Person:Sarah Dana (10)

Mrs. Sarah Dana Harmon and children

His [John Brown Harmon's] marriage occurred February 6, 1822, at Pembroke, New York, to Sarah Dana, a native of Enfield, Connecticut, born September 24, 1796, the seventh daughter of Daniel and Dorothy (Kibbee) Dana. Her father was a graduate of Yale and a studious man of letters, the fifth in generation from Richard Dana, who emigrated from France and died at Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 2, 1690.

Mrs. Harmon was a delicate woman, but accomplished in her quiet way more than many who were her superiors in bodily strength. She was a careful wife, an indulgent mother, a good neighbor and faithful friend. She early became a member of the Presbyterian Church, and remained a devoted attendant until her death. After the demise of her husband, she gave up the cares of the house, and led an easy, cheerful life, until its close, November 6, 1868.

Dr. and Mrs. John B. Harmon were the parents of six children and an adopted one. Of these John B. Harmon, Jr., born October 29, 1822, was graduated at Yale in 1842, and is a prominent lawyer of San Francisco. He was, in 1878-'79, Grand Master of the Odd Fellows, and he was tendered a reception by them in Warren, on October 4, 1878, in which the citizens universally joined, making it by far the grandest celebration ever held in that city, if not in the State. Six hundred and seventy-two guests sat at the table at one time in the Methodist church, and the details of the entertainment have passed into local history.

The next in order of birth is Dr. Julian Harmon, the subject of this sketch, who will be mentioned more at length further on. [Note: See Julian Harmon's page}

Mitty, an adopted daughter, was born at Hamburgh, New York, June 23, 1814, and married Jacob Gimperling, April 8, 1833, after which they resided several years in Hudson, Ohio, moving thence to Ravenna, where he died, December 25, 1848. She returned to Dr. Harmon's, and on November 4, 1863, married Rev. John McLean, then in Bristol, Ohio. She died in Canfield, the latter State, in 1878 or 1879; was a devoted Methodist from sixteen years of age, and was highly respected by many warm friends.

The third in order of birth is Captain Charles R. Harmon, who was born November 4, 1826. He was engaged in the hardware business in Warren for a number of years, and for about a year edited a spicy sheet in the interest of the Mecca oil business. On the outbreak of the Civil war, he enlisted as a private in Company F, of the Twenty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was in the Western Virginia campaign, in Colonel Ammon's brigade, serving as a valuable scout, and enjoying the respect of his superior officer and his comrades. He was shot at the battle of Stone River, and the commission of Captain was mailed to his address the day he was killed, which commission was afterward ratified by President Lincoln, as Lieutenant Harmon had been acting Captain for some six months previous to his death. His son Ellis was adopted by Dr. Julian Harmon, the subject of this sketch, but that youth died of diphtheria when thirteen years of age.

Edward D. Harmon, fourth child of Dr. John Harmon, was born May 1, 1831, and is now a prosperous farmer and real-estate dealer in Oakland, California.

Sarah D. Harmon, the only daughter of this family, born April 3, 1833, died in Warren, July 6, 1880. She was highly educated and a successful teacher for many years. Never robust, she wore herself out prematurely in her school duties, and died after a year and a half of intense suffering, which she bore with courage and resignation, firm in the hope of a Christian faith.

Willie, the youngest, born June 30, 1835, died April 10, 1836.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Biographical history of northeastern Ohio, embracing the counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull and Mahoning: containing portraits of all the presidents of the United States, with a biography of each, together with portraits and biographies of Joshua R. Giddings, Benjamin F. Wade, and a large number of the early settlers and representative families of to-day. (Chicago [Illinois]: Lewis Publishing, 1893)
   pp. 424 - 426.

   See "Mrs. Sarah Dana Harmon and children"

2. ↑ Allen, Francis Olcott. The History of Enfield Connecticut: Compiled from all the Public Records of the Town Known to Exist, Covering from the Beginning to 1850 …; Together with the Graveyard Inscriptions and those Hartford, Northampton and Springfield Records which Refer to the People of Enfield. (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Wickersham Printing, 1900)
   Vol. 2 p. 1379.

   [1796] Octob^r 2^d was baptized Sarah daughter of Daniel Dana and Dorothy his wife.

3. ↑ Trumbull County (Ohio). Probate Judge. Death records, 1867-1908. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972)
   Vol. p. 56, 72.

   Name: Harmon, Sarah Dana
   Widowed
   DOD: Nov 7 1868
   Age: 72 Sex: Female
   POD: Warren
   POB: Enfield Conn.
   Fa: Dana, Daniel
   Mo: Kibbee, Colly [Dolly]
   COD: bilious disorder