Greenbrier County, West Virginia    Biography: Asbury Craig HARFORD

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Transcribed and submitted by Ed Johnson, <EDEAJ @aol.com>, 1998.
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ASBURY CRAIG HARFORD - Sarah Jane is the wife of Asbury Craig HARFORD, who
was born May 3, 1847, fourth child and third son of John Lovelace and
Margaret BERRY MATTHEWS September 20, 1838, and their children were eight:
James Henry, born October 23, 1839, died in 1855;  John Robert, December 23,
 1841;  Ann Eliza, April 27, 1844;  Asbury Craig, May 3, 1847;  Eschol
Green, December 2, 1849;  Margaret Almira, November 15, 1852;  Augusta
Henrietta, August 28, 1855, and Sarah Ellen, December 11, 1857.  In
September, 1860, John L. HARFORD moved to Braxton County, where through
the fortunes of war, being a Union man in a Confederate community, he
suffered loss and danger, until he was obliged to take refuge in the
Federal lines at Charleston, Kanawha County.  He and his son Asbury
then entered the Federal service, serving as teamsters until the close
of the war, and leaving his family at Gallipolis, Ohio.  In September,
1866, he returned to Greenbrier County, where he resided until his death,
August 19, 1875.  His wife, who was born in Rockingham County, Virginia,
June 6, 1820, died January 12, 1864.  The HARFORDs were of English descent,
John HARFORD, grandfather of Asbury C., a soldier of the Continental army,
and after Independence was achieved settling in Virginia, and coming to
Greenbrier county in 1807.  He died June 9, 1849.  Asbury Craig HARFORD is
the only representative of his father's family now living in Greenbrier
county, and he is school-teacher by profession, living on his farm near
Pleasant Valley school house, in Williamsburg District.  His post office
address is Williamsburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

Source:  Hardesty, Henry H.  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia.  New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884.
Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.  Ed. Jim Comstock.
Richwood: Comstock, 1974.