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Rev Elijah Harmon

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Birth	:	22 Mar 1835 Hawley, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
Death	:	3 Feb 1912 Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial	:	Evergreen Cemetery, Winchester, Cheshire County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.7708015, -72.3700027
Description	:	REV. ELIJAH HARMON's great-grandfather was in the battle of Bennington, Vt., and also held the position of deacon in the Congregational church, and in his old age, wrote a collection of sacred hymns, which is still extant. One of his sons, ELIJAH HARMON settled in Hawley, Mass., whose son GAIUS HARMON succeeded him on the homestead, where his son, REV. ELIJAH HARMON was born, March 22, 1835. He was graduated from Amherst in 1861, and at Hartford Theological Seminary in 1867; was a member of the 52d Mass Vols. nine months, as sergeant, and was present at the reduction of... Read More	REV. ELIJAH HARMON's great-grandfather was in the battle of Bennington, Vt., and also held the position of deacon in the Congregational church, and in his old age, wrote a collection of sacred hymns, which is still extant. One of his sons, ELIJAH HARMON settled in Hawley, Mass., whose son GAIUS HARMON succeeded him on the homestead, where his son, REV. ELIJAH HARMON was born, March 22, 1835. He was graduated from Amherst in 1861, and at Hartford Theological Seminary in 1867; was a member of the 52d Mass Vols. nine months, as sergeant, and was present at the reduction of Fort Hudson; taught 1863-65, was tutor at Amherst College the last six months of that time; entered the ministry of the Congregational church in 1867, and immediately became the pastor of the church in Winchester, where he has acceptably officiated nearly eighteen years. He married first, Lucy Maria Smith, daughter of Rev. Edwin Locke, a native of Fitzwilliam NH, one of the early missionaries to the Sandwich Islands, where she was born. At the death of her parents, she was adopted by Rev. A.B. Smith, also a missionary in the same field. He married for his second wife, March 5, 1872, Eunice M., daughter of Rev. J. C. Smith of Jaffna mission, India, and third, October 14, 1874, Miss M. Alcesta Homans of Plymouth NH, who is the mother of his two children, Lucy M. and May F. ______________________________________________________ Source: History of Cheshire and Sullivan Counties, New Hampshire Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1886, 1073 pgs.

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Where is Rev Elijah Harmon's memorial?
Rev Elijah Harmon's memorial is located at: Evergreen Cemetery, Winchester, Cheshire County, USA.
When did Rev Elijah Harmon death?
Rev Elijah Harmon death on 3 Feb 1912 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
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Latitude: 42.7708015
Longitude: -72.3700027

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Lucy Maria Locke Harmon

(1838 - 1871)

Eunice Morse Smith Harmon

(1846 - 1872)

Martha Alcesta Homans Harmon

(1844 - 1920)

Siblings

Children

May Flanders Harmon

(1879 - 1948)

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Coordinate: 42.7708015, -72.3700027

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Coordinate: 42.7824554, -72.4764633

18. Westport Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.7524600, -72.4875300

24. Draper-Crouch Burying Ground
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