William Martin Mehard and Essie Harbison

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Husband William Martin Mehard ¹

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           Born: 7 Oct 1849 - Wayne Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 2
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         Father: James Mehard, Jr. (1810-Bef 1908) 1
         Mother: Mary Martin (      -      ) 2 3

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       Marriage: 21 Oct 1880 4

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Wife Essie Harbison ⁴

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         Father: Andrew Harbison (      -Bef 1908) 4
         Mother: Sophia Myers (Abt 1837-Aft 1908) 4

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Children

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1 U [Infant] Mehard ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - William Martin Mehard

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He spent his whole life, with the exception of one summer, on the old family homestead, in Wayne Township, Lawrence County, PA, until he moved to Ellwood City, after disposing of his farm. For fourteen years he and his father before him had leased their lime­stone quarry to the National Cement Com­pany, of Wampum, who manufactured lime for the Pittsburgh market. He also carried on general farming and stock raising. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church, and he was treasurer of the same and was secretary of its board of trustees until his removal from Wayne Township. In politics he was a Republican, and for eight years he served as township clerk, and also was assessor.

During the Civil War his youth and physical condition prevented his enlistment as a soldier, but he was accepted as a mu­sician, and was in the company band, serv­ing Company C, before the war as a drum­mer boy, and when the One Hundredth Regiment, Pennsylvania Veteran Volun­teer Infantry, the noted “Roundheads,” were mustered out, he again became a drummer boy for the company, and also for the regiment. For three years he con­tinued to be the drummer for the Grand Army post at Wampum. He was adopted by the regiment and made a veteran drum­mer for the same.
As recreation, Mr. Mehard gave considerable attention to the study of geology, and was well posted con­cerning geological formations and discov­eries in his area.

1 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 705, 904.

2 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 705.

3 Editor, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 225, 454.

4 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 706.