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NO.3 413 1/2 Main St., Box 151 Boonville, MO 65233 May 1989
OUR TRIP TO ENGLANDby Van and Eleanor Harlan
On May 28, 1988, we left Mem-phis, Tn. for Gatwiek Airport
justsouth of London. After a two hourwait at imigrations, we were
clearedand on our way to York, England.
The next day, we put our walk-ing shoes on and went downtown.On
our walk around the stone wall,built in 1300AD, and down throughthe
city, I could imagine all thehistory that had been made there.Many
of the buildings were builtthere between 1300 and 1700 AD.The York
Museum, The Tower, TheMinster, The Black Swan Restau-rant, and many
more. We foundYork Insignia, Ltd. in downtownYork and ordered our
entire familythe Harland Coat of Arms. Theyare hand painted and are
mountedon mahogany wood. We havemailed several pictures of them
tosome of the Harlans around thecountry, and will give anyone
apicture if they will write to us at5565 Forsyth Dr., Memphis,
Tn.38115.
We went by train to Sunder-land and Monkwearmouth. Thechurch is
almost finished and isbeautiful inside and out. They havea very
nice oak wood organ withchimes, bought in London. On theold
original bell tower is a glasswindow that the Bishop said wasput
there when the church wasbuilt, and it is a one-way see
throughglass. The round columns at theentrance, with crossed
seagull bills
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Harland Coat of Arms
Lane L. Harlan
"Lane Latimer Harlan, 68,Boonville, died Monday, Dec. 26,1988,
at the University of MissouriHospital and Clinics, Columbia.
He was born Nov. 3, 1920, inPilot Grove, son of George B.
andDale Latimer Harlan. On June 15,1946, in Boonville, he
marriedDorothy Ann Cochran, who sur-vives.
Mr. Harlan was a 1939 gradu-ate of Pilot Grove High School.
Hereceived a bachelor's degree in1942 from Westminster College anda
master's degree in political sci-ence from the University of
Penn-sylvania in 1943. He received a
juris doctorate in 1946 from theUniversity of Missouri School
ofLaw. He was in private practicefrom 1946 to 1988. At the time
ofhis death he was counsel to thefirm of Harlan, Harlan and Still.
Heserved as prosecuting attorney forCooper County from 1947 to
1954.He has also served as city attor-ney, Cooper County public
admin-istrator and was president of theCooper County Bar
Association.He was admitted to practice lawbefore the Missouri
Supreme Court,the United States District Court forthe Western
District of Missouri andtnelJnitedStates'Supreme Court.
He was an active member andelder of First Presbyterian
Church,Boonville. He was a member of theBoonslick Regional Library
Boardand was president of the CitizensBank, Pilot Grove, from 1952
to1988.
Other survivors include a son,Timothy C. Harlan, Columbia;
threedaughters, Linnet C. Harlan, Sara-toga, Calif.; Laurel C.
Harlan, Co-lumbia; Heather H. Bacus, Jackson-ville, III.; a
brother, Ridge L. Harlan,Hillsborough, Calif.; and six
grand-children." Reprinted from Newspa-per.
Lane was instrumental in es-tablishing our current family
organi-zation. He even gave the family theuse of his business
address as ourofficial address. His son Tim hasmade arrangements
for this tocontinue.
Those of us who were fortu-nate to meet Lane in New Castleknow
that he was a Harlan we areall proud to call one of our own.
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Reunion Schedule Needed From January, 1902 issue of"The Harlan
Record"
Louie Hale Harlan's date ofdeath was 12-28-58 not 12-28-54as
previously reported.
Correction
"BUSY AS A BEE INA TAR BUCKET"
My Dear Mr. Harlan:You will begin to think me not
only slow but unappreciative aswell, for your good letter of
con-gratulations came in due time, butas half of the effective
force in thepostoffice has been quarantined, ithas kept me "busy as
a bee in a tarbucket" from 7 a.m. until 7:30 p.m.with not a moment
for myself.Besides I waited for the confirma-tion of my appointment
by theSenate, which was done lastMonday, andl am waiting for
blankbond and necessary papers, andhope to be in command inside
often days.
When "Pap" Harlan came homefrom Washington it was with
theassurance that an appointmentwould be made in a few days,
but-as-time- p-assea--aAathe- othe r-tel--lows were "figuring" he
struck outagain, went to Washington a sec-ond time and had the
appointmentmade while he was there. It wouldhave been done shortly,
we sup-pose, but felt safer to have himurge my claim personally. He
lefthere one Thursday evening, andreturned the next Thursday
morn-ing feeling sprightly and jubilant.
I thank you sincerely for yourheartygoodwishes, and know
theycome from the depths of yourhonest, affectionate Harlan
heart.
Ida Blackburn,Savannah, Mo.
350.14
205.002,252,50
70.00
1,179.16
1,529.30
359.52
12,945.50
$11,406.20
$10,058.48
HARLAN TRICENTENNIALFUND
FINANCIAL REPORTMARCH 1, 1989
CASH IN SAVINGSACCOUNT 7/1/88
DISBURSEMENTS:
Genealogy Book - ShippingNewsletter Printing& Mailing
Total
CASH IN SAVINGSACCOUNT
INCOME:Contributions
Genealogy Book SalesVideo Tape SalesInterest Earned
(Savings Account)
Total
BY-LAWS NEEDED
The permanent association ofthe Harlan family has largely
beenheld together by a small group ofvolunteers operating without a
for-mal set of by-laws or process. Aswe are now approaching 2
yearsold it is time to consider a morestructured way to operate.
Our widegeographic distribution and the in-frequency of
communication arecomplicating factors.
If someone would be willing todevelop a set of by-laws for
thenational officers consideration, itwould be appreciated. Any
sug-gestions should be sent to yourRegional Representative, orto
me,W. Thomas Harlan, 7109 HanksPl., Springfield, VA 22153
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Family Archives
The official family records havebeen placed with the
ChesterCounty Historical Society, 225 NorthHigh Street, West
Chester, PA19380-2691. Future generations ofHarlans will be able to
trace theactivities of Celebration 300 andthe resulting family
association.
Documents on file include acopy of Alpheus' History and
Ge-nealogy of the Harlan Family, ma-terials from the reunion,
copies ofall newsletters, and burial recordsfrom Old Kennett
Cemetery.
Also on file is a copy of theAncestors of Albina Johnson
(Hoover) Lehr which includes in-formation on these family
namesamong the others: Gilpin, Harlan,Mendenhall, Sharples. Our
thanksto Stephen J. Kennedy of NeedhamHeights, MA for this
donation.
THE HARLANS AND THEDONNER TRAGEDY --
by William K. Harlan
The story of the Donner Party,trapped in the snow trying to
crossthe Sierras into California, is one ofthe abiding tragedies of
Americanhistory. What is less known is therole our forefathers
played in thisextraordinary event.
In 1845 George Harlan (852)left Niles, Michigan, and set out
forCalifornia inspired by a guidebookwritten by Lansford Hastings.
Hetook with him his wife, six children,a 90 year-old mother-in-law,
andassorted nieces and nephews. Oneof these, Jacob Wright
Harlan,(2984) wrote the only first-handaccount of the Harlans'
trek. In thespring of 1846 the Harlans joined500 other emigrants on
the Ore-gon Trail. While following the PlatteRiver across the
prairies, they metthe Donners, a prosperous family
from Illinois. Along the trail theyheard that Hastings himself
wouldmeet California-bound travelers atFort Bridger in southwestern
Wyo-ming to lead them personally overa new trail. Although this
shortcutwould save several hundred miles,the Harlans and Donners
wereamong the few parties to take upthe offer.
Hastings had not bothered toscout much of the new route
throughthe Wasatch Mountains of Utah.He was more interested in
attract-ing large numbers of emigrants toCalifornia, then still
part of Mexico.Apparently, he hoped to raise anarmy, overthrow the
weak local'authority, and create a new nationwith himself as the
ruler. His trailwas a disaster. A previous party,traveling without
wagons, sent backwarnings to those who followed,but Jim Bridger and
his partnerwere anxious to encourage trafficat their trading post
and did notdeliver the letter. The Harlans leftFort Bridger around
July 2.2 under.the direction of Hastings. TheDonners left about a
week laterfollowing the trail which Hastingswas creating.
Along the Weber River theHarlan Party of 66 wagons ran
intoalmost impossible conditions. Inthe narrow canyon, they had to
usethe river bed, lifting the wagonsover or around huge
boulders.Elsewhere, they built a primitiveroad through thick brush
and tim-ber. In one place, they had to as-cend an almost vertical
rock wallby ropes and windlasses. Finally,they faced the prospect
of buildinga causeway across the canyon.TheDonner Party, to avoid
these diffi-culties, sought an easier route whichHastings vaguely
suggested wouldlie further south. It would take theDonners another
15 days to reachthe Great Salt Lake, by which timethe Harlan Party
had pushed on.
The desert which now faced
the emigrants was a daunting ob-stacle. Despite Hastings'
assur-ances of an easy passage, it took
up to six days for all the wagonsand slow-moving oxen to
cross.Exhaustion and disease took theirtoll from both parties, and
somefamilies lost most of their stock. Bynow the Harlans were far
behindthe emigrants who had taken thelonger, safer route, but they
wereat least two weeks ahead of theDonners. The hostile Indians
alongthe Humboldt River of Nevada killedmore of the animals and
attackedstragglers. George sent Jacob onahead to buy animals and
suppliesfrom John Sutter in Sacramento.With the help Jacob brought
back,the Harlan Party was able to crossthe Sierras before the
snows, thelast wagon train to reach Californiathat year. The
Donners weresnowed in just below the summitand 35 died. The rest
were re-duced to cannibalism to survivebefore they could be rescued
byvarious relief parties.
Who was to blame for theDonners' disaster? Most observ-ers
believe that Hastings must beara. major responsibility
-'f6;:-e-ri-dan----gering the emigrants who trustedhim. Others
point to the Donners'failure to work effectively as a group.Jacob
Harlan felt they should havefollowed the Harlan route throughthe
Wasatch and helped build theroad. However, the Donners werenot
untypical of the often foolhardypeople who opened the new
land.Whatever the cause for the Don-
ners' tragedy, the Harlans verynearly suffered the same
fate.
Alice Harlan Remsberg sentus notice of the 250th Anniver-
sary Celebration (1738-1988) ofthe Little Falls Meeting of
Friendsheld on September 24-25, 1988.Copies of Little Falls Meeting
ofFriends: (1738-1988) by HunterC. Sutherland were available atthat
time for $8.00 plus $1.50.For more information write AliceRemsberg,
2130 Fallston Road,Fallston, MD 21047
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PAIR SHARES88 YEAR CAREER
their father, Victor, and the homeof his parents from 1879-1938.
It is~ocated one-half mile east of Har-lan Cemetery, a plot set
aside for a
Victoria and Ethel Harlan of
familyburyinggroundandaschoolCentral Indiana have an equally and
church combined, by Stephenshared total of 88 years in school
Harlan (8th generation) who mi-teaching. Each of the ladies spent
grated to Brown Township, Han-60 of the first 66 years of their
life in cock County, IN, in 1834.the classroom as pupil,"teacher or
Victoria (1905), Ethel (1909),both. Their education and careers and
their late brother, Georgesawa6-months' school year, town- Stephen
(1911), were born inship trustee control, teachers' writ- Jackson
Township, Hancocking for license, transportation shared County,
IN.by neighborhood families, and a . The Victor Harlan Family
movedschoolroom heated by a pot-bel- to a farm west of Wilkinson in
1912.lied stove. Early days included a The children attended
Brownschool with an outside toilet and Township school at
Wilkinson, andschoolyard pump, janitoring done each of the ladies
was valedicto-by the teacher, lunches carried in rian of her high
school class.lunch boxes or baskets, and the 3- During the sisters'
youth, Vic-R's curriculum. Gradually the school toria worked on the
farm with heryear grew to an 8-months' term. father. She followed
him doing theImprovements saw electric lights chores and soon
handled a teamand a furnace, a full-time janitor, of horses and
worked in the fields.and only 2 ele~entary cla~ses in a When the
first tractor was used onroom. ~ver time more. Improve- the Harlans
farm, Victoria learnedments Included a musl.c and a~ to handle it.
She c-OnUlluedtowQrk_
.. teaehec+abo-rat-ory eClulp,m:ent-;·+t~----with-her
fat-herthrough high school.~rary of books, t~achers license Ethel,
four years younger, workedIssued on cor:npletlon ?f colle~.e.re-
with her mother and became adeptquir~ments, Indoor toilet
facilltle~, at sewing, cooking, and house-run.nlng water, and
departl1}ental!- keeping. All their lives Victoria haszatlon of
s~co~,dary tea~hlng. FJ- been the outdoor lady and Ethelnally,
consolidation of multiple. town- has been the homemaker.ships'
sc~ools developed Into a Their parents were deeply in-system wlt.h
a school board, de- terested in education and took
spe-partmentallzed and team te~ch- cial interest in the children's
readi-ing, special ed~cation, counselling, ness for college. Very
few occupa-and computenzed sched~les and tions were open for young
ladies inreco:ds. Bus transp.ortatlon w~s the early 1920's, so both
girls trainedp,rovldegfor every child ~Iong w!th for the teaching
profession. Victo-~lnderga:rtens, n~n-teachlng adn:,n- ria was
graduated with an A.B.Istrators, master s degree reqUlr~- Degree
from Ball State University,ments for all ~eachers, a media Muncie,
IN, in 1927, with teachingcenter, extens.,ve sports program majors
in English, Latin, and So-for boys. and girls, a longer school cial
Studies. Ethel was graduatedyear with summer school--and from Ball
State in 1931, with teach-more: . ing majors in English, Latin,
and
Vlctona and Ethel are descen- Mathematics. In 1943, Ethel
re-~ants .of George Harlan and are ceiveda graduate degree in
Li-listed In the HARLAN GENEA~- brary Science from the
UniversityOGY, pp. 894-5, under their of Illinois. At Ball State,
both ladiesgreatgrandfather, ~oshua P. Har- worked in the college
cafeteria andIan (#5919), and hiS s.on, Stephen later in the
university library to helpJefferson Harlan. Thel~ farm home defray
their college expenses. Thesince 1938 was the birthplace of
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pay for on-campus workers was$.25 an hour then, raising to
$.35an hour by the time Ethel was gradu-ated in 1931.
Victoria's first teaching positionwas in Maxwell High School,
northof Greenfield, IN, where she taughtfor 13 years and Ethel
first taughtat Brown Township High School,Wilkinson.
Both ladies experienced teach-ing 7 or 8 classes a day;
havingstudy halls at times; directing plays,debating teams, and
public-speak-ing contestants; sponsoringclasses, school papers, and
year-books; and raising funds for andchaperoning class tours to
Wash-ington, D.C., New York City, andNiagara Falls.
Because of gasoline rationing,during World War II, Victoria
re-turned to a teaching position atWilkinson. In the meantime,
Ethelhad earned a graduate degree inLibrary Science, had served
asteacher-librarian at Greenwood,soutb __of lndianapoHs, and
wasCirculation Librarian at Ball StateUniversity. The death of
their fa-ther, and their brother's beingdrafted into the U.S. Army
createdproblems on the farm at home, soEthel returned to teaching
at Wilk-inson. The ladies and their motherlived on the family farm,
and bothladies were employed in the sameschool. Their mother died
in 1964.
Both teachers finished theircareers at Eastern Hancock.
Vic-toria retired in 1972; Ethel, in 1975.They look back with pride
on theirindividual 44-year-teaching record,knowing that they served
thecommunity, loved their work, wereinstrumental in helping to
developcountless good citizens, and gainedthe lasting respect of
their co-work-ers and the communities theyseNed.
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OUR BABY BOY
We've got the nicest baby, adimpled little tot.
And all the neighbors say heis the picture of his "pop".
A dainty little dovey, a toot-sey, wootsey lovey.
Lies snuggled up so sweetlybesides his dear mamma.
He makes our home so lively,you'd never know the place.
I'm sure you'll say you neversaw so sweet a little face.
We've named him Lee HarlanChase.
Our darling little baby whohas a pretty face.
His little mouth so dimpling,his eyes so bright and
twinkling
You never saw such chubbyfeet and little rosy toes.
He's just as fat as butter, theimage of his papa.
A cunning busy body withlittle turned up nose.
If grandma hears him crying,why it almost makes her wild.
And she goes into extacieswhen little baby smiles.
The neighbors say theynever, of all the babies ever
Saw one so bright and hand-some or such a beautiful child.
When baby has the colic, andcries for "paregoric,"
Or frets for me to take him upand trot him on my knee,
I toss him up and cacle andshake his little rattle,
Until he fairly screeches withmerriment and glee.
Now every proud youngcouple say "their baby beatsthem all"
They claim it is the healthiest,the handsomest and best.
Of course I'll not refute thembut "mine's the nicest baby
A mama e'r possessed."
Michael Allen Harlan
Come and see our baby, ourbouncing little boy.
We'll show him to you anytime you call.
I wish that ev'ry lady wouldcall and see our baby.
It's no use keeping shady,our baby beats them all.
The above appeared in Vol. I,No. I. of the Harlan Record,
De-cember, 1901 and marked theoccasion of the birth of LeeHarlan
Chase, the first grandsonof James M. Harlan, Publisher ofthe
Record. The editors of thecurrent issue of the HarlanRecord are
pleased to print thispoem again to honor the birth oftheir first
grandson, Michael AllenHarlan, born to Jeffrey and Hollyon October
10, 1988. Michael'sgenealogy is 3, 8, 37, 180, 676,2293, Newell,
William Thomas,William Thomas, Jeffrey Scott.
THE FIRST GENERATIONS
A sociological profile of theHarlan family during its first
fourgenerations has been compiled byDaniel Harlan, Sante Fe,
NewMexico, based on informationcontained inthe History and
Gene-alogy of the Harlan Family, byAlpheus H. Harlan, originally
printed,Baltimore, Md, 1914.
At the end of four generationsin America there had been 438 de-
..scendants of George and MichaelHarlan. These, plus the fifth
gen-eration children born to these 438,totaled just over 1,600.
During this time, which spanned197 years on American soil
andbased on the number reporting eachcharacteristic--
• 55 percent were male; 45percent were female
• The average number of chil-dren per family was 6.2--with
arange from 0 to 17
• 89 percent of those whosemarital status is known,were
mar-ried--11 percent of whom weremarried more than once (none
bydivorce)
• 76 percent were farmers, 8percent millers, with the
remainderscattered among 18 other occupa-tions
• 95 percent were members ofthe Society of Friends--of which
12percent were disowned during theirlives. The first significant
move-ment toward other religious bodiestook place during the fourth
gen-eration.
Copies of this profile and thecurrent profile reported on page
6of this newsletter are available uponrequest at no cost from John
R.Harlan, Secretary-Treasurer, Har-lan Celebration 300, 422
AumondRoad, August, GA 30909.
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GOVERNOR GEORGEHARLAN CHAPTER
NA TlONAL SOCIETY COLONIALDAMES XVII CENTURY
In January, 1983, the Missis-sippi officers of the Colonial
DamesXVII Century felt there was a needfora chapter in the
southwest areaof Mississippi and the writer felt itwas an
opportunity to honor herancestor, George Harlan. She wasappointed
by the President Gen-eral as Organizing Chapter Presi-dent to
organize a Chapter inNatchez. She comes through theHarlan line with
all male ancestorsto her grandmother, Mollie Ben-jamin Harlan who
married GeorgeHenry Goodwin.
The Colonial Dames of the XVIICentury is an organization of
Ameri-can women, descendants of per-sons who lived in any of the
BritishColonies in America before 1701and has among the objects of
thesociety: 1. To aid in the preserva-tion of .the records of the
historicsites of our country; 2 To fosterinterest in historical
colonial re-search; 3. To aid in the educationof the youth of our
country; 4. Tomaintain those high principles ofvirtue, courage, and
patriotismwhich led to the independence,foundation and
establishment ofthe United States of America; 5. Tomaintain a
library of Heraldry andpreserve the Coats of Arms of ourArmorial
ancestors; 6. To developa library specializing in the seven-teenth
century American colonialdata.
The organizing meeting of theChapter was held April 15,
1983,with seventeen members. Thenames of three Ancestors
werepresented for the name of theChapter and Governor GeorgeHarlan
was selected as the firstchoice. The other ancestors nomi-nated
were John Doane of Mary-land and Landgrave Thomas Smithof South
Carolina. The names weresubmitted to the National Organiz-ing
Secretary who approved the
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name of Governor George Harlanfor the new chapter in
Natchez,MS.
Five of the forty-nine members,Mrs. Clement C. Lumsden, Jr.,
Mrs.James D. Erven, Mrs. C. BernardGibson, Mrs. William G.
Sheffield,III, and Mrs. Douglas M. Weisen-berg, are descendants of
Gover-nor George Harlan, Colony of Dela-ware.
The legacy from GovernorGeorge Harlan to his heirs quali-fies
them for membership in nu-merous patriotic organizations:Hereditary
Order of The Descen-dants of Colonial Governors; Na-tional Society
Sons and Daughtersof the Pilgrims; National SocietyColonial Dames
of America; Na-tional Society of Daughters ofAmerican Colonists;
National So-ciety Colonial Daughters of the XVIICentury; Colonial
Order of theAcorn; National Society Daughtersof Colonial Wars; and
NationalSociety Sons of the American Colo-nists.
Juanita Goodwin Lumsden(Mrs. C.C.)
HARLAN SOCIOLOGICALPROFILE
A demographic profile of Har-lans in America after three
hundred
years has been compiled by KoorosM. Mahmoudi in cooperation
withthe Social Research Laboratory,College of Social and
BehavioralSciences, Northern Arizona Uni-versity, Flagstaff,
Arizona. Thisstudy is based on 205 question-aires which were
completed byhouseholds heads of the HarlanFamily who attended the
Tricen-tennial celebration in New CastleDelaware, August
14-16,1987. Anumber of conclusions from thestudy were derived as
follows:
1. Concomitant with the gen-eral U.S. occupational trends,
themajority of descendents of Georgeand Michael Harlan are
presentlyengaged in professional, service,and clerical types of
employment.
2. The Harlans demonstrateabove average incomes, consis-tent
with their occupational stat-uses.
3. The Harlan family has placeda high premium on
education;especially on higher education.
4. High educational attainment.ideals are apparently passed on
tothe next generation of Harlans asthe offspring of those in our
surveydemonstrate.
5. Harlans are a mobile people,similar to their fellow country
people.Even our sample shows that amajority of the states in the
Unionare home to the members of thisearly American family.
6. Harlan family patterns ofmarriage is a mirror image of
na-tional statistics, with 75% marriedin our survey.
7. The Harlans in our surveyhave slightly larger families
thanour national norms, but not signifi-cantly so.
8. In co ntrast to the two Qu akerbrothers who originally
establishedthemselves here in America, theirdescendants are mostly
Method-ists, Presbyterians, Protestants,Baptists and Episcopalian
(in thatorder).
In sum, the profile of a highlyeducated, professional,
geographi-cally diverse, and economically welloff Harlan family is
the essence ofour survey results.
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Wynelle Persons Harlanby her students
May 25, 1949 may never go downin the annals of history, but
WynellePersons Harlan of Clarinda, Iowarem~mbers it well. "That's
the nightI took my first china painting les-son," she reflects; "My
teacher wasGolda Hunt of Coin, Iowa, who wasa protege of the 'Old
Master' Au-Iich."
Wynelle was born in Cleburne,Texasand over the years has
livedmostly in Texas and Iowa, marryingLee Harlan of southwest Iowa
in1929.
Wynelle is a member of manyprofessional organizations.
Theyinclude: International World Organi-zation of China Painters,
ChinaPainters of Texas, InternationalPorcelain Artists Association,
IowaPorcelain Artists Association, TheNishna Valley Dolls and the
Friendsand Neighbors Painters of PageCounty.
Wynelle's specialty has to beher roses. They are painted
withsuch a light touch and are so trans-lucent, they "bloom" on the
china.Her method of teaching begins withlearning brush strokes on
five basicflowers; wild rose, violet, pansy, daisyand poppy. All
others can then be
learned from the basic strokes.Wynelle has a theory that
"any-
one can do anything if they stick toit long enough." "You know,"
shesays, "people say they can't dothings, well, that's just not
true.You just have to do it over andover, look at your mistakes
andkeep reaching for perfection." "Theysay perfection is sublime,"
shecontinues, "but if I ever did any-thing perfect, I wouldn't know
whatto do. How could I improve on it?"
This lady who is mother to twodaughters and grandmother to
sixand great-grandmother to four hasbrought to and shared with
south-west Iowa her perfection, her loveof beauty and her
outstanding tal-ent. Her students want to recog-nize Wynelle and
say "thank you"for "brightening our little corner ofthe world."
Reprinted from TheChina Decorator, June 88.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
and marble tile near the altar arepart of the original church.
Outsidewe saw an old watering troughhewn out of stone. On the
westwall in the auditorium, the Bishopcalled our attention to the
Wash-ington family Coat of Arms. It isalmost the same as our good
oldUSA flag. Now we know where ourflag colors and stripes came
from,and that the Washingtons went tochurch with James Harland's
fam-ily. Also, we know that is whyGeorge's and Michael's families
allwere in the Brandywine Valley withGeorge Washington during
theRevolutionary War. The familieswere very close. The Bishop
saidthey wanted to thank the Harlansof America for the donation
andthat it was a big help in the rebuild-ing of the church.
Another day we caught the busup to Sutton Hall and Sutton
HallChurch, about eight miles north ofYork. We had a very good
visitthere, and met Mrs. Sheffield whonow owns Sutton Hall. She is
avery loving and charming lady. Shesaid her husband had died just
five
years ago. She said her flowergardens out back of the
mansionkept her busy most of the time,when she does not have a
tourgroup coming by for a visit. Thegardens are so beautiful. We
sawthe Sutton Hall Church, just acrossthe road from the mansion,
that AI-pheus Hibben Harlan wrote aboutin his Harlan History and
Geneol-ogy. We also found the marblepieces with all the Harland
nameson the wall just like he describedthem in the book. We took a
lot ofphotos of the church and plan toput them in an album
soon.
We hired a tour guide namedDial-a-Cab out of Pickering to
driveus up through the North York Moors,formerly Harlands Moors,
and onceowned by James Harland, father ofour George and Michael
Harlan.We went about six miles north on asmall paved road and the
drivercome to the first crossroad, andturned to the east and
stopped.We had stopped by a sheep farmon the side of a hill, where
thedriver told the story about Quakerfamilies with women and
childrenbeing killed and buried there in onecommon grave. This
brought tearsto our eyes and we can never for-get it. He said there
were a lot ofpheasant, quail, and grouse upthere in the brush. We
saw wherethe movie "All Creatures Great andSmall" had been filmed,
and soonarrived in the little town of Rosedale.The driver said that
all the old stonebuildings were being torn down tobuild condos and
apartments. Hesaid someone had found a stonewith the name Harland
on it. As wewent back to Pickering, we found aman named Mr. Bernard
Harland,who with his son Jeff Harlandoperates a large Exxon
servicecenter and garage. We had a shortvisit with them and met his
wife
Mary, son Jeff, and ntt/e grandsonJim. His address is: Bernard
Har-land, Outgang Rd. Pickering, NorthYorkshire, England Y018 7EL,
ifanyone would like to write to him.
THE HARLAN RECORD 7
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Would like to correspond with any-one having info. on Isaac
Pyle, m. ElizHarlan #277, pg. 129. Need wife of Har-mon Pyle,
(their son.) Harmon Pyle had atleast one Child, Abigail Pyle, m.
EdwardAlbert Scarborough Virginia HarlanWilliams, 5485 EI Capitan
Way, Las Vegas,NV.89129
I would like to correspond with any-one researching #220i George
Harlan. DebraForman, 320 S. Belmont, Saginaw, TX76179
Donna J. Kinard Pierson, 12623KingsTide, Houston, TX 77024....is
de-scended from George, Aaron I, Aaron II,Aaron III, Isaiah, Silas,
Laura Jane Har-lan/Lavell Butler Kinard, Charles LavellKinard/Essie
Eunice Kelly, Donna JaneKinard/Edwin Gray Pierson. She reportsa
Thomas Pierson had married into the
HARLAN CELEBRA TION 300413 1/2 Main St., Box 151Boonville, MO
65233
Harlan family, according lothe book, andis interested in
obtaining information onthis line.
Dane W. Harlan, Co!. USAF (Ret.),16403 Ledge Point, San Antonio,
TX78232 ....Col. Harlan is unable to makeanyconnection through the
book. He reportshis great grandfather, William, was born30 April
1827 in Golopolis, Ohio; his grand-father, Eurastus Jerome, was
born 9 Jan1853 in Leesburg, Ind. and his father, ChasWilliam, was
born 3 Aug 1875 in Le-esburg. Can anyone help him find his linein
the book?
Barbara Harrison, P.O. Box 54881,Oklahoma City, OK 73118 reports
shealso has Greggs and Gilpins in her line.She has an Apple lIe
computer but doesn'thave a good genealogical program.
She'dappreciate contact with someone withexperience along this
line.
Dolly McCormack (Mrs. Ken) reportsthat her great great
grandmother is No.1950(p.201). Sheis the "no further record".Anyone
interested in tracking this line maywrite to her at 590 Dogwood
Lane, Water-loo, Ontario, Canada N2L4X9.
I would like to locate descendents ofElihu Harlan (737) who is
descended from
George through Aaron (8)and James (199).I have a very fine
photograph of Elihu'swife, Anna Gist, with her children.
Thephotograph appears to have been takenabout 1900. The "children"
appear to bevery old, and Anna seems very, very old. IfI knew the
date of Anna Gist's death, itcould be dated more exactly. In any
event,I will be happy to share this photographwith any interested
relatives. I also have anexcellent photograph of Elihu's son
John,taken in 1901. Elizabeth Harlan Sly, 18Ravine Drive, Woodcliff
Lake, N.J. 07675
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