Harry Manassah Michael

1875 - 1938  (63 years)

• Name	Harry Manassah Michael
  Born	23 Sep 1875	Beaver Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Sep 1938	Beaver Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States   [2]
  Died	27 Sep 1938	Pennsylvania, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I7549	Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	Levi Michael,   b. 5 Mar 1833, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 18 Apr 1914, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Emma Jane Gearhart,   b. 24 Feb 1854, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 20 May 1915, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 61 years)
  Married	20 Jul 1874	Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States   [4]
  Family ID	F2155	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Effie Viola Eveland,   b. 1879,   d. 1946, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 67 years)
  Married	1895	Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
  Children	1. Helen Beatrice Michael,   b. 23 Dec 1899, Quakake, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 1945  (Age 45 years)   2. Edward Levi Michael,   b. 1901, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. Abt 1901, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 0 years)   3. Gladys Enola Michael,   b. 14 Sep 1906, Quakake, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Dorothy Wilmetta Michael,   b. 9 Oct 1909, Quakake, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 10 Feb 1914, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 4 years) + 5. Charles Preston Michael,   b. 12 Apr 1912, Quakake, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 25 Apr 1989  (Age 77 years)   6. Living
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F2169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 Sep 1875 - Beaver Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States Married - 1895 - Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States Buried - Sep 1938 - Beaver Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States Died - 27 Sep 1938 - Pennsylvania, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  1875 BIRTH: PA,Columbia Co: Harry Manassah Michael born 23 September 1875 1874 MG, 1938 DTH,BUR: Hist of Columbia & Montour Co PA pg 371 FHL flm #1000549 (1887): "Levi md Emma Jane Gearhart 20 Jul 1874 Col Co, 5 children, 1 being Harry Manassah" 1880 Columbia Co PA census: "Harry M 4/PA-son" 200 Yrs of Michael Hist & Gen pg45: "Harry M bn 23 Sep 1875 (Ulysses Grant 18th pres, Custer massacred at Little Big Horn, telephone invented) Age 14, worked as railroad telegrapher. Operated a grocery store at Quakake, Schuylkill,PA a few yrs, but worked as yardmaster for Lehigh Valley RR in Delano (Schuylkill Co) PA; md Effie V Eveland-6 children; dd 1938, 62y10m. He & wife bur Harger's Church Cem HISTORY: PA,Schuylkill Co: Bk 974.817 D3 pg 814-16: "...a prosp merchant,commanding a good share of patronage in his town & adjacent territory. Business built up by conscientious attention to wants of customers, grown steadily from the beginning, his store now one of most popular trading places in that section. He was born 23 Sep 1875 Beaver Valley, belonging to old fam traced back several generations. Ulrich Michael bn Col Co, spent honorable life in agriculture & there died. Adam, sn of Ulrich, bn Beaver Valley-operated a farm & hotel until dth in 1841, bur in private graveyard on edge of farm in Beaver Valley. Manasseh bn Beaver Twp, mvd to Berks Co where md, a boatman on Schuylkill canal. Levi bn Berks Co, a merch Beaver Twp. Harry M received education in public school, only one who mastered telegraphy, taking night turn at Quakake Stn when 14yrs. There 4 years, transferred Beaver Valley station-3yrs. Next at Hazleton Junction 2 1/2yrs, then station agent at Brandonville 2 yrs, then Ashland as ticket ag 3yrs, then Quakake in 1903. Also opened gen station, taking great pains stocking with wants of customers. Honorable, reliable in all transactions, good executive ability, handled business well, deserves prosparity which rewarded him. Stands high in regard of fellow citizens, chosen as road treasurer for 5 yrs. Member of Brotherhood & Improved Order of Heptasophs, active in latter. Md Effie Eveland, dau of Edward Eveland, blacksmith of Quakake. 5 children: Helen, Gladys, Chas, Dorothy dd 4yrs, sn dd infant. Attend Evangelical Church" 1938 DEATH,BURIAL: PA,Columbia Co-Beaver Twp: Harry Manassah Michael died 12 July 1938 Pottsville Republican Death Notices 1938, comp by Stephen Dellock, pg 422: "Harry M Michael-62, Delano, died 12 July 1938"-CK OUT this date as not sure where got birthdate and deathdate on groupsheet.

  
  

• Sources

  [S356] Pennsylvania,Columbia Co: Harger's Church Tombstone Inscriptions, 1312861 item 5 pg 125. Harry M Michael 1875 - 1938 row 2 of Harger's Cem [S356] Pennsylvania,Columbia Co: Harger's Church Tombstone Inscriptions, 1312861 item 5 pg 125. Harry M Michael, father 1875 - 1938 row 2 of Harger's Cem [S356] Pennsylvania,Columbia Co: Harger's Church Tombstone Inscriptions, 1312861 item 5 pg 125. Harry M Michael, father 1875-1938 row 2 of Harger's Cem [S434] History of Columbia and Montour Co PA, film 1000549, pg 371. Levi sn of Manassah & Susannah Hossler Michael md Emma Jane Gearhart, dau of Daniel & Eliza A Shuman Gearhart of Shumantown, 20 Jul 1874 Col Co Date: 1887