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William Perry Harmonson

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William Perry Harmonson

Birth
Indiana, USA
Death
10 Aug 1907 (aged 71)
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
Burial
Roanoke, Denton County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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W.P. Harmonson went with the family to Missouri, sojourned with them for several years in Arkansas, and was about 10 years of age when they all settled at Lewisville in Denton County. He received most of his schooling there and prior to the Civil war removed to Young County and became interested in ranching and was also associated with the active men on the frontier who constituted themselves rangers and guards for stock and homes against Indian raids. He also belonged to an organization for immediate calls in case of Indian raids or other hostilities during the war period. The Harmonsons had a government contract to supply beef for the Indians on the old reservation along the Brazos River near Fort Belknap.

After the war, W.P. Harmonson returned to Denton County and resumed his connection with the stock business, and acquired an extensive body of land near old Elizabethtown, using this land for grazing and also for growing feed for his stock, and eventually turned it to good account as wheat fields. His cattle ranged both in Denton and in Young counties, and he was one of the prominent stockmen and successful businessmen of his time. His old home stood two and a half miles north of Elizabethtown, and its site is now owned by A. Holloway. William P. Harmonson lived the last fifteen years of his life at Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he died on August 10, 1907. He was a democrat, took an active part in politics in Denton County, and was always a staunch friend of the old soldier. In their early years he was a Methodist and always was generous in his support of religious institutions, though not a church member.

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W.P. Harmonson went with the family to Missouri, sojourned with them for several years in Arkansas, and was about 10 years of age when they all settled at Lewisville in Denton County. He received most of his schooling there and prior to the Civil war removed to Young County and became interested in ranching and was also associated with the active men on the frontier who constituted themselves rangers and guards for stock and homes against Indian raids. He also belonged to an organization for immediate calls in case of Indian raids or other hostilities during the war period. The Harmonsons had a government contract to supply beef for the Indians on the old reservation along the Brazos River near Fort Belknap.

After the war, W.P. Harmonson returned to Denton County and resumed his connection with the stock business, and acquired an extensive body of land near old Elizabethtown, using this land for grazing and also for growing feed for his stock, and eventually turned it to good account as wheat fields. His cattle ranged both in Denton and in Young counties, and he was one of the prominent stockmen and successful businessmen of his time. His old home stood two and a half miles north of Elizabethtown, and its site is now owned by A. Holloway. William P. Harmonson lived the last fifteen years of his life at Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he died on August 10, 1907. He was a democrat, took an active part in politics in Denton County, and was always a staunch friend of the old soldier. In their early years he was a Methodist and always was generous in his support of religious institutions, though not a church member.

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