Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Harmon, Dennis 1815 - December 22, 1861
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Carol Harmon ceharmon@avci.net November 24, 2008, 3:03 pm

Author: Carol Harmon

Dennis Harmon was born 1815 Phelps,Ontario County, New York , the son of Hiram 
and Jane Burdan Harmon. In 1831, the Harmon family left Phelps New York , and 
journeyed by canal to Buffalo, and by boat to Deyroit Michigan. In 1838 Dennis 
was married to Emmeline Westbrook in Wayne Michigan. In 1856, Dennis 
homesteaded in section 5 of Dayton Township. In 1861 Dennis walked to Saginaw 
for supplies. On his return trip he stayed the night in a hotel in Wahjahmega 
and the hotel burned that night. Dennis and a man named Wells were able to get 
out, but both died in a few days from their burns. There is no record of his 
death or of his wife Emmeline who died in 1879. Dennis and Emmeline Harmon had 
ten children in all, the last one born shortly after the death of Dennis. 
Harmon Lake in Dayton is named for Dennis Harmon.  

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