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J. W. HARLOW, contractor and builder, McComb, was born in Mercer County, Penn., August 3, 1837, and is next
youngest in the family of ten children of Philip and Eliza (Weaver) Harlow, natives of Germany, former of whom,
a tailor by trade, died in Pennsylvania in 1860; latter died in Wood County in 1874. Our subject received a common
school education, and at the age of nineteen commenced learning the carpenter's trade, which he has since continued
in. He came to Hancock County in 1858, settling in Union Township on a farm, also worked at his trade. He came
to McComb in 1882. He built the United Brethren Church at Hoytsville. From 1879 to 1880 he carried on a branch
store for G. M. Ogden. Mr. Harlow was married, in 1860, to Sarah, daughter of Reuben George, a native of Pennsylvania
and of German descent. Their children are Stephen A., Henry Milton, Mary E., Lillie May and Bertha L. Mrs. Harlow
is a member of the Church of God. Mr. Harlow is a Democrat in politics. He has served as a member of the town council
two years, and as a member of the school board of Wood County.
From:
History of Madison County, Ohio
Published by: Warner, Beers and Company
Chicago, Illinois 1886
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