This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ci.2ADE/1753.1792.1.2 Message Board Post: Andrea's History of Kansas, 1883; Neosho County section; page 832: "J. T. Harshfield, grocer, native of Greene County, Indiana., born in 1845. He anad his brothers came to Kansas in 1865, locating on a farm, where they made a living by breaking sod for themselves and their neighbors; at this business, he continued until 1876, when he came to Osage Mission, and clerked for J. Koenig in the grocer. In 1878 he opened an establisment under the firm name of Harshfield Bros. until 1880, when it became J. T. Harshfield. He carries a stock of $1,400, and does a business of $4,500. Mr. H. married Miss Shoptaw, who is now dead, leaving him three boys. She died in January, 1982"