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Harvey, Robert

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Last Name Harvey
First Name Robert
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Death Date 11/9/1895
Birth Date 7/14/1811
Obituary Source Martinsville Republican, Nov. 14 & 22, 1895
Source Information Cemetery index
Cemetery Bethel Friends
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Spouse Sarah Hadley (died Jan. 15, 1888)
Survived By Nine children.
Other Age 85. Born in Clinton Co., Ohio. Parents: Joshua and Mary Harvey. "Came to Indiana in the spring of 1834 and in that year married Sarah Hadley. They had 9 sons and 2 daughters; all are living except 1 son and 1 daughter. Lived in Brown Twp., Morgan Co. Helped to establish the Bethel Meeting nearly 60 years ago." He had a broom factory over Goose Creek on North Indiana Street. According to Almira Harvey Hadley's book, "A Brief History of Mooresville & Vicinity": "Robert Harvey had a large family of boys and kept a dairy in order to give all employment at home. He made thousands of pounds of full cream cheese which found a ready market in neighboring towns. The old Matthews bakery and the Mason House at Martinsville bought hundreds of pounds of him. He also manufactured brooms as a side line to farming and this trade has descended from father to son to the third generation."
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