Barton County, Missouri Biographies-John M. HARLOW

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri, 1889.  Published by Goodspeed. Pages 899, 900

John M. Harlow is a member of the real estate and loan firm of Gealy &
Harlow.  This business was established in 1874 by John M. Harlow, Sr.,
father of the subject of this sketch, who came to this county in May,
1870, and commenced in the dry goods business, which he continued until
1874, when he embarked in the real estate and loan business.  He was a 
native of Augusta County, Va., born June 10, 1833, and came to Clark
County, Ill., with his uncle, he being an orphan.  He was there reared
on a farm, and was there married to Miss Elizabeth Foglesong, a native
of Indiana.  He served in various offices in Clark County, and was
deputy sheriff for some time.  He came to Golden City in 1870, and
remained here until his death, which occurred March 18, 1889, at the
age of fifty-five years.  His wife died in 1879 at the age of about
forty-five years.  She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. Harlow was a member of the I.O.O.F., and was justice of the peace
for four years.  He owned at his death 320 acres of land and consider-
able town property, also property in other places in the West.  He did
a flourishing business in real estate for years, and was a man who was
universally respected.  John M. Harlow,Jr., is a native of Clark County,
Ill., and came here with his parents in 1870.  He was reared and educated
in the public schools, and in 1885 was united in marriage to Miss Amanda
Huly, a native of Illinois.  To this union were born two children, Mabel
and Elizabeth.  Mr. Harlow left this county in 1881, and moved to Clark
County, serving as constable there for four years, after which he 
returned to Barton County. He then spent three years in Colorado,
subsequently engaging in the real estate business at Lamar.  In the 
fall of 1888 he returned and took charge of the interests of his father,
and the firm is enjoying a liberal share of public patronage.

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