JOHN HARRINGTON, farmer, P.O. Keepville, was born September 6, 1835, in Conneaut Township, Erie County, Penn., son of Jane Porter & William Harrington, also a native of Erie County, dying January 31, 1881. Our subject is a brother of Ira P. Harrington, whose biography appears elsewhere in this work. Mr. John Harrington was united in marriage, October 23, 1859, to Miss Mary, daughter of William Kinney, formerly of Crawford County, Penn. Seven children have crowned this union, viz., Alice A., Mark W., Maggie, Millie, Josie, Frankie, and John R. Mr. Harrington enlisted during the late war, August, 1861, in Company A, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served in the Second Army Corps under Gen. Hancock, with the Army of the Potomac. After serving about a year, he was honorably discharged on account of disability, caused by disease contracted in the army. He is the owner of about one hundred acres of fine land, with nice buildings. He is a Republican in politics, and is one of the substantial men of Conneaut Township, in which he has served as Township Auditor one term, and now as Road Commissioner. His grandfather Harrington, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and assisted in getting Perry's fleet over the bar at Erie.
SOURCE: Bates, Samuel "History of Erie County, Pennsylvania Containing a History of the County; its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania, Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Etc. Etc." Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884, p. 19 in Township (Conneaut) Biographies.
Civil War Veteran
Pvt. U.S. Army, Co. A, 145th Regt. Pa. Inf.
8/26/1862 - 7/28/1863
SOURCE: Bates, Samuel "History of Erie County, Pennsylvania Containing a History of the County; its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania, Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Etc. Etc." Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884, p. 19 in Township (Conneaut) Biographies.
Civil War Veteran
Pvt. U.S. Army, Co. A, 145th Regt. Pa. Inf.
8/26/1862 - 7/28/1863
JOHN HARRINGTON, farmer, P.O. Keepville, was born September 6, 1835, in Conneaut Township, Erie County, Penn., son of Jane Porter & William Harrington, also a native of Erie County, dying January 31, 1881. Our subject is a brother of Ira P. Harrington, whose biography appears elsewhere in this work. Mr. John Harrington was united in marriage, October 23, 1859, to Miss Mary, daughter of William Kinney, formerly of Crawford County, Penn. Seven children have crowned this union, viz., Alice A., Mark W., Maggie, Millie, Josie, Frankie, and John R. Mr. Harrington enlisted during the late war, August, 1861, in Company A, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served in the Second Army Corps under Gen. Hancock, with the Army of the Potomac. After serving about a year, he was honorably discharged on account of disability, caused by disease contracted in the army. He is the owner of about one hundred acres of fine land, with nice buildings. He is a Republican in politics, and is one of the substantial men of Conneaut Township, in which he has served as Township Auditor one term, and now as Road Commissioner. His grandfather Harrington, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and assisted in getting Perry's fleet over the bar at Erie.
SOURCE: Bates, Samuel "History of Erie County, Pennsylvania Containing a History of the County; its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania, Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Etc. Etc." Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884, p. 19 in Township (Conneaut) Biographies.
Civil War Veteran
Pvt. U.S. Army, Co. A, 145th Regt. Pa. Inf.
8/26/1862 - 7/28/1863
SOURCE: Bates, Samuel "History of Erie County, Pennsylvania Containing a History of the County; its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania, Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Etc. Etc." Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884, p. 19 in Township (Conneaut) Biographies.
Civil War Veteran
Pvt. U.S. Army, Co. A, 145th Regt. Pa. Inf.
8/26/1862 - 7/28/1863
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