Born in Seneca County, Ohio, June 25, 1844, a son of Merritt and Minerva (Walker) Harmon. He first attended school in Michigan and afterward continued his education in Dubuque County, Iowa. Still later he attended the Hopkinton (la.) College, which was established in the fall of 1859. Mr. Harmon was among its first students. In July of 1862 he joined the Twenty-first Iowa Infantry as a private and was made sergeant of Company K. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg in 1863 and in the siege of Mobile in 1864-5. He was mustered out at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on the 15th of July of the latter year and returned to Iowa with a most creditable military record. Soon afterward he again went to the south in the employ of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company, spending one year in Mobile, Alabama. On the 18th of November, 1866, Mr. Harmon arrived in Buchanan county, Iowa, and for two years thereafter engaged in teaching school. He then became deputy postmaster of Independence, in 1868, which position he filled for two years, and was admitted to the bar in November, 1869. He entered upon the practice of law in Independence, forming a partnership with Colonel Jed Lake. Mr. Harmon was called to public office, being elected a member of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Iowa General Assemblies serving in the State Senate, 1886-1882, in which connection he did able service in safeguarding and promoting the best interests of the commonwealth. After six years he returned to the State Senate serving in the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth General Assemblies, 1892-1894. He was on the committee on penitentiaries and other minor committees. He has filled various local offices, including that of member of the school board and the public library board. Aside from his practice Mr. Harmon is a director of the First National Bank of Independence and at different times has been connected with other business affairs. On the 24th of December, 1872, Mr. Harmon was married to Miss Maria Carter, a native of Ohio. In Masonry Mr. Harmon has taken the degrees of the lodge, chapter and council. He belongs to E. C. Little Post, No. 54, G. A. R. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and guides his life by its principles.

Born in Seneca County, Ohio, June 25, 1844, a son of Merritt and Minerva (Walker) Harmon. He first attended school in Michigan and afterward continued his education in Dubuque County, Iowa. Still later he attended the Hopkinton (la.) College, which was established in the fall of 1859. Mr. Harmon was among its first students. In July of 1862 he joined the Twenty-first Iowa Infantry as a private and was made sergeant of Company K. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg in 1863 and in the siege of Mobile in 1864-5. He was mustered out at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on the 15th of July of the latter year and returned to Iowa with a most creditable military record. Soon afterward he again went to the south in the employ of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company, spending one year in Mobile, Alabama. On the 18th of November, 1866, Mr. Harmon arrived in Buchanan county, Iowa, and for two years thereafter engaged in teaching school. He then became deputy postmaster of Independence, in 1868, which position he filled for two years, and was admitted to the bar in November, 1869. He entered upon the practice of law in Independence, forming a partnership with Colonel Jed Lake. Mr. Harmon was called to public office, being elected a member of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Iowa General Assemblies serving in the State Senate, 1886-1882, in which connection he did able service in safeguarding and promoting the best interests of the commonwealth. After six years he returned to the State Senate serving in the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth General Assemblies, 1892-1894. He was on the committee on penitentiaries and other minor committees. He has filled various local offices, including that of member of the school board and the public library board. Aside from his practice Mr. Harmon is a director of the First National Bank of Independence and at different times has been connected with other business affairs. On the 24th of December, 1872, Mr. Harmon was married to Miss Maria Carter, a native of Ohio. In Masonry Mr. Harmon has taken the degrees of the lodge, chapter and council. He belongs to E. C. Little Post, No. 54, G. A. R. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and guides his life by its principles.

Born in Seneca County, Ohio, June 25, 1844, a son of Merritt and Minerva (Walker) Harmon. He first attended school in Michigan and afterward continued his education in Dubuque County, Iowa. Still later he attended the Hopkinton (la.) College, which was established in the fall of 1859. Mr. Harmon was among its first students. In July of 1862 he joined the Twenty-first Iowa Infantry as a private and was made sergeant of Company K. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg in 1863 and in the siege of Mobile in 1864-5. He was mustered out at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on the 15th of July of the latter year and returned to Iowa with a most creditable military record. Soon afterward he again went to the south in the employ of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company, spending one year in Mobile, Alabama. On the 18th of November, 1866, Mr. Harmon arrived in Buchanan county, Iowa, and for two years thereafter engaged in teaching school. He then became deputy postmaster of Independence, in 1868, which position he filled for two years, and was admitted to the bar in November, 1869. He entered upon the practice of law in Independence, forming a partnership with Colonel Jed Lake. Mr. Harmon was called to public office, being elected a member of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Iowa General Assemblies serving in the State Senate, 1886-1882, in which connection he did able service in safeguarding and promoting the best interests of the commonwealth. After six years he returned to the State Senate serving in the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth General Assemblies, 1892-1894. He was on the committee on penitentiaries and other minor committees. He has filled various local offices, including that of member of the school board and the public library board. Aside from his practice Mr. Harmon is a director of the First National Bank of Independence and at different times has been connected with other business affairs. On the 24th of December, 1872, Mr. Harmon was married to Miss Maria Carter, a native of Ohio. In Masonry Mr. Harmon has taken the degrees of the lodge, chapter and council. He belongs to E. C. Little Post, No. 54, G. A. R. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and guides his life by its principles.

Born in Seneca County, Ohio, June 25, 1844, a son of Merritt and Minerva (Walker) Harmon. He first attended school in Michigan and afterward continued his education in Dubuque County, Iowa. Still later he attended the Hopkinton (la.) College, which was established in the fall of 1859. Mr. Harmon was among its first students. In July of 1862 he joined the Twenty-first Iowa Infantry as a private and was made sergeant of Company K. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg in 1863 and in the siege of Mobile in 1864-5. He was mustered out at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on the 15th of July of the latter year and returned to Iowa with a most creditable military record. Soon afterward he again went to the south in the employ of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company, spending one year in Mobile, Alabama. On the 18th of November, 1866, Mr. Harmon arrived in Buchanan county, Iowa, and for two years thereafter engaged in teaching school. He then became deputy postmaster of Independence, in 1868, which position he filled for two years, and was admitted to the bar in November, 1869. He entered upon the practice of law in Independence, forming a partnership with Colonel Jed Lake. Mr. Harmon was called to public office, being elected a member of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Iowa General Assemblies serving in the State Senate, 1886-1882, in which connection he did able service in safeguarding and promoting the best interests of the commonwealth. After six years he returned to the State Senate serving in the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth General Assemblies, 1892-1894. He was on the committee on penitentiaries and other minor committees. He has filled various local offices, including that of member of the school board and the public library board. Aside from his practice Mr. Harmon is a director of the First National Bank of Independence and at different times has been connected with other business affairs. On the 24th of December, 1872, Mr. Harmon was married to Miss Maria Carter, a native of Ohio. In Masonry Mr. Harmon has taken the degrees of the lodge, chapter and council. He belongs to E. C. Little Post, No. 54, G. A. R. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and guides his life by its principles.

Born in Seneca County, Ohio, June 25, 1844, a son of Merritt and Minerva (Walker) Harmon. He first attended school in Michigan and afterward continued his education in Dubuque County, Iowa. Still later he attended the Hopkinton (la.) College, which was established in the fall of 1859. Mr. Harmon was among its first students. In July of 1862 he joined the Twenty-first Iowa Infantry as a private and was made sergeant of Company K. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg in 1863 and in the siege of Mobile in 1864-5. He was mustered out at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on the 15th of July of the latter year and returned to Iowa with a most creditable military record. Soon afterward he again went to the south in the employ of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company, spending one year in Mobile, Alabama. On the 18th of November, 1866, Mr. Harmon arrived in Buchanan county, Iowa, and for two years thereafter engaged in teaching school. He then became deputy postmaster of Independence, in 1868, which position he filled for two years, and was admitted to the bar in November, 1869. He entered upon the practice of law in Independence, forming a partnership with Colonel Jed Lake. Mr. Harmon was called to public office, being elected a member of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Iowa General Assemblies serving in the State Senate, 1886-1882, in which connection he did able service in safeguarding and promoting the best interests of the commonwealth. After six years he returned to the State Senate serving in the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth General Assemblies, 1892-1894. He was on the committee on penitentiaries and other minor committees. He has filled various local offices, including that of member of the school board and the public library board. Aside from his practice Mr. Harmon is a director of the First National Bank of Independence and at different times has been connected with other business affairs. On the 24th of December, 1872, Mr. Harmon was married to Miss Maria Carter, a native of Ohio. In Masonry Mr. Harmon has taken the degrees of the lodge, chapter and council. He belongs to E. C. Little Post, No. 54, G. A. R. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and guides his life by its principles.

Born in Seneca County, Ohio, June 25, 1844, a son of Merritt and Minerva (Walker) Harmon. He first attended school in Michigan and afterward continued his education in Dubuque County, Iowa. Still later he attended the Hopkinton (la.) College, which was established in the fall of 1859. Mr. Harmon was among its first students. In July of 1862 he joined the Twenty-first Iowa Infantry as a private and was made sergeant of Company K. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg in 1863 and in the siege of Mobile in 1864-5. He was mustered out at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on the 15th of July of the latter year and returned to Iowa with a most creditable military record. Soon afterward he again went to the south in the employ of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company, spending one year in Mobile, Alabama. On the 18th of November, 1866, Mr. Harmon arrived in Buchanan county, Iowa, and for two years thereafter engaged in teaching school. He then became deputy postmaster of Independence, in 1868, which position he filled for two years, and was admitted to the bar in November, 1869. He entered upon the practice of law in Independence, forming a partnership with Colonel Jed Lake. Mr. Harmon was called to public office, being elected a member of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Iowa General Assemblies serving in the State Senate, 1886-1882, in which connection he did able service in safeguarding and promoting the best interests of the commonwealth. After six years he returned to the State Senate serving in the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth General Assemblies, 1892-1894. He was on the committee on penitentiaries and other minor committees. He has filled various local offices, including that of member of the school board and the public library board. Aside from his practice Mr. Harmon is a director of the First National Bank of Independence and at different times has been connected with other business affairs. On the 24th of December, 1872, Mr. Harmon was married to Miss Maria Carter, a native of Ohio. In Masonry Mr. Harmon has taken the degrees of the lodge, chapter and council. He belongs to E. C. Little Post, No. 54, G. A. R. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and guides his life by its principles.