Biographical Sketch of J. M. Harman, De Kalb County, Missouri

>From "History of Missouri, Andrew & DeKalb County" Published 1888,
				Goodspeed Publishing Company

Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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J. M. Harman, the only practicing physician in Fairport, was born in 
Indiana on June 26, 1854.  He is the son of L. M. and Francis (Miller)
Harman, both of whom were born in East Tennessee, the former in 1812,
and the latter in 1825.  They removed from their native State to 
Indiana, and in the fall of 1858 removed to De Kalb County, MO.,
locating in Polk Township.  In 1875 they removed to Camden Township,
where they now reside.  Nine children were born to them, of whom the
Doctor is the fifth.  He was reared on the farm, and secured a good
education in the public schools.  He taught school one year, and then
began the study of medicine at Maysville, MO., with Dr. Lewis H. 
Weatherby as a preceptor.  In 1873 he entered Rush Medical College,
at Chicago, and attended one year.  He then spent a year in reading at
home, and in the fall of 1875 returned to the above named college, and
graduated on February 15, 1876.  During the years of 1879-80 he 
attended a course of lectures at the Missouri Medical College, at St.
Louis.  He began practicing in Daviess County, MO., and continued until
1884, when he removed to Fairport, where he has since resided.  He has
built up a good practice, and established a splendid professional rep-
utation.  On July 2, 1876, he was united in marriage with Orie Bray,
who was born in Indiana on June 12, 1854.  She is the daughter of 
Samuel Bray, a citizen of De Kalb County.  To this union three children
have been born, two of whom are living.  Both Dr. and Mrs. Harman are
members of the Baptist Church.  Dr. Harman is a strong prohibitionist,
and labors zealously and untiringly for the cause.  He is a man of 
broad and progressive ideas, and takes a deep interest in every thing
that tends to promote the public weal.

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