Individual Details

Named in will but not found in 1850 Census. There is a marriage for a Charles Harmon to Mary Sargent. 4 Jun 1848 in Boone Co, but it's not this Charles.

1860 Census. Charles, age 15, was living with his brother James and family doing Farm Labor.

Addison Utterback was the brother of Minerva who married Charles' brother, Francis Marion Harmon. Addison served with Marion in the same Civil War company. Marion died of typhoid and Addison wrote the following to Marion's youngest brother Charles:
Corinth Missippi
July the 20 A.D. 1862
Dear sir
I take my pen in hand to write you a few lines in order to answer a letter that I received from you yesterday. I am at the hospital at Corinth, Miss. my health is very poor I have not had good health sence I have bin here
Charles I can not give you any particulars of Marion's death for was sent back to the hospittle when he was a marching on to Corinth he was sent back one morning and we started on and I never got to see him anymore nor heard from him till he was dead
then we com on to Corinth and I never got to go back thare So I did not go whare he was buried at Nor wither his grave was marked or Not the Name of the hospittle was montana
do not know what woud be the best way to take him back it is very warm here at this time I will have to bring my letter to a close so no more at present be
Remain your affectionate Friend. Give my respect to all inquiring Friends.
Addison Utterback.

Charles enlisted in Company L of the 3rd Indiana Cavalry during the Civil War. When he enlisted he was not yet 16 and was living with Jay D. Harmon [his older brother] who got him released because of his age. As soon as he reached his 16th birthday, he again enlisted - shown as enlisting 9 Apr 1863, company A, 8th Cavalry. His brother Nelson was also in Company L, but later was transferred to Co A, the 8th Cavalry Regt. Charles may have a pension file which lists both these units. Charles was mustered out 20 Jul 1865 at Indianapolis.

Charles did indeed have a pension file #235.634 - 166 pages. His enlistment was 1 April 1863, Co L, 3rd Indiana Cavalry. Later transferred to Co A, 8th Cavalry. He first applied for his invalid pension in July of 1882 when he was age 37. He had contracted diarrhea with resulting hemorrhoids while in the line of duty. He became ill in the spring of 1864 near Knoxville and continued ill until the fall of 1864. He has never recovered. He was treated by camp doctors in the service. Since his discharge 20 Jul 1864, he has resided at Zionsville in Boone Co IN to 1868, then at Holt Co, MO until 1870, moved back to Zionsville until 1874, and has lived since at Brownsburg, Hendricks Co IN [where he lived the rest of life]. His occupation had been that of school teacher, a merchant for a short time, and a farmer. He was issued a pension of $4 as of June 1881. Over the next 30+ years he would repeatedly request for increases due to increasing disability and illness, requiring numerous testimonies from friends and neighbors, doctors, and pension board examinations. Sometimes he obtained the increase; sometimes it was refused. By 1912, he was declared totally disabled and was receiving $30 per month - at the last physical exam his weight was down to 111 lbs. - it had never been over 130 lbs and he was about 5' 9" tall. He was often described as being emaciated, having sallow complexion, being weak and stooped - he also had some heart problems and rheumatism. There doesn't seem to be any question he was a very ill man. Considering his physical condition, it seems more than a little miraculous he survived to be 70 years old. His family physician did at times state that the patient took very good care of himself, but was totally incapacitated for manual labor.

In 1870, Charles was also still living with brother James in Eagle Twp, Boone Co. Now age 25 - his occupation is listed as school teacher.

1880 Census. Lincoln, Hendricks Co IN, Hh 149
Charles Harmon, age 34, teacher & farmer, b. IN, parents b. KY
June V., wife, age 30, b. IN, parents b. KY
Allie V., age 6, daughter. Alcie S., age 5, daughter.

1900 Census. Lincoln, Hendricks Co IN, Hh 290
Chas Harmon, age 55, b. Dec 1844. Married 27 years.
Jane V., wife, age 51, b. Sep 1848. She has had 4 children.
Rossie J., son, age 13, b. Nov 1886, IN

Both Charles and Jane were still living in Lincoln Twp in 1910. No children with them. Hh 219
Charles was 65, married once for 36 years, b. IN, own income
Jane V., wife, 61, married once, 4 children, b. IN

Indiana Death Certificate, #90
Chas. Harmon of Brownsburg, Lincoln Twp, Hendricks Co, IN, died 1 Aug 1915 of chronic prostatitis. He was widowed - his wife was Jane Victoria Brown. Charles was born 25 Dec 1844 in Zionsville and was a farmer. His father was James Harmon, his mother Philadelphia Dickerson, both born in Kentucky. Ross Harmon of Brownsburg was the informant. He is listed as buried the same day he died, Greenlawn Cemetery.

They are buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Brownsburg, Hendricks Co IN.

Birth	25 Dec 1844	Boone County, Indiana
Military	1863 - 1865	Company L, 3rd IN Cavalry; Company A, 8th IN Cavalry, Civil War
Marriage	23 Apr 1873	Hendricks County, Indiana - Jane Victoria Brown
Death	1 Aug 1915	Brownsburg, Hendricks County, Indiana

Spouse	Jane Victoria Brown (1848 - 1914)
Child	Allie Victoria Harmon (1874 - 1963)
Child	Alice Susan Harmon (1886 - 1966)
Child	Charles Roy Harmon (1882 - 1963)
Child	Ross Jackson Harmon (1886 - 1960)

Father	JAMES HARMON (1797 - 1847)
Mother	PHILADELPHIA DICKERSON (1797 - 1847)
Sibling	Emily Harmon (1817 - 1887)
Sibling	Mary Jane Harmon (1820 - 1855)
Sibling	Ruth Ann Harmon (1821 - 1889)
Sibling	Robert John Harmon (1824 - 1900)
Sibling	WILLIAM ALEXANDER HARMON (1826 - 1881)
Sibling	James Dickerson "Jay" Harmon (1828 - 1897)
Sibling	Elizabeth Harmon (1829 - 1910)
Sibling	Granville Harmon (1831 - 1850)
Sibling	Nelson S. Harmon (1833 - 1906)
Sibling	Francis Marion Harmon (1835 - 1862)
Sibling	Philadelphia Harmon (1837 - 1911)
Sibling	Drusilla Harmon (1841 - 1842)