WI BIO - Dane Co - HARMON, George F.
Biographical Review of Dane County, WI. Chicago: Biographical Review Pub. Co. 
1893, Vol II, pp 422-423

George F. HARMON, residing on section 2, Montrose Township, Dane County, WI, 
who has resided here since 1854, was born in Rupert, Bennington County, VT, 
19 Jul 1847, a son of Ezra J. and Laura Ann (SMITH) HARMON, natives of the 
Bennington County, VT. Ezra J. HARMON was a VT farmer, who in 1854 came to 
WI, settling in Montrose Township, Dane County, where he [p 423] purchased a 
200-acre tract of partially improved land on sections 15 and 16. He here 
resided for some 15 years, then sold and purchased a farm on section 34, 
consisting of 120 acres, and on this place Ezra J. HARMON died in 1871, at 
the age of 51 years. The mother of our subject resides in Belleville [Dane 
County, WI]. Ezra J. and Laura Ann (SMITH) HARMON reared four children: 
Amos DeWitt, who was a member of Company E, 23rd WI Volunteers, and died in 
service during the late war; George F., our subject; Fred P., who resides in 
Belleville [Dane County, WI]; and Mary V., wife of Homer PAYNE, a resident of 
Belleville.

George F. HARMON was seven years old when the family settled in WI. He was 
reared on the farm and attended the district school, after which he worked 
two years as a farm hand. In 1870 George F. HARMON married Hortense WELLS, a 
daughter of Alonzo C. WELLS. She was born in Verona Township, Dane County, 
WI, 12 Jun 1848. Her parents were old pioneers of Verona Township. Her 
father [Alonzo C. WELLS], a farmer, died in Montrose Township, Dane County, 
WI. In 1871, soon after marriage, George F. HARMON settled where he now 
lives [Montrose Township, Dane County, WI], and purchased 100 acres of land. 
Here he has good buildings, modern improvements, and everything is very 
comfortable.

In politics George F. HARMON is a Democrat, although he was a Republican 
prior to 1876. He has always been interested in local politics, was township 
Treasurer in 1879 and 1880, and has served as Chairman of the Township Board 
of Supervisors in 1881, 1882, 1883, 1887, and 1892. He is a member of Oregon 
Lodge, No. 151, Ancient Free & Accepted Masons; Belleville Lodge, No. 74, 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has passed all the chairs, and has been 
a delegate to the General Lodge several times. He has also been a delegate 
to the county and district conventions of his party.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly