Jacob Isaac HARKLEROAD

Birth:
22 Nov 1837
Bluff City, Sullivan, Tennessee
Death:
13 Jan 1924
Bluff City, Sullivan, Tennessee
Burial:
Morning View Cem, Bluff City, Sullivan, Tennessee
Marriage:
27 Aug 1890
Blountville, Sullivan, Tennessee
Notes:
                   A CIVIL WAR VETERAN.  HE ENLISTED IN 1862 AND SERVED IN THE NITRE AND MINING BUREAU NEAR BLUFF CITY, TN.   HE SAW ACTION AT THE BULLS GAP BATTLE AND AT THE SMALL BATTLE AT HAMILTON'S RIDGE IN SULLIVAN COUNTY.
IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION "...WHAT IS THE SIZE OF YOUR FAMILY LIVING TOGETHER?" ON THE PENSION APPLICATION, HE ANSWERED "WIFE & 6 CHILDREN, WIFE IS DERANGED MENTALLY, OF THIS TIME PUT IN ASSYLUM"  ON THE AGES OF HIS FAMILY AND SEX OF HIS CHILDREN HE LISTS " WIFE, 33, CHILDREN 14, 12, 10, 8, 6 & ONE ABOUT 5 MONTHS OLD.  5 BOYS, 1 GIRL, THE 8 YEAR OLD ONE IS THE GIRL" HE LISTS HIS PROPERTY AS " 39 ACRES OF LAND VALUED AT $300.00, 1 HORSE  1 COW ALL WORTH ABOUT $50.00"
THE FILE CONTAINS A LETTER WRITTEN BY W.D. LYON, LAWYER, BLUFF CITY, TN DATED 30 APRIL 1906 TO HON FRANK A. MOSES IN NASHVILLE REQUESTING ACTION ON SEVERAL CASES, AMONG THEM THE CASE OF J.I. HARKLEROAD, "WITHOUT FAIL HIS WIFE IS CRAZY AND HE HAS HOUSE FULL OF LITTLE CHILDREN"
J.I. HARKLEROAD DESCRIBES THE STATE OF IS HEALTH AS  " AT PRESENT I HAVE REHEUMATISM IN MY SHOULDERS AND BACK ARM (?) AND HAVE BEEN FOR A LONG TIME UNABLE TO DO BUT LITTLE WORK"
HIS SOLDIER'S APPLICATION FOR PENSION NUMBER WAS 7908 HIS PENSION FILE CAN BE FOUND ON LDS FILM 0969792

HE FATHERED 21 CHILDREN BY THREE WIVES. CALLED "YOCK" INFORMATION FROM RICHARD HARKLEROAD (BIRTH, DEATH, BURIAL) STATE OF TN, DEATH CERTIFICATE PAGE 9

FROM NEIL HARKLEROAD "HIS (HENRY HARKLEROAD SR.) HOLDINGS INCLUDED WHERE BLUFF CITY IS AND HARKLEROAD ISLAND JUST UP RIVER.  THIS ISLAND WAS SOLD BY GRANDSON JACOB IN 1875 FOR FIFTY DOLLARS AND A RIFLE."
Florence Victoria DEMPSEY
Birth:
24 Mar 1873
Sullivan, Tennessee
Death:
18 Feb 1907
Burial:
Morning View Cem, Bluff City, Sullivan, Tennessee
Notes:
                   BIRTH, DEATH, BURIAL INFORMATION FROM RICHARD HARKLEROAD MARRIAGE FROM SULLIVAN COUNTY MARRIAGE BOOK, VOL THREE, PAGE 426
Children
Marriage
1
George Dallas HARKLEROAD
Birth:
9 Sep 1891
Bluff City, Sullivan, Tennessee
Death:
15 Jan 1950
Surgoinsville, Tennessee
Rachel Maude CREEK 
Marr:
9 Jan 1916
Hawkins, Tennessee 
Notes:
                   INFORMATION FROM RICHARD HARKLEROAD.
1910 SULLIVAN CENSUS- OCCUPATION, LABORER AT A SAW MILL.  HE WAS COUNTED WITH THE HOUSEHOLD OF WILLIAM E. HARKLEROAD-LAST NAME MISSPELLED AS "HARKALREAT"
2
Charles Howard HARKLEROAD
Birth:
9 Aug 1893
Bluff City, Sullivan, Tennessee
Death:
28 Jul 1943
Kingsport, Tennessee
Carrie Ethel GRACE 
Marr:
28 May 1920
Surgoinsville, Tennessee 
Notes:
                   INFORMATION FROM RICHARD HARKLEROAD.
1910 SULLIVAN CENSUS LISTS OCCUPATION AS TEAMSTER AT A SAW MILL.  FOR THE CENSUS HE WAS COUNTED IN THE HOUSE OF HIS BROTHER, JOE HARKLEROAD.
3
Bruce HARKLEROAD
Birth:
8 Apr 1895
Bluff City, Sullivan, Tennessee
Death:
Annabel MCKINNEY 
Marr:
9 Jul 1921
 
Notes:
                   INFORMATION FROM RICHARD HARKLEROAD
4
Lula HARKLEROAD
Birth:
14 Feb 1898
Bluff City, Sullivan, Tennessee
Death:
Notes:
                   INFORMATION FROM RICHARD HARKLEROAD - ALSO LULA OR LULU
5
John Willis HARKLEROAD
Birth:
15 Mar 1900
Bluff City, Sullivan, Tennessee
Death:
20 Jan 1948
Kingsport, Tennessee
Notes:
                   INFORMATION FROM RICHARD HARKLEROAD  CALLED "JONNIE"
6
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked  
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   INFORMATION FROM RICHARD HARKLEROAD
   HE WAS ADOPTED BY THE RUMLEYS AND GOES BY THAT NAME
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Jacob Isaac Harkleroad - Florence Victoria Dempsey

Jacob Isaac Harkleroad was born at Bluff City, Sullivan, Tennessee 22 Nov 1837. His parents were Jacob Isaac Harkleroad and Rosanna Riley.

He married Florence Victoria Dempsey 27 Aug 1890 at Blountville, Sullivan, Tennessee . Florence Victoria Dempsey was born at Sullivan, Tennessee 24 Mar 1873 daughter of John A. Dempsey and Martha Ann Carr .

They were the parents of 6 children:
George Dallas Harkleroad born 9 Sep 1891.
Charles Howard Harkleroad born 9 Aug 1893.
Bruce Harkleroad born 8 Apr 1895.
Lula Harkleroad born 14 Feb 1898.
John Willis Harkleroad born 15 Mar 1900.
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Jacob Isaac Harkleroad died 13 Jan 1924 at Bluff City, Sullivan, Tennessee .

Florence Victoria Dempsey died 18 Feb 1907 .