Person:Harmon Elrod (1)

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Harmon B Elrod
b.3 Jan 1792 North Carolina
d.1881 Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1 Jan 1781
  1. Maria Elrod1781 - 1785
  2. Catherine Elrod1783 -
  3. Elizabeth Elrod1784 -
  4. Michael Elrod1786 - 1849
  5. Jeremiah Elrod, III1788 - 1859
  6. Anna Elrod1790 -
  7. Harmon B Elrod1792 - 1881
  8. Salome Elrod1792 -
  9. Adam T Elrod1795 -
  10. Rachal Elrod1797 -
  11. Joseph Elrod1800 - 1835
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Harmon B Elrod1792 - 1881
  • W.  Jane McKee1800 - 1879
m. 15 Jul 1818
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Facts and Events
Name Harmon B Elrod
Gender Male
Birth? 3 Jan 1792 North Carolina
Marriage 15 Jul 1818 Rutherford County, Tennesseeto Jane McKee
Death? 1881 Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky
Burial? Fairview Cemetery, Warren County, Kentucky

HARMON B ELROD was born on January 3, 1792 in North Carolina. He later moved to Kentucky.

Harmon married JANE MCKEE on July 15, 1818 in Rutherford County, Tennessee.

According to Joyce Wolfgang Williams, Harmon Elrod helped unload the first locomotive to come to the area, brought by boat and moved to the railroad with oxen. A spring owned by Harmon near the current site of Payne Street had to be guarded during the Civil War due to threat of poisoning. The guards with bayonets on their guns stayed in an old house near the spring and wore out the window sills from moving around with the loaded guns sticking out the windows. The Southern Army bought a Negro slave, a wagon and a team of four mules from Harmon and took them south. The slave stole the team and wagon from the Army and returned home to Harmon, traveling at night.

The 1850 census shows Harmon living with his wife in 1st District, Warren County, Kentucky.

Harmon died in 1881 in Warren County, Kentucky.

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