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Samuel J Harkins 1827–1918 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Mar 1827

Birth Location: , Rockbridge, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1918

Death Location: Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA

Father: George Hearking

Mother: Narcissa Merrit

Spouse(s):

Children(s): David Harkins

The story of Samuel J Harkins began in 1827 in , Rockbridge, Virginia, USA. Samuel J Harkins had children including David Crockett Harkins. Samuel J Harkins passed away in 1918 in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Samuel J Harkins began in 1827 in , Rockbridge, Virginia, USA.
  • Samuel J Harkins had children including David Crockett Harkins.
  • Samuel J Harkins passed away in 1918 in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA.

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Children(s)

Samuel Harkins's Ancestors

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Samuel Harkins
1827–1918
Birth Place: , Rockbridge, Virginia, USA
Parents
George Hearking
1790–1840
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Narcissa Merrit
1800–
, Bedford, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Samuel Harkins
1756–1810
Salem, Salem County, New Jersey
Catherine (Chambers) (Harkins)
1761–1849
Paxtang, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Chambers
1727–1763
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Joseph Chambers
1694–1744

Samuel Harkins's Descendants

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Samuel (J) Harkins (Mar 1827–1918)
  1. 1. David (Crockett) Harkins 1853–1905 m. Mary (Alice Carpenter) Harkins 1856–1936
    1. 1. Samuel (Granville Harkins) Sr. 1892–1971 m. Louise (E.) Edens 1904–1977
      1. 1. Samuel (G Harkins) Jr. 1937–2019 m. Freddafay (Aquita) Lasure 1938–2024

Samuel Harkins's Timeline

3 Records

1827
Mar 1827
Birth of Samuel J Harkins in , Rockbridge, Virginia, USA
, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA
1846
15 Nov 1846
Age 19
Samuel J Harkins was married in , Kanawha, Virginia, USA
, Kanawha, Virginia, USA
1918
1918
Age 91
Death of Samuel J Harkins in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA
Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Mar 1827
    Event Place: , Rockbridge, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 15 Nov 1846
    Event Place: , Kanawha, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1918
    Event Place: Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA

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