Winfield "Scott" Harbaugh
(1861-1893)
Winfield
"Scott" Harbaugh was born on
July 6 (or 26), 1861, in or near Nicolay, on the mountainous border of Fayette and
Somerset Counties, PA, the son of Joseph and
Jane (Williams) Harbaugh.
Scott married Ossie Catherine Michaels (1869- ? ) on June 26, 1887. He was age 26 at the time, and she was 18.
They had five children -- Lovie Pearl Harbaugh, William Harrison Harbaugh, Andrew Jackson Harbaugh, Lloyd Frederick Harbaugh Sr. and Charles Emmett Harbaugh. Sadly, daughter Lovie died at the tender age of seven months, on April 1, 1888.
Scott
died on March 10, 1893, at the age of 32. He was laid to rest at the Indian Creek Baptist Church. His
grave is part of the old Harbaugh plot, adjacent to where his step-grandmother, Martha
(Minerd) Harbaugh, and her father Jacob
Minerd Sr., rest for eternity. His tall, upright grave marker was still
legible when photographed in May 2008.
Ossie's fate is unknown, but will be reported here when learned.
The fate of son William Harrison Harbaugh is lost to history.
Son Andrew Jackson Harbaugh (1891-1925) married Eva May Miller (1892- ? ) on Sept. 10, 1913, in or near Pittsburgh. He was a longtime railroader, and was employed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. They had four children -- Mildred Lavata Gallagher, Gladys Irene Utz, Eleanor Pearl Caliquiri and Ralph Willard Harbaugh. Tragically, like his uncle James Harbaugh five years earlier, Andrew was killed in a railroad accident, this time on Christmas Eve, 1925. His mangled remains were laid to rest in the Chartiers Cemetery in Pittsburgh. He and his uncle are among a disturbingly high number of cousins to lose their lives in railroad and streetcar accidents. Eva May's fate is unknown. In August 1941, daughter Mildred provided information that was published several years later in the 1947 book, Harbaugh History (Evansville, IN), authored by Cora Bell and J.L. Cooprider.
Son Lloyd Frederick Harbaugh Sr. (1893- ? ) married Marie Hurley (1891- ? ) on March 29, 1913. They had two children -- Ossie Catherine Harbaugh and Lloyd Frederick Harbaugh Jr. Lloyd Sr. and Marie later divorced. In the 1940s, Lloyd Sr. resided at 302 Journal Street in Pittsburgh.
Son Charles Emmett Harbaugh (1897-1938) married Mabel Maust ( ? - ? ). He passed away at age 41 on Aug. 14, 1938.
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