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Harmonas Alkire

Male Abt 1804 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Harmonas Alkire  [1, 2
    Born Abt 1804  Bourbon County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Notes 
    • Cole Shoaf shows that he was born ca 1804 in Bourbon County, KY and died 21 Sept 1896 in Fancy Creek Township, Sangamon County, IL, being buried in the Fancy Creek Cemetery there.

      Eddie Maynard found the following biography of Harmonas in the book HISTORY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY, ILLINOIS "Centennial Report,: John Carroll Power, Edwin A. Wilson and Co, Springfield, Illionis, 1876, pages 78 and 79.

      Alkire, Harmonas was born in 1804 in Bourbon county, KY. His parents moved when he was quite young, to Pickaway county, O. in 1826 he visited Sangamon County on business for other parties. Returning to Ohio, he went to Lafayeet, Ind. The next year he came to Sangamon county again, on business and was married in Springfield, Dec, 31, 1829, to Martha McLemore. She was born July 10, 1810, in Burke county, N. C. Her parents moved, in 1811, to Knoxville, Tenn., and moved from there to Sangamon County, Ill, arriving Dec. 23, 1828 at Springfield. Soon after marriage M. Alkire returned to Lafayette with hsi wife. They had two children born there, and then moved to Sangamon county, arriving, August 1832, in what is now Fancy Creek township, where they had eight living children....
    Person ID I38330  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 16 Nov 2011 

    Family Martha Matilda McLemore,   b. 10 Jul 1810, Burke County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 31 Dec 1829  Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Eddie Maynard found the following biography of Harmonas in the book HISTORY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY, ILLINOIS "Centennial Report,: John Carroll Power, Edwin A. Wilson and Co, Springfield, Illionis, 1876, pages 78 and 79.

      Alkire, Harmonas was born in 1804 in Bourbon county, KY. His parents moved when he was quite young, to Pickaway county, O. in 1826 he visited Sangamon County on business for other parties. Returning to Ohio, he went to Lafayeet, Ind. The next year he came to Sangamon county again, on business and was married in Springfield, Dec, 31, 1829, to Martha McLemore. She was born July 10, 1810, in Burke county, N. C. Her parents moved, in 1811, to Knoxville, Tenn., and moved from there to Sangamon County, Ill, arriving Dec. 23, 1828 at Springfield. Soon after marriage M. Alkire returned to Lafayette with hsi wife. They had two children born there, and then moved to Sangamon county, arriving, August 1832, in what is now Fancy Creek township, where they had eight living children....Harmonas Alkire and his wife are living ont he farm where they settled in 1832. It is three miles west of Sherman. He confirms the statement of Washington Crowder that the sudden change took place December 20, 1836, because he entered a piece of land that day, and the papers bear the above date.
    Children 
     1. Mary Ann Alkire,   b. Abt 1831, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. James Young Alkire,   b. 3 Feb 1832, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Margaret J. Alkire,   b. 17 Dec 1833, Sangamon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Caroline M. Alkire,   b. 24 Jan 1835, Sangamon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. William W. Alkire,   b. 16 Jul 1837, Sangamon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Daniel Dickson Alkire,   b. Abt 1841, Sangamon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Albert Harmonas Alkire,   b. Abt 1843, Sangamon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Priscilla E. Alkire,   b. Abt 1845, Sangamon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Martha "Mattie" E. Alkire,   b. Abt 1848, Sangamon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Leander "Lee" Alkire,   b. Abt 1854, Sangamon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1871, Sangamon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 17 years)
    Last Modified 16 Nov 2011 
    Family ID F11710  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1804 - Bourbon County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 31 Dec 1829 - Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S144] 1850 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census.), Illinois, Sangamon County Enumerated 16 Nov 1850 1770-1770 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1127] Genforum: Cantrall Family Genealogy Forum ; http://genforum.genealogy.com/cantrall/messages/17.html, (http://genforum.genealogy.com/cantrall/messages/17.html).