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Charles HARSHBARGER

Charles HARSHBARGER

Male 1884 - 1915  (~ 31 years)

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  • Name Charles HARSHBARGER 
    Born May 1884  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Military U.S. Navy 
    • Local news item, West Union Record, Friday, Nov 23, 1900, in its entirety:
      "Charles Harshbarger and Ed. Dilworth, of this place, have gone to join the U.S. naval service."
    Census 1900  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation engineer on B & O Railroad (Ohio River Division)  [2, 3] 
    Occupation 1910  [4] 
    fireman at B & O Railroad 
    Died 18 Nov 1915  Brush, Morgan Co, CO Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Cause: tuberculosis 
    • Although the local undertaker filed a death record for him in Doddridge County, Charles Harshbarger's obituary states that he "died at the Ebenezer Sanitarium at Bush Colorado, Thursday, Nov. 18, 1915, aged 31 years." Correcting for typographical errors, the location of his death was more accurately Eben Ezer Sanitorium in Brush, Colorado. His middle initial appears to be A in the 1900 Census, and is also A in his obituary. But it's L in another version of his obituary, in the 1910 Census, and in his death record.
      www.ebenezer-cares.org/index.php?s=14552&item=13012
    Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I98480  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 Apr 2022 

    Father Rankin HARSHBARGER,   b. 2 Jul 1858, Pendleton Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1896, Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Mother Mary A. KING,   b. CA 1858, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 1918, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Family ID F17561  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    2. [S14] Obituary.

    3. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    4. [S2106] 1910 Census, Wood County, WV.

    5. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 65 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5044690&Type=Death.

    6. [S1897] West Union Record.
      News items, Thursday, Dec 2 1915, in its entirety:
      STEPS TO OLD CEMETERY ARE MUCH NEEDED
      "It was quite apparent at the funeral of Charles Harshbarger last Sunday afternoon that new steps are much needed from the street up to the old cemetery. It would not cost so very much to place nice cement steps up the bank to this cemetery. It was almost impossible to get up the bank Sunday, and it was also dangerous to attempt to climb the rotten old steps."