Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882. Cass County.

MOSES HARBISON, farmer; P.O. Chandlerville. The father of 
our subject was Adam B. Harbison; he was born in Virginia, 
on the 10th of April, 1797, and was taken to Kentucky by his 
parents, when a small boy; he was married in Kentucky, and 
emigrated to Cass County, Illinois, in December, 1839, 
where he engaged in farming, to the time of his death, 
which occurred Aug. 31, 1841. The mother of our subject was 
Hannah Rhea; born in Barren County, Ky., on the 16th of May, 
1808, and dying on the 25th of Nov. 1834. She was the mother 
of three children, of whom Moses Harbison is the only 
living child. He was born in Metcalf County, Ky., on the 3rd 
of Sept. 1831. His early life was spent at hard work; after 
the death of his father, he made his home with John Dick 
and Marcus Trobridge; at the age of fifteen he commenced 
work for himself as a farm hand. In Cass County, Jan. 7, 
1858, he married Miss Mary A. Davis; she was born in Cass 
County, Aug. 10, 1839, and died Jan. 17, 1863. In 1864, on 
the 13th of March, he married Miss Lydia F. Mason, who has 
borne him nine children: Sarah V., Charles C., Mary C., 
James A., Robert F., Estella F., Alice, Martha E., and 
Emma. He is now the owner of 376 acres of land, and is 
considered one of the substantial, enterprising citizens of 
Cass County.

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VA Barren-KY Metcalf-KY