- E. G. HARLOW; born at Sackett's Harbor, Jefferson Co., N.Y.,
Nov. 18, 1832. Married Miss
- Fannie HOWE Aug. 1, 1854; she was born at Sackett's Harbor
March 1, 1835; they have six children living, two sons and four
daughters - Edward H. (a machinist, now in the employ of the
N.W.R.R. Co. in Chicago), born Sept. 7, 1856; John C. (route
agent in railroad mail service between Milwaukee and Prairie
du Chien), born Sept. 1, 1858; Annis, born April 1, 1863; Susie,
April 2, 1866; Nellie, born Jan. 25, 1868, and Theodora, born
July 25, 1870. Mr. E. G. HARLOW is brother of Hon. George H.
HARLOW, Secretary of State of Illinois. Mr. E. G. came to Janesville
in 1854, and was engaged in buying grain and produce till the
war broke out, when he recruited seventy men from Janesville,
and was commissioned First Lieutenant of the 12th Wis. Bat.,
light artillery; was with Grant at Vicksburg; with Sherman in
his famous march to the sea, and went on to Washington to the
"grand review;" at the close of the war, was breveted
Captain by the President on account of meritorious services rendered
during the war; was mustered out in 1865. Mr. H. is a member
and Vestryman of Trinity Episcopal Church.
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- Taken from "History of Rock County Wis." (c)1879,
p. 707.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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