Obit for F. L. Harford 1806-1900
May 17, 1900 Cambridge Jeffersonian
The Oldest Citizen
Freeman L. Hartford, was born in Fayette County, PA, March 13, 1806, died at his home near Winchester, this county, May 8th 1900, aged 94 years, one month, twenty five days. He was the oldest of a family of twelve children, all of whom are dead. He was united in marriage with Mary Mays in Washington County, PA, April 7, 1831 and they lived together almost 70 years. They came to Ohio sixty-two years ago and settled on the farm where he died near Winchester. Thus they were among the pioneer settlers of that part of the county and the impress of character of this good man and his wife will long remain in the community.
He with his wife were baptized by Elder Pratt almost fifty years ago and became members of the Antrim Baptist Church, and after its organization, joined the Brushy Fork Baptist church where they remained members ever afterward. He was clerk of the Antrim church during nearly all the time of his membership.
To them was born seven children, one of whom, William died at the age of five years. The survivors are: George, who resides in TX; Mrs. Sarah Ann Campbell, of near Midway, this county, Rev. Charles Newton Harford, of Granville; Alexander, of near Antrim; Mary, at home; and Mrs. Emma Davis who resides near Cambridge.
During his long life, Mr. Harford sustained an excellent reputation as an industrious, honest, kindly and cheerful man, much loved by his neighbors and through blind during the last fifteen years of his life, he was most happy and cheerful all the time, so much so that it was a genuine pleasure to meet and converse with him.
For many years, he manufactured wagons, chairs, and many articles made of wood and in the early days was of great usefulness in the community as a mechanic.
His funeral on the 9th was largely attended. Services were conducted by the Rev. L. B. Moore, interment in the family burial ground in Antrim.
The Long-lived Harfords.—One who visits the United Presbyterian Cemetery at Antrim may notice a group of gravestones in the eastern part, each bearing the name of Harford and dates indicating that the one memorialized lived to a great age. The Harfords were a long-lived family. The father, mother, three sons and three daughters lived to an average age of approximately ninety-one years. In this record the first born is not included, as it died in infancy before the family moved to Guernsey county. For information concerning this family of remarkable longevity we are indebted to Mrs. Alena Rinehart, daughter of Alexander Harford, one of the sons.
Freeman L. Harford and his wife, Mary M., came to Madison township in 1839, from Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and settled on 132 acres of land near the site of the present Madison high school. The only improvements on the land were a log cabin for the family and a small log shed for the stock. Mr. Harford began clearing away the forest and two or three years later he erected a comfortable hewn-log house of four rooms. In Pennsylvania he had learned the cabinet-making trade. The demand for such work in the pioneer settlement prompted him to build a small log shop where he made various articles of furniture, also wagons, sleds and wooden farm implements much needed at this time. As the log cabins of the first settlers, with their puncheon floors, strick chimneys and rude improvised furnishings, gave way to hewn-log houses with more that one room, the demand for chairs, bedsteads, bureaus, tables and other articles of furniture increased. Mr. Harford found but little time for farm work. Turning the farm over to his sons, he bought a small place on the Steubenville Road, a mile east of Winchester, and erected a frame house into which he and his wife moved. Here they spent the remainder of their lives, Freeman dying at the age of ninety-four, and his wife at ninety-six. A few years after they came to Madison township they united with the Baptist church in Antrim. When this church was discontinued they transferred their membership to Brushy Fork. Both were buried in the United Presbyterian Cemetery in Antrim.
George M., the oldest of the six Harford children in Guernsey county, died at the age of eighty-four. Sarah A. (Harford) Campbell, whose home was four miles east of Cambridge, lived to be ninety. Charles N. became a Baptist preacher, was pastor of a number of churches in Central Ohio, and resided in Granville the latter part of his life. On his one-hundredth birthday he preached at Johnstown, Ohio, where a celebration was held in his honor. His death occurred five days later. Alexander Harford resided on the original Harford farm for a number of years and then moved to an adjoining farm. The original farm is now owned by Wade Harford, son of Alexander. Alexander Harford died in 1933, being then nearly ninety-three years of age. Mary E. Harford never married. She remained with and cared for her parents until their deaths. She then located in Cambridge where she died at the age of ninety-two. Emma A. Harford, the youngest daughter and the youngest to died, lived to the age of seventy-seven. She married William M. Allen and resided in Granville the latter part of her life.
There is some argument here for the claim that longevity is hereditary. Both parents attained great ages. Shall we attribute the long lives of the children to this, or did they just happen?
May 17, 1900 Cambridge Jeffersonian
The Oldest Citizen
Freeman L. Hartford, was born in Fayette County, PA, March 13, 1806, died at his home near Winchester, this county, May 8th 1900, aged 94 years, one month, twenty five days. He was the oldest of a family of twelve children, all of whom are dead. He was united in marriage with Mary Mays in Washington County, PA, April 7, 1831 and they lived together almost 70 years. They came to Ohio sixty-two years ago and settled on the farm where he died near Winchester. Thus they were among the pioneer settlers of that part of the county and the impress of character of this good man and his wife will long remain in the community.
He with his wife were baptized by Elder Pratt almost fifty years ago and became members of the Antrim Baptist Church, and after its organization, joined the Brushy Fork Baptist church where they remained members ever afterward. He was clerk of the Antrim church during nearly all the time of his membership.
To them was born seven children, one of whom, William died at the age of five years. The survivors are: George, who resides in TX; Mrs. Sarah Ann Campbell, of near Midway, this county, Rev. Charles Newton Harford, of Granville; Alexander, of near Antrim; Mary, at home; and Mrs. Emma Davis who resides near Cambridge.
During his long life, Mr. Harford sustained an excellent reputation as an industrious, honest, kindly and cheerful man, much loved by his neighbors and through blind during the last fifteen years of his life, he was most happy and cheerful all the time, so much so that it was a genuine pleasure to meet and converse with him.
For many years, he manufactured wagons, chairs, and many articles made of wood and in the early days was of great usefulness in the community as a mechanic.
His funeral on the 9th was largely attended. Services were conducted by the Rev. L. B. Moore, interment in the family burial ground in Antrim.
The Long-lived Harfords.—One who visits the United Presbyterian Cemetery at Antrim may notice a group of gravestones in the eastern part, each bearing the name of Harford and dates indicating that the one memorialized lived to a great age. The Harfords were a long-lived family. The father, mother, three sons and three daughters lived to an average age of approximately ninety-one years. In this record the first born is not included, as it died in infancy before the family moved to Guernsey county. For information concerning this family of remarkable longevity we are indebted to Mrs. Alena Rinehart, daughter of Alexander Harford, one of the sons.
Freeman L. Harford and his wife, Mary M., came to Madison township in 1839, from Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and settled on 132 acres of land near the site of the present Madison high school. The only improvements on the land were a log cabin for the family and a small log shed for the stock. Mr. Harford began clearing away the forest and two or three years later he erected a comfortable hewn-log house of four rooms. In Pennsylvania he had learned the cabinet-making trade. The demand for such work in the pioneer settlement prompted him to build a small log shop where he made various articles of furniture, also wagons, sleds and wooden farm implements much needed at this time. As the log cabins of the first settlers, with their puncheon floors, strick chimneys and rude improvised furnishings, gave way to hewn-log houses with more that one room, the demand for chairs, bedsteads, bureaus, tables and other articles of furniture increased. Mr. Harford found but little time for farm work. Turning the farm over to his sons, he bought a small place on the Steubenville Road, a mile east of Winchester, and erected a frame house into which he and his wife moved. Here they spent the remainder of their lives, Freeman dying at the age of ninety-four, and his wife at ninety-six. A few years after they came to Madison township they united with the Baptist church in Antrim. When this church was discontinued they transferred their membership to Brushy Fork. Both were buried in the United Presbyterian Cemetery in Antrim.
George M., the oldest of the six Harford children in Guernsey county, died at the age of eighty-four. Sarah A. (Harford) Campbell, whose home was four miles east of Cambridge, lived to be ninety. Charles N. became a Baptist preacher, was pastor of a number of churches in Central Ohio, and resided in Granville the latter part of his life. On his one-hundredth birthday he preached at Johnstown, Ohio, where a celebration was held in his honor. His death occurred five days later. Alexander Harford resided on the original Harford farm for a number of years and then moved to an adjoining farm. The original farm is now owned by Wade Harford, son of Alexander. Alexander Harford died in 1933, being then nearly ninety-three years of age. Mary E. Harford never married. She remained with and cared for her parents until their deaths. She then located in Cambridge where she died at the age of ninety-two. Emma A. Harford, the youngest daughter and the youngest to died, lived to the age of seventy-seven. She married William M. Allen and resided in Granville the latter part of her life.
There is some argument here for the claim that longevity is hereditary. Both parents attained great ages. Shall we attribute the long lives of the children to this, or did they just happen?
Obit for F. L. Harford 1806-1900
May 17, 1900 Cambridge Jeffersonian
The Oldest Citizen
Freeman L. Hartford, was born in Fayette County, PA, March 13, 1806, died at his home near Winchester, this county, May 8th 1900, aged 94 years, one month, twenty five days. He was the oldest of a family of twelve children, all of whom are dead. He was united in marriage with Mary Mays in Washington County, PA, April 7, 1831 and they lived together almost 70 years. They came to Ohio sixty-two years ago and settled on the farm where he died near Winchester. Thus they were among the pioneer settlers of that part of the county and the impress of character of this good man and his wife will long remain in the community.
He with his wife were baptized by Elder Pratt almost fifty years ago and became members of the Antrim Baptist Church, and after its organization, joined the Brushy Fork Baptist church where they remained members ever afterward. He was clerk of the Antrim church during nearly all the time of his membership.
To them was born seven children, one of whom, William died at the age of five years. The survivors are: George, who resides in TX; Mrs. Sarah Ann Campbell, of near Midway, this county, Rev. Charles Newton Harford, of Granville; Alexander, of near Antrim; Mary, at home; and Mrs. Emma Davis who resides near Cambridge.
During his long life, Mr. Harford sustained an excellent reputation as an industrious, honest, kindly and cheerful man, much loved by his neighbors and through blind during the last fifteen years of his life, he was most happy and cheerful all the time, so much so that it was a genuine pleasure to meet and converse with him.
For many years, he manufactured wagons, chairs, and many articles made of wood and in the early days was of great usefulness in the community as a mechanic.
His funeral on the 9th was largely attended. Services were conducted by the Rev. L. B. Moore, interment in the family burial ground in Antrim.
The Long-lived Harfords.—One who visits the United Presbyterian Cemetery at Antrim may notice a group of gravestones in the eastern part, each bearing the name of Harford and dates indicating that the one memorialized lived to a great age. The Harfords were a long-lived family. The father, mother, three sons and three daughters lived to an average age of approximately ninety-one years. In this record the first born is not included, as it died in infancy before the family moved to Guernsey county. For information concerning this family of remarkable longevity we are indebted to Mrs. Alena Rinehart, daughter of Alexander Harford, one of the sons.
Freeman L. Harford and his wife, Mary M., came to Madison township in 1839, from Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and settled on 132 acres of land near the site of the present Madison high school. The only improvements on the land were a log cabin for the family and a small log shed for the stock. Mr. Harford began clearing away the forest and two or three years later he erected a comfortable hewn-log house of four rooms. In Pennsylvania he had learned the cabinet-making trade. The demand for such work in the pioneer settlement prompted him to build a small log shop where he made various articles of furniture, also wagons, sleds and wooden farm implements much needed at this time. As the log cabins of the first settlers, with their puncheon floors, strick chimneys and rude improvised furnishings, gave way to hewn-log houses with more that one room, the demand for chairs, bedsteads, bureaus, tables and other articles of furniture increased. Mr. Harford found but little time for farm work. Turning the farm over to his sons, he bought a small place on the Steubenville Road, a mile east of Winchester, and erected a frame house into which he and his wife moved. Here they spent the remainder of their lives, Freeman dying at the age of ninety-four, and his wife at ninety-six. A few years after they came to Madison township they united with the Baptist church in Antrim. When this church was discontinued they transferred their membership to Brushy Fork. Both were buried in the United Presbyterian Cemetery in Antrim.
George M., the oldest of the six Harford children in Guernsey county, died at the age of eighty-four. Sarah A. (Harford) Campbell, whose home was four miles east of Cambridge, lived to be ninety. Charles N. became a Baptist preacher, was pastor of a number of churches in Central Ohio, and resided in Granville the latter part of his life. On his one-hundredth birthday he preached at Johnstown, Ohio, where a celebration was held in his honor. His death occurred five days later. Alexander Harford resided on the original Harford farm for a number of years and then moved to an adjoining farm. The original farm is now owned by Wade Harford, son of Alexander. Alexander Harford died in 1933, being then nearly ninety-three years of age. Mary E. Harford never married. She remained with and cared for her parents until their deaths. She then located in Cambridge where she died at the age of ninety-two. Emma A. Harford, the youngest daughter and the youngest to died, lived to the age of seventy-seven. She married William M. Allen and resided in Granville the latter part of her life.
There is some argument here for the claim that longevity is hereditary. Both parents attained great ages. Shall we attribute the long lives of the children to this, or did they just happen?
May 17, 1900 Cambridge Jeffersonian
The Oldest Citizen
Freeman L. Hartford, was born in Fayette County, PA, March 13, 1806, died at his home near Winchester, this county, May 8th 1900, aged 94 years, one month, twenty five days. He was the oldest of a family of twelve children, all of whom are dead. He was united in marriage with Mary Mays in Washington County, PA, April 7, 1831 and they lived together almost 70 years. They came to Ohio sixty-two years ago and settled on the farm where he died near Winchester. Thus they were among the pioneer settlers of that part of the county and the impress of character of this good man and his wife will long remain in the community.
He with his wife were baptized by Elder Pratt almost fifty years ago and became members of the Antrim Baptist Church, and after its organization, joined the Brushy Fork Baptist church where they remained members ever afterward. He was clerk of the Antrim church during nearly all the time of his membership.
To them was born seven children, one of whom, William died at the age of five years. The survivors are: George, who resides in TX; Mrs. Sarah Ann Campbell, of near Midway, this county, Rev. Charles Newton Harford, of Granville; Alexander, of near Antrim; Mary, at home; and Mrs. Emma Davis who resides near Cambridge.
During his long life, Mr. Harford sustained an excellent reputation as an industrious, honest, kindly and cheerful man, much loved by his neighbors and through blind during the last fifteen years of his life, he was most happy and cheerful all the time, so much so that it was a genuine pleasure to meet and converse with him.
For many years, he manufactured wagons, chairs, and many articles made of wood and in the early days was of great usefulness in the community as a mechanic.
His funeral on the 9th was largely attended. Services were conducted by the Rev. L. B. Moore, interment in the family burial ground in Antrim.
The Long-lived Harfords.—One who visits the United Presbyterian Cemetery at Antrim may notice a group of gravestones in the eastern part, each bearing the name of Harford and dates indicating that the one memorialized lived to a great age. The Harfords were a long-lived family. The father, mother, three sons and three daughters lived to an average age of approximately ninety-one years. In this record the first born is not included, as it died in infancy before the family moved to Guernsey county. For information concerning this family of remarkable longevity we are indebted to Mrs. Alena Rinehart, daughter of Alexander Harford, one of the sons.
Freeman L. Harford and his wife, Mary M., came to Madison township in 1839, from Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and settled on 132 acres of land near the site of the present Madison high school. The only improvements on the land were a log cabin for the family and a small log shed for the stock. Mr. Harford began clearing away the forest and two or three years later he erected a comfortable hewn-log house of four rooms. In Pennsylvania he had learned the cabinet-making trade. The demand for such work in the pioneer settlement prompted him to build a small log shop where he made various articles of furniture, also wagons, sleds and wooden farm implements much needed at this time. As the log cabins of the first settlers, with their puncheon floors, strick chimneys and rude improvised furnishings, gave way to hewn-log houses with more that one room, the demand for chairs, bedsteads, bureaus, tables and other articles of furniture increased. Mr. Harford found but little time for farm work. Turning the farm over to his sons, he bought a small place on the Steubenville Road, a mile east of Winchester, and erected a frame house into which he and his wife moved. Here they spent the remainder of their lives, Freeman dying at the age of ninety-four, and his wife at ninety-six. A few years after they came to Madison township they united with the Baptist church in Antrim. When this church was discontinued they transferred their membership to Brushy Fork. Both were buried in the United Presbyterian Cemetery in Antrim.
George M., the oldest of the six Harford children in Guernsey county, died at the age of eighty-four. Sarah A. (Harford) Campbell, whose home was four miles east of Cambridge, lived to be ninety. Charles N. became a Baptist preacher, was pastor of a number of churches in Central Ohio, and resided in Granville the latter part of his life. On his one-hundredth birthday he preached at Johnstown, Ohio, where a celebration was held in his honor. His death occurred five days later. Alexander Harford resided on the original Harford farm for a number of years and then moved to an adjoining farm. The original farm is now owned by Wade Harford, son of Alexander. Alexander Harford died in 1933, being then nearly ninety-three years of age. Mary E. Harford never married. She remained with and cared for her parents until their deaths. She then located in Cambridge where she died at the age of ninety-two. Emma A. Harford, the youngest daughter and the youngest to died, lived to the age of seventy-seven. She married William M. Allen and resided in Granville the latter part of her life.
There is some argument here for the claim that longevity is hereditary. Both parents attained great ages. Shall we attribute the long lives of the children to this, or did they just happen?
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