Eight children were born to Joseph and Rebecca (Ewing) Harbison: Anna, wife of Silas Fulton; Sarah, wife of Joseph Cunningham; William, born in 1814, who died March 6, 1850; Mary, wife of William Cooper, residing at Slippery Rock, Butler Co., Pa.; Francis, who married Parmelia Cooper, and resided in Young township; Catherine, who died unmarried; John, who married Elizabeth Beatty; and Jane, who died unmarried.