Biography of T.W. Harwood, page 260.  History of Northeast Indiana; 
LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, and DeKalb Counties, Vol. II, under the editorial 
supervision of Ira Ford, Orville Stevens, William H. McEwen, and William H. 
McIntosh.  The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1920.

   T.W. Harwood, of Wilmington Township, DeKalb County, was a soldier in the 
Civil war, and though more than half a century has passed since the close of 
that conflict he is still active as a farmer and citizen and still does a 
day’s work when his stock and fields require it.
   Mr. Harwood was born in Vermont, a son of Asa and Cynthia (Stockwell) 
Harwood, the former a native of Massachusetts and the latter of Vermont. 
When they left the Green Mountain State they moved to Medina County, Ohio, 
and in March, 1857, settled in Wilmington Township of DeKalb County, where 
they spent the rest of their days. Asa Harwood was a man well advanced 
toward age when the Civil war came on, but he enlisted in the Forty-Fourth 
Indiana Infantry and served until wounded and incapacitated at the battle 
of Stone River.  After the war he lived on his farm and also followed his 
mechanical trade at Waterloo.  He was the father of five children, and two 
of the sons were in the war. The three children now living are Emmett, 
Henry and T.W.  Henry was the other soldier son and now lives in Michigan.
   T.W. Harwood was sixteen years old when he came to DeKalb County and he 
finished his education here in the district schools.  He served nearly a 
year toward the close of the Civil war, and then returned to DeKalb County.  
In June, 1865, he married Julia A. Smurr.  After their marriage they 
settled on the farm where they live today.  Mr. Harwood has ninety acres 
in his own name and twelve acres belong to his wife.  His land and other 
accumulations represent many years of faithful labor on his part.
   Mr. Harwood is a daughter of George N. and Rebecca (Kinsey) Smurr, and 
a granddaughter of George Smurr, who came as a pioneer to DeKalb County 
and entered forty acres from the Government, part of which is now in the 
home farm of Mr. and Mrs. Harwood.  Mr. and Mrs. Harwood have six children: 
Albert W., born November 20, 1866, and married Elizabeth Dill;   George N., 
born February 12, 1869, married Leora Love; Daniel C., born March 6, 1873, 
now deceased; Anna L., born February 9, 1876, wife of Fred Piper; Cecil L., 
born August 23, 1878, married Nora Gesinger; and Inez, born March 5, 1886, 
wife of Ray Treman.  Mr. Harwood is a republican in politics.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
Agoodwin@ctlnet.com