#52ancestors Week 8 I Can Identify (February 19 - February 25)

 This week prompt made me think which ancestor do I identify with? Not sure so I thought I would do my dad's great great grandma Hannah Smalley Harshman.  This has been one of my favorite families to research. 

She was born on 10 April 1810 in Washington County Pennsylvania to Azariah Smalley and Elizabeth Slaught.  Hannah was the 2nd youngest of 10 children.  Her father Azariah died 2 June 1824 in Amwell, Pennsylvania in a accident. 

Washington, Pa. June 7.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT

 On Wednesday evening last, du-

ring a heavy storm, after dark, Azu-

riah Smalley, was killed by the upset-

ing of his wagon, on the turnpike 

near Beallsvile, east of this place - 

he left home, that day, for the iron

work, and was in the wagon at the 

time it upset, the side of the bed fell

upon his neck, and dislocated it in-

stantly. This fatal accident has de-

prived a large family of a head and 

society of an honest industrious mem-

ber.                             Reporter

Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)

Hannah married John Harshman on 2 October 1827, Amwell, Washington, Pennsylvania. They had 14 children.   Sometime after 1845 the moved to Trumbull County, Ohio were the last two daughters were born.  The family then moved to Wisconsin in 1851 and by 1955 had a farm in Spring Brook, Dunn, Wisconsin.  

Hannah died in 23 October 1883 in Springbrook, Washburn, Wisconsin. Her and husband John Harshman are buried in the Waneka Cemetery, Elk Mound, Dunn, Wisconsin. 

John and Hannah Harshman cemetery stone

Hannah Smalley Harshman blog post