Samuel Harlan Biographical Sketch from Beers History of Warren County, Ohio
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Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 4 November 2005

Sources:
The History of Warren County Ohio
Part V. Biographical Sketches
Massie Township
(Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992)

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SAMUEL HARLAN, farmer; P. O. Harveysburg; born in Massie Township Oct. 16, 1829; is a son of Enoch and Elizabeth (Harvey) Harlan, natives of Orange Co., N. C. The grandparents were Enoch and Lydia Harlan; he was probably born in Ireland, the ancestors being from that country. Enoch Harlan died in North Carolina, but his wife came to Ohio, and died in Clinton County. Enoch, the father of our subject, emigrated to Ohio, and located in Clinton County, in 1806; resided there till 1824, when he removed to Warren County, where he lived till his death, July 26, 1866, aged 80 years and 5 months; his wife died May 9, 1875, aged nearly 83 years.

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They had ten children, seven now survive—Lydia, Mahlon, Carter, John, Nathaniel, Samuel and Wilson. Mr. Harlan was truly a pioneer; when he came to Clinton County, he had to cut his road through the wilderness from Cincinnati to where he settled, and there he opened out right in the woods, and endured the many deprivations and hardships of those early days; there he labored for eighteen years; thence moved to Warren County, and again opened out a farm right from the woods, and thus did a double pioneer work. Now this country presents a great contrast—fine farms and elegant buildings have taken the place of the vast forests, and the log cabins are almost extinct, and this change has all been made by these noble pioneers, whose memory should be embalmed in the hearts of their descendants for all time to come. The subject of this sketch grew to manhood, and remained with his father till 33 years of age; was married Sept. 15, 1864, to Hannah A., daughter of Nathan and Rachel Bean, natives of Frederick Co., Va., but who emigrated to Ohio in 1841, and resided in Clinton County till the death of Mrs. Bean, March 4, 1853. They had eight children—James W., Mary Eliza; Edith C., now Mrs. Duncan ; Harriet C., now Mrs. Markland ; Hannah A.; Sarah F., now Mrs. Wilson Harlan; Rebecca V., now Mrs. Williamson, living in Butler County; and Rachel E. The first four reside in Kansas, and the others in Ohio. Mr. Bean removed to Kansas, where he died Sept. 2, 1873. Mr. Harlan and wife have one child—May, born May 1, 1866. Mr. Harlan has always followed farming, and all within Massie Township; he bought and located upon the place where he now lives, in the spring of 1870, and where he has since resided. Mr. Harlan is a member of the Orthodox Society of Friends; is one among the prominent farmers of Massie Township, and one of its best citizens.

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