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JOHN HARSHELMAN, farmer, P.O. Meadville, was born October 17, 1833, in New York City, and is son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Hill) Harshelman, his paternal grandfather being Adam Harshelman, who landed in New York City with a family of three sons and one daughter. They were named John, Philip, Jacob and Mary. Jacob was born in 1803, came to Vernon Township in 1835, and here raised a family of children, three now living: John, Eliza (Mrs. F. Blystone), Catharine (who first married Mr. Zimmerman and subsequently Jacob Keybort, but is now a widow). Our subject married, in 1864, Rosetta, daughter of Timothy Clark, by whom he has six children: Thomas F., J.C., Adelia J., Mary E., Joseph and Josie (twins). Mrs. Harshelman is the youngest of a family of eleven children. Mr. Harshelman has held the office of School Director three years, and has the supervision of the roads of his district. He has a neat and prosperous looking farm of 175 acres in the northern portion of the township. In religions belief he is a Catholic.
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