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Harmon Landgraff

Male Abt 1815 -


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  • Name Harmon Landgraff 
    Born Abt. 1815  Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1850 - 1860  Cleveland, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    1860 United States Federal Census, Cleveland - p5
    1850 United States Federal Census - Constantia, p.28
    Occupation 1840 - 1860  Cleveland Glass Works, Cleveland, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Glass Cutter / Manufacturer 
    • "It was in the year of 1840 that Anthony Landgraff and his four sons, Francis, Harmon, Gustavus, and Charles, and his son-in-law, George Cowarden, built and operated the first glass factory in Cleveland, having come here from Vernon, Oneida County, because of the shortage of wood, which was used in melting glass." [3]
    19480416 - Cleveland    		 19480416 - Cleveland
    Chittenango Madison County Times
    04/16/1948, n.p.
    Person ID I87  CHS Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2016 

    Father Anthony Landgraff,   b. 1774, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1867, Cleveland, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Mother Hannah Christiana (Landgraff),   b. Abt. 1779, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1866, Cleveland, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Married Y  [5] 
    Family ID F28  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] 1860 United States Federal Census, 5 (Reliability: 2), 25 Jun 1860.
      State: New York; County: Oswego; Town: Constantia; Village: Cleveland; ED Date: 06/25/1860; Page: 5; Line: 2-4

    2. [S41] 1850 United States Federal Census, 28 (Reliability: 2), 19 Jul 1850.
      State: New York; County: Oswego; Town: Constantia; ED Date: 07/19/1850; Page: 28; Line: 6-8

    3. [S25] Northshore Notes, (Cleveland Historical Society), http://blog.clevelandhistoricalsociety.com/?p=361 (Reliability: 1), 1 Oct 2013.
      The Story of the Rise and Fall of Cleveland as Center for New York Glass Works by Frederick G. Griesmyer

    4. [S124] Chittenango Madison County Times (Reliability: 1), 16 Apr 1948.
      Window Glass Industry in Cleveland, N.Y.

    5. [S19] Find A Grave, findagrave.com., http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29852317 (Reliability: 1), 17 Sep 2008.
      Anthony Landgraff
      by Kiely Malone