Tallis Harshbarger, son of George Harshbarger and Ollie Croushorn Harshbarger (both formerly of Augusta County area, VA); husband of Pearl Dubuisson Harshbarger; two brothers who died before him - William Wirt Harshbarger of Vancleave & Russell R. Harshbarger of Portland, Oregon; two daughters Peggy (Mrs. Chet) Arnold of Biloxi and Shirley (Mrs. Kenneth) Carver of Bessemer, Alabama; and one brother living at the time of his death, Clement Croushorn Harshbarger of Pass Christian (he lived to be 100 and is now deceased - MHr)
Three grandsons as of 1992: Matthew Todd Jernigan of NY, Chuck Carver of Pass Christian and Scott Carver of Bessemer, and one great-granddaughter Samantha Jernigan of Biloxi. Born in Plentywood, Montana. His parents moved to MT from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia where they were born. Later,they moved to Pass Christian, MS, in August 1934.
Ollie Croushorn Harshbarger, his mother, was a daughter of William Frederick Croushorn and Mary Catharine Switzer Croushorn of Augusta County, Mt. Sidney, Virginia - they are buried in the Salem Lutheran Cemetery at Mt. Sidney with many other Croushorns. Her siblings were: John (who died in a hunting accident at age 19); my grandfather James Wm. Croushorn; Charles D Croushorn (no children); Fanny or Fannie (has descendants); and Mary (has descendants).
Tallis Harshbarger was a World War II veteran, having served in the Army.
He and my late mother, Evalena Croushorn Heflin, played together as children when Ollie Croushorn Harshbarger returned to VA to visit relatives. She often stayed with my grandfather, her brother, James Wm. Croushorn. My mother and Tallis corresponded over the years and Tallis's widow stayed in touch until my mother died in late 1993.
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Siblings:
1. William Wirt Harshbarger (called Wirt) #39752984
2. Russell Randolph Harshbarger (have not found his grave)
3. Clememt Croushorn Harshbarger #65343442
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Croushorn grandparents: (my great-grandparents)
William Frederick Croushorn of Mt. Sidney, VA (Augusta County)b.1840 Augusta County, VA; Civil War veteran
Mary Catharine Switzer Croushorn
Buried at Salem Lutheran Cemetery, Mt. Sidney, VA
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Croushorn great-grandparents: (my gr-gr-grandparents)
Nicholas Croushorn b. 1814 prob in Pendleton County, then VA, now West VA.
Mary Ann Redner Croushorn
Buried at Salem Lutheran Cemetery, Mt. Sidney, VA
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Croushorn great-great-grandparents: (my gr-gr-gr-grandparents):
Jakob Kraushaar of Germany who came to America after the Revolution via the Port of Philadelphia; later changed name to:
Jacob Croushorn....became a US citizen about 1790; Jacob was in the Pendleton County, VA, (now W. Va) militia; he had a farm or "plantation" there and also later had one in Rockingham County near Ottobine. Croushorn descendants live there today.
Elizabeth Bauss was his wife whom he married in Penn.
He died about 1827 or 1828 in a gunpowder explosion, research showed. Some of their children stayed in Augusta County area and Rockingham County area and others moved to other states, esp. Indiana and Illinois.
Three grandsons as of 1992: Matthew Todd Jernigan of NY, Chuck Carver of Pass Christian and Scott Carver of Bessemer, and one great-granddaughter Samantha Jernigan of Biloxi. Born in Plentywood, Montana. His parents moved to MT from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia where they were born. Later,they moved to Pass Christian, MS, in August 1934.
Ollie Croushorn Harshbarger, his mother, was a daughter of William Frederick Croushorn and Mary Catharine Switzer Croushorn of Augusta County, Mt. Sidney, Virginia - they are buried in the Salem Lutheran Cemetery at Mt. Sidney with many other Croushorns. Her siblings were: John (who died in a hunting accident at age 19); my grandfather James Wm. Croushorn; Charles D Croushorn (no children); Fanny or Fannie (has descendants); and Mary (has descendants).
Tallis Harshbarger was a World War II veteran, having served in the Army.
He and my late mother, Evalena Croushorn Heflin, played together as children when Ollie Croushorn Harshbarger returned to VA to visit relatives. She often stayed with my grandfather, her brother, James Wm. Croushorn. My mother and Tallis corresponded over the years and Tallis's widow stayed in touch until my mother died in late 1993.
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Siblings:
1. William Wirt Harshbarger (called Wirt) #39752984
2. Russell Randolph Harshbarger (have not found his grave)
3. Clememt Croushorn Harshbarger #65343442
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Croushorn grandparents: (my great-grandparents)
William Frederick Croushorn of Mt. Sidney, VA (Augusta County)b.1840 Augusta County, VA; Civil War veteran
Mary Catharine Switzer Croushorn
Buried at Salem Lutheran Cemetery, Mt. Sidney, VA
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Croushorn great-grandparents: (my gr-gr-grandparents)
Nicholas Croushorn b. 1814 prob in Pendleton County, then VA, now West VA.
Mary Ann Redner Croushorn
Buried at Salem Lutheran Cemetery, Mt. Sidney, VA
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Croushorn great-great-grandparents: (my gr-gr-gr-grandparents):
Jakob Kraushaar of Germany who came to America after the Revolution via the Port of Philadelphia; later changed name to:
Jacob Croushorn....became a US citizen about 1790; Jacob was in the Pendleton County, VA, (now W. Va) militia; he had a farm or "plantation" there and also later had one in Rockingham County near Ottobine. Croushorn descendants live there today.
Elizabeth Bauss was his wife whom he married in Penn.
He died about 1827 or 1828 in a gunpowder explosion, research showed. Some of their children stayed in Augusta County area and Rockingham County area and others moved to other states, esp. Indiana and Illinois.
Tallis Harshbarger, son of George Harshbarger and Ollie Croushorn Harshbarger (both formerly of Augusta County area, VA); husband of Pearl Dubuisson Harshbarger; two brothers who died before him - William Wirt Harshbarger of Vancleave & Russell R. Harshbarger of Portland, Oregon; two daughters Peggy (Mrs. Chet) Arnold of Biloxi and Shirley (Mrs. Kenneth) Carver of Bessemer, Alabama; and one brother living at the time of his death, Clement Croushorn Harshbarger of Pass Christian (he lived to be 100 and is now deceased - MHr)
Three grandsons as of 1992: Matthew Todd Jernigan of NY, Chuck Carver of Pass Christian and Scott Carver of Bessemer, and one great-granddaughter Samantha Jernigan of Biloxi. Born in Plentywood, Montana. His parents moved to MT from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia where they were born. Later,they moved to Pass Christian, MS, in August 1934.
Ollie Croushorn Harshbarger, his mother, was a daughter of William Frederick Croushorn and Mary Catharine Switzer Croushorn of Augusta County, Mt. Sidney, Virginia - they are buried in the Salem Lutheran Cemetery at Mt. Sidney with many other Croushorns. Her siblings were: John (who died in a hunting accident at age 19); my grandfather James Wm. Croushorn; Charles D Croushorn (no children); Fanny or Fannie (has descendants); and Mary (has descendants).
Tallis Harshbarger was a World War II veteran, having served in the Army.
He and my late mother, Evalena Croushorn Heflin, played together as children when Ollie Croushorn Harshbarger returned to VA to visit relatives. She often stayed with my grandfather, her brother, James Wm. Croushorn. My mother and Tallis corresponded over the years and Tallis's widow stayed in touch until my mother died in late 1993.
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Siblings:
1. William Wirt Harshbarger (called Wirt) #39752984
2. Russell Randolph Harshbarger (have not found his grave)
3. Clememt Croushorn Harshbarger #65343442
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Croushorn grandparents: (my great-grandparents)
William Frederick Croushorn of Mt. Sidney, VA (Augusta County)b.1840 Augusta County, VA; Civil War veteran
Mary Catharine Switzer Croushorn
Buried at Salem Lutheran Cemetery, Mt. Sidney, VA
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Croushorn great-grandparents: (my gr-gr-grandparents)
Nicholas Croushorn b. 1814 prob in Pendleton County, then VA, now West VA.
Mary Ann Redner Croushorn
Buried at Salem Lutheran Cemetery, Mt. Sidney, VA
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Croushorn great-great-grandparents: (my gr-gr-gr-grandparents):
Jakob Kraushaar of Germany who came to America after the Revolution via the Port of Philadelphia; later changed name to:
Jacob Croushorn....became a US citizen about 1790; Jacob was in the Pendleton County, VA, (now W. Va) militia; he had a farm or "plantation" there and also later had one in Rockingham County near Ottobine. Croushorn descendants live there today.
Elizabeth Bauss was his wife whom he married in Penn.
He died about 1827 or 1828 in a gunpowder explosion, research showed. Some of their children stayed in Augusta County area and Rockingham County area and others moved to other states, esp. Indiana and Illinois.
Three grandsons as of 1992: Matthew Todd Jernigan of NY, Chuck Carver of Pass Christian and Scott Carver of Bessemer, and one great-granddaughter Samantha Jernigan of Biloxi. Born in Plentywood, Montana. His parents moved to MT from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia where they were born. Later,they moved to Pass Christian, MS, in August 1934.
Ollie Croushorn Harshbarger, his mother, was a daughter of William Frederick Croushorn and Mary Catharine Switzer Croushorn of Augusta County, Mt. Sidney, Virginia - they are buried in the Salem Lutheran Cemetery at Mt. Sidney with many other Croushorns. Her siblings were: John (who died in a hunting accident at age 19); my grandfather James Wm. Croushorn; Charles D Croushorn (no children); Fanny or Fannie (has descendants); and Mary (has descendants).
Tallis Harshbarger was a World War II veteran, having served in the Army.
He and my late mother, Evalena Croushorn Heflin, played together as children when Ollie Croushorn Harshbarger returned to VA to visit relatives. She often stayed with my grandfather, her brother, James Wm. Croushorn. My mother and Tallis corresponded over the years and Tallis's widow stayed in touch until my mother died in late 1993.
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Siblings:
1. William Wirt Harshbarger (called Wirt) #39752984
2. Russell Randolph Harshbarger (have not found his grave)
3. Clememt Croushorn Harshbarger #65343442
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Croushorn grandparents: (my great-grandparents)
William Frederick Croushorn of Mt. Sidney, VA (Augusta County)b.1840 Augusta County, VA; Civil War veteran
Mary Catharine Switzer Croushorn
Buried at Salem Lutheran Cemetery, Mt. Sidney, VA
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Croushorn great-grandparents: (my gr-gr-grandparents)
Nicholas Croushorn b. 1814 prob in Pendleton County, then VA, now West VA.
Mary Ann Redner Croushorn
Buried at Salem Lutheran Cemetery, Mt. Sidney, VA
---------
Croushorn great-great-grandparents: (my gr-gr-gr-grandparents):
Jakob Kraushaar of Germany who came to America after the Revolution via the Port of Philadelphia; later changed name to:
Jacob Croushorn....became a US citizen about 1790; Jacob was in the Pendleton County, VA, (now W. Va) militia; he had a farm or "plantation" there and also later had one in Rockingham County near Ottobine. Croushorn descendants live there today.
Elizabeth Bauss was his wife whom he married in Penn.
He died about 1827 or 1828 in a gunpowder explosion, research showed. Some of their children stayed in Augusta County area and Rockingham County area and others moved to other states, esp. Indiana and Illinois.
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