Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Harness, John C. 1812 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  JOHN C. HARNESS, miller and farmer, P. O. Hutsonville, was born in Ross
County, Ohio, September 27, 1812, to Job and Rachel (Liming) Harness. His father
was born in Old Virginia, on the South Branch of the Potomac, February 11, 1748;
here he was raised and educated. In 1800, he was removed by his parents to
Hamilton County, Ohio. He was married on the 17th of March, 1808, and
immediately removed to Ross County, in the same State. In 1817, he removed to
Vincennes, Ind.; here his wife died, and in 1818, he removed to Lamotte Prairie,
in Crawford County, on a farm he had bought and partially improved while in
Vincennes. After five years, he returned to Ross County, and there remained
until 1830, when he returned to Crawford County, and died November 28, 1834. He
was a son of Michael Harness, of German descent and a native of Virginia. He
served in the Revolution and war of 1812. The mother of our subject was born in
New Jersey, August 12, 1786, and died August 7, 1817. She was the mother of
three children, John being the youngest child. She was a daughter of Isaac
Liming, of French descent, a native of New Jersey and a soldier of the
Revolutionary war. John Harness spent his early life in assisting his father in
the flour mill in Ohio, and in Crawford County to till the farm. He was sent to
a high school at Cincinnati, Ohio, to receive a thorough education, but at the
end of two months his father's property was destroyed by fire, and he was
obliged to return to his home and go to work, and give up receiving an
education. At twenty-one years of age, he left his home and embarked on his
career in life, the first fifteen years being divided between farming and
boating on the river. In 1849, he went to California, and engaged in mining,
continuing the same until 1854, when he was called home at the death of his
brother Isaac. He then engaged in farming in Crawford County, and in 1855 came
to Hutsonville and engaged in the milling business, at which he is now actively
engaged. He is the owner of sixty-two acres of land, which he superintends in
connection with his mill duties. In Terre Haute, in 1855, he married Miss
Paulina C. Wood, a native of Ohio. They have two children—Stacey E., a partner
in the mill, and Elenor P. He is an active member of L O. O. F. at Hutsonville.
In politics, is a Democrat. He and wife are members of Christian Church. Mr.
Harness has, by his studied economy and business habits, succeeded in gaining a
good property, and a name and reputation which is beyond reproach. He has served
on the Town Board of Hutsonville for five years.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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