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    1. [HARVEY-L] Most wanted: Parents of Harriet Harvey Hurst
    2. Jaime Lossing Potts
    3. Harriet HARVEY-HURST Bureau Co. IL 1855, dau. of Sarah Dakin HARVEY? Up until recently, the only information I had about my gg grandmother, Harriet Harvey was that she was born 1834 somewhere in Ohio, married Joseph Hurst in Bureau Co. IL in 1855 or 1856, had her first daughter, Mary, 19 Nov, 1857 in Malden, Bureau Co., and then moved to Roberts, Ford Co. IL, in 1859 where she had 9 more children and died there Sept. 19, 1879. I found no Harriet Harvey her age in the 1850 Illinois census, nor have I found any marriage records. Now I recently find information on an Eli Harvey from Clinton Co. Ohio who as a child moved with his parents to Bureau Co. IL. His parents are David and Sarah Dakin Harvey and the Ohio records say they also have a daughter named Harriet, born around 1835. An article on Eli Harvey, in the 1892 Ford County "Portrait and Biographical Record" on page 533, says that he came with his parents to a farm in Bureau Co., Illinois in 1851. Then in 1854 they moved to Malden. In 1859 Eli came to Ford Co. That same year, Dec. 10, he was married in Princeton, Bureau Co. to Eliza Campbell. After that he lived in Sibley and Loda, in the Ford Co. area. The article on Eli Harvey mentions no siblings, but several are mentioned in the Clinton, Ohio information. Eli was 14 and his sister Harriet was 16 when the family moved to Illinois, so it's almost certain that Harriet would accompany them. I want to know if the Harriet Harvey who married Joseph Hurst is the same one who is the daughter of David and Sarah Dakin Harvey. The only evidence I have is circumstantial, and although it is strong, I would still like some solid fact. Can anyone help me? Thank you, Jim Lossing

    05/04/2000 10:48:44