Clarkson C. Harvey

    Clarkson C. Harvey was born in brown Township, Morgan County, Indiana, October 12, 1852. His parents, Robert and Sarah (Hadley) Harvey, were natives of Ohio and North Carolina respectively, and of Scotch-Irish extraction. They are Quakers, and in 1833 settled in Brown Township on a farm of 200 acres, where they have since resided.

    Clarkson C. Harvey is the seventh son and ninth child in a family of twelve children, and being raised on the farm, received a very ordinary education in the district school of his native township, remaining at home until in his twenty-first year, when he went into the employ of a grocery merchant in the town of Mooresville. About seven months later, he went to Illinois, and worked for some time at farming in Ford County. In September, 1874, he removed to Martinsville, where he opened a restaurant, and at present enjoys a lucrative business.

    Mr. Harvey is identified with the Republican party. He was married, January 14, 1877, to Annie H. Gregory, a daughter of M. W. and O. D. Gregory, pioneers of Morgan County. He is a member of the Methodist Church in good standing. His wife has been attentive to her duties as a member of the Christian Church. They have two children, Harlon and Olivia.

Source: Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor. F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884.