Individual Details

In the1850 census he lived in Sweetland Twp Muscatine Co. Iowa He was also known as Jarias HARGAR

47/49 Jarvis (Jarias ) HARGAR 42
Farmer Value of Real Estate Owned $800 born Ohio

Elizabeth HARGER age 39 born KY
Susanna HARGER age 20 born Ind.
Mary HARGER age 18 born Ind.
Nancy HARGER age 14 born Ind.
Matilda HARGER age 8 born IA
Melinda HARGER age 8 born IA
Eunice HARGER age 5 born IA
Daniel HARGER age 2 born IA
Owned farm valued at $800

Sometime between 1850 and 1856 wife Elizabeth died. Met Julia Ann BAKER SLAGHT who was widowed between 1848 and 1850 . Each had seven children to raise. Jarias's brother George and his wife Clarrissa lived in the town of Tafton, where he met Julia. They married 10 Aug 1856. What became of the 40 acres Julia filed for in 1855?

The HARGER's then moved around Iowa up and down the Mississippi River. Finally settled in Lee County.

The SLAGHT's and HARGERs must have had a close family, for on 1 Sept. 1864, Matilda HARGER married her step-brother Henry Clay SLAGHT. The newlyweds made their home at Beetown, Grant Co. Wi.

1830 Indiana Federal Census p. 87 of Parke Co. FHL #007721. Samuel HARGER, Jarias father is listed on same page. Jarias and wife sell land. Living in Wabash Twp. Parke, Ind. Deed sold on 5 Sep 1831, pp 474-475. Found in Abatract of County Deed Rec. 1, 1833-1834. Above in Vol. 4 FHL 977.2465 R2b Vol 4. Marr. to Julia SLAGHT, Grant Co. Wis. Vol 2. pg 187. Above marr. listed both sets of parents.

Both Jarias and Samuel are listed on Pg. 87 of the 1830 census of Parke county. IN. Jarias must have been recently married for he had only one child, a daughter. Samuel had living at home four girls, two under 5, two between 15-20, two boys 5-10, one boy 15-20.

Marriage to Julia IGI batch 8807501 sheet 13

Information from Leslie Lothian and Carol W. FREDRICKSON 12140 44th Ave Kenosha Wi 53142

Jefferson NY is near Newburgh and Pokeepsie

1830 Census
Jarius (Eurias) pg. 87 Parke County IN must have been recently married for he has only one child a daughter.

There is one listing in Parke Co. land records of Jarius HARGER and wife Elizabeth living in Wabash Township, selling some land on 5 Sep. 1831. Abst. Co. Deed book 1 1833-1834 p. 474/475

Only one HARGER family is found in the 1850 Iowa census and it is Jarius (or Jarias) HARGER. Jarias moved from Indiana sometime between 1836 and 1842. His wife gives birth to twins, Matilda and Melinda, on 22 September 1842 in Muscatine Co. Ia. Jarias has his name spelled as Jarius and James in other places including one family bible.

Jarias and Elizabeth WICKERSHAM married about 1829 in Parke Co. IN. She died between the 1850 IA census and 1856. Jarias married a second time to Julia Ann BAKER SLAGHT on 10 Aug. 1856. Jarias and Elizabeth had 7 children.

We don't know how Jarias and Julia met. She had been a widow since 1848 when her husband John SLAGHT died. Her sister Clarrissa was married to Jarias's brother George so possibly they met when Jarias might have come for a visit. Julia had 7 children also. The new HARGER family moved around IA up and down the Mississippi River. Finally they settled in Lee Co. On the 1860 census for Grant Co. WI 3 of Julia's children were living with their oldest sister Sarah ELTON and her husband in Beetown,. WI.

Julia and Jarias probably were divorced before 1867 because she married a third time to John CLEGG and was his third wife on 24 Nov. 1867 at Beetown, Grant Co, WI.

Jarias married 3rd time to Sarah SAYLE, Territory of Nebraska, Nemaha Co.

Jarias ended up moving and settling in Smith Co. KS. He is buried in the Pleasant Plains Cemetery in Smith Co. Died spring of 1880. A cousin found on microfiche at the LDS FHC: HARGES, Jarvis, Smith Co., KS, 72 male, Apr. NY, pneumonia, 01, 1880

1840 IA Census Muscatine Co.
Jarvis HARDGIN pg. 454

1850 IA Census for Muscatine Co. p. 388 Sweetland Twp. ID# IAS 7a2262654

More About JARIAS HARGAR:
Burial: Lull Cemetery
Fact 1: Living in Sweetland Twp. Muscatine Co. Iowa in 1850 valued at $800
Fact 2: Occupation farmer

Birth	1 MAY 1808	Jefferson Co., NY
Marriage	ABT 1829	Parke Co., IN - Elizabeth WICKERSHAM
Marriage	10 AUG 1856	Hurricane Grove, Grant Co., WI - Julia Ann BAKER
Divorce	Bef 1867	Julia Ann BAKER
Marriage		Sarah SAYLE
Death	1880	Lebanon, Smith Co., KS

Spouse

Julia Ann BAKER (1811 - 1877)

Spouse	Elizabeth WICKERSHAM ( - 1850)
Child	Matilda HARGAR (1842 - 1912)
Child	Melinda HARGAR (1842 - )

Spouse

Sarah SAYLE ( - )

Father	Samuel HARGER ( - )
Mother	Eunice EDMUNDS ( - )
Sibling	George Washington HARGER (1823 - 1897)