A history of the descendents of Jacob and Maria Eva Harshbarger of Switzerland . them as if an ocean intervened,?nd any encroachment on German life was resented. So tena-cious were these Germans for their ways that when theirfamilies were scattered among the English in the West theystill adhered to their language in their homes. Many of thechildren of our family after 1840 could not speak the Englishuntil they attended school where they had to learn it. Samuel was a zealous Dnnkard, and held a deep preju-dice against all other forms of religion and would show dis-pleasure when his relatives wo
A history of the descendents of Jacob and Maria Eva Harshbarger of Switzerland . them as if an ocean intervened,?nd any encroachment on German life was resented. So tena-cious were these Germans for their ways that when theirfamilies were scattered among the English in the West theystill adhered to their language in their homes. Many of thechildren of our family after 1840 could not speak the Englishuntil they attended school where they had to learn it. Samuel was a zealous Dnnkard, and held a deep preju-dice against all other forms of religion and would show dis-pleasure when his relatives would attend other churches, liewas a plain matter of fact man and took life earnestly, lie was traightforward in all he did and said and did not hesitate totell a man that he was a liar if he thought so, yet did it withsuch childlike innocence that it was impossible to get offended. ^though intensely solemn in life he was not morose, hut checr-and companionable, lie was not only deeply religious in nature, hut carried it into his life. Ilcforc each meal he read A! >u I SWfc. t&r. 0 ^t ?„ ;^••;V/.jti9«,;-i:. 7-- ;W 5-1 FAMILY HISTORY (H; ;i »age >>i Scripture and prayed and after eating lie returnedShanks fur I lie fund, lie was constant in attendance at divineservice. I lis faith was implicit and his life devout. Like themen of his race at that age he was a slow, plodding, patient,persistant man who needed nothing hut time to make a suc-cess of life. We have a German ISihlc which was printed in 1755. Itcontains 1,400 pages. It is Id inches long, lOyi wide and 5thick and weighs 12 lhs. The lids arc nearly half an inch thickand as solid as wood, and each of their four corners are pro-tected by heavy hrass ornamental triangular tips three incheslong. It is supposed the hook has been in the family over 125years. It is now owned by Samuel I larshhargcrs grandson,Samuel, son of Samuel. In this hook is the birth record ofSamuel and his eight children, written in Ge
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