Person:Henry Harshbarger (5)

Bright's Cemetery, from Donald Bowman's "Montgomery County, Ohio Cemetery Atlas": also known as Shively Cemetery, Turner Cemetery, Metzger Cemetery; Madison Township, Montgomery County, Ohio; West of Olive Road; North of Hoover Avenue; Inactive Dunker Church cemetery; names are recorded in Lindsay M. Brien's 1930's Montgomery County cemetery readings book ============== Compare to https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Henry_Harshbarger_%284%29 or maybe this man? https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Henry_Herschberger_%283%29

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Centennial portrait and biographical record of the city of Dayton and of Montgomery County, Ohio: containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of the presidents of the United States and biographies of the governors of Ohio. (A.W. Bowen, 1897).

   THE ARNOLD FAMILY. [pages 1300-1304] –Samuel, Joseph, Elizabeth, Henry H. and Abigail Arnold were born near Harrisonburg, Rockingham county, Va., and with their parents, Daniel and Catherine (Harshbarger) Arnold, emigrated to Ohio in the year 1830.
   Samuel Arnold, a worthy citizen and pioneer settler of Wayne township, Montgomery county, Ohio, was born June 24, 1817, and was thirteen years of age when brought to Ohio by his parents. He received a common-school education and became an energetic and successful farmer, managing the farm and raising the crops while his brothers worked in the saw-mill. At twenty-two years of age he married Miss Hannah Wolf, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Ullery) Wolf. Samuel Arnold, after marriage, settled on a farm of 110 acres on Little Bear creek, Montgomery county. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold are Jacob W., Abigail and Samuel A., all of whom are married and living on homes of their own in Montgomery county. Hannah (Wolf) Arnold was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, March 23, 1821, and died May 10, 1873. Samuel Arnold then, on March 3, 1878, married Mrs. Lizzie Stoneroad, who died in March, 1879. He then, in April, 1884, married Mrs. Polly Warner, with whom he is living a retired life near Brookville, Ohio. Samuel Arnold is of the Old German Baptist faith, and has held the office of deacon for many years.
   Rev. Joseph Arnold, a devout minister of the Old German Baptist church, was born October 27, 1818, and was twelve years of age when brought to Wayne township, Montgomery county. He received a good education and was reared on his father’s farm. Being a natural mechanic, and particularly apt with carpenter’s tools, he was able to erect all his own buildings, besides planning and aiding others in the construction of theirs. May 19, 1840, he married in Clarke county, Ohio, Miss Elizabeth Frantz, who was born in Botetourt county, Va., January 30, 1821, a daughter of Michael and Elizabeth (Crist) Frantz.
   Michael Frantz, father of Mrs. Arnold, was a native of Virginia, a grandson of Peter Frantz and a son of David and Elizabeth (Garst) Frantz; David was a farmer, and died in middle life, the father of the following children: Michael, David, Abraham, Samuel, Christian, Jacob, Joseph, Annie, Elizabeth, Lydia and Susannah, all born in Botetourt county. After the death of her husband Mrs. Frantz came to Ohio and settled in Logan county, where she passed the remainder of her life, and in the year 1840,at seventy years of age, died in the faith of the Old German church. Michael Frantz, father of Mrs. Arnold, was born September, 1791, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Margarette (Hoh) Crist, of Augusta county, Va., but who became residents of Botetourt county. Jacob and Margarette (Hoh) Crist reared a family of four daughters and one son, viz: Betsey, Barbara, Catherine, Jacob and Susan. Jacob Crist, the father of this family, died in Virginia, in 1805, age about forty years; his widow, Margarette (Hoh) Crist, came to Ohio in 1826, and died in Clarke county in May, 1840, aged seventy-two years and five months. The children of Michael and Elizabeth (Crist) Frantz were David, Elizabeth and Catherine. Elizabeth (Crist) Frantz, the mother of Mrs. Arnold, died in Clarke county, Ohio, May 31, 1823, aged thirty years, seven moths and seven days. The father next married Susannah Neher, and to this union were born John, Susannah, Lydia, Michael, Samuel and Annie. The mother of these children also died, and the father next married a widow, Catherine (Ohmart) Crist, who bore him one child, Aaron. Michael Frantz came to Ohio in 1823 and settled on 160 acres of land in Pike township, Clarke county, cleared up a good farm from the forest, and died on his homestead in February, 1860, aged sixty-eight years and five months. He was a member of the Old German Baptist church, and recognized as one of the most responsible and useful citizens of his township.
   After marriage, Joseph Arnold settled on his present homestead, which consists of seventy-six acres in Wayne township, Montgomery county, in a fine state of cultivation, and improved with a modern and commodious dwelling. Mr. Arnold also owns a fine farm of 126 acres in Miami county. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold have no children of their own, but have reared three with the kindest of parental care and affection, viz: Catherine Neher, who died at the age of twenty-two years; John and Melissa Baird, both now married and settled in life. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold are members of the Old German Baptist church. Mr. Arnold has been a minister since 1856, has extended his labors in the cause of the church over at least twelve states of the Union, and has been in attendance at each annual conference since 1870.
   Elizabeth Arnold was born November 29, 1821, was nine years of age when brought to Wayne township, Montgomery county, Ohio, was here married to Daniel Funderburg in 1840, and settled on a farm of eighty acres in Miami county. Ohio, where Mr. Funderburg died in March, 1860. Mrs. Elizabeth (Arnold) Funderburg married George W. Studebaker in February, 1863, and they are now living a retired life in Fredonia, Wilson county, Kans. Both are devout, active members of the German Baptist church, Mr. Studebaker being a minister and elder.
   Henry H. Arnold, one of the old-time farmers and mechanics of Wayne township, Montgomery county, Ohio, was born January 11, 1827, and was but four years of age when brought to Ohio; he was reared to farming among the pioneers, received the usual common-school education, and was also taught the use of tools, for which he had a natural aptitude, but he and his brother Joseph both worked in a saw-mill when young, and both learned to do millwright work. His maternal grandfather, Henry Harshbarger, who settled in Wayne township in 1830, at the same time with the Arnold family, bought the farm on which Henry H. now lives; this farm was then mostly in forest; game, such as deer and wild turkey, was plentiful. In the winter of 1830-31, he built a saw-mill on the farm on Dry Run, it being the first mill in Wayne township. He sold the farm in 1831 to his son-in-law, Daniel Arnold. This mill was run almost continuously until 1875, and here the two brothers worked for thirty-five years, both becoming expert saw-millers. At nearly the age of twenty-one years Henry H. Arnold was united in marriage, September 12, 1847, in Clarke county, Ohio, with Magdalena Crist, born in that county, August 5, 1825, daughter of Jacob and Magdalena (Frantz) Crist.
   Jacob Crist, the father of Mrs. Arnold, was born January 11, 1801, in Augusta county, Va., and was married to Magdalena Frantz, of Botetourt county, Va., in 1822, emigrated to Ohio by wagons in 1823, settled on eighty acres of land in Pike township, Clarke county, and cleared up a farm. Magdalena (Frantz) Crist, who bore to him two sons and one daughter, viz: Joel, Jacob and Magdalena, died in Clarke county, Ohio, August 5, 1825, at about twenty-five years of age, and is buried in th Meyers cemetery, Clark county, Ohio. She was a daughter of Peter, Jr., and Peggie (Garst) Frantz. Peter Frantz, Jr., was a large landholder of Virginia, and he and his family were members of the Old German Baptist church, Mr. Franz being a minister and elder for many years. He died in Botetourt county, Va., in 1852, aged eighty-seven years. Jacob Crist was next married to Catherine Ohmart, in Clarke county, Ohio, in 1826, and in 1828 moved to Logan county, Ohio, bought 160 acres, and cut the first tree from the land, which was all in the forest. Here he hewed out a well-improved farm, on which they lived thirteen years, then returned to Clarke county in 1840, and cleared up another farm of 160 acres in Pike township, built a large frame dwelling and made a comfortable home. Catherine (Ohmart) Crist bore him nine children, viz: Polly, John, Adam, Christopher, Barbara, Margarette, Samuel, Catherine and Aaron. All his children excepting two reached mature age and were married. Jacob Crist died in Clarke county, Ohio, in January, 1849, aged forty-eight years, and is buried in the Meyers cemetery. He was an earnest Christian and a faithful member of the Old German Baptist, for many years holding the office of a minister and elder.
   Henry H. Arnold, after marriage, settled on his present place of 144 acres, a part of the old Arnold homestead, which he bought of his father in 1861, and here there have been born to him nine children, viz: Elizabeth, Daniel (who died at the age of ten years), Silas J., Henry C., Emma A., and four who died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold have been members of the Old German Baptist church for more than fifty years, and two of their children are likewise members. Aided by his faithful wife and children, Mr. Arnold has greatly improved the old homestead. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold have met with the prosperity their industry deserves, and their undeviating rectitude has won for them the respect of the community.
   Abigail Arnold was born September 4, 1829, and was one year old when brought to Ohio, and died in Wayne township, Montgomery county, March 20, 1840.
   Samuel Arnold, the great-grandfather of this family, came to America from Germany, arriving at Philadelphia when it was quite a small town, and, with his wife, settled in Frederick county, Md. He was the father of Daniel, Zachariah, David, Samuel, Betsey and Mollie. The father and sons were all farmers and of the Old German Baptist faith. Daniel, David, and Samuel were ministers and elders of their church, and Zachariah was a deacon. Zachariah Arnold, son of Samuel and grandfather of our subjects, was born in Frederick county, Md., December 5, 1766, and married Abigail Miller, who was born in Germany January 8, 1776; they moved to Hampshire county, W. Va., and settled on a large farm near Romney, where they reared a family of eight sons and two daughters, viz: John, Daniel, Joseph, Peter, Samuel, David, Benjamin, Zachariah, Betsey and Peggy. The family were members of the Old German Baptist church, Joseph and Benjamin being ministers and Zachariah and Daniel deacons. The sons all owned large farms in West Virginia, with the exception of Daniel, who emigrated to Ohio; all were married and reared large families, except Peter, who remained unmarried and died in 1875, aged about eighty years. Zachariah Arnold, father of this family, died June 5, 1829, age sixty-two years and one month. His wife, Abigail (Miller) Arnold, died October 24, 1856, aged eighty years, nine months and sixteen days; both are buried on the old Arnold homestead in West Virginia, which is now in the possession of the third generation.
   Daniel Arnold, son of Zachariah, and father of our subjects, was born in Hampshire county, W. Va., June 30, 1792, and September 3, 1816, was married to Catherine Harshbarger, of Rockingham county, Va., who was born in that county, January 17, 1795, and was the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Rhinehart) Harshbarger. To Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Arnold were born three sons and two daughters, whose names open this record. Daniel Arnold, after his marriage, bought 200 acres of land in Rockingham county, Va., and there followed the pursuit of agriculture until 1830, when he and his family, his father-in-law, Henry Harshbarger, and part of his family, and Jacob Snell and family, a party of sixteen persons, emigrated to Ohio in wagons. This colony arrived in Wayne township, Montgomery county, in September, 1830; of this number only five are living at this date, March, 1897; they are the three sons and one daughter of Daniel Arnold above mentioned, and John Snell, of Miami county, all between the ages of seventy and eighty years.
   Upon his arrival, Daniel Arnold rented land in Wayne township, on which he passed the first winter, and Henry Harshbarger bought the farm of 160 acres, which he sold a year later to his son-in-law, Daniel Arnold, who then moved on the farm. By hard work, as was usual as well as necessary in that early day, assisted by his sons, he converted the wilderness into a comfortable home, where he passed the reminder of his days. On December 3, 1845, he bought fifty acres adjoining the south side of his farm; about the same time he sold seventy-six acres to his son Joseph, where he still lives. Daniel Arnold died at the home of his son Henry H., July 11, 1864, aged seventy-two years and eleven days, from injuries received by an accidental fall from a wagon. Catherine (Harshbarger) Arnold died December 6, 1852, aged fifty-seven years, ten months and nineteen days. Both are buried in the family graveyard on the old Arnold homestead. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Arnold were members of the Old German Baptist church, and were greatly respected for their general usefulness as citizens, and for the reason that they did as much as any pioneers of the township to redeem it from the forest and advance its civilization. Henry Harshbarger, the maternal grandfather of our subjects, was born in Virginia February 28, 1774, and was married to Elizabeth Rhinehart, who was born in Virginia March 18, 1775. They owned and lived on a farm near Dayton, Rockingham county, Va., where they reared a family of two sons and five daughters, viz: Catherine (the mother of our subject), Magdalene, Elizabeth, Barbara, John, Henry, Jr., and Anna, all of whom came to Ohio, except John, who remained in Virginia. Mr. Harshbarger, after leaving Wayne township, bought and occupied a farm in Bethel township, Miami county. Here his wife died, April 2, 1833, aged fifty-eight years and fifteen days, being the first person buried in the Hickory Grove cemetery. Mr. Harshbarger then married a widow Ullery, and returned to Montgomery county, where he died at his home on Little Bear creek, June 3, 1847, aged seventy-three years, three months and three days, and is buried in Bright’s cemetery in the vicinity.

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   Henry Harshbarger
   Birth: unknown
   Death: Jun. 3, 1847
   Aged 73 years, 3 months, 7 days.
   Family links:
   Spouse:
   Elizabeth Rinehart Harshbarger (1775 - 1833)*
   
   Children:
   Magdalena Harshbarger Bowers (1797 - 1872)*
   Elizabeth Harshbarger Filbrun (1799 - 1856)*
   Barbara Harshbarger Snell (1800 - 1860)*
   John J Harshbarger (1803 - 1867)*
   Anna Harshbarger Darst (1814 - 1833)*
   
   *Calculated relationship
   
   Burial:
   Turner Cemetery
   Montgomery County
   Ohio, USA
   
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   Originally Created by: KBrandon
   Record added: Feb 28, 2012
   Find A Grave Memorial# 85969472

3. ↑ United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M704).

   Name: Henry Harshbarger
   Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Jefferson Township, Montgomery, Ohio
   Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1
   Total Free White Persons: 2
   Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 2
   Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: , Montgomery, Ohio; Roll: 414; Page: 158; Image: 322; Family History Library Film: 0020172.

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   Name: George Harshbarger
   Event Type: Death
   Event Date: 02 Jun 1880
   Event Place: Union Township, Miami, Ohio, United States
   Event Place (Original): Union Township, Miami, Ohio
   Residence Place: West Milton Tp
   Gender: Male
   Age: 66
   Marital Status: Married
   Race: White
   Race (Original): White
   Occupation: Farmer
   Birth Year (Estimated): 1814
   Birthplace: Montgomery Co
   Father's Name: Henry Harshbarger
   
   Reference ID: v 2 p 149
   GS Film Number: 550190
   Digital Folder Number: 004016858
   Digital Folder Number: 004016858
   Image Number: 213
   Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07065-2
   Record Number: 218
   
   Citing this Record
   "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F62M-L96 : 9 March 2018), George Harshbarger, 02 Jun 1880; citing Death, Union Township, Miami, Ohio, United States, source ID v 2 p 149, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 550,190.

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   Harshbarger name not found in this book: Enumeration '96 : a name & source descriptive index to persons in the Ohio counties of Montgomery & Greene, 1796-1810. (1996)

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   Is he this man's son?
   
   Christian Hershberger
   Birth: 1725 Lambsheim, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
   Death: 1805 (aged 79–80) Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA
   Burial: Rothgeb Family Cemetery, White House, Page County, Virginia, USA
   Memorial #: 167357436
   Bio: Prior to leaving the Pfalz area, west of Mannheim, Christian supposedly received a Certificate of Journeyman Tailor after attending school in Freinsheim from 1744 to 1747. The certificate state, Freinsheim, Rhine province, of Bavaria, Germany, but in 1747 Pfalz was not part of Bavaria, nor did people call it Rhine province. Furthermore Germany was not united either. It was simply called Freinsheim, Pfalz. The certificate was last in the possession of Carri Livingood, yet so far none of her decedents contacted have ever see or heard of it. To date there is no proof of that Christian c1700 was the father of Christian the immigrant. Christian Hirschberger arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the ship Andrew on 9 Sep 1749. Jacob and Casper Herschberger were also recorded on the ship list, but they did not depart the ship together. Little is know of Christian between his arrival in America and his purchase of 375 acres on the South side of the South fork of the Shanando River bordering Martin Coffman land, on 18 Sept 1757. Christian lived the rest of his life in the Shenandoah Valley where he raised nine children. CERTIFICATE OF A JOURNEYMAN TAILOR OF 1747.We, the undersigned Master Mechanics and Recording Secretaries residing in Freinsheim, Rhine province, of Bavaria, Germany hereby certify that the bearer, the honorable Christian Hirschberger, a citizen and resident of the village of Epstein, has asked us for a certificate of good character and that he has served as an apprentice to learn the Tailor's Trade. We cheerfully and willingly grant his request and we advise all officers and member of the tail lodges that the said Christian Harshbarger was apprenticed to Johannes Kramer for the tern of three year, beginning in the year 1744 and ending in the year 1747, that he has served his full term and has conducted himself during his bondage as a God fearing, upright, honest and industrious journeyman and acquired the knowledge of the Tailor Trade fully. As Christian Hirschberger now desires to travel as a journeyman to get more learned in his trade and also in the hope of improving his condition financially, we therefore ask all Lodges of Tailors to help and assist said Christian Hirschberger whenever or whenever he should need help and Assistance. In witness whereof we have affixed our hand and seals.Done at Freinsheim, Feb 13 or 15, 1747.Martin Schatz, Master Mechanic. 3Adam Bathzier, Master Mechanic. 3Casper Keler, Recorder. 3Phillip Schatz, Recorder. 3NOTE: If you know of the whereabouts of the original document written in German, please contact me at lukodirish@gmail.Source: Said to have been reprinted in Review Press, Decatur, Illinois, no date. Unable to locate article.Christian' WILLIn the Name of God AmenWhereas I Christian Hersberger of the County of Shenandoah and the state of Virginia (Farmer) am week in body yet in good mind and Sences thanks be to god Calling to mind the Mortallity of my body Do make and Constitute this my Last will and Testament - ( Viz) It is my will that my body is to be Buried in a Christian Manner and my Soul I _____ in the hands of Almighty God from which it Came, and as to my worldly Estate which I have been Blesed with in this Time I give and Dispose of the same in the following manner To wit ___ ______ ____..____..____.. __1.ly. It is my will that all my Just Debts are to be paid out of my Estate first ____..___2.ly. I Give and bequeath unto my Son Daniel Hersberger one full Fifty pound first and foremost more then any others one of my Children ____..____3.ly. It is my will all the remainder part of my Estate real and personal shall be Equally divided between my Nine Children by Name Barbara - Daniel - Abraham- Henry - Anna - Maria - Elizabeth - Susanna and Christian and that in the most peaceable manner thay can fall upon4.ty. I do hereby apoint and ordain my son Daniel Hersberger and my son in Law John Magort my whole Executors of this my last will and Testament - Revoking and Disannulling all former wills by me made, Confirming and disclaiming this to be my last will and Testament in witness where of I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Twenty Eight Day of February Eighteen hundred and five and in the 29th year of the Commonwealth.Signed Sealed and Deliveredin presents of us Signed in German {seal}John RoadsChristian Al(shire)Martinn KaufmanGeorge BusswellAt a court held for the County of Shenandoah on Monday the 11th day of June 1805. This last will and testament of Christian Hershberger dec. was proved by the affermations of Jno ROADS and Martin COFFMAN, witness thereto and ordered to be executed, and on motion of Jno MAGGERT one of the Exors. therein named., a certificate is granted him for obtaining Probate thereof, in due form, he having entered into bond with Christian MAGGERT, and Samuel STRICKLER, his Securities, in the Penalty of five thusand dollars, conditioned as the law directs. Security is issued for Daniel HERSHBERGER, (the other exos therein named) to qualify.TesteP. WILLIAMS ___Proved: 6/10/1805 Event: Will Executor Son, Daniel and son-in-law John Maggert Event: Will Witness John Roads, Christian Alshite, Martin Coffman and George Bufswell. Will showed 9 children.Note: There are two different copies of Christian's will. CHILDREN OF CHRISTIAN HIRSCHBERGER Barbara born Virginia; married John Lionbarger, III on 28 June 1785, Shenandoah, Virginia.Daniel born Virginia; married Barbara Blosser, 9 December 1794, Shenandoah, Virginia.Abraham born Virginia; Married 1) Catherine Trickler 25 August 1791, Shenandoah, Virginia, 2) Catherine Rinehard, 22 December 1800 Shenandoah, Virginia.Henry born Virginia; married Elizabeth Houser 31 October 1788 Shenandoah, Virginia.Anna born 1 August 1767 Virginia; died 24 Jan 1841 Page County, Virginia; married George Gander 28 May 1805, Shenandoah, Virginia.Maria married 14 November 1793 John Maggot Shenandoah, Virginia.Elizabeth born Virginia; Married Tobias Blosser 17 May 1795 Shenandoah, Virginia. Christian, III born 29 August 1776 Virginia; died 1 December 1858 Lake Fork Settlement, Piatt, Illinois; Married Susan Burocher 10 July 1803 Shenandoah, Virginia.Susanna born 1 June 1780 Shenandoah County, Virginia; died 1 May 1852 Page County, Virginia; Married Michael Summers 25 August 1805, Shenandoah, Virginia; he died 31 May 1842 at 72 yearsAll Hershberger's with various spellings please join my Family Tree D N A project. We need two people from each immigrant family line.
   Family Members
   Parents
   Christian Hirschberger 1700-1766
   Siblings
   John Hershberger 1733-1807
   Henry Hershberger 1740-1788
   Children
   Anne Hershberger Gander 1767-1841
   Barbara Hershberger Lionberger 1768-1845
   Christian Harshbarger 1776-1858
   Susannah Summers 1780-1852
   Created by: Amy (48262996)
   Added: 24 Jul 2016
   URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167357436/christian-hershberger
   Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 October 2020), memorial page for Christian Hershberger (1725–1805), Find a Grave Memorial no. 167357436, citing Rothgeb Family Cemetery, White House, Page County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Amy (contributor 48262996) Unknown.