Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Harvey, Alonzo 1819 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com November 19, 2005, 12:12 am Author: Warner, Beers & Co. ALONZO HARVEY, Kenton, was born August 29, 1819, in Woodbury, Vt., and is a son of Erastus and Betsey (Bettis) Harvey. Mr. Harvey, Sr., was a regularly ordained minister of the Free Will Baptist connection. He was in the war of 1812, having enlisted for the term of five years, serving as drummer, and was honorably discharged at the end of the war. He was ordained to the work of the ministry in 1825 in Wheelock, Vt. As a minister, he was faithful in the discharge of all his duties. He served as Clerk of the quarterly meetings most of the time. He was born in 1789, in East Haddam, Conn., and was married in 1816 to Miss Betsey Bettis, of Woodbury, Vt., and raised a family of thirteen children, two of whom died in the army. He labored in Vermont and New Hampshire for several years and then moved to Barnston, Canada East, where he resided eight years, then moved to Woodstock, Champaign County, and from there to Logan County, where he lost his wife. He next moved to Iowa, where he married Mrs. Hannah Sargent and lived for several years. He died near Castalia, Iowa, August 27, 1872, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. The subject of this sketch was married in Logan County, Ohio, July 7, 1844, to Rachel, daughter of Caleb and Rebecca Ballinger, natives of Virginia. Mr. Ballinger was a Methodist local preacher and much respected. Mrs. A. Harvey was born in Logan County, Ohio, September 15, 1823, and has had a family of seven children, viz., Isaac N., Julius O., Mary M., David O. (deceased), Thomas N.; William N. and Irwin H. Two of the family still are single, four are married. Isaac N. and Julias O. both own farms, one in Dudley, the other about four miles north of Belle Centre. They are leading members in the United Brethren Church, and much respected by all who know them. Mary M. married George Thompson, son of Anderson Thompson, who owns a farm and is a farmer by occupation. Thomas M. is a minister of the United Brethren connection, and belongs to the Auglaize Conference. His work is in Indiana this year. William N. owns one-half interest in a grocery and provision store in Kenton. Mr. Harvey first settled on Hill Creek in Loran County, near East Liberty, but he moved from there to York Township, Union County. He was elected Justice of the, Peace while there, and he was re-elected the second time. He moved to Mount Victory, Hardin County, in 1858, and in 1860 he moved on the farm which he now owns. Mr. Harvey now resides in South Kenton and is known over the county as the Bible agent. He has been a church member for more than fifty years, and is now in his declining years enjoying the fruit's of his labors. Additional Comments: Dudley Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 Photo: http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/photos/bios/harvey284bs.jpg File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/harvey284bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 3.8 Kb