John Alexander Harrow, my 2nd great-grandfather, was born 4 Aug 1831 in Green, Adams Co., Ohio to Isaac Harrow and Phoebe Rowand. His father died at 34 years old when John was just 7, shortly after being appointed the Postmaster of South Solon, Ohio. He married Celina DeVault in 1851 and they had two children before she died in 1858. His occupation is listed as Farmer and Carpenter. He registered for the Civil War and was a Private, first assigned with Company B of the 88th Indiana Infantry, then transferred to the 1st US Vet. Vol. Engrs., and served three years in total from 1862 to 1865. After the war, he settled in Indiana for a while, where he married Mary Snow (who was not quite 15 at the time, and only 5 months older than his oldest son), then eventually moved back to Ohio. He worked on the canals in the summers, being a skilled carpenter, built coffins in the winter, and tried to house his family on a canal boat. They had 12 children, and lost 6 to pneumonia and the cold while on the boat. He died in Paulding, Ohio on 15 Jan 1896.
--Cyndi Messick
--Cyndi Messick