Individual Details

Erastus Jerome "Rome" Harlan

(9 Jan 1853 - 19 Dec 1913)

The 1986 history of Kosciusko County says: "E. J. Harlan moved to Scott Twp. in 1885. Virgin timber was cleared, a large barn built, and the small house enlarged. 'Rome' was instrumental in building the Mt. Tabor Church of God in 1898."

Events

Birth9 Jan 1853Kosciusko, Indiana, United States
Census1860Plain Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States
Marriage5 Nov 1874Christena Strombeck
Death19 Dec 1913
BurialLeesburg Cemetery, Leesburg, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States

Families

SpouseChristena Strombeck (1854 - 1947)
ChildCharles William Harlan ( - )
ChildMary Harlan ( - )
ChildVictor Harlan ( - )
ChildClayton Harlan ( - )
ChildPearl Harlan (1883 - 1977)
ChildFrank Harlan ( - )
ChildEstella Harlan ( - )
FatherWilliam Harlan (1827 - 1897)
MotherEliza Susan Boggess (1836 - 1860)
SiblingMary Ann Harlan (1855 - )
SiblingGeorge Harlan (1856 - 1923)
SiblingSephrona Harlan (1859 - )

Notes

Census

In the return, he is reported to have attended school within the census year.

Endnotes

1. 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Kosciusko Co., Indiana..

2. Kosciusko County, Indiana, 1836-1986 ([Warsaw, Indiana]: Kosciusko County Historical Society, [1986].), p. 142. The history gives his birth date as 1853..

3. Binnie, Lester H., Kosciusko County, Indiana, Cemetery Records. Vol. VII. Scott, Jefferson, Prairie and Plain Townships. (Albion, Indiana).

4. Smith, Jo Ann and Joanna Fox, Baugus, Boggus, & Boggess Footprints on the Sands of Time (Vol. 2. n.p.: Jo Ann Smith, 1994).

5. 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Kosciusko Co., Indiana..

6. Smith, Jo Ann and Joanna Fox, Baugus, Boggus, & Boggess Footprints on the Sands of Time (Vol. 2. n.p.: Jo Ann Smith, 1994).

7. Kosciusko County, Indiana, 1836-1986 ([Warsaw, Indiana]: Kosciusko County Historical Society, [1986].), p. 142. The history gives his death date as 1913..

8. Binnie, Lester H., Kosciusko County, Indiana, Cemetery Records. Vol. VII. Scott, Jefferson, Prairie and Plain Townships. (Albion, Indiana).

9. Smith, Jo Ann and Joanna Fox, Baugus, Boggus, & Boggess Footprints on the Sands of Time (Vol. 2. n.p.: Jo Ann Smith, 1994), p. 317. The genealogy says he died 19 Dec 1913..

10. Binnie, Lester H., Kosciusko County, Indiana, Cemetery Records. Vol. VII. Scott, Jefferson, Prairie and Plain Townships. (Albion, Indiana), p. 116..