Dickinson Co., KS AHGP-Portrait and
Biographical Album of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and
Marion Counties-John B. Harshman
Portrait and Biographical
Album of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and Marion
Counties
Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1893
JOHN B. HARSHMAN, who is engaged in
general farming on section 26, Garfield
Township, has been a resident of Dickinson
County only since about 1885, but in the
period that has since elapsed he has become widely
and favorably known. He claims Ohio as the
State of his nativity, his birth having occurred in
Preble County on the 1st of May, 1857. His parents,
Daniel W. and Mary Jane (Curry) Harshman,
were also natives of the same county, where they
spent their childhood days and were married.
They became the parents of seven children, of whom
John B. was the third in order of birth. The
mother died on the 9th of September, 1876. The
father survived her some years and passed away
March 26, 1883.
A glance backward at the boyhood of our subject
shows him a farmer lad, who in the winter
season conned his lessons in the common schools,
while in the summer he aided in the cultivation of
the home farm. He was early inured to such work,
and the occupation to which he was reared he has
since followed. He continued to make his home
in the Buckeye State until the spring of 1885.
That year witnessed his removal to Kansas, and
saw him located in Garfield Township, Dickinson
County, where he has since resided. He now owns
an interest in an arable tract of land of three hundred
and twenty acres, which is located on section
26.
Since coming to this county, Mr. Harshman has
taken quite a prominent part in public affairs, and
for three years filled the office of Township Clerk
with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of
his constituents. He is quite prominent in religious
work, and is a Presbyterian in belief, having
united with that people in 1874. He has served
as Elder of his church, has given liberally to its
support, and done much for its upbuilding. He is
a popular man, who wins friends wherever he goes
and easily gains the confidence and good-will of
those with whom he has been brought in contact,
for his life his been well and worthily spent and
such a character soon gains for its possessor high
esteem.
(c) 2009 Sheryl McClure for
Dickinson County KS AHGP