virginia Wesleyan College for more than thirty years; referee in bankruptcy for three years; mayor of Clarksburg, 1906-07; member Harrison County Bar Association and served as its president; member State Bar Association and served as a vice president; served two terms in the State Senate, having been elected in 1900 and 1918; elected to the House of Delegates from Harrison County in 1894 and 1928; appointed member of the House of Delegates from Harrison County, January 15, 1943, to fill vacancy of Edward J. Kells, deceased, and served in the 1943 regular and 1944 extraordinary sessions; again elected a member in 1946.]
Bench and Bar of WV (1919), pp. 372-374:
[Hon. Harvey W. Harmer, LL.B.
Harvey W. Harmer, son of B. Tyson and Margaret J. Harmer, was born at Shinnston, Harrison County, West Virginia, July 25, 1865, and received his early educational training in the public schools of his native town, which has recently developed into a prosperous little city. Later he attended the State Normal School at Fairmont and graduated in the class of 1889, taking the complete academic course. Still later he attended the West Virginia University at Morgantown and graduated from the Law Department in the class of 1892, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws. The same year of his graduation he moved his residence to Clarksburg, was admitted to the Bar, hung out his " law shingle," began practice, and is carrying on a profitable business " at the old stand."
Mr. Harmer is one of those men not uncommon in this country who pursue their course quietly through life, doing well and earnestly whatever they undertake; and at the same time living honest and upright lives, and are always found on the moral side of every question that comes before the people. His career has been that of a successful lawyer. Although he has for a number of years taken a deep interest and an active part in State and National politics, and has held a number of important public positions, he has never allowed this to materially interfere with his business as a practitioner of the law. Ho loves the law, sticks to it, and the result is he has achieved success. His practice embraces all branches of the law and extends into all State and Federal Courts. He has proved a safe and wise counselor, a conscientious adviser, and is deliberate in all of his acts; and better than all else he at all times seeks to be just and entirely fair with his fellow men.
He was a member of the lower branch of the West Virginia Legislature from Harrison County in the session of 1894-96, and being a strong and fluent public speaker, of sound judgment and honest purposes, ranked well among the members and was a valuable legislator. He was a member of the State Senate from 1900 to 1904, and was reckoned among its ablest and sanest members. He was a member of the Board of Regents of the State Normal Schools from 1895 to 1901, inclusive; was Secretary of the Board of Education of the Clarksburg Public Schools for nineteen years; was Mayor of the City of Clarksburg in 1896 and 1897; was Supervisor of United States Census of West Virginia for 1900, appointed by President McKinley, and reappointed in 1910 to the same responsible position by President Taft; was Referee in Bankruptcy from 1898 to 1901, inclusive, and was nominated in 1914 by the Progressive party as a candidate for Congress in the First West Virginia District, and was defeated along with all the other members of his ticket. In all of the public offices he ever held he proved efficient and faithful to every trust.
Senator Harmer married Miss Nellie B. Martin, July 18, 1901. They have no children. He is an active and influential member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; is a Trustee of the West Virginia Wesleyan College of Buckhannon; is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is a Republican in politics. He is a man of good stature and of unusual firmness of character. He was again elected a member of the West Virginia State Senate in the campaign of 1918.]
West Virginia Blue Book (1947) p. 177:
[HARVEY W. HARMER, (R), of Clarksburg, was born July 25, 1865, at Shinnston; son of B. Tyson and Margaret J. (Shepler) Harmer; education received in the public schools, Fairmont State College and West Virginia University; married July 18, 1901, to Nellie B. Martin who died in 1922; married February 3, 1926, to Florence Warden Stemple; Methodist; lawyer; supervisor of census, First Congressional District, 1901 and 1910; trustee, West Virginia Wesleyan College for more than thirty years; referee in bankruptcy for three years; mayor of Clarksburg, 1906-07; member Harrison County Bar Association and served as its president; member State Bar Association and served as a vice president; served two terms in the State Senate, having been elected in 1900 and 1918; elected to the House of Delegates from Harrison County in 1894 and 1928; appointed member of the House of Delegates from Harrison County, January 15, 1943, to fill vacancy of Edward J. Kells, deceased, and served in the 1943 regular and 1944 extraordinary sessions; again elected a member in 1946.]
Bench and Bar of WV (1919), pp. 372-374:
[Hon. Harvey W. Harmer, LL.B.
Harvey W. Harmer, son of B. Tyson and Margaret J. Harmer, was born at Shinnston, Harrison County, West Virginia, July 25, 1865, and received his early educational training in the public schools of his native town, which has recently developed into a prosperous little city. Later he attended the State Normal School at Fairmont and graduated in the class of 1889, taking the complete academic course. Still later he attended the West Virginia University at Morgantown and graduated from the Law Department in the class of 1892, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws. The same year of his graduation he moved his residence to Clarksburg, was admitted to the Bar, hung out his " law shingle," began practice, and is carrying on a profitable business " at the old stand."
Mr. Harmer is one of those men not uncommon in this country who pursue their course quietly through life, doing well and earnestly whatever they undertake; and at the same time living honest and upright lives, and are always found on the moral side of every question that comes before the people. His career has been that of a successful lawyer. Although he has for a number of years taken a deep interest and an active part in State and National politics, and has held a number of important public positions, he has never allowed this to materially interfere with his business as a practitioner of the law. Ho loves the law, sticks to it, and the result is he has achieved success. His practice embraces all branches of the law and extends into all State and Federal Courts. He has proved a safe and wise counselor, a conscientious adviser, and is deliberate in all of his acts; and better than all else he at all times seeks to be just and entirely fair with his fellow men.
He was a member of the lower branch of the West Virginia Legislature from Harrison County in the session of 1894-96, and being a strong and fluent public speaker, of sound judgment and honest purposes, ranked well among the members and was a valuable legislator. He was a member of the State Senate from 1900 to 1904, and was reckoned among its ablest and sanest members. He was a member of the Board of Regents of the State Normal Schools from 1895 to 1901, inclusive; was Secretary of the Board of Education of the Clarksburg Public Schools for nineteen years; was Mayor of the City of Clarksburg in 1896 and 1897; was Supervisor of United States Census of West Virginia for 1900, appointed by President McKinley, and reappointed in 1910 to the same responsible position by President Taft; was Referee in Bankruptcy from 1898 to 1901, inclusive, and was nominated in 1914 by the Progressive party as a candidate for Congress in the First West Virginia District, and was defeated along with all the other members of his ticket. In all of the public offices he ever held he proved efficient and faithful to every trust.
Senator Harmer married Miss Nellie B. Martin, July 18, 1901. They have no children. He is an active and influential member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; is a Trustee of the West Virginia Wesleyan College of Buckhannon; is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is a Republican in politics. He is a man of good stature and of unusual firmness of character. He was again elected a member of the West Virginia State Senate in the campaign of 1918.]
[HARVEY W. HARMER, (R), of Clarksburg, was born July 25, 1865, at Shinnston; son of B. Tyson and Margaret J. (Shepler) Harmer; education received in the public schools, Fairmont State College and West Virginia University; married July 18, 1901, to Nellie B. Martin who died in 1922; married February 3, 1926, to Florence Warden Stemple; Methodist; lawyer; supervisor of census, First Congressional District, 1901 and 1910; trustee, West Virginia Wesleyan College for more than thirty years; referee in bankruptcy for three years; mayor of Clarksburg, 1906-07; member Harrison County Bar Association and served as its president; member State Bar Association and served as a vice president; served two terms in the State Senate, having been elected in 1900 and 1918; elected to the House of Delegates from Harrison County in 1894 and 1928; appointed member of the House of Delegates from Harrison County, January 15, 1943, to fill vacancy of Edward J. Kells, deceased, and served in the 1943 regular and 1944 extraordinary sessions; again elected a member in 1946.]
Bench and Bar of WV (1919), pp. 372-374:
[Hon. Harvey W. Harmer, LL.B.
Harvey W. Harmer, son of B. Tyson and Margaret J. Harmer, was born at Shinnston, Harrison County, West Virginia, July 25, 1865, and received his early educational training in the public schools of his native town, which has recently developed into a prosperous little city. Later he attended the State Normal School at Fairmont and graduated in the class of 1889, taking the complete academic course. Still later he attended the West Virginia University at Morgantown and graduated from the Law Department in the class of 1892, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws. The same year of his graduation he moved his residence to Clarksburg, was admitted to the Bar, hung out his " law shingle," began practice, and is carrying on a profitable business " at the old stand."
Mr. Harmer is one of those men not uncommon in this country who pursue their course quietly through life, doing well and earnestly whatever they undertake; and at the same time living honest and upright lives, and are always found on the moral side of every question that comes before the people. His career has been that of a successful lawyer. Although he has for a number of years taken a deep interest and an active part in State and National politics, and has held a number of important public positions, he has never allowed this to materially interfere with his business as a practitioner of the law. Ho loves the law, sticks to it, and the result is he has achieved success. His practice embraces all branches of the law and extends into all State and Federal Courts. He has proved a safe and wise counselor, a conscientious adviser, and is deliberate in all of his acts; and better than all else he at all times seeks to be just and entirely fair with his fellow men.
He was a member of the lower branch of the West Virginia Legislature from Harrison County in the session of 1894-96, and being a strong and fluent public speaker, of sound judgment and honest purposes, ranked well among the members and was a valuable legislator. He was a member of the State Senate from 1900 to 1904, and was reckoned among its ablest and sanest members. He was a member of the Board of Regents of the State Normal Schools from 1895 to 1901, inclusive; was Secretary of the Board of Education of the Clarksburg Public Schools for nineteen years; was Mayor of the City of Clarksburg in 1896 and 1897; was Supervisor of United States Census of West Virginia for 1900, appointed by President McKinley, and reappointed in 1910 to the same responsible position by President Taft; was Referee in Bankruptcy from 1898 to 1901, inclusive, and was nominated in 1914 by the Progressive party as a candidate for Congress in the First West Virginia District, and was defeated along with all the other members of his ticket. In all of the public offices he ever held he proved efficient and faithful to every trust.
Senator Harmer married Miss Nellie B. Martin, July 18, 1901. They have no children. He is an active and influential member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; is a Trustee of the West Virginia Wesleyan College of Buckhannon; is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is a Republican in politics. He is a man of good stature and of unusual firmness of character. He was again elected a member of the West Virginia State Senate in the campaign of 1918.]
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