Some of the Descendants of
MARTIN and MAGDALENA HARNISH
of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Fifth Generation

JOHN5 HARNISH (Abraham4, Michael3, John Jacob3, Martin1) was born at Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on 26 September 1827 a son of Abraham Harnish and his wife Elizabeth Huber. He died at Lancaster County on 19 April 1875. He married on 1856 ELIZABETH K. SCHOPF. She was born at Pennsylvania on 9 October 1831, a daughter of Henry Schopf and his wife Elizabeth Kauffman Kauffman. She died at Lancaster County on 15 August 1893.[1]

According to the Harnish Friendschaft, John Harnish the son of Abraham and Elizabeth was born on 23 August 1815 and married on 5 September 1829 Maria Herr, who was born on 25 April 1819 and died on 15 December 1893.[2] A card in the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society [LMHS] cardfile gives the same birth date.[3] This is in error. According to the Genealogical Record of Rev. Hans Herr, the Maria Herr with the above dates married a John Harnish with the above birth date, who was the son of David Harnish and Elizabeth Snavely.[4] Furthermore, according to the 1850 Census, the John Harnish living in the household of Abraham Harnish was 20 years old, or born about 1829-30. [5] The John Harnish in the 1860 Census, living in the township indicated by Abraham's will, was 32 years old, or born about 1827-8

The card in the LMHS cardfile for John Harnish follows:[6]

HARNISH, JOHN Sept 26, 1827-Apr 19, 1875
married Sept. 26, 1875 Elizabeth Schopf Oct 9, 1831-Aug 13 [15] 1893 dau. Henry Schopf-Elizabeth K. Kauffman
1. Jacob S. 1857-Mar 27, 1919 m. Anna M. Shaubaugh Jan 17, 1861-mar 31, 1919
2. Amos S. Oct 20[30] 1863-Mar 30, 1876
3. Elizabeth m. Christian Brackbill
---Kaufman Gen., p. 107
---Willow Street Menn. Cem.
---MRJ XIII, p. 48

John Harnish farmed on land on Hans Herr Road, West Lampeter Township, which he received from his father's will. The land remained in the family over a hundred years, until sold by Wenger and Maud (Harnish) Ranck. The 1860 Census reporterd John's family there, John owning no real estate.[7] In 1870, after his father's death, John had real estate valued at $13,285. The 1870 Census reported the family as follows:[8]

Line Name Age Sex Race Occupation R.E. P.E. Birth
17. Harnish, John 42 M W farmer $13,285 $3,512 PA
18. Harnish, Elizabeth 39 F W keeping house PA
19. Harnish, Jacob 12 M W at home PA
20. Harnish, Elizabeth 9 F W at home PA
21. Harnish, Amos 6 M W at home PA

John Harnish died in 1875 at the age of forty-seven. Amos, his son, died the following year, at the age of twelve. Widow Elizabeth Harnish continued on the farm with her two remaining children, reported in the 1880 Census: Elizabeth, 49, keeping house, Jacob, 22, son, farmer, Lizzie, 14, daughter, at home, plus a servant and two laborers.[9]

John Harnish and his wife Elizabeth Schopf had the following children:

  1. JACOB S.6 HARNISH b. at West Lampeter Township on 15 August 1857.
  2. ELIZABETH6 HARNISH b. at Pennsylvania on 19 July 1860; d. on 23 June 1895; m. on 1881 CHRISTIAN BRACKBILL, b. at Lancaster County on 2 May 1858, d. there on 28 September 1910.[10] Elizabeth and Christian had the following children:
    1. Pearl Elizabeth Brackbill b. at Strasburg, Lancaster County, on 22 September 1884, d. at Lancaster, Lancaster County, on 9 June 1952.[11]
    2. Chester Harnish Brackbill b. on 1 January 1887, d. on February 1968; m. Alma Louise Heubach b. on 18 March 1891; d. on 1987.[12]
    3. Hugh Carl Brackbill b. at Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, on 8 January 1891, d. at Paradise Township, Lancaster County, on 16 October 1944.[13]
    4. Laura Edna Brackbill b. on 23 August 1893, d. on 25 November 1897.[14]
  3. AMOS S.6 HARNISH b. at Lancaster County on 30 October 1863; d. there on 30 March 1876.[15]

NOTES

1Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, "Genealogical Card File," digital images of cards, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 21 October 2019), Harnish, John.
2W. E. Francis, The Harnish Friendschaft: 1729-1926 (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: privately published, 1955), 40.
3LMHS, "Genealogical Card File," Harnish, Abraham.
4Theodore W. Herr, Genealogical Record of Rev. Hans Herr and His Direct Lineal Descendants (Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: T. W. Herr, 1990), 83.
5Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, Conestoga, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, roll 787, p. 294B, household 628, Abraham Harnish family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 11 February 2018); NARA Microfilm Publication M432; Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
6LMHS, "Genealogical Card File," Harnish, John.
7Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, West Lampeter, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, roll 1121, p. 829, household 272, John Harnish family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 13 February 2018); NARA microfilm publication M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
8Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, West Lampeter, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, roll 1359, p. 512B, household 81, John Harnish family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 15 February 2018); NARA microfilm publication M593, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
9Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, West Lampeter, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 144, roll 1142, p. 474A, household 120, Elizabeth Harnish family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 20 February 2018); NARA microfilm publication T9; Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
10LMHS, "Genealogical Card File," Brackbill, Christian E..
11Pennsylvania Department of Health, Death Certificates, 1906–1967, certificate 52639, Pearl E. Brackbill, 1952; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 13 November 2019); Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11, Series 11.90. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
12Laurel Hill Memorial Gardens, Pagedale, St. Louis County, Missouri, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : database 13 November 2019), Chester Harnish Brackbill; Created by: Kathie. Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 13 November 2019), Chester Brackbill, 497-05-2487.
13Pennsylvania Department of Health, Death Certificates, 1906–1967, certificate 89522, Hugh Brackbill, 1944.
14LMHS, "Genealogical Card File," digital images of cards, Ancestry, Brackbill, Christian E.
15LMHS, "Genealogical Card File," Harnish, John.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Francis, W. E. The Harnish Friendschaft: 1729-1926. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: privately published, 1955.

Herr, Theodore W. Genealogical Record of Rev. Hans Herr and His Direct Lineal Descendants. Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: T. W. Herr, 1990.

Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. "Genealogical Card File." Digital images of cards. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2019.

Laurel Hill Memorial Gardens, Pagedale, St. Louis County, Missouri. Find a Grave. Digital images. findagrave.com : 2019.

Pennsylvania Department of Health. Death Certificates, 1906–1967. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2019.

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