A history of the descendents of Jacob and Maria Eva Harshbarger of Switzerland . for informationhave willingly assisted me in every way possible. Especialthanks is due lo Austin Mires. Ann heavers, lohn Stair,Daniel ISrubakcr. J. N. I larshbarger and Jennie Sail ford fortheir abundant labor in collecting and shaping the materialof their respective families. If any family is better representedthan another it is not that I so elected, lviit because that familymanifested greater interest in the work. Any one wishing to insert pictures were granted the priv-ilege, provided they paid the cost. In t
A history of the descendents of Jacob and Maria Eva Harshbarger of Switzerland . for informationhave willingly assisted me in every way possible. Especialthanks is due lo Austin Mires. Ann heavers, lohn Stair,Daniel ISrubakcr. J. N. I larshbarger and Jennie Sail ford fortheir abundant labor in collecting and shaping the materialof their respective families. If any family is better representedthan another it is not that I so elected, lviit because that familymanifested greater interest in the work. Any one wishing to insert pictures were granted the priv-ilege, provided they paid the cost. In this no partiality hasbeen shown. A family history is constantly growing. , mar-riages, deaths and removals are ceaseless. ,\ book containinggeneologieal history should provide for such additions sothai owner of ihc book mav keep his family records up lodate. For this reason blanks will be found at the close of thebook and we suggest that these lie numbered and referencesmade s., as ,,, connect the facts in I he book wilh those lime to time on ihc blanks. WILLIAM L. ANDERSON - > . ; Secretary and Family Historian cf the Harshbarger Association HISTORY OF THE HARSHBARGERS EARLY HISTORY Jacob flircllberffer Marie ILva Ictra were born inSwitzerland, in or near Ilcyond this couple our an-cestors are lost in the obscurity of the past. 1 heir names,however, tell us that on the paternal side, somewhere in thedim distant past when names were derived from circum-stances instead of parents, our ancestors were among somewild German tribe amidst mountains and deer; while on thematernal side we come from one of the gentler races that in-habited the northern shores of the Mediterranean. It istherefore, no surprise that this couple should be found amongthe Swiss, whose country separates that of the Germans fromthe Latins and becomes common ground for the interminglingof the two races. , For two centuries before their birth hurope was involvedin religious
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