Mrs. Polly Ann Harmon, one of Garvin county's first white settlers, died at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Knox Garrison, at 10 p. m. Wednesday. She was in her 96th year.
Mrs. Harmon was one of the county's few residents who remembered the Civil war. A native of Greene county, Indiana, she was born on March 5, 1842, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Young Guthery. Her mother died when she was 10 years old.
In her early life she lived in Missouri and Indiana and in 1864 she moved to Texas, and the following year was married to John Harmon at Paris, Texas. He died in 1893.
Mr. and Mrs. Harmon came to Indian Territory and settled near what now is Pauls Valley in 1874, and she had lived in this vicinity since. She professed faith in Christ at Whitebead in 1883 and had lived a devout life since that time.
Funeral Services for the county pioneer will be held at the Whitebead cemetery at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon with Rev. Fred J. Cox, pastor of the Trinity Baptist church here, officiating. Burial will be under the direction of the Stufflebean Funeral home.
The surviors include two grandchildren, Mrs.(Knox) Garrison and Mrs. Birdie Branski of Oklahoma City, nine great grandchildren and four great, great grandchildren.
Mrs. Harmon was one of the county's few residents who remembered the Civil war. A native of Greene county, Indiana, she was born on March 5, 1842, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Young Guthery. Her mother died when she was 10 years old.
In her early life she lived in Missouri and Indiana and in 1864 she moved to Texas, and the following year was married to John Harmon at Paris, Texas. He died in 1893.
Mr. and Mrs. Harmon came to Indian Territory and settled near what now is Pauls Valley in 1874, and she had lived in this vicinity since. She professed faith in Christ at Whitebead in 1883 and had lived a devout life since that time.
Funeral Services for the county pioneer will be held at the Whitebead cemetery at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon with Rev. Fred J. Cox, pastor of the Trinity Baptist church here, officiating. Burial will be under the direction of the Stufflebean Funeral home.
The surviors include two grandchildren, Mrs.(Knox) Garrison and Mrs. Birdie Branski of Oklahoma City, nine great grandchildren and four great, great grandchildren.
Mrs. Polly Ann Harmon, one of Garvin county's first white settlers, died at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Knox Garrison, at 10 p. m. Wednesday. She was in her 96th year.
Mrs. Harmon was one of the county's few residents who remembered the Civil war. A native of Greene county, Indiana, she was born on March 5, 1842, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Young Guthery. Her mother died when she was 10 years old.
In her early life she lived in Missouri and Indiana and in 1864 she moved to Texas, and the following year was married to John Harmon at Paris, Texas. He died in 1893.
Mr. and Mrs. Harmon came to Indian Territory and settled near what now is Pauls Valley in 1874, and she had lived in this vicinity since. She professed faith in Christ at Whitebead in 1883 and had lived a devout life since that time.
Funeral Services for the county pioneer will be held at the Whitebead cemetery at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon with Rev. Fred J. Cox, pastor of the Trinity Baptist church here, officiating. Burial will be under the direction of the Stufflebean Funeral home.
The surviors include two grandchildren, Mrs.(Knox) Garrison and Mrs. Birdie Branski of Oklahoma City, nine great grandchildren and four great, great grandchildren.
Mrs. Harmon was one of the county's few residents who remembered the Civil war. A native of Greene county, Indiana, she was born on March 5, 1842, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Young Guthery. Her mother died when she was 10 years old.
In her early life she lived in Missouri and Indiana and in 1864 she moved to Texas, and the following year was married to John Harmon at Paris, Texas. He died in 1893.
Mr. and Mrs. Harmon came to Indian Territory and settled near what now is Pauls Valley in 1874, and she had lived in this vicinity since. She professed faith in Christ at Whitebead in 1883 and had lived a devout life since that time.
Funeral Services for the county pioneer will be held at the Whitebead cemetery at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon with Rev. Fred J. Cox, pastor of the Trinity Baptist church here, officiating. Burial will be under the direction of the Stufflebean Funeral home.
The surviors include two grandchildren, Mrs.(Knox) Garrison and Mrs. Birdie Branski of Oklahoma City, nine great grandchildren and four great, great grandchildren.
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