According to the author Howard H. Peckham, Sarah (Jenkins) and Josiah Harmar were married in October 1784. She was a young Philadelphia woman (born March 14, 1761) whom he had known for a year. In his diary, Josiah referred to her as the "divine Miss Sarah" or "my dear Sally." On July 23, 1786, she arrived at Fort Harmar with her husband and lived on the Ohio Country frontier for a few years. Between 1785 and 1803, Sarah Harmar gave birth to five children – Charles, Eliza, Josiah Jr., William, and a daughter who died when she was a small child.
According to the author Howard H. Peckham, Sarah (Jenkins) and Josiah Harmar were married in October 1784. She was a young Philadelphia woman (born March 14, 1761) whom he had known for a year. In his diary, Josiah referred to her as the "divine Miss Sarah" or "my dear Sally." On July 23, 1786, she arrived at Fort Harmar with her husband and lived on the Ohio Country frontier for a few years. Between 1785 and 1803, Sarah Harmar gave birth to five children – Charles, Eliza, Josiah Jr., William, and a daughter who died when she was a small child.
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