DAILY REVIEW MARCH 22 1901
GEORGE HARNSBERGER ONE OF THE OLDEST NATIVES OF MACON COUNTY DIED AT 5 OCLOCK FRIDAY EVENING AT HIS HOUSE IN WHITTMORE TOWNSHIP SIX MILES NORTH EAST OF DECATUR , AGED 76 YEARS. KIDNEY TROUBLE WAS THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
MR. HARNSBERGER HAD LIVED ON HIS FARM FOR THE PAST 55 YEARS AND WAS WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. HE WAS BORN NEAR SPRINGFIELD CLARK COUNTY OHIO, ON MARCH 3 1825 AND WAS THE SON OF JACOB HARNSBERGER AND ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE WAS RAISED ON A FARM. HIS MOTHER DIED WHEN HE WAS 4 YEARS OLD AND NINE YEARS LATER HIS FATHER DIED LEAVING HIM AN ORPHAN AT 14 YEARS OF AGE. HE EARNED A LIVING WORKING AS A FARM LABORER AT TWENTY FIVE CENTS A DAY.
MR. HARSBERGER HAD REMOVED WITH HIS PARENTS TO INDIANA AND REMAINED IN THAT STATE UNTIL 1838. WHEN HE CAME TO ILLINOIS AND LIVED IN SANGAMON COUNTY. HE WORKED AT FARM LABORER UNTIL 1844 AND AS A RESULT OF HIS INDUSTRY ACUMULATED SOME MONEY AND BOUGHT A FARM IN SANGAMON COUNTY. IN HE CAME TO MACON COUNTY AND PURCHASED THE FARM IN WHITMORE TOWNSHIP ON WHICH HE RESIDED FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. THE FARM IS COMPOSED OF 330 ACRES.
ON MARCH 14,1850 MRS. HARNSBERGER MARRIED MISS MARY A SCOTT WHO DIED IN FEBRUARY 1890 . FOUR CHILDREN SURVIVE. THEY ARE JAMES J HARNSBERGER OF CHAMPAIGN, W. H. HARNSBERGER OF INDINAPOLIS AND MISS ERSULA HARNSBERGER AND MRS. DICK HARDY OF DECATUR.
IN POLITICS MR. HARNSBERGER WAS A PROHIBITIONIST . HE SERVED TWO TERMS AS A SUPERVISOR, WAS HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER FOR A NUMBER OF AND HELD ALL THE SCHOOL OFFICES. HE WAS A MEMBER OF HE METHODIST CHURCH.
THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD SOME TIME ON MONDAY AND THE TIME WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER. THE BURIAL WILL BE GREENWOOD.
GEORGE HARNSBERGER ONE OF THE OLDEST NATIVES OF MACON COUNTY DIED AT 5 OCLOCK FRIDAY EVENING AT HIS HOUSE IN WHITTMORE TOWNSHIP SIX MILES NORTH EAST OF DECATUR , AGED 76 YEARS. KIDNEY TROUBLE WAS THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
MR. HARNSBERGER HAD LIVED ON HIS FARM FOR THE PAST 55 YEARS AND WAS WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. HE WAS BORN NEAR SPRINGFIELD CLARK COUNTY OHIO, ON MARCH 3 1825 AND WAS THE SON OF JACOB HARNSBERGER AND ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE WAS RAISED ON A FARM. HIS MOTHER DIED WHEN HE WAS 4 YEARS OLD AND NINE YEARS LATER HIS FATHER DIED LEAVING HIM AN ORPHAN AT 14 YEARS OF AGE. HE EARNED A LIVING WORKING AS A FARM LABORER AT TWENTY FIVE CENTS A DAY.
MR. HARSBERGER HAD REMOVED WITH HIS PARENTS TO INDIANA AND REMAINED IN THAT STATE UNTIL 1838. WHEN HE CAME TO ILLINOIS AND LIVED IN SANGAMON COUNTY. HE WORKED AT FARM LABORER UNTIL 1844 AND AS A RESULT OF HIS INDUSTRY ACUMULATED SOME MONEY AND BOUGHT A FARM IN SANGAMON COUNTY. IN HE CAME TO MACON COUNTY AND PURCHASED THE FARM IN WHITMORE TOWNSHIP ON WHICH HE RESIDED FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. THE FARM IS COMPOSED OF 330 ACRES.
ON MARCH 14,1850 MRS. HARNSBERGER MARRIED MISS MARY A SCOTT WHO DIED IN FEBRUARY 1890 . FOUR CHILDREN SURVIVE. THEY ARE JAMES J HARNSBERGER OF CHAMPAIGN, W. H. HARNSBERGER OF INDINAPOLIS AND MISS ERSULA HARNSBERGER AND MRS. DICK HARDY OF DECATUR.
IN POLITICS MR. HARNSBERGER WAS A PROHIBITIONIST . HE SERVED TWO TERMS AS A SUPERVISOR, WAS HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER FOR A NUMBER OF AND HELD ALL THE SCHOOL OFFICES. HE WAS A MEMBER OF HE METHODIST CHURCH.
THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD SOME TIME ON MONDAY AND THE TIME WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER. THE BURIAL WILL BE GREENWOOD.
DAILY REVIEW MARCH 22 1901
GEORGE HARNSBERGER ONE OF THE OLDEST NATIVES OF MACON COUNTY DIED AT 5 OCLOCK FRIDAY EVENING AT HIS HOUSE IN WHITTMORE TOWNSHIP SIX MILES NORTH EAST OF DECATUR , AGED 76 YEARS. KIDNEY TROUBLE WAS THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
MR. HARNSBERGER HAD LIVED ON HIS FARM FOR THE PAST 55 YEARS AND WAS WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. HE WAS BORN NEAR SPRINGFIELD CLARK COUNTY OHIO, ON MARCH 3 1825 AND WAS THE SON OF JACOB HARNSBERGER AND ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE WAS RAISED ON A FARM. HIS MOTHER DIED WHEN HE WAS 4 YEARS OLD AND NINE YEARS LATER HIS FATHER DIED LEAVING HIM AN ORPHAN AT 14 YEARS OF AGE. HE EARNED A LIVING WORKING AS A FARM LABORER AT TWENTY FIVE CENTS A DAY.
MR. HARSBERGER HAD REMOVED WITH HIS PARENTS TO INDIANA AND REMAINED IN THAT STATE UNTIL 1838. WHEN HE CAME TO ILLINOIS AND LIVED IN SANGAMON COUNTY. HE WORKED AT FARM LABORER UNTIL 1844 AND AS A RESULT OF HIS INDUSTRY ACUMULATED SOME MONEY AND BOUGHT A FARM IN SANGAMON COUNTY. IN HE CAME TO MACON COUNTY AND PURCHASED THE FARM IN WHITMORE TOWNSHIP ON WHICH HE RESIDED FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. THE FARM IS COMPOSED OF 330 ACRES.
ON MARCH 14,1850 MRS. HARNSBERGER MARRIED MISS MARY A SCOTT WHO DIED IN FEBRUARY 1890 . FOUR CHILDREN SURVIVE. THEY ARE JAMES J HARNSBERGER OF CHAMPAIGN, W. H. HARNSBERGER OF INDINAPOLIS AND MISS ERSULA HARNSBERGER AND MRS. DICK HARDY OF DECATUR.
IN POLITICS MR. HARNSBERGER WAS A PROHIBITIONIST . HE SERVED TWO TERMS AS A SUPERVISOR, WAS HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER FOR A NUMBER OF AND HELD ALL THE SCHOOL OFFICES. HE WAS A MEMBER OF HE METHODIST CHURCH.
THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD SOME TIME ON MONDAY AND THE TIME WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER. THE BURIAL WILL BE GREENWOOD.
GEORGE HARNSBERGER ONE OF THE OLDEST NATIVES OF MACON COUNTY DIED AT 5 OCLOCK FRIDAY EVENING AT HIS HOUSE IN WHITTMORE TOWNSHIP SIX MILES NORTH EAST OF DECATUR , AGED 76 YEARS. KIDNEY TROUBLE WAS THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
MR. HARNSBERGER HAD LIVED ON HIS FARM FOR THE PAST 55 YEARS AND WAS WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. HE WAS BORN NEAR SPRINGFIELD CLARK COUNTY OHIO, ON MARCH 3 1825 AND WAS THE SON OF JACOB HARNSBERGER AND ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. HE WAS RAISED ON A FARM. HIS MOTHER DIED WHEN HE WAS 4 YEARS OLD AND NINE YEARS LATER HIS FATHER DIED LEAVING HIM AN ORPHAN AT 14 YEARS OF AGE. HE EARNED A LIVING WORKING AS A FARM LABORER AT TWENTY FIVE CENTS A DAY.
MR. HARSBERGER HAD REMOVED WITH HIS PARENTS TO INDIANA AND REMAINED IN THAT STATE UNTIL 1838. WHEN HE CAME TO ILLINOIS AND LIVED IN SANGAMON COUNTY. HE WORKED AT FARM LABORER UNTIL 1844 AND AS A RESULT OF HIS INDUSTRY ACUMULATED SOME MONEY AND BOUGHT A FARM IN SANGAMON COUNTY. IN HE CAME TO MACON COUNTY AND PURCHASED THE FARM IN WHITMORE TOWNSHIP ON WHICH HE RESIDED FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. THE FARM IS COMPOSED OF 330 ACRES.
ON MARCH 14,1850 MRS. HARNSBERGER MARRIED MISS MARY A SCOTT WHO DIED IN FEBRUARY 1890 . FOUR CHILDREN SURVIVE. THEY ARE JAMES J HARNSBERGER OF CHAMPAIGN, W. H. HARNSBERGER OF INDINAPOLIS AND MISS ERSULA HARNSBERGER AND MRS. DICK HARDY OF DECATUR.
IN POLITICS MR. HARNSBERGER WAS A PROHIBITIONIST . HE SERVED TWO TERMS AS A SUPERVISOR, WAS HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER FOR A NUMBER OF AND HELD ALL THE SCHOOL OFFICES. HE WAS A MEMBER OF HE METHODIST CHURCH.
THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD SOME TIME ON MONDAY AND THE TIME WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER. THE BURIAL WILL BE GREENWOOD.
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