West Virginia Pioneers
Spencer Harpold
1815 - 1897 (81 years)-
Name Spencer Harpold Born 24 Aug 1815 Meigs County, Ohio, USA [1] Gender Male Died 14 Feb 1897 [1] Buried Meigs County, Ohio, USA Notes
Family Data Collection - Individual Records
Name: Spencer Harpold
Spouse: Sarah Jones
Parents: Adam Harpold, Dorothy Roush
Birth Place: Meigs, Letart Twp, OH
Birth Date: 24 Aug 1815
Death Date: 14 Feb 1897
Spencer A. Harpold
Birth: Aug. 24, 1815
Death: Feb. 14, 1897
Family links:
Spouse:
Sarah Jones Harpold (1815 - 1896)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Plants Cemetery
Plants
Meigs County
Ohio, USA
Created by: Judy Erickson
Record added: Jan 26, 2002
Find A Grave Memorial# 6127051
Person ID I107205 WVPioneers Last Modified 12 Nov 2014
Father Adam Harpold, b. 9 Oct 1790, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA , d. 24 Oct 1869, Meigs County, Ohio, USA (Age 79 years) Mother Dorothy Roush, b. 24 May 1794, Virginia, USA , d. 15 Dec 1865 (Age 71 years) Married 23 Jan 1812 Gallia County, Ohio, USA [2] 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.
Family ID F27244 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sarah Jones, b. 1815, West Virginia, USA , d. 1896 (Age 81 years) Married Bef 1840 Notes
1840 Letart, Meigs, OH
1m 0-5
1m 20-30
1f 0-5
1f 20-30
1850 Letart, Meigs, OH
Spencer Harpold 35 OH
Sarah 35 VA
Henry 12 OH
Perline 11 OH
Joshua 9 OH
Vinton 7 OH
Theodore 5 OH
Adam 3 OH
Jerome 11/12 OH
1860 Letart, Meigs, OH
S Harpole 45 OH
Sarah 45 VA
Caroline 22 OH
Joshua 20 OH
Vinton 18 OH
Henry 24 OH
Theodore 14 OH
Adam 11 OH
Jerome 9 OH
Aurilla 7 OH
Martha 4 OH
1870 Letart, Meigs, OH
Harpold, Spencer 55 OH
Sarah 55 WV
Adam 23 OH
Jerome 19 OH
Aurilla 17 OH
Martha A 13 OH
Dawson, Edward 9 OH
1880 Letart, Meigs, OH
Harpold, Spencer 64 OH WV E VA
Sarah 64 WV Vermont Penn
Dawson, Edward 17 servant OH OH OH
Condee, Eva L 8 gd OH OH OH
Children 1. Henry Harpold, b. CA 1838, Ohio, USA , d. Yes, date unknown 2. Perline Harpold, b. CA 1839, Ohio, USA , d. Yes, date unknown 3. Joshua Harpold, b. CA 1841, Ohio, USA , d. Yes, date unknown 4. Vinton Harpold, b. CA 1843, Ohio, USA , d. Yes, date unknown 5. Theodore Harpold, b. CA 1845, Ohio, USA , d. Yes, date unknown 6. Adam Harpold, b. CA 1847, Ohio, USA , d. Yes, date unknown 7. Jerome Harpold, b. 1849, Ohio, USA , d. Yes, date unknown 8. Aurilla Harpold, b. CA 1853, Ohio, USA , d. Yes, date unknown 9. Martha A Harpold, b. CA 1856, Ohio, USA , d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F27248 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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