Judy, The John D. HARKEY who died young, and suddenly, appears to be the son of George W. HARKEY. Is it a coincidence that Nina sent a post at about the same time as you did? Hers is about physician George W. HARKEY! Here's the 1880 census entry for the family: George W. Harkey* 1880 AR Pope Co. Illinois (T9-0054 116A) HARKEY, George W. head 49 NC NC NC druggist --Jane H. wife 39 NC NC NC --Dora dau 20 TX NC NC at school --Lilly B. dau 17 AR NC NC at school --Lucy J. dau 14 AR NC NC at school [m Jim TUCKER --Robert L. son 12 IL NC NC farm labor --Walter G. son 10 AR NC NC farm labor --Edward W. son 8 AR NC NC --John D. son 6 AR NC NC (*) In NC 1850, in TX 1860, in AR 1864, in IL 1868, in AR 1870 Alma Roark Johnson

John David Harkey s/o George Washington Harkey (brother of my husbands grandfather) 1. GEORGE WASHINGTON9 HARKEY (DAVID ROBERT8, GEORGE MARTIN7, DAVID6, JOHANNES5 HERCHE, CONRAD4, MELCHIOR3, ADAM2, HERCHE OR1 HERGE) was born September 16, 1830 in North Carolina, and died October 14, 1915 in Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas, Oakland Cemetery. He married JANE TORRENCE July 15, 1858 in Pope County, Arkansas, daughter of JOHN TORRENCE and JANE LYNCH. She was born December 09, 1840 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, and died October 02, 1880 in Russellville, Arkansas. Children of GEORGE HARKEY and JANE TORRENCE are: i. DORA10 HARKEY, b. December 14, 1859; m. THOMAS F OATES; b. 1857, Arkansas. ii. LILLIAN BELLE HARKEY, b. October 01, 1861; m. ? BERNARD. iii. LUCY JANE HARKEY, b. November 21, 1863; m. JAMES LOUIS TUCKER, November 17, 1886; d. Bef. 1920. iv. ROBERT LOWE HARKEY, b. September 18, 1866, Pocohontas, Illinois; d. February 26, 1930, Russellville, Arkansas; m. SARAH KATHERINE (KATE) SMITH, February 12, 1887, Russellville, Arkansas; b. January 12, 1870, Russellville, Arkansas; d. February 11, 1951, Russellville, Arkansas. v. WALTER GEORGE HARKEY, b. September 16, 1870. vi. EDWARD WASHINGTON HARKEY, b. September 27, 1872, Pope County, Arkansas; d. 1958; m. DAISE BAIRD, 1893; b. June 1877, Pope County, Arkansas; d. 1959. vii. JOHN DAVID HARKEY, b. October 17, 1874; d. August 08, 1896. viii. BABY HARKEY, b. Bef. 1880. ix. BABY HARKEY, b. Bef. 1880. x. BABY HARKEY, b. Bef. 1880. ----- Original Message ----- From: Junco9@aol.com To: HARKEY-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 7:28 PM Subject: Re: [HARKEY-L] Identify John D. Harkey Judy, The John D. HARKEY who died young, and suddenly, appears to be the son of George W. HARKEY. Is it a coincidence that Nina sent a post at about the same time as you did? Hers is about physician George W. HARKEY! Here's the 1880 census entry for the family: George W. Harkey* 1880 AR Pope Co. Illinois (T9-0054 116A) HARKEY, George W. head 49 NC NC NC druggist --Jane H. wife 39 NC NC NC --Dora dau 20 TX NC NC at school --Lilly B. dau 17 AR NC NC at school --Lucy J. dau 14 AR NC NC at school [m Jim TUCKER --Robert L. son 12 IL NC NC farm labor --Walter G. son 10 AR NC NC farm labor --Edward W. son 8 AR NC NC --John D. son 6 AR NC NC (*) In NC 1850, in TX 1860, in AR 1864, in IL 1868, in AR 1870 Alma Roark Johnson ==== HARKEY Mailing List ==== Have you heard about the website for Big Uncle Cemetery, San Saba TX. You'll find it interesting If any of your Harkey's went to Texas. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txssaba/uncle.html ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237