William Harb, *

1797 - 1867  (69 years)

• Name	William Harb  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19]
  Suffix	*
  Birth	29 Mar 1797	Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States of America   [19, 20, 21, 22]
  Christening	20 May 1798	Oley Hill, District Twp., Berks, PA, USA   [8, 16, 22]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Mar 1867	Miami County, Ohio, United States of America   [19]
  Burial	Abt 2 Mar 1867	Riverside Cemetery, West Milton, Miami, OH, USA   [19, 23]
  Person ID	I9737	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Peter Harp, *,   b. 18 Aug 1770, East District, Berks, PA, USA d. 20 Dec 1842, Dublin Twp., Mercer, OH, USA (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Hillegas,   b. 1 Nov 1773, Upper Saucon, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1826, Washington, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	22 Jun 1795	New Hanover Lutheran Church, Montgomery, PA, USA   [16]
  Family ID	F3113	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Rhoda Martin Martoin, *,   b. 31 Mar 1801, Kentucky, United States of America d. 27 Mar 1887, West Milton, Miami, OH, USA (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	12 Dec 1822	Warren, Tennessee, USA   [2, 3]
  Children	1. Charles Harb,   b. Abt 8 Oct 1845, Miami, Ohio, USA d. 12 Sep 1856, Miami, Ohio, USA (Age 10 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Mary J Harb,   b. Abt 1841, Ohio, USA d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Andrew Jackson Harb,   b. Abt 15 Dec 1825, , , OH, USA d. Feb 1900, Of Corning, Clay, Arkansas, USA (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Dr. William B. Harb,   b. 15 Feb 1824, Franklin Co OH d. 11 Sep 1887, West Milton Miami Co OH (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. George W. Harb,   b. 22 Mar 1829, Miami, Ohio, USA d. 9 Apr 1911, West Milton, Miami, Ohio (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Marquis Lafayette Harb, *,   b. 27 Mar 1835, West Milton, Miami, OH, USA d. 18 Jun 1918, West Milton, Miami, OH, USA (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Ann Eliza Harb,   b. 3 Aug 1838, West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, USA d. 6 Feb 1923, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, United States of America (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Calvin Dunham Harb,   b. 7 Sep 1832, Franklin, Ohio d. 13 Oct 1899, Madison County, Ohio, United States of America (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2466	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Children	1. Unknown Harb,   b. 1815   bur. Miami, Ohio, USA  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F6901	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

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• Notes

  William's birth date varies depending upon the source. His cemetery stone said he died on Mar. 1, 1867 and was age 70 years, 11 months and 2 days. This suggests his birth date was a bit earlier than found in other sources giving him a 1798 birth date. He is buried in the same row with his family. William Harp learned his trade, tailoring, in Philadelphia. He went west and settled in Dayton, Ohio from 1814-1823. He is listed as living in Union Twp., Miami Co., Ohio in 1835. In 1833 he had moved to West Milton, Union Twp. and remained there until his death. </line><line /><line>In the 1860 census record his property and goods are listed as being worth a little over $4000.00. His daughter and son-in-law Ann and John Secrist lived with he and his wife. (C-79) He was born in Pennsylvania in his son's 1900 census records. (C-32) In the Oct. 1850 census for Miami Co., Ohio, Union Twp., he is listed at age 52, a merchant, b. in Pennsylvania, whose property was worth $300.00 at the time. His wife Rhoda was age 48, a female, b. in Kentucky. The box is checked that they were both married within that year. That doesn't match with other family information we've found. If true, it would mean that Rhoda was not the mother of William's children. Son Jackson Harb was age 25, b. in Ohio and a merchant. Son Lafayette was age 16, b. in Ohio and a clerk by trade. He had attended school that year. Calvin was age 15, with the rest of his data matching his brother, Lafayettes. Daughter, Eliza was 12, Charles was age 5, born Ohio. Note that many of the children were called by their middle names. </line><line /><line>Up to 3 of his children were missing from this 1850 census. William's wife, Rhoda Harb, lived 4 houses away from Johnson P. Mast, another family member, in the 1880, Union Twp., Miami Co., Ohio census. She was 77 at the time, born in Kentucky, her father was born in New Jersey and her mother in Kentucky. The census taker marked that she could not write. She was living with Anna E. Secrist, age 41, her daughter, who was also a widow. (C-385) William's son, William B. Harb was a dry goods merchant in Willshire, Van Wert Co., Ohio and had 7 children with Caroline Harper, his wife. (C-387)

  
  

• Sources

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