JOHN A. HARNESS:
(1)
son of
Born: 25 March 1801 KY
Died: 07 July 1857 Mt. Sterling, Van Buren Co., IA
Buried: Harness Cemetery Mt. Sterling, IA
Married: circa 1828 KY
AMANDA A. SPEIS
daughter of
Born:
Died:
Burial:
CHILDREN OF JOHN and AMANDA:
1. Mary Jane Harness + David Beeler
2. Ellen Harness + Ames Field
3. Harriet Harness + Andy Cole
b. circa 1836 OH
4. Samuel J. Harness
b. circa 1839 OH
d. circa 1915 Carthage, IL.
5. Sophronia Harness + Horace Pulse
b. circa 1845
6. Sarah Amanda Harness + Harrison Fields
7. Margaret Harness
b. April 1850
d. 1856
8. Frances Emma Harness + George Foreman
SOURCES:
1840 Green Twp., Brown Co., OH Federal Census
Enumeration date: none noted
Page: 211, line
1850 Ft. Madison Twp., Lee Co., IA Federal Census
Enumeration date: 9 October 1850 Page: 359, line
34
Dwelling - Family 1055 - 1055
1860 Harrison Twp., Lee Co., IA Federal Census
Enumeration date: 28 June 1860 Page: 292, line 34
Dwelling - Family 429 - 413
Martha Huntley and her infant are living in the home
1870 Paris, Monroe Co., MO
Federal Census
Enumeration date: 5 August 1870 Page: 605A , line 13
Dwelling – Family 147 – 147
Amanda Harness is living in the household of her son-in-law and
daughter Orris Pelsue and Sophronia Pelsue.
Seeking information on this family. If you are a Harness or Speis researcher and can provide the names of the parents of
John A. Harness and Amanda A. Speis or any other additional family history on this line please contact me at the link below.
Did Amanda Speis Harness have a Bible that has been passed down?
Updated 2 January 2008
Contact Virginia L. Aldridge
