John Preston Harbuck was born in rural Gonzales County, Tx to Albert & May Wyatt Harbuck. He was married in 1936 to Lillian Louisa Harden, daughter of Hattie Louise Rhoades and Clate Samuel Harden, Sr. He is listed as a farmer by trade and they spent some time in West Texas, where his family picked cotton. Family word of mouth was that John had a car, so he could drive some of the Clate Harden family to San Angelo in West Texas to pick cotton. This is where their first child, Gene Preston, was born.
John Preston Harbuck was born in rural Gonzales County, Tx to Albert & May Wyatt Harbuck. He was married in 1936 to Lillian Louisa Harden, daughter of Hattie Louise Rhoades and Clate Samuel Harden, Sr. He is listed as a farmer by trade and they spent some time in West Texas, where his family picked cotton. Family word of mouth was that John had a car, so he could drive some of the Clate Harden family to San Angelo in West Texas to pick cotton. This is where their first child, Gene Preston, was born.
