Joseph William HARMAN

Male 1885 - 1948  (62 years)


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  • Name Joseph William HARMAN  [1, 2
    Birth 24 Oct 1885  New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Living with parents in Magnolia, Wetzel County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 1910  Living with parents in New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Occupation 1910  [4
    Merchant Store 
    Census 1920  Living in Magnolia, Wetzel County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Occupation 1920  [5
    Merchant 
    Census 1930  Living in New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Occupation 1930  [6
    Manager - Sand Company 
    Death 1948  [1
    Burial Williams Cemetery, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Information from Mariana L Zuelsdorf:
      From written notes by Jay Harman, son of Francis Harman (September 1997)
      Bill Harman, who would have been my great uncle (I think), liked to play penny-ante poker in the basement of the Elks Club in Parkersburg. One day he was in the middle of a game, had a heart attack, and fell over dead. After they took him away in the ambulance, the guys he was playing cards with turned over his hand--and he had aces and eights! Known as a "Dead Man's Hand".
      My dad told me this story of one of our relatives that lived in New Martinsville, I think he would have been my great-great uncle. Anyway, he had a reputation around town as a carouser and one Saturday night, the local police arrested him for disorderly conduct and hauled him down to the Police Station where he was booked and allowed to make his one phone call. He called his cousin..........in Alaska!
    Person ID I27371  Main Tree
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2022 

    Father Joseph Samuel HARMAN,   b. 07 Oct 1843, Belmont Co., Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Jul 1910, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Mary BAUDER,   b. 31 Dec 1853, Biel, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 06 Jun 1926, New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 26 Nov 1871  Pleasant Valley, Fayette Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 7
    Family ID F11390  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edna Louise HEADLEE,   b. 01 Mar 1893, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jun 1980, Pelham, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Children 
     1. Mary E. HARMAN
    Family ID F11598  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Living in Magnolia, Wetzel County, West Virginia Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S00030] "Descendants of John Harman" by Mariana L. Zuelsdorf.

    2. [S13031] James Earles, The HARMAN Ancestors of Permelia HARMAN.

    3. [S00892] 1900 Census Magnolia, Wetzel County, West Virginia.

    4. [S01120] 1910 Census New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia.

    5. [S01300] 1920 Census Magnolia, Wetzel County, West Virginia.

    6. [S01555] 1930 Census New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia.

    7. [S00014] "Descendants of Andreas Getz" by Marianna L. Zuelsdorf.