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Notes for SIMON HARNDEN from Ken Harnden:

Some researchers state that Simon had a daughter Laura Cecilia, but there have been no facts found to support this.

"Simon Harnden, a farmer on section 7, Allegan Township, Allegan
County, is the possessor of forty acres of good land. He came to Michigan in 1852, and stopped for a short time in Ionia County; he lived in Hillsdale County two years and then came to this county, living in Pine Plains for awhile and, in 1866, came to this township and purchased his present farm. He was born in Cayuga County, NY, 3 October 1818. Samuel and Asenath (Highley) Harnden, natives of New York, were the parents of our subject. The father was a boot and shoemaker and lived and died in New York. He was a Democrat in politics, held the office of Postmaster, and was, in religion, a member of the Univeralist Church. He was the parent of five children. Enos and our subject are now living.

Simon Harnden received his education in his native county and
learned the trade of a shoemaker which he followed for a number of years in the East and also since coming to Michigan. He was Trustee of the village of Port Byron, in his native county. He was married, in 1841, to Maretta Harrington, the daughter of Ebenezer and Emily (Mentor) Harrington, natives of Massachusetts. Mr. Harrington was a carriagemaker, and later in life removed to Cayuga County, NY, where he followed his trade until death. His good wife bore him five children: Almira (Mrs. Harnden) and Calista (Mrs. Storey) are now living. He was a Whig in politics.

Our subject and his wife are the happy parents of eight children,
all living, whose record is as follows: Almira, now Mrs. George
Whitney, is the mother of two children, Laura and Glenn; Romain married Mary Peet and is the father of two sons, Lester and Clarence; Lucy married Robert McQueen and they have eight children, John, Willie, Alice, James, Grover, Nellie, Martin and Charles; Sophia, Mrs. Howard Powers, has become the mother of two daughters, Belle and Minn; Lester married Carrie Rich, and two children have been born to them, Rich, and Elma; Alice, Mrs. Bliss, has two children, Roy and Rhoda; Charles is in the grocery business at Battle Creek, his brother-in-law, Mr. Bliss being his partner, under the firm name of Bliss & Harnden; Emily, Mrs. August Swedberg, is the mother of one child, Alice. Mr. Swedberg is an editor at Battle Creek. Mr Harnden, of whom we write, has a fine home with all modern conveniences and does a general farming business on his place,
in which he is quite successful. He belongs to the Democratic party."

Portrait and Biographical Record of Kalamazoo, Allegan and Van Buren
Counties, Michigan, 1892.

Almira Harrington, sister of Marietta, also married a Harnden. Who?

Simon was a trustee of the Village of Port Byron, NY in May 1844.

"Simon and Mrs Marietta Harnden were admitted by profession to
Congregational Church in 1861."

Sketches of Early Homes, Churches Schools and Residents of Allegan, Michigan. 1954

The following land purchase is from Ancestry.com:

HARNDEN, SIMON
Land Office: KALAMAZOO Sequence #: 1
Document Number: 27169 Total Acres: 240
Misc. Doc. Nr.: Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No Issue Date: December 15, 1856
Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No
Survey Date: Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries

Simon is found in the following Census Records:

1850 in Mentz, Cayuga Co., NY
1860 in Allegan Twp., Allegan Co., MI
1870 in Allegan Twp., Allegan Co., MI
1880 in Allegan Twp., Allegan Co., MI
1900 in Allegan Twp., Allegan Co., MI

Simon married Harrington, Marrieta 4 Jul 1841. Marrieta was born 5 Jul 1823, NY, USA; died 7 Jun 1898, Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI; was buried , Hudson Corners Cemetery, Allegan Co., MI. [Group Sheet]