Harmon EARL

  General Notes:

Source Citation: 1830 U S Census: Peru, Delaware, Ohio, Page: 100; NARA Roll: M19-130; Family History Film: 0337941.


Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: Peru, Delaware, Ohio; Roll: 391; Page: 193; Image: 930; Family History Library Film: 0020163.


Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Peru, Morrow, Ohio; Roll M432_716; Page: 61A; Image: 493.

Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Peru, Morrow, Ohio; Roll: M653_1017; Page: 60; Image: 124; Family History Library Film: 805017.

Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Almont, Lapeer, Michigan; Roll: M593_684; Page: 16B; Image: 36; Family History Library Film: 552183.

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Lamotte, Sanilac, Michigan; Roll: 605; Family History Film: 1254605; Page: 119D; Enumeration District: 335; Image: 0241.


WEST LIBERTY.
The town of West Liberty was laid out about the year 1837, On land owned by John Julian. It was platted by County Surveyor Eaton, near the west bank of Alum creek, on the Worthington and New Haven road, near the southern boundary of Peru township. It was given the name of West Liberty. The first and only settler for some time was Jesse Stanton, and on account of this the town was often nick-named Stantontown. Jesse Stanton was a soldier under General Harrison in the war of 1812.
Although the village was named West Liberty, it is still locally known as Stantontown, honoring its first settler. At present it has a school house, a church and about fifty inhabitants. It formerly had a post office, but is now on, the Rural Free Delivery.
Peter Fox kept the first grocery. Thomas Stewart was the first cooper. Miller Davis was the first shoemaker and Elijah Freeman the first merchant.
The first school house in the village was built in 1839, and the first teacher was Amos Potter. In 1873 a fine brick school house was built on the site of the old one, and furnished with the latest improved patent desks.
In 1843 a religious society named Christians was formed. Some of the prominent members were Harmon Earl and wife, Miss Adeline Randolph, Walter F. Pearson, Samuel Linscott and wife, and William Linscott. The first ministers were Aaron Groves, John McInturf, William H. Ashley and Perry G. Watson. Meetings were held at private houses until 1847, when the society, numbering about forty, built a frame meeting house in the village.
West Liberty is four miles south of South Woodbury, and situated on an elevation of sufficient height to command a fine view of the surrounding country. The first physicians of the place were Drs. Hull and Jenkins.

Harmon married Orpha MEEKER on 5 Mar 1829. (Orpha MEEKER was born in 1809 in Connecticut, USA and died on 15 Feb 1887 in Lamotte, Sanilac, Michigan.)