Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Francis Harbison and Catherine Hart




Husband Francis Harbison 1 2

           Born: Abt 1758 - near Philadelphia, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1823 1 2
         Buried:  - Ebenezer Presbyterian Cemetery, Lewisville, Indiana Co, PA
       Marriage: 



Wife Catherine Hart 1 2

           Born: Abt 1759
     Christened: 
           Died: 1849 1 2
         Buried:  - Ebenezer Presbyterian Cemetery, Lewisville, Indiana Co, PA


Children
1 M Joseph Harbison 2 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Dec 1867 4
         Buried:  - West Lebanon Cemetery, West Lebanon, Indiana Co, PA
         Spouse: Rebecca I. Ewing (      -1864) 3 4 5


2 M Robert Harbison 1 2

           Born: 1785 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1855 1 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Millen (1785-1858) 1 2


3 F Mary Harbison 4 6

           Born: 1791 - Adams Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Thomas Cunningham (      -Bef 1880) 4 6


4 F Jane Harbison 4 8

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 
         Spouse: James Ewing (      -Bef 1880) 4 5 8


5 F Anna Harbison 1 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



6 M William Harbison 1 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Sarah Hutchinson (      -Bef 1880) 1 4


7 F Sarah Harbison 1 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William McNeil (      -Bef 1880) 1 4


8 M Matthew Harbison 1 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Henry (      -      ) 1



General Notes: Husband - Francis Harbison


The Harbison family is supposedly of Scotch-Irish extraction.
He founded the branch of the Harbison family living in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. During the struggle of the Colonies for independence he served as a soldier, and was taken prisoner. In 1798 he came to western Pennsylvania, crossing the Allegheny mountains and settling with his family in what is now Young township, Indiana County, where he was among the early pioneers who opened up the region. His land was south of West Lebanon, where the station was later located, and he became the owner of a large body of land, having over one thousand acres, then in its primitive condition. He built a house of round logs, and also a log barn, and set himself to work to clear his land and prepare it for cultivation. He spent the remainder of his life there, dying on his farm at the age of sixty-five years. He was a Presbyterian in religious connection.

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Sources


1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 504.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1046.

3 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 367, 504.

4 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1047.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 663.

6 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 504, 506.

7 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 506.

8 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 367, 436, 504.


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