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| Jacob Harness moved from Virginia to Bourbon County, Kentucky while he was a young man, according to Ernest Bracken's La Porte County, Indiana Scrapbook which is the source of most of the material in this file concerning Jacob and his family. The name of Jacob's first wife is unknown, but he had a son by that marriage. His name is unknown. . Around 1804 Jacob, still in Kentucky, married his second wife, Christina Smith. The 1810 Bourbon County, Kentucky census shows Jacob with a wife, 2 sons under the age of 10 and a daughter under the age of 10. The second son listed is believed to be Jacob's son by his first marriage. Jacob served as a Captain in the Kentucky militia during the War of 1812, according to the Illinois veteran file. By the 1820 Bourbon County, Kentucky census he had two more children, 2 daughters under the age of 10. All of the children were born in Kentucky. After his father Peter's death in 1825 Jacob and his family moved onto his father's farm in Jefferson township in Fayette County, Ohio. The 1830 Fayette County census shows Jacob and his wife in the household, with one son between 15-20, 2 daughters between 10-16 and 1 daughter between 15-20. Jacob's son by his first wife apparently was no longer living with his father's family by then. About 1834 Jacob and his family moved to McLean County, Illinois where their son Isaac (Ike) had already settled near Pontiac. They found the land near Pontiac very poor for farming so they all moved to Lexington township on the Mackinaw river in what later became known as Harness Grove. Jacob died intestate, in April, 1840 leaving an estate of less than $1,000. He was buried in Indian Field Cemetery, Lexington township, McLean County, Illinois. His wife Christina, died in September,1851 and she was buried beside her husband. | ||||||||||
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