Edward L. Harlow

b. 17 October 1919, d. 30 May 1945
  • Edward L. Harlow was born on 17 October 1919 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
  • 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, Harry G. Harlow.
  • 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 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.
  • Edward L. Harlow appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Easton Township, Ionia, Michigan, at the Michigan State Reformatory. In 1935 he was living in rural Mason County.
  • Edward L. Harlow died on 30 May 1945 at age 25 in Muskegon Heights, Muskegon County, Michigan.
  • Last Edited: 11 Dec 2014