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Samuel Johnson Harkins 1827–1918 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: MAR 1827

Birth Location: Rockbridge Co., VA

Death Date: 1918

Death Location: Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States

Father: George Harkins

Mother: Narcissa Merrit

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The story of Samuel Johnson Harkins began in 1827 in Rockbridge Co., VA. Samuel Johnson Harkins passed away in 1918 in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Samuel Johnson Harkins began in 1827 in Rockbridge Co., VA.
  • Samuel Johnson Harkins passed away in 1918 in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States.

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Samuel Harkins's Ancestors

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Samuel Harkins
1827–1918
Birth Place: Rockbridge Co., VA
Parents
George (Scottland) Harkins
1790–1840
Huntington County, Pennsylvania
Narcissa Merrit
1800–
Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Samuel ((Scottland)) Harkins
1756–1810
Salem, Salem County, New Jersey
Catherine Chambers
1760–
Paxtang, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
Samuel ((Normandy\Marriot) (England)) Merritt
1757–1821
Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, United States
Elinor ((Barvaria, Germany)) Rhine
1780–
Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Harkins
1730–1802
Thomas Chambers
1739–1763
Mary Patterson
1739–1791
Samuel Merritt
1737–1777
Sarah Miller
1726–1783
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Harkins
1712–
Joseph Chambers
1694–1744
Lovering Merritt
–1777
Martha Davis
1710–1790

Samuel Harkins's Timeline

2 Records

1827
MAR 1827
Birth of Samuel Johnson Harkins in Rockbridge Co., VA
Rockbridge Co., VA
1918
1918
Age 91
Death of Samuel Johnson Harkins in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States
Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: MAR 1827
    Event Place: Rockbridge Co., VA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1918
    Event Place: Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States

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