2.2 Linear Feet, 2 ft. 1 1/2 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 artifact, 20 1/2 in.)
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Material regarding the family of Samuel Frances Harsh of Barbour County, West Virginia. Includes genealogy and family history
records, photographs, three bibles, and artifacts. Photographs include a cased photograph, tintypes, and cabinet cards of
the Harsh family and relatives, some dating to the Civil War era. The bibles date from 1865, 1880, and 1881, and include family
genealogical information. There are two artifacts in the collection owned by Samuel Harsh, including a potato masher and a
clock. The masher includes engravings of his name and the date of 1890. The cased photograph is an image of Samuel F. Harsh
dating from 1865 as a member of Captain Haller's Home Guards, a local militia unit formed for the purpose of protecting Barbour
County from Confederate raids; and there is a lock of hair, also in a union case, that was kept by his wife Louisa during
the Civil War.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Samuel F. Harsh Family, Genealogy, Photographs, and Artifacts, A&M 3789,
West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.