James Harlan

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• History / Bio: 1850; Biographical Directory of the American Congress (Washington D. C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1950)., p1268

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HARLAN, James, statesman, was born in Clark county, Ill., Aug. 26, 1820; son of Silas and Mary (Conley) Harlan. The Conleys came from Maryland and the Harlans from Pennsylvania, both emigrating to Warren county, Ohio, and there Silas and Mary were married, removed to Clark county, Ill., and settled on a farm. In 1824 they removed to the forests of Indiana, where they cleared a farm and made a new home. In May, 1841, James received his freedom and a gift of $100 from his father. He entered Indiana Asbury university, Greencastle, Ind., and was graduated with the highest honors in 1845, receiving his A.M. degree in 1848. He paid his way through college by farm work and teaching a district school. He was married in 1845 to Ann Eliza Peck, and in 1846 they went to Iowa City, where he had received the appointment as principal of the Iowa City college. In 1847 he was elected on the Whig ticket as state superintendent [p.88] of public schools, and in 1848 was admitted to the bar. He stumped the state for Gen. Zachary Taylor in 1848; and declined the nomination of his party for state senator in 1849, and for governor of the state in 1850. He was the first president of Iowa Wesleyan university and also filled the chair of mental and moral sciences, 1853-55. He was U.S. senator, 1855-65, and resigned his seat during the special session of the senate, May 13, 1865, to take his seat in the cabinet of President Johnson as secretary of the interior, having been nominated by President Lincoln in March, 1865. He was again elected to the senate in 1866 and resigned from the cabinet, March 4, 1867, to take his seat for a third senatorial term. He was a candidate for a fourth term, but was defeated by W. B. Allison. At the close of his term, March 3, 1873, he retired to his home at Mount Pleasant, Iowa. He was presiding judge of the court of commissioners of Alabama claims, 1882-85. His fame as an orator and debater was second only to Webster and Sumner, and in the reply to the latter in the Santo Domingo question his speech attracted wide attention as an example of convincing oratory. He was for a time editor of the Washington Chronicle. He received the degree of LL.D. from Indiana Asbury (Depauw) university in 1858. Senator Harlan's mother died in 1896 in Park county, Ind., aged one hundred years and five months. He died in Mr. Pleasant, Iowa, Oct. 5, 1899. [Source: The 20th Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Vol.5, p.87]

HARLAN, JAMES, journalist, lawyer, college president, congressman, United States senator, was born Aug. 25, 1820, in Clarke county, Ill. He was superintendent of public instruction for Iowa in 1847; and was president of the Iowa Wesleyan university in 1853. He was elected a senator in congress from Iowa in 1855; and was re-elected to the senate for the term ending in 1867. In 1865 he resigned his seat in the senate and entered upon his duties as secretary of the interior. In 1866 he was again re-elected to the senate for the term commencing in 1867 and ending in 1873. In 1869 he was appointed president of the Iowa university, and after leaving the senate in 1873 became proprietor and editor of the Washington Chronicle. [Source: Ancestry Reference Library, Ancestry Incorporated, Orem, Utah. 1998 edition, a collection of genealogical reference works reproduced on CD, Thomas William Herringshaw, Encyclopedia of American Biography, p.449]

Harlan, James (1820-1899) was a United States senator from Iowa fro 1855 to 1865. He first ran as a member of the Free Soil Party and later as a Republican. He became secretary of the interior in 1865 but resigned in 1866 because he opposed President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction policies. He reentered the Senate in 1867 and voted to convict Johnson in an impeachment trial. Harlan served in the Senate until 1873. Born in Clark County, Illinois, he graduated from Indiana Asbury University (now DePauw University) in 1845. He was president of Iowa Wesleyan College from 1853 to 1855 and from 1869 to 1870. A statue of Harlan represents Iowa in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D. D. [Source: "World Book 2001", H-vol.9, pg. 61. Chicago: World Book Encyclopedia 2001]

History / Bio:

HARLAN, James, a Senator from Iowa; born in Clark County, Ill., August 26, 1820; when four years of age moved with his family to Indiana; attended the rural schools and assisted his father until 1841, when he entered college; was graduated from Indiana Asbury (now De Pauw) University, Greencastle, Ind., in 1845; moved to Iowa City, Iowa, in 1845; superintendent of public instruction in 1847; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1848 and commenced practice in Iowa City; declined the Whig nomination for Governor of Iowa in 1850; president of Iowa Wesleyan University, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, 1853-1855; presented credentials as a Whig Senator-elect to the United States Senate and took his seat December 31, 1855; owing to irregularities in the legislative proceedings the Senate declared the seat vacant on January 12, 1857; reelected as a Republican in 1857 to fill the vacancy thus created; reelected in 1861 and served from January 29, 1857, until May 15, 1865, when he resigned to accept a Cabinet portfolio; Secretary of the Interior in the Cabinet of President Andrew Johnson from May 15, 1865, until July 27, 1866, when he resigned; again elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1867, to March 3, 1873; delegate to the peace convention held in Washington, D.C., in 1861, in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war; delegate to the Philadelphia Loyalist Convention in 1866; presiding judge of the court of commissioners of Alabama claims 1882-1885; died in Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa, on October 5, 1899; interment in Forest Home Cemetery.

James married Ann Eliza Peck on 9 Nov 1845 in Putnam County, Indiana, United States. Ann was born in 1824 in Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky, United States; died on 4 Sep 1884 in Fort Monroe, Hampton City, Virginia, United States; was buried in Sep 1884 in Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Eunice Harlan was born on 25 Sep 1846 in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, United States; died on 31 Mar 1937 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States; was buried in Apr 1937 in Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, United States.

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• Name: Silas Sharp

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Silas was adopted by his grandfather, and took the name of Silas Harlan.

Silas married Mary E. Conley on 20 Jan 1818 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. Mary was born on 20 Mar 1796 in Maryland, United States; died on 15 Jul 1896 in Parke County, Indiana, United States; was buried in Jul 1896 in Parke County, Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth Harlan. Elizabeth (daughter of George Harlan and Margery Baker) was born on 4 Oct 1771 in Chatham County, North Carolina, British Colonial America; died before 1821 in Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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August 4, 1783 - Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Frederick County, Virginia, pg. 398, Elizabeth Harlan, received on certificate from Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, Orange County, North Carolina, dated March 2, 1782.

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• Name: George Harland
• Religion: Society of Friends (Quaker)
• Will: 10 Jan 1819, Warren County, Ohio, United States
• Probate: 7 Aug 1821, Warren County, Ohio, United States

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This George added the d on the end of Harland as his great-great grandfather's name was spelled this way. George was a farmer and in 1766 he took his wife and two children and moved from Kennett Twp. Chester County, Pennsylvania to Chatham County, North Carolina, six more children were born here. In 1783 they moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania. In 1805 they moved to Hamilton, Ohio.

In 1766 George Harlan, his wife and two children, removed from Kennet Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania and settled in Chatham County, North Carolina where the other children were born; and from there, in 1783 removed to and settled in Fayette County, Pennsylvania and in 1805 moved into Hamilton, (now in) Warren County, Ohio.

June 12, 1766 - Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, North Carolina, George Harlan produced a Certificate from Pennsylvania.

August 4, 1783 - Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Frederick County, Virginia, pg. 398, George Harland and wife and children, Joshua, Aaron, George, Elizabeth, Sarah and Samuel, received on certificate from Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, Orange County, North Carolina, dated March 2, 1782.

March 1, 1805 - Redstone Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania, pg. 91, George Harlan and wife Margery and children Aaron, Samuel and Moses, granted certificate to Miami Monthly, removed about 1793.

July 11, 1805 - Miami Monthly Meeting, Warren County, Ohio, pg. 66, George Harlan and wife Margery and children, Aaron, Samuel and Moses, received on certificate from Redstone Monthly Meeting, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, dated March 1, 1805.

This George added the d on the end of Harland as his great-great grandfather's name was spelled this way. George was a farmer and in 1766 he took his wife and two children and moved from Kennett Twp. Chester County, Pennsylvania to Chatham County, North Carolina, six more children were born here. In 1783 they moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania. In 1805 they moved to Hamilton, Ohio.

Will
dated January 10, 1819,
proven August 7, 1821, Probate Court, Warren County, Ohio

Be it remembered that I George Harlan of Warren County and State of Ohio considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound mind and perfect memory, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following (that is to say)
First I give to my beloved wife Margery Harlan one equal third part of all my estate both real and personal during her natural life. Secondly to my youngest son Moses Harlan I give and bequeath all my estate both real and personal of which I may die seized out of the proceeds of which he is to pay first all my just debts which are but few and none of magnitude and secondly the legacies herein after mentioned to my son Joshua Harlan the sum of ninety dollars, to my son Aaron Harlan ninety dollars, to my son George Harlan ninety dollars, to my son Samuel Harlan ninety dollars, to my son-inlaw Richard Lackey ninety dollars, to my grandson Silas Harlan (the heir of Elizabeth Sharp) ninety dollars all which legacies are to be paid as soon after my decease as circumstances will admit and finally I appoint my son George Harlan the sole Executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the tenth day of January eighteen hundred and nineteen.
George Harlan (seal)

Signed sealed and published by the above named George Harlan to be his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses to the same.
Jacob Harlan
Jacob L. Jennings
Seneca Ball

George married Margery Baker on 21 Apr 1762 in New Castle County, Delaware, British Colonial America. Margery (daughter of Joshua Baker and Mary Hill) was born on 6 Apr 1743 in Christiana Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, British Colonial America; died on 14 Feb 1821 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Feb 1821 in Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: Society of Friends (Quaker)

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July 12, 1766 - Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, North Carolina
Margery Harlan produced a certificate with her husband from Kennet monthly meeting in Pennsylvania which was read and accepted.

August 4, 1783 - Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Frederick County, Virginia, pg. 398
Margery Harlan, received on certificate from Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, Orange County, North Carolina, dated March 2, 1782.

March 1, 1805 - Redstone Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania, pg. 91.
Margery Harlan, granted certificate to Miami Monthly, removed about 1793.

July 11, 1805 - Miami Monthly Meeting, Warren County, Ohio, pg. 66
Margery Harlan, received on certificate from Redstone Monthly Meeting, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, dated March 1, 1805.