Luther Harmon

The Harmon Genealogy Comprising All Branches in New England By: Artemas C. Harmon - 1920

Luther, b. in Bennington, 1770, m. Betsy French, (b. in Nova Scotia, 1776), in Bennington, 1792. They had 4 ch. He d. in Westfield, N. Y., May, 1856, aged 85 yrs. She d. in Westfield, N. Y., May 2, 1862, aged 85.

CHILDREN OF LUTHER and BETSY (French) HARMON: (Simeon, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John)

Eliza, b. in Bennington, Vt., 1792 (?), m. Jonas Litch, (b. in N. H., 1786), in Bennington, 1817. Thev had 1 ch. She d. in Pomfret, N. Y., Aug., 1875, aged 8—. He d. in Pomfret, Feb., 1877.

Philura, b. in Bennington, 1798, m. William Roberts, (b. in Bennington, May, 1793), in Bennington, Mar. 9, 1815. They had 9 ch. She d. in Pomfret, N. Y., June 11, 1835, aged 36 yrs. He m. Susannah Towser. She d. in Park, Mich., Apr. 7, 1847. He d. in Park, Mich., May 29, 1853, aged 60 yrs.

Luther Dewey, b. in Bennington, Apr. 3, 1800, m. Deborah Fellows, (b. in Stillwater, N. Y., Feb. 18, 1810), in Pomfret, N. Y., Feb., 1832. Thev had 5 ch. He d. in Westfield, N. Y., July 20, 1860, aged 60 yrs., 3 mos., 17 days. She d. in Shermen, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1893, aged 83 yrs., 9 mos., 19 days.

Joseph, b. in Bennington, Dec., 1806, m. Zilpha Warren, (b. in Henrietta, N. Y., Aug. 28, 1815), in Springfield, Pa., June 1, 1837. They had 8 ch. He was a mason. He d. in Kankakee, I1l., Nov. 16, 1849, aged 42 yrs., 11 days. She lives in Anamosa, Iowa, 1883.

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From: Index of Chautauqua County, NY From its First Settlement to the Present Time

By: Andrew W. Young - 1875

Luther Harmon settled, first, in Pomfret, in 1817, on lot 53, on what was afterwards known as Harmon Hill, whence he removed, about 1835, to Westfield, on the hill, where his son Luther D. had previously settled. Both are deceased. Luther D. had 5 children : Luther, who married Sophrona Rexford, and has a son ; and resides in Pomfret ; Eliza, who resides with her mother ; Martin, who married Mariam Fellows, and lives on the homestead;Drusilla, wife of Piatt S. Osborne, at Oil City, Pa. ; Caroline, wife of J. Martin Fay, now residing at Fulton, ILL.