Hannah Harrington^[1]

1849 - 1931  (81 years)

• Name	Hannah Harrington
  Born	6 Dec 1849	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Immigration	Abt 1862	Wakarusa, Elkhart, Indiana, USA   [4]
  Name	Hannah Eby
  Eby ID Number	00031-2375.1
  Died	23 May 1931  [3]
  Buried	Arlington Hill Cemetery, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I20778	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	John C. Harrington,   b. 4 Jul 1803, East Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 6 Aug 1886, , Elkhart Co., Indiana  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Mary Colosky,   b. 15 Aug 1813, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 22 Aug 1894, Near, Wakarusa, Elkhart, Indiana, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Married	25 Oct 1832	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F7860	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Seth Eby,   b. 17 Nov 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 May 1914  (Age 67 years)
  Married	Abt 1869	Elkhart, Indiana, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Alma I. Eby,   b. 1873, , Indiana ,   d. 28 Feb 1959  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F5141	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Harrington.- Jacob Harrington, 71, died in his home at Wakarusa, Ind., after being ill for five weeks with complications caused by ear trouble. The son of John and Mary Harrington. He was born July 25, 1859, in Canada and came to the vicinity of Wakarusa with his parents when three years old where he grew to manhood. On March 12, 1883, he married Mary Trysinger, with whom he lived on a farm with near Wakarusa. Sometime later they moved to Wakarusa and he was employed at the Metal Forming Co., in Elkhart for about seven years, prior to five years ago when he became ill with blood poisoning. He was converted in the spring of 1909, and on April 24, was baptized at which time he was received as a member in the Mennonite Church and as a brother in the Holdeman congregation. Bro. Harrington was a man of strong religious convictions, true to his Master until the end. Surviving are his wife and five children (Chester and Harry Harrington, Mrs. Eli Hunsberger, Mrs. A.J. Dullinger, and Mrs. Guy Burkhart). One son (Forrest ) died on March 24, 1929 at the age of 25. there are also 11 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, 2 brothers (David and Amos Harrington) , 2 sisters (Mrs. Isaac Flickinger and Mrs. Seth Eby). He was a man universally respected and loved by all who knew him. A neighbor not to be forgotten. His love for children was marked, and he alway greeted them with a cheery word. The funeral was held at the Olive Church, conducted by Brethren David A. Yoder and Silas Weldy. Text, Jno. 17: 4. Burial in the adjoining cemetery. 1aGospel Herald Newspaper May 14, 1931 - Vol. XXIV, No.7 - page 159

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 540. [S255] Census - Indiana - 1880, Madison, St. Joseph, Indiana Film 1254309 Page 531D. [S3231] Find A Grave, (2019). Findagrave.com. Retrieved 22 April 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130844955/hannah-eby. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, May 14, 1931 Obituary of Jacob Harrington. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, September 15, 1894 - Obituary of Mary Harrington.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Dec 1849 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Immigration - Abt 1862 - Wakarusa, Elkhart, Indiana, USA Married - Abt 1869 - Elkhart, Indiana, USA Buried - - Arlington Hill Cemetery, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan, United States  = Link to Google Earth