Yolo-Napa-Colusa County CA Archives Biographies.....Harling, Micajah Oglesby 1845 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

M. O. HARLING, County Clerk and Auditor of Yolo County, State of California, was
horn in Monroe County, Kentucky, April 30, 1845, the son of Calvin Harling and
Eliza A. Harling (nee Welch.) also natives of that State. The Harling and Welch
families came from North Carolina in 1797, settling in Monroe County, Kentucky,
about forty miles from Bowling Green, the nearest town to their place of
settlement. Mr. Barling's mother's family were of Welch and Crawford ancestry,
the latter of Scotch descent, and the former of Welsh descent.

  Calvin Harling left Kentucky in the fall of 1854, with his family, intending
to come to California the next spring; stopping in Missouri, they heard that the
Indians on the plains were so hostile that they remained there until the next
year, in Butler County, and at Pilot Knob; he finally died in Butler County,
September 22, 1856, at the age of thirty-five years. A few months afterward, the
widow returned with her family to Monroe County, Kentucky, and in the fall of
1858, she started again for California, but stopped in Missouri until the
following year; then she started from Butler County, that State, and crossed the
plains with ox teams and cattle, and in September, 1859, arrived at the home of
the grandmother of Mr. Harling (Mrs. Jane Welch), about a mile and a half
northwest of Woodland.

  Mrs. Harling was married to H. M. Hord, August 1, 1860, and now lives in
Woodland. Her two sons and two daughters are now heads of families.

  Micajah Oglesby Harling was fourteen years of age when he came across the
plains. He stood guard half of each alternate night, standing guard the first
and after part of the night alternately; he drove one of the ox teams all the
way across the plains. He was able then to take one of those old Missouri ox
whips and make it pop like a rifle, in which indeed he took special pride. In
addition to the foregoing duty, he and a companion did the cooking for the party
every fourth week.

  During the first fall after his arrival in this State he put in thirty acres
of grain, about three miles south of Woodland. From that time onward he worked
on farms, and at intervals attended district school, finally entering Hesperian
College. In April, 1866, he went to Buckeye, a small town in the southwestern
part of Yolo County, between Madison and Winters, and in partnership with M. R.
York, one of the present county supervisors, entered into the mercantile
business, Mr. Harling was also interested in a general merchandise business at
Monticello, Napa County.

  When the railroad was built through the county and the town of Winters sprang
up, Harling, Lowery & Co. started the first store there, and soon all the
business of Buckeye was removed to Winters. While there they also built and
owned the first store in Maxwell, Colusa County. Mr. Harling remained in
business in Winters until about 1882, when he was elected County Clerk and
County Auditor of Yolo County on the Democratic ticket. In 1884 he was defeated
for the same position. In 1886 he was nominated and elected County Clerk and
Auditor. In 1888 he was elected to the position he now holds. During the two
years he was out of office, Mr. Harling was a member of the firm of Harling,
Frazer & Co. in mercantile pursuits. In 1887, when he assumed his present,
position, he disposed of his bsuiness interests to J. K. Smith.

  Mr. Harling was married, March 19, 1868, to Margaret J. Ely, a native of
Missouri, and they have two sons living, John D. and Benjamin E. One son died
when an infant and Robert C. Harling died September 22, 1876, when he was four
years old.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.

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