John Hopkins Harlow

John Hopkins Harlow

• Father: Thomas Edward Harlow b. circa 1844, d. 25 August 1885
• Mother: Kate Robinson b. June 1853, d. 3 February 1903

• John Hopkins Harlow was born on 23 June 1879 in Bobcaygeon, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada.
• Thomas Edward Harlow and Kate Robinson appeared in the 4 April 1881 census of Canada in Bobcaygeon, Ontario, Canada. Other members of the household included John Hopkins Harlow, Ella Lorie Harlow, Susan Harlow and Robert Washington Harlow.
• The following appeared on 4 February 1903 in the Buffalo Courier: [Died] In this city, February 3, 1903, Kate, wife of Charles Weiler and mother of John, Gibson and Violet Harlow, [step-mother of] Mrs. Herman Oelheim, Charles, Anna, Clara, Fred and Amelia Weiler, and sister of Mrs. Edward Williams, Mrs. Louis Williams of St. Louis, Mo; William and Mathew Robinson of Petersburg, Ont., aged 49 years, 7 months and 16 days. The funeral will be held from the family residence, No. 806 Michigan Street, Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Friends are invited to attend. Toronto papers please copy.
• He married Elizabeth J. Lawson.
• John Hopkins Harlow registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, while living with his wife Lizzie at 2526 East 19th Street in Cleveland, and employed there as a teamster by S. H. Cabin at the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad office.
• John Hopkins Harlow and Elizabeth J. Lawson appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, at 2192 East 38th Street. Other members of the household included Edward L. Harlow.
• John Hopkins Harlow and Elizabeth J. Lawson appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Freesoil, Mason County, Michigan. Other members of the household included Edward L. Harlow and Harry G. Harlow.
• He was self-employed as a teaming contractor, according to the 1930 census.
• The following appeared on 13 March 1931 in The Ludington Daily News: (Freesoil) . . . Hauling snow is a new job in Freesoil but that was John Harlow's job with his mule team Wednesday. He hauled load after load of the beautiful snow away from places where too much of it had accumulated, to the sides of the road east of the railroad tracks.
• The following appeared on 23 June 1931 in The Ludington Daily News: (Freesoil, June 23) . . . Edward Harlow, who has been taking treatement at Ann Arbor, returned Friday night, much improved.
• The following appeared on 22 July 1931 in The Ludington Daily News: (Freesoil) . . . The Piney Woods school singers from a colored Lutheran school in Mississippi, who have been touring Mason county were guests Monday at the John Harlow home and enjoyed a genuine southern dinner.
• The following appeared on 27 October 1933 in The Ludington Daily News: (Freesoil, Oct. 27) . . . Mrs. John Harlow recently entertained with a dinner in honor of Rev. M. N. Carter, colored Lutheran pastor of Chicago. Other guests were a friend of Rev. Carter, Rev. Lyman Jones of St. John's Lutheran church of Pelton corners and of Freesoil colored Lutheran church, Mrs. Anna Campbell of Waterloo, Iowa, Mrs. James Brown, Mrs. Harlow, hostess, and Edward Harlow.
       Following dinner a foreign missionary service was conducted at Freesoil Lutheran church by Rev. Carter, who is a returned missionary. Congregational singing interspersed the service, attended by a large number.
• The following appeared on 10 August 1934 in The Ludington Daily News: (Freesoil, Aug. 10) Mrs. John Harlow entertained Tuesday evening in honor of the birthday anniversary of her son, Harry. A supper was served, a birthday cake centering the table.
       Guests were Mary Lane, Antoinette Campbell, Edward Harlow and Harry, honoree, besides Mr. and Mrs. Harlow and Mrs. Mary Lane.
• The following appeared on 6 September 1934 in The Ludington Daily News: (Freesoil, Sept. 6) Edward Harlow, 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Harlow, has been missing since Saturday noon.
       Saturday morning he cut wood for Mrs. Rhoda Howard. After dinner, wearing patched khaki trousers and a work shirt with sleeves cut off, he started out, ostensibly to pick beans at the Clifford Tubbs farm. He never arrived there.
       His parents did not worry over his absence from home until he did not return Monday night. They thought he had gone to Fountain Festival and was staying with Fountain friends, but he had not been there.
       State police at Manistee and Sheriff George L. Colyer have been notified. Edward had been promised a trip to Chicago Labor day, if plans materialized, but they did not, so Mr. and Mrs. Harlow entertain the possibility that he has hiked to Chicago.
• The following appeared on 8 September 1934 in The Ludington Daily News: Belief that Edward Harlow, 14, Freesoil, hitched a freight train enroute to Chicago was reported by Sheriff George L. Colyer this morning. Harlow is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Harlow and has been missing since last Saturday noon. Workmen at the Pere Marquette Railway Co. yards told the sheriff Friday a colored youth answering Harlow's description boarded an outgoing freight train Wednesday morning, saying he was going to Chicago.
       Mrs. H. L. Darr of Freesoil reports she saw Harlow on US-31 near the Pelton school Tuesday afternoon, hiking southward. Chief of Police T. J. Barber said today a youth answering Harlow's description was seen on Dowland street Tuesday morning, walking east in company with another Negro, who appeared to be about 45 years old.
• The following appeared on 22 September 1934 in The Ludington Daily News: (Freesoil, Sept. 22) . . . Mrs. John Harlow is ill. . . . Edward Harlow, who recently caused anxiety because of his absence from home, has been in Chicago and Detroit.
• John Hopkins Harlow appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Freesoil Township, Mason County, Michigan, at Rural Route #2. Other members of the household included Elizabeth J. Lawson and Harry G. Harlow.
• The following appeared on 25 June 1943 in The Ludington Daily News: (Freesoil) . . . Harry Harlow, who has employment in Muskegon is at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Harlow.
• The following appeared on 3 November 1948 in The Ludington Daily News: (Freesoil) . . . Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harlow of Muskegon Heights recently visited at the John Harlow home.
• The following appeared on 13 August 1949 in The Ludington Daily News: (Freesoil) Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harlow and James Brown, all of Muskegon, recently visited at the John Harlow home.
• John Hopkins Harlow became a widower at the 1 November 1949 death of his wife Elizabeth J. Lawson.
• The following appeared on 2 November 1949 in The Ludington Daily News: (Freesoil) Mrs. Elizabeth Harlow, 67, who had been in ill health for a year, died Tuesday at Paulina Stearns hospital in Ludington.
       Mrs. Harlow had been a resident of Freesoil for 28 years.
       Survivors include her widower, John Harlow, two sons, Harry of Twin Lakes and James [Brown] of Muskegon and a sister, Mrs. Minnie Burnsides of Cleveland, Ohio.
       Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday from Stephens' Funeral home in Scottville, with the Rev. Mr. E. A. Hessler, pastor of St. John's Lutheran church at Pelton corners, in charge.
• John Hopkins Harlow died on 16 August 1952 at age 73 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan.

• Last Edited: 11 Dec 2014