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ANDREW M. HARSHNER
ANDREW M. HARSHNER was born
March 22, 1839, in Richland County, Ohio, his parents being Andrew and Mary
(Murray) Harshner; the father a native of Maryland and the mother of
Pennsylvania. The father was a farmer by occupation and lived in Ohio till his
death, which occurred April 1, 1889, at the age of eighty-six years. The mother
died in July, 1878, aged seventy years. There were eight children in the
family, six boys and two girls, all of whom are living, and one, William
Harshner, is a resident of San Joaquin County.
Andrew was reared on a farm and remained
at home till twenty-one years of age. In 1864 he came to California, crossing
the plains to Sacramento, when he went to work putting up hay by the month. In
March of the following year he went to San Francisco to meet his family, who
came via the Nicaragua route; he then came to San Joaquin County, rented land,
which he farmed for two years. In 1867 he purchased the place on which he now
resides. It contains 160 acres, on which he has made all the improvements, and
to-day has one of the best farms in this locality. He raises hay, grain and
stock.
He was married in 1860 to Miss Mary A.
Graver, a native of Ohio, daughter of John and Elizabeth Graver. They have five
children living and three deceased. The living are: Allen T., Mary E., Clara,
Lillian and Winfield S.,--all natives of San Joaquin County. Mr. Harshner is a
member of Woodbridge Grange, No. 84. Politically he is a Democrat; he cast his
first presidential vote for Stephen A. Douglas.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Pages 591-592. Lewis Pub.
Co. Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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