Chauncey
Clinton Harbaugh
(1879-1935)
Chauncey Clinton "Chance" Harbaugh was born on Jan. 8, 1879 in Ohiopyle, Fayette County, PA, the son of Allen E. and Margaret (Williams) Harbaugh.
Chance
had dark hair and hazel eyes. He never married. At age 21, when the federal
census of 1900 was enumerated, he was living at home with his parents. He worked
that year as a fireman on the railroad.
In 1910, at age 31, Chance remained at home, and worked as a “laborer on odd jobs.” Ten years later, in 1920, he was employed as a coal mine laborer in the Mill Run area.
He is pictured with other local men, posed in front of the Mill Run post office circa 1902-1910, in the 1970 book, A History of Mill Run. He was a member of the United Brethren in Christ Church.
Chance
died of heart disease on April 29, 1935. Said the Connellsville Daily Courier,
"He had been ill for several months and during the past 18 weeks was
confined to his bed."
He was buried in the Harbaugh family plot at the Indian Creek Baptist Church in Mill Run. His grave today is not marked.
In 1994, the photograph of Chance at the Mill Run post office was published in the book, Yesteryear in Ohiopyle and Surrounding Communities, Vol. II, compiled by author Marci Lynn McGuinness.
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