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Family: Adam Harpold / Dorothy Roush (F27244)

• Father | Male Adam Harpold

  
  

  Born	9 Oct 1790	Harrison County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	24 Oct 1869	Meigs County, Ohio, USA
  Buried		Meigs County, Ohio, USA
  Married	23 Jan 1812  [1]	Gallia County, Ohio, USA  [1]
  Father	Adam Harpold | F1945 Group Sheet
  Mother	Margaret Dunkle | F1945 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Dorothy Roush

  
  

  Born	24 May 1794	Virginia, USA
  Died	15 Dec 1865
  Buried		Meigs County, Ohio, USA
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Christenia Harpold

  
  

  Born	20 Aug 1813	Meigs County, Ohio, USA
  Died	28 Dec 1892	West Virginia, USA
  Buried		Mason County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Spencer Harpold

  
  

  Born	24 Aug 1815	Meigs County, Ohio, USA
  Died	14 Feb 1897
  Buried		Meigs County, Ohio, USA
  Spouse	Sarah Jones | F27248
  Married	Bef 1840

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Henry Harpold

  
  

  Born	10 Jan 1817
  Died	17 Aug 1869
  Buried		Meigs County, Ohio, USA

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Peter Harpold

  
  

  Born	29 Dec 1819
  Died	18 Dec 1905
  Buried		Meigs County, Ohio, USA

  
  

  Child 5 | Male Philip Harpold

  
  

  Born	15 Jan 1822	Meigs County, Ohio, USA
  Died	2 Dec 1891	Christian County, Illinois, USA
  Buried

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Mary Virginia Harpold

  
  

  Born	29 Nov 1823
  Died	22 Mar 1912
  Buried		Meigs County, Ohio, USA

  
  

  Child 7 | Male William Harpold

  
  

  Born	9 Jan 1825	Ohio, USA
  Died	15 Oct 1869	Mason County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried		Meigs County, Ohio, USA
  Spouse	Susan Bibbee | F27251
  Married	15 Jan 1846	Meigs County, Ohio, USA

  
  

  Child 8 | Male John Harpold

  
  

  Born	CA 1836	Ohio, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Samantha Norris | F27245
  Married	6 May 1858	Meigs County, Ohio, USA

  
  

  Child 9 | Female Lydia Harpold

  
  

  Born	1837	Ohio, USA
  Died	Dec 1879	Mason County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried		Meigs County, Ohio, USA
  Spouse	Bradford Roush | F27246
  Married	13 Aug 1856	Meigs County, Ohio, USA
  Spouse	Lieut Joseph Pounds | F27247
  Married	10 Sep 1870	Mason County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 10 | Female Barbara Ann Harpold

  
  

  Born	Abt 1841	Ohio, USA
  Died	Bef 1900
  Buried
  Spouse	William Henry R McDade | F5092
  Married	6 May 1858	Meigs County, Ohio, USA

  
  

  Child 11 | Male Theodore Harpold

  
  

  Born	1846
  Died	1919
  Buried		Meigs County, Ohio, USA

  
  

• Notes

  Gallia Co, OH, Marriage Record Adam Harpole to Dolly Roush 1/23/1912 1820 Letart, Meigs, OH Aam Harpole 3m 0-10 [Henry 1817, Peter 1818, Spencer 1815] 1m 26-45 2f 0-10 [Christenia 1813] 1f 26-45 1830 Sutton, Meigs, OH Adam Harpole 1m 0-5 [Phillip 1822] 1m 5-10 [William 1825] 3m 10-15 1m 30-40 2f 0-5 [Mary Virginia 1823] 1f 5-9 1f 10-15 1f 30-40 1840 Letart, Meigs, OH Adam Harpold 1m 0-5 [John] 2m 5-10 1m 10-15 1m 15-20 1m 20-30 1m 40-50 f 0-5 [Lydia] 1f 5-10 2f 10-15 1f 15-20 1f 40-50 1850 Letart, Meigs, OH Adam Harpold 59 VA Dorothy 56 VA John 14 OH Lydia 13 OH Barbara Ann 9 OH 1860 Letart, Meigs, OH # 1735-1688 Adam Harpole 69 VA Dorothy 66 VA Margaret Hester 7 OH Pioneer Histor of Meigs County (Ohio) page 157 Adam Harpold was born October 9, 1790, and came to Letart, O., in 1812, where he married Dorothy Roush in August, 1812. They settled on a farm, and Mr. Harpold conducted a store, the first one for dry goods and groceries in Letart township. After the county of Meigs was organized and Courts of Common Pleas were held in the meeting-house in Salisbury township - in the July term of 1819, among the jurors impaneled is the name of Adam Harpold. He was prominent in township offices and a patron of education, strictly honest in business transactions, and maintained the respect and confidence of the community. Mrs. Harpold was a woman of strong character of wonderful physical power and vitality. They had a family of sixteen children, and all save one child, who was drowned at seven years - seven sons and eight daughters - grew up and married, each making a new home of thrift and industry. The sons were mostly farmers and have been identified with the material prosperity of Meigs county for more than sixty years. Henry Harpold, Spencer Harpold, Peter Harpold, Philip Harpold, William Harpold, George B. Harpold, John Harpold. The daughters, Mes. Pickens, widow, later Mrs. Wolf; Mrs William Hester, widow, Mrs. Jacob Baker; Mrs. Michael Bentz, nee Polly Harpold; Mrs Eben sayre, Mrs. Augustus Justice, Mrs. Hezekiah Quillen, Mrs Bradford Roush, Mrs Barbara Ann McDade. The greater number of the Harpold sons and daughter had large families, so that the descedant in the third and fourth generations were notably numerous. Mr Adam Harpold died in October, 1869, and his wife, Mrs Dorothy Harpold, died in December, 1865, having lived in their Letart home for more than fifty years.

  
  

• Sources

  [S61] Marriage Records, Gallia Co, OH.