Harry Manassah Michael

Male 1875 - 1938  (63 years)


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

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

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

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 Sep 1875 - Beaver Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1895 - Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Sep 1938 - Beaver Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 27 Sep 1938 - Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • 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 
    1. [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

    2. [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

    3. [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

    4. [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