BIO: George D. HARMAN, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, pages 81-82.
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  GEORGE D. HARMAN, M.D., physician and surgeon, Huntingdon, Pa., was born 
near Belleville, Union township, Mifflin county, Pa., May 16, 1854, son of 
Lewis and Mary Jane (Gable) Harman.  Lewis Harman was born in Union 
township, Mifflin county, January 24, 1826; his parents were Jacob and Polly 
(Wian) Harman, for many years residents of that county.  Mrs. Lewis Harman 
was born January 30, 1828, daughter of George Gable, a resident of Brady 
township, Huntingdon county, and his wife Elizabeth (Weaver) Gable, both 
natives of Lancaster county.  Mr. Gable died at the age of thirty-three.  
The Doctor's parents spent their lives in Union township, Mifflin county, 
Mr. Harman being a farmer.  Their children are:  Melissa E., born December 
7, 1850, widow of James M. Harman, residing at Belleville, Union township; 
William M., born February 25, 1852, also residing at Belleville; George G.; 
Jacob Edward, born September 27, 1856, resides at Vira, Mifflin county; 
Martha J., born November 2, 1858, died February 6, 1859; Philip M., born 
September 14, 1860, resides in Union township, near Belleville; Martha 
Catherine, born December 4, 1864, resides in Huntingdon; John Lewis, born 
April 4, 1866, resides in McKeesport, Pa.; Mary Jane, born July 14, 1868, 
wife of Frank Huffy, of Union township; and Thomas I., born May 24, 1870, a 
resident of Belleville.  The mother, Mrs. Lewis Harman, died August 4, 1880; 
her husband survived her for fifteen years, dying at Belleville, December 
23, 1895.
  Dr. George G. Harman passed his early boyhood at the home of his 
grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Gable, in Allensville, Mifflin county, but when 
about twelve years old he returned to his father's house.  His scholastic 
education was begun in the common schools of Allensville, and further 
carried on at Kishacoquillas Seminary, Kishacoquillas, Mifflin county, and 
at Susquehanna University, Selin's Grove, Snyder county, Pa.  During his 
recent years, he taught school for four winter terms in Huntingdon and 
Mifflin counties.
  Dr. Harman began the study of medicine in the office of M. F. Hudson, M. 
D., at Belleville; entered Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia, in 
1878, and graduated March 13, 1880.  He at once opened an office in 
Allensville, where he practiced until 1882; from that time until the spring 
of 1887 he practiced in Reedsville, Mifflin county, and since the latter 
date, in Huntingdon.  He is assistant surgeon of the Fifth Regiment, 
National Guard, and is connected with the Association of Military Surgeons, 
as well as with the county, state and national medical societies.
  The Doctor is an active member of Lewistown Lodge, No. 203, Lewistown, 
Pa.; of Standing Stone Chapter, No. 201, Huntingdon; of Huntingdon 
Commandery, No. 65, K.T., and of Standing Stone Conclave, No. 134, I.O.H.  
He is a Republican, and has served the county as coroner for six years.  He 
is a director in the Provident Building and Loan Association.  He was 
recently elected burgess of Huntingdon.
  Dr. George G. Harman was married at Mill Creek, Huntingdon county, October 
25, 1882, to Eva M., daughter of Amos and Elizabeth Smucker; Mr. Smucker was 
born in Mifflin county, and now resides at Ardenheim, Huntingdon county; his 
wife, a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, died May 9, 1893.  Mrs. Harman's 
native place was Brady township, Huntingdon county, where she was born 
January 29, 1858.  Dr. and Mrs. Harman have four sons:  Earle S., born March 
20, 1884; Paul, born February 7, 1886, died July 1, of the same year; Jay 
L., born August 14, 1888; and George Blair, born September 24, 1895.  The 
Doctor and his wife are members of St. James' Lutheran church, he having 
been in the church council ever since he became a resident of Huntingdon; 
for four years he was superintendent of the Sunday school.  He is president 
of the Huntingdon branch, Y.M.C.A.