Person Sheet


Name Samuel HARKNESS17,66,68
Birth ca 1818, Washington Co., New York69
Death 27 Dec 1899, Josephine County, Oregon67,70
Burial 1899, Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon71
Residence 1878, Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon69
Occupation Farmer,
Spouses
1 Maryette CHAPMAN 17,66
Birth 11 Jul 1822, Harrisville, Medina, Ohio17,19
Death 31 Oct 1871, Sturgis, Wisconsin?67,17
Burial Wisconsin
Father Cyrus CHAPMAN (1788-1865)
Mother Jerusha Denison HOSMER (1801-1851)
Marriage 13 Mar 1844, Elkhorn, Walworth, Wisconsin67,59
Children Morris M (ca1845-1892)
  Homer D (ca1850-ca1938)
  Francis Marion (~1853-)
  Earnest (1859-)
2 Susan Wormly67,71
Birth ca 1830, Michigan117
Death 6 Jan 1902, Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon71
Marriage 2 Oct 1875, Douglas County, Oregon67,118
Children Ida May (1878-1896)
Census Notes for Samuel HARKNESS
1850 Wisconsin, Walworth, LaFayette Index 241/246 Harkenss, Samuel 30 bND farmer; Mariette 27 bOH; Morris M 5 bWI; Homer O 6/23 bWI; David Norway laborer 40; Thomas Armstrong 31; Samace? M Donald 30 bIRE66

1860 US Census Josephine County, Oregon119
135 Twogood, J.H. 32m farmer NY
Harkness, Samuel 42m farmer NY
Maryette 37f Ohio
Maurice M 15m clerk Wisc
Homer K. 10m Wisc
Francis M 7m Or
Ernest I 1m Or
Smith, CM 34m Blacksmith Scotl
Harkness,William 21m Cook Ohio (brother) + miners

1870 US Census Josephine Co, Oregon - p. 445120 GFO 1972 published
Leland Household 20/ Harkness, Samuel 52 m NY farmer $2000 personal property #10,000 real estate;
Marietta 48 f ohio kps hse; Morris M 25 m Wisc; Homer K 20 m Wisc; Francis M 14 m Ore sch; Earnest I 11 m Ore sch.

1880 US Census Jump Off Joe and Garlic Creek Precinct, Josephine, Oregon FHL #1255081 NA T9-1081, page 141A
Harkness, Samuel 62 bNY Farmer; both parents born MA; Susan 50 bMI; Ida May 2 bOR; David Davis SSon 15 bOR; Bell Davis SDau 13 bOR; Loran Davis SSon 11 bOR; Susan Davis SDau 9 bOR.117
Residence
From the book History of Walworth County Wisconsin, by Albert Clayton Beckwith, publ. 1912.

Page 524-525 JAMES HARKNESS, born April 21, 1776, married Mary WARE, born December 12, 1777, and died in her eighty-fifth year. They lived in Washington county, New York. Their children were Jacob; Nancy (Mrs. Isaac WRIGHT); Mary (Mrs. ROSS); James (married Hanna R. WHITMORE); Jesse; Dr. Daniel (married Harriet WHITMORE); McDonough; Samuel (married Marietta CHAPMAN. These WHITMORE wives were daughters of Joseph WHITMORE and Hannah CALL. McDonough brought upon himself a most barbarous torture, mutilation and death at the hands of Indians in Oregon. Samuel's wife was a sister of Mrs. Edward WINNE. Page 525 JACOB HARKNESS, son of James and Mary, was born March 22, 1800; married Jerusha HILL; came to Lafayette in 1843; died April 8, 1874.

Jerusha was born in 1812; died July 18, 1886. Their children were Jane, Eliza, Melanchthon, Daniel, Augusta, Adelaide, Burnham, McDonough, Frances. Daniel married Ruth WATERS (1854-1900).


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HARKNESS, Jacksonville (Oregon) Democratic Times, Friday, 1 Feb 1878, p. 3: At Leland, January 6th, to the wife of Samuel Harkness, a daughter72

HARKNESS, Jacksonville (Oregon) Democratic Times, Friday, 28 Nov 1879, p.
3: At Grave creek, November 15th, to the wife of Homer Harkness, a son


Jacksonville (Oregon) Democratic Times, Friday, 18 Feb 1887, p. 3
HARKNESS-In Leland precinct, Feb. 12th, to Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Harkness, a
daughter.



IOOF Cemetery73
Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon
Harkness, Ida May, d. 8/19/1895, Aged 18 years, Shared stele w/ Susan & Samuel Harkness, Plot 08-06-04
Harkness, Samuel, d. 12/27/1899, Aged 81 yrs 1 mo 16 days HARKNESS on base, Shared stele w/ Susan & Ida May Harkness, Plot 08-06-07
Harkness, Susan, b. 6/25/1832, d. 1/6/1902, Shared stele w/ Samuel & Ida May Harkness, Plot 08-06-08
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