Biographical Sketch of
george Harrington
Transcribed by Robert Schieber Source: Memorial and Biographical Record and Illustrated Compendium of Biography of Citizens of Columbia, Sauk and Adams Counties, Wisconsin, published 1901 by G. A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, 1901, Pages 689 - 690 Algard, De Remmer, Harrington, Marsh, Young George Harrington, one of the pioneers of Adams county, Wisconsin, is a respected resident of the village of Easton. He was born in the city of New York, February 16, 1834. His father, John Harrington, was a mechanic and worked for many years in New York City, and died there in the spring of 1844. His wife, Mary, died in 1843, and both parents were buried in the city of New York. To this worthy couple six children were born, three of whom are still living, namely: Susan, now Mrs. Young, of Staten Island: Mary, now Mrs. W. R. Marsh, of Rahway, New Jersey; and George, the subject of our present article. George Harrington was left at about the age of ten years without parents, and was taken in charge by relatives. At the age of fourteen years he went to work on a farm near Oxford, in Orange county, New York, where he remained for three years. He received a preliminary education between his tenth and fourteenth years. He has been a great reader and observer, however, and has managed to pick up a fund of practical knowledge that has stood him in good stead on many occasions. When he was seventeen years old he returned to New York City and engaged with an oyster- man, fishing in Long Island Sound, and taking the oysters to New York City. He was about three years on the water, sailing from New York to Salem, Philadelphia, Richmond, Virginia, and other points. In 1855 Mr. Harrington left New York for Wisconsin, and located in Columbia county, near Portage, and lived with a farmer at Silver Lake about nine months. In the winter of 1856-1857 he was in the pineries along the Yellow River. In November , 1855, he entered a tract of land comprising eighty acres, in the town of Easton, but did not reside upon it until 1857, when he located upon the land and began to improve it. This land he held until 1865, at the time of his discharge from the service, when he sold it and purchased a farm on section 32. This farm he held for nineteen years, and finally traded it for property in the village of Easton. Mr. Harrington enlisted August 16, 1864, in Company K, Thirty-eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and was immediately assigned to service at Petersburg. He remained on duty there until April 5, 1865. He was honorably discharged at Washington, D. C., in June, 1865. Mr. Harrington was married in February, 1862, to Mahala, daughter of Joseph and Eliza (De Remmer) Algard, of Oregon, Dane county, Wisconsin. Mrs. Harrington died August 31, 1892, and rests in the Easton cemetery. In political sentiment our subject is a Republican and takes an active interest in public affairs. He has served as supervisor of his township, and for fourteen years has held the office of school treasurer. He takes an interest in the advancement of the cause of education, and enjoys the confidence and respect of all men regardless of political bias. He is a good Christian citizen and a man of sterling worth. He is a member of Ennis Reed Post, G. A. R., at White Creek.Transcribed by Robert Schieber
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