HAROLD: Of Geary District: Elias Harold first.

Elias Harold and Barbara (Simmons) Harold, his wife, whom he had married in Pendleton County West Virginia, came to Roane County about the year 1850, with all their family then about grown; their names: Jesse, Daniel, Michael, William and John.

Further of this family:

Jesse Harold, son of Elias and Barbara, married Mariah Rogers (widow), daughter of Robert Ogden, on December 20, 1866; they made their home farm on upper Big Sandy; to them were born and by them reared two sons and one daughter whose names and births are:

Jasper Newton, born 1867; George Carrey, 1877, and America Angeline; she married Newton J. Jarvis.

Daniel Harold, son of Elias and Barbara, was twice married: first to Mary Vaughn, August 30, 1866; of this marriage six children were born. Mary having died, Daniel again married, this time with Salina Hart, on July 17, 1886, his age 43, her age 31; of this marriage were born six children.

Michael Harold, son of Elias and Barbara, married twice; first wife, Miss Elizabeth Ogden, daughter of Osborne and Sarah (Petitt) Ogden, of Big Sandy; of this marriage was born one child only, his name Wesley C., in the year 1872. He is now the Reverend W. C. Harold, popular minister of the Baptist Church; served the Baptist congregations of the City of Spencer, in the first years of his preaching.

William Harold, son of Elias and Barbara, married Debora Cottrell; they have three sons and one daughter.

John Christopher Harold, fifth son of Elias and Barbara, was twice married: first wife, Mary Drake, daughter of Sutton Drake, on March 31, 1882; they had one daughter. Mary having died, J. Christopher united in marriage, March 7, 1884, with Caroline Hardway, then seventeen years of age; they have reared four sons and four daughters.


Source: History of Roane County, West Virginia, 1774-1927 William H. Bishop, Esq. p 541-542
Submitter: Sandy Spradling, November 28, 1999