Ira P. Harrington and Mahaley Bently

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Husband Ira P. Harrington ¹

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           Born: 30 Aug 1830 - Conneaut Twp, Erie Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Harrington (1805-1881) 1
         Mother: Jane Porter (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 10 Sep 1855 1

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Wife Mahaley Bently ¹

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           Born: 13 Jul 1833 - New York 1
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         Father: Martin Bently (      -      ) 3
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Children

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1 U [Infant] Harrington ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Ira P. Harrington

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He was the owner of forty-three acres of well-improved land, situated near Albion Station, Erie County, Pennsylvania. He dealt extensively in agricultural implements, selling a great number of the Rawson Mowers and Reapers, of which he made a specialty. Both he and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a member of the order of Freemasons. He enlisted August 25, 1862, in Company A, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served with the Army of the Potomac; he engaged in the battle of Fredericksburg, and was afterward appointed Commissary Sergeant of the brigade, serving as such sixteen months; then as Commissary of the division until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged May 5, 1865. After the war, he engaged in mercantile business at Keepville, Pennsylvania, and was also Postmaster. In the winter of 1879-80, he was an officer in the House of Representatives. He was a Republican in politics.

1 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Bios 19.

2 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), BS 18.

3 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Bios 27.