| Family |
Adam Harpold, b. 9 Oct 1790, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA  , d. 24 Oct 1869, Meigs County, Ohio, USA (Age 79 years) |
| Married |
23 Jan 1812 |
Gallia County, Ohio, USA [3] |
| 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.
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| Children |
| | 1. Christenia Harpold, b. 20 Aug 1813, Meigs County, Ohio, USA , d. 28 Dec 1892, West Virginia, USA (Age 79 years) |
| | 2. Spencer Harpold, b. 24 Aug 1815, Meigs County, Ohio, USA , d. 14 Feb 1897 (Age 81 years) |
| | 3. Henry Harpold, b. 10 Jan 1817, d. 17 Aug 1869 (Age 52 years) |
| | 4. Peter Harpold, b. 29 Dec 1819, d. 18 Dec 1905 (Age 85 years) |
| | 5. Philip Harpold, b. 15 Jan 1822, Meigs County, Ohio, USA , d. 2 Dec 1891, Christian County, Illinois, USA (Age 69 years) |
| | 6. Mary Virginia Harpold, b. 29 Nov 1823, d. 22 Mar 1912 (Age 88 years) |
| | 7. William Harpold, b. 9 Jan 1825, Ohio, USA , d. 15 Oct 1869, Mason County, West Virginia, USA (Age 44 years) |
| | 8. John Harpold, b. CA 1836, Ohio, USA , d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 9. Lydia Harpold, b. 1837, Ohio, USA , d. Dec 1879, Mason County, West Virginia, USA (Age 42 years) |
| | 10. Barbara Ann Harpold, b. Abt 1841, Ohio, USA , d. Bef 1900 (Age ~ 58 years) |
| | 11. Theodore Harpold, b. 1846, d. 1919 (Age 73 years) |
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| Family ID |
F27244 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
West Virginia Pioneers
1794 - 1865 (71 years)
