Joseph HARNESS
CORRESPONDANCE: Robert G. Peterson, Calif. in 1966. CENSUS: Hardy Co., Virginia, 1860 FHL #0029699; Grant Co., West Va., 1870 FHL #0338016; DEATHS: Grant Co., West Va., FHL #0809857; CEMETERY: Grant Co., West Va., FHL #0250208;
CORRESPONDANCE: Robert G. Peterson, Calif., 1966. DEATHS: Hardy Co., Virginia, FHL #0250003; BOOK: "Welton Workbook" compiled by Edward E. Hall, pgs. 434, 442.
CENSUS: Hardy Co., Virginia, 1860 FHL #0029699; DEATHS: Grant Co., West Va., FHL #0809857; CEMETERY: Grant Co., West Va., FHL #0250208; PROBATE: Grant Co., West Va., will of John C. HARNESS, will proved 7 AUG 1873. John C. HARNESS died at age 40 and never married.
CENSUS: Hardy Co., Virginia, 1860 FHL #0029699; Riley Co., Kansas, 1875 FHL #0570216; 1880 FHL #1254394; 1895 FHL #0570372; 1900 FHL #1240497; 1910 FHL #1374467; MARRIAGE: Grant Co., West Va., FHL #0810250; 1900 Census states that Margaret and William had 5 children.
CENSUS: Hardy Co., Virginia, 1860 FHL #0029699; MARRIAGE: Grant Co., West Va., FHL #0810250; PROBATE: Listed as sister in the will of Edgar A. HARNESS, will proved 4 Jan. 1928 in Grant Co., West Va.
CEMETERY: Grant Co., West Virginia., FHL #0250208;
CENSUS: Hardy Co., Virginia, 1860 (FHL 0338016). CENSUS: Grant Co., West Virginia, 1870 (FHL 0338016), 1900 (FHL 1241758), 1910 (FHL 1375692). MARRIAGE: Grant Co., West Virginia, (FHL 0249989). DEATH: Certificate - West Virginia, State Dept. of Health.
He married Anne Elizabeth Welton 1839 at of Hardy, Virginia . Anne Elizabeth Welton was born at Petersburg, Hardy, Virginia 4 Mar 1813 daughter of Job Welton Jr. and Margaret Seymour .
They were the parents of 5
children:
John C. Harness
born 15 May 1844.
Margaret E. Harness
born Feb 1846.
Mary Virginia Harness
born 1847.
Ann S. Harness
born 1849.
Edgar A. Harness
born 27 Aug 1853.
Joseph Harness died 9 May 1897 at Petersburg, Grant, West Virginia .
Anne Elizabeth Welton died 7 Oct 1855 at Hardy, Virginia .