Newton Co., IN Biography


  RILEY C. HARWOOD.  Few of the farmers of Newton County have made a 
better showing from a similar beginning than Riley C. Harwood of Beaver
Township.  He owns and occupies a fine farm of 110 acres in that
township, with his postoffice and market town at Morocco.  He began life
with practically no capital, and has since acquired prosperity and a 
place of influence in his community.
   His birth occurred in New York State November 1, 1852, and he is 
a son of Barton and Irene (Morse) Harwood.  His paternal ancestors came
from England.  Barton Harwood came west in 1853, and settled in LaSalle
County, Illinois.  He was a cooper by trade, having learned that
occupation in New York State but did not follow it after coming west.
In La Salle County he was an active farmer, and from there in 1870 he 
moved to Newton County, Indiana, and spent the rest of his days on a 
rented farm in Beaver Township.  His death occurred in the spring of 
1880.  He was a good citizen and a man whose life accounted for much
in any community where he lived.  He was a republican and a member of 
the United Brethren Church.  His wife died in 1889.
   Of the ten children of his parents, Riley C. Harwood is the only one 
now living.  He grew up in La Salle County, Illinois, and has always
followed the occupation to which he was reared.  He worked hard as a 
young man, and by thrift and good management was able to make his first
investment in a tract of forty acres.  With growing prosperity, he has 
increased his farming land and added constantly to its value, and at the 
same time has prospered and lived well. 
   On March 22, 1874, in Beaver Township Mr. Harwood married Miss Sarah
Wink.  Her people formerly lived in Henry County, Indiana.  After nine
years of married life, Mrs. Harwood passed away July 21, 1883.  There 
were three children, John E., a farmer in Beaver Township, and Irma and 
Frank, who are deceased.  After the death of his first wife Mr. Harwood
was married in Beaver Township to Mrs. Carrie (Hicks) Hemphill.  Seven
children were born to their marriage, and the five now living are: Ralph,
born April 1, 1888, James, born August 30, 1890, Ethel, born March 3, 
1892, Vannes, born February 2, 1895, and Byron, born November 8, 1903.
The church of the family is the Baptist, of Beaver City, Indiana. 

   From A Standard History of Jasper & Newton Counties, 1916.  Vol. II, 
p. 751.

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