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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Ida Brown was born in 1857 in Indiana (daughter of William Brown and Sarah Jane Harmison).

    Notes:

    Died:
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    Y
    Y
    Y


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Brown was born in 1823; died on 3 Dec 1895 in Walkerton, St. Joseph, Indiana; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Walkerton, Indiana.

    Notes:

    After the death of wife, Sarah Jane Harmison, William Brown wed "Mary" abt. 1868. Mary was born in Ohio in 1821. Mary and William had four children together.

    The farm in LaPorte County, Indiana was purchased in 1903 by Lafayetta Wray, grandfather to "Ken" and still owned by Don Wray, an uncle to Ken Wray.

    1860 Census, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, Indiana
    Dwelling #24, Family #25, page #186
    Brown, William, age 37, born in New York
    Brown, Sarah, age 37, born in Ohio
    Brown, John W., age 11, born in Indiana
    Brown, Daniel, age 9, born in Indiana
    Brown, Charles, age 8, born in Indiana
    Brown, Samuel, age 5, born in Indiana
    Ida, age 3, born in Indiana
    George, age 1, born in Indiana

    William married Sarah Jane Harmison on 1 Jul 1846 in Laporte, Indiana. Sarah (daughter of Samuel Harmison, Sr. and Nancy Arnold) was born on 12 Nov 1823 in Montgomery County, Ohio; died in 1866 in Walkerton, St. Joseph, Indiana; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Walkerton, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Sarah Jane Harmison was born on 12 Nov 1823 in Montgomery County, Ohio (daughter of Samuel Harmison, Sr. and Nancy Arnold); died in 1866 in Walkerton, St. Joseph, Indiana; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Walkerton, Indiana.

    Notes:

    William and Sarah had a total of five (5) children together.

    1850 Census, Pleasant Township, LaPorte, Indiana
    Brown, Sarah, age 23, born in Indiana
    Brown, Calvin, age 5, born in Indiana
    Brown, Sarah, age 2, born in Indiana
    Brown, Orville, age 1, born in Indiana
    Residing in household of:
    Norris, Andrew J., age 27, farmer, born in Indiana
    Norris, Sophia, age 22, born in Indiana
    Norris, Lewis H., age 2, born in Indiana

    Note: This is possibly Sarah Jane Harmison and her family.

    Children:
    1. John W. Brown was born in 1849 in Indiana.
    2. William Brown was born in 1850 in Indiana.
    3. Daniel Brown was born in 1851 in Indiana.
    4. Charles Brown was born in 1852 in Indiana.
    5. Samuel Brown was born in 1855 in Indiana.
    6. 1. Ida Brown was born in 1857 in Indiana.
    7. George Brown was born in 1859 in Indiana.
    8. Sherman Brown was born in 1865.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Samuel Harmison, Sr. was born about 1776 in Berkley, Virginia (son of James Harmison and Mary); died on 2 Mar 1841 in White County, Indiana; was buried in Prob. Bedford Cemetery, White, Indiana.

    Notes:

    The property owned by Samuel at the time of his death was located along McKillup Creek, White County, Indiana and was sold to a William Sill by Samuel's son, John, executor of his estate, following Samuel's death.

    Samuel is most probably buried at the Bedford Cemetery which is located near his former property in Monon Township, White, Indiana.

    Samuel Harmison opened a blacksmith shop in Door Village, southwest of LaPorte, Indiana in Scipio township in 1833 according to "LaPorte History" by McDonald.

    Samuel Harmison, Sr. and wife, Nancy Arnold, were both illiterate and signed documents with an "X".

    Served in the War of 1812.

    Helped build the stockade in Door Village, LaPorte, Indiana, 1832 during Blackhawk War scare.

    Voted in LaPorte, Indiana, 1832.



    Will probated February 14, 1842, White, Indiana.

    From White County, IN; Book 1; Order Book, October, 1834 - November 1848; Final Record, page 288:

    October Term 1846:

    "A term of the White Circuit Court began is held in the Court house in Monticello on Tuesday the 10th day of October, 1846. Said term being in pursuance of law, present Honorable John W. Wright, President, and Honorable James Barnes and Thoma s McCormick, associate judges.

    Martin L. Pearce, Administrator
    of the Estate of William Sill Dec'd.
    vs.
    Nancy Harmison
    Isaac Thomas
    Elizabeth Thomas
    Samuel Smith
    Katharine Smith
    John Harmison
    Samuel Harmison, Jr.
    James Harmison
    Isaac Harmison
    Sarah Harmison

    .......that the said administrator of the estate of said Samuel Harmison deceased pay and notify the costs of this suit out of the goods in his hands to be administered...."

    Samuel married Nancy Arnold about 1805. Nancy was born in 1778 in Maryland; died on 8 Aug 1850 in Plymouth Township, Marshall, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Nancy Arnold was born in 1778 in Maryland; died on 8 Aug 1850 in Plymouth Township, Marshall, Indiana.

    Notes:

    1790 Federal Census, Washington County, Maryland, image 0378, roll#M637_3, Unknown Twps., page 117

    Camuel (sp?) Hairmason
    1 male age 16 and over including head of household
    3 males under age 16
    1 female age 16 and over including head of household

    George Arnold
    Charles Swearingen
    Conrad Arnold
    George Christ

    1800 Federal Census, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, image 104, page 98, roll#M32_12

    Henry Arnold
    1 male age 16 - 26
    2 males age 26 - 45
    2 females under 10 years of age
    1 female age 16 - 26

    1800 Federal Census, Upper Antietietam, Washington County, Maryland, image 131, roll #m32_12

    John Fultz
    Richard Ring
    Robert Faukes
    John Whitmore
    Jacob Miller
    John Waggoner
    Jacob Garlinger
    Adam Hoover
    Jacob Miller
    Frederick Tysen
    Ulrich Hoover
    John Hoover
    Adam Arnold
    Michael Snyder
    Michael Snyder, Jr.
    John Robinson
    Alex Robinson, Jr.
    John Norris

    NOTE: Fultz, Ring, Faukes, Whitmore, Miller, Waggoner, Snyder, Robinson and Norris are all families who married into Harmison families.

    1800 Federal Census, Fort Frederick Hundred/Cohococheague Hundred/ Washington County, Maryland, image 153, page 147, roll#M32_12

    Catherine Blackmore
    Denton Jacques
    Michael Snyder
    John Rankin
    Joseph Dugood
    Christian Arnold
    Joseph Norris
    Adam Snyder
    Adam Garlock
    John Garlock
    Jacob Ash

    NOTE: Denton Jacques, Michael Snyder, Rankin, Norris, Snyder, Garlock and Ash are all families who married into the Harmison families.

    1810 Federal Census, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, image 237, roll#M252_16

    *Henry Arnold
    1 male under 10 years of age
    1 male age 10 - 16
    4 males age 16 - 26
    3 males age 26 - 45
    4 females under 10 years of age
    1 female age 16 - 26
    1 female age 16 - 45
    *Could this be Nancy's father or brother??

    George Hammer
    2 males under 10 years of age
    1 male age 10 - 16
    2 males age 16 - 26
    1 male age 45 and over
    2 females under 10 years of age
    2 females age 10 - 16
    2 females age 16 - 26
    1 female age 26 - 45

    *Samuel Hansmil
    1 male under 10 years of age
    1 male age 16 - 26
    1 female under 10 years of age
    1 female age 16 - 26
    Could this be Samuel Harmison and Nancy (Arnold) Harmison? Son, John and dau. Catherine reported their place of birth as Maryland

    George Humnel
    Henry Deal
    John Miller
    George Miller
    John Miller
    Jacob Miller
    Christian Waggoner
    John Miller
    Elizabeth Miller
    John Miller
    *Christina Hannison

    *Could this be unknown Christina Harmison??

    1810 Federal Census, Conococheague District, Washington County, Maryland, image 174, roll#M252_16

    Henry Arnold
    1 male under 10 years of age
    1 male age 26 - 45
    1 female under 10 years of age
    2 females age 10 - 16
    1 female age 26 - 45

    *William Irmison
    1 male under 10 years of age
    1 male age 26 - 45
    1 female age 26 - 45
    1 female age 45 and over

    *This is probably a William Harmison

    Daniel Harbins
    1 male under 10 years of age
    1 male age 10 - 16
    1 male age 26 - 45
    1 female under 10 years of age
    1 female age 16 - 26
    1 female age 26 - 45
    1 slave

    John Ash
    Joseph Norris
    Daniel Henry
    Henry Prather
    Samuel Prather
    Lydia Prather
    Ruth Prather
    John West

    NOTE: There were only two Arnold families residing in Washington County, MY in 1810; both heads of household had the given name of "Henry"

    NOTE: The Ash, Norris, Henry, Prather and West families all married into the Harmison family.

    Was Nancy Arnold the daughter of Henry Arnold????????????

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    U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index
    about Nancy Harnison
    Surname: Nancy Harnison
    Year: 1850
    County: Marshall County
    State: IN
    Age: 72
    Gender: F (Female)
    Month of Death: Aug
    State of Birth: MD
    ID#: MRT197_137342
    Occupation: NONE LISTED
    Cause Of Death: OLD AGE
    Source Information:
    Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

    Children:
    1. Catharine Harmison was born on 16 Oct 1806 in Maryland Or Virginia; died on 20 Mar 1852 in Indiana; was buried in Clark Cemetery, Buffalo Twp., White, Indiana.
    2. Elizabeth "Betsy" Harmison was born in 1807 in Maryland; died in 1856 in Marshall County, IN.
    3. Elder John Harmison was born on 6 Aug 1810 in Maryland; died on 12 Nov 1857 in Liberty Twp., White County, Indiana; was buried in Clark Cemetery, Buffalo Township, White, IN.
    4. Samuel Harmison was born on 6 Apr 1812 in Darke County, Ohio; died on 6 Mar 1862 in Pleasant Township, Laporte, Indiana; was buried in North Woodlawn Cemetery, Walkerton, Indiana.
    5. Isaac Harmison was born on 17 Apr 1814 in Montgomery County, Ohio; died on 14 May 1898 in Township Of Wheaton, Chippewa Cty., Wisconsin; was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
    6. Mary Harmison was born about 1816 in Montgomery County, Ohio; died before 1846 in Unknown.
    7. James Harmison was born on 20 Feb 1820 in Montgomery County, Ohio; died on 20 Jun 1886 in Cache, Trenton, Utah.
    8. 3. Sarah Jane Harmison was born on 12 Nov 1823 in Montgomery County, Ohio; died in 1866 in Walkerton, St. Joseph, Indiana; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Walkerton, Indiana.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  James Harmison was born about 1753 in Virginia (son of Thomas Harmison, Sr. and Mary); died before 2 Nov 1832 in Morgan County, West Virginia.

    Notes:

    James Harmison, Sr.'s estate, proved July 6, 1831; sale filed 1833. Purchasers: Polly Harmison, Elijah Harmison, Jacob Miller (Little) and (Big), Moses Harmison, John Dugan, Jacob Ash, Jr., Solomon Swisher, James Johnson, Henry A. Byrne, Lancel ot Snyder, Zacharia Miller and George Miller.

    1833, Heirs to estate of James Harmison: Elijah, Samuel, James, William, and Jacob Miller and Elizabeth his wife, together with Moses and Mary.

    Janaury 28, 1833; "James Harmison's Heirs Vs. Moses Harmison". Final decree, Monday, the 22nd day of December, 1834; Land Causes Book, #1, page 27. Orators, Elijah Harmison, Samuel Harmison, James Harmison, William Harmison, and Jacob Mille r and Elizabeth, his wife together with Moses and Mary Harmison, defendants hereafter named are the children and heirs of James Harmison, Late of Morgan County and that the said James Harmison is deemed to have died intestate, as a paper purport ing to be his will was rejected as such by this Court, when it was presented for probate.....Your orators further aver that at the time of the decease of the said James Harmison, the aforesaid Moses and Mary Harmison resided with him and have si nce kept in their possession the before mentioned lands, and still so hold them. It is further shown that the said Moses Harmison has committed, and still is committing destructive waste on the said lands by filling and disposing of the best o f the timber to the injury of the other heirs and copareenois; and that lately, he has sold or contracted to sell to a certain John Dixon a great number of timber trees off the said land; and that the said Dixon is engaged in cutting and hewin g the said timber trees....." Signed by Henry A. Byrer, Esquire

    Tax list, Berkeley County, 1800 lists James Harmison and William Harmison.

    23, January, 1801: "I have surveyed for James Harmison, assignee of James Welch, John Robinson, and Alexander Cooper, a tract of land on bank of Potomac and bounded as follows: In line of James Fisher, containing 15 acres." By James M. Wheat , recorded by James Maxwell, S.C.C.; Cambell Harmonson, James Harmison, Sr. and James Harmison, Jr.

    1841, Moses, James, Mary, Samuel are non-residents, also Michael Ryan and son, James R. Ryan.

    James married Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Mary
    Children:
    1. Mary Harmison
    2. James Harmison, Jr. was born between 1775 and 1794 in Virginia; died about 1848 in Marshall County, Virginia.
    3. 6. Samuel Harmison, Sr. was born about 1776 in Berkley, Virginia; died on 2 Mar 1841 in White County, Indiana; was buried in Prob. Bedford Cemetery, White, Indiana.
    4. Elijah Harmison was born about 1784; died before 27 Jun 1835 in Morgan County, West Virginia.
    5. Elizabeth Harmison was born about 1786.
    6. William Harmison was born before 1795 in Virginia; died in 1861.
    7. Moses Harmison was born between 1795 and 1800 in Virginia; died on 6 Apr 1872.

  3. Children:
    1. 7. Nancy Arnold was born in 1778 in Maryland; died on 8 Aug 1850 in Plymouth Township, Marshall, Indiana.
    2. Freddie Mathew Erickson was born on 26 Mar 1916 in Arland Township, Barron County Turtle Lake, WI. Buried Wayside Cemeterry Barron, WI; died on 1 Apr 2006 in Riverside Manor Barron County Barron, WI Buried Barron Wayside.
    3. Frank Raymond Erickson was born on 2 Nov 1923 in Barron County, Turtle Lake Twsp, Wisconsin; died on 21 Nov 1976 in Eau Claire, WI Buried At Wayside Cemetary Barron WI, Barron, County.


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