Harcanis C. Leaman was born on the family farm around Crooked Lake. The farm is not in a town really, but Albion is only 2 or 3 miles away. The farm had been passed down from Harcanis's grandpa (Samuel Leaman Sr.). Samuel Leaman Sr. came to Whitley County in 1838 and bought and settled on about 80 acres of land. He passed the farm on to his son, Samuel Leaman Jr. who passed it on to Harcanis. His father is buried in the family cemetery on the farm property along with some of his siblings and some of his aunts and uncles. Also in the cemetery, there are some children from another family that was friends with the Leamans and somewhere around the outside of the cemetery fence, there is an Indian buried. All of the headstones have been taken down due to vandalism and deterioration.

Harcanis's parents were Samuel Leaman Jr. (1826-1884) and Elizabeth A. Crumley (?-?)

His siblings were:
-Galveston (1858-?)
-Wayne (1859-1927)
-Albert (1860-1865) buried in family cemetery
-Clinton (1862-1864) buried in family cemetery
-Emma Jane (1866-1917)
-Laura A. (1868-1939)
-Isaac (1870-1940)
-Rosa Dora (1872-about 1935)
-Massillon (1873-about 1935)

He was married twice:
1. unknown

2. Alfretta Jane "Jennie" Pressler on March 19, 1893 in Whitley County, Indiana

They didn't have any children, but Jennie had two children from her previous marriage to Charles Clinton Stewart (1863-1909)

Harcanis passed away due to a cut from an axe on his knee that became badly infected.
When he passed away, the farm was passed on to Jennie's son, Cleveland Henry Stewart (1884-1973). When Cleveland passed away, his wife, Lillie, sold the farm and it was turned into a nature preserve. The brick house is still standing along with the big barn built in 1869. One of the 2 original log houses was sold separately and it was taken apart and moved to a new location. The other log house had fallen apart many years prior to the sale. The fields now are covered in trees and plants, and what used to be a campground along Crooked lake is also grown up.