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Andrew Jackson Harmon was born January 7, 1865, in Indiana, the son of Wilson Harmon and Elizabeth Endicott.
Andrew was a young child when his family moved from Indiana, across the Wabash River, into Gallatin County, Illinois about 1868 or 1869. The family appears on the 1870 Gallatin County census. Andrew is listed as four years old. Between 1875 and 1879, the family moved toward Indian Territory of present day Oklahoma.
Andrew appears with his family on the 1880 Boone County, Arkansas census. The census shows him to be 14 years old. We believe his family moved on to near the Arkansas and Indian Territory border, settling either in Sebastian County, Arkansas, or LeFlore County, Indian Territory.
Andrew married Lula C. Booth on October 20, 1889, at Pecola, Oklahoma. Lula Booth was born January 28, 1873, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, one of ten children born to David Booth and Alpha Autry. Lula had six brothers and three sisters. Alpha "Alice" Autry was a Cherokee Indian and could have homesteaded land in Oklahoma, but her husband, David Booth was too proud to let her file a claim on the land. Alpha eventually left David and moved to California.
Andrew paid taxes in Marion Township of Sebastian County, Arkansas in 1890. Marion Township is located along the Oklahoma border, near Cameron, in LeFlore County, Oklahoma. Andrew was a farmer.
We believe Andrew's mother, Elizabeth, died between about 1890 and 1894, near Cameron, as she is buried in that area. Andrew and Lula settled at Whitefield, in Haskell County, Oklahoma. They were living at Whitefield in 1894 when Andrew's father, Wilson, died at McAlester, Oklahoma. Andrew's daughter, Amy Harmon Lundy, said her father rode a horse from Whitefield to McAlester when Wilson died.
Within a few years, Andrew and Lula had settled at Mt. Home, a small community a few miles west of Stigler, in Haskell County. This is where they raised their family. They separated about 1920, but continued to reside within a mile of each other for many years.
The 1930 Haskell County, Oklahoma census, Machire Township, shows Lula C. Harmon, 58, widowed, married at 15, born in Arkansas, father born in Arkansas, mother born in Missouri, farmer; Wilburn M., son, 21, single, a laborer; J. B., grandson, 6, born in Oklahoma; and Jessie, grandson, 4 1/2 years old, born in Oklahoma.
The 1930 Pittsburg County, Oklahoma census, Quinton Township, shows Joseph P. Harmon, 26; Alice, wife, 28; and two daughters, Iva, 6 and Maxine, 3. Living with them is his father, Andrew J. Harmon, 64, widowed. We believe this is our Andrew.
Lula died April 1, 1947 and is buried in the Mt. Home Cemetery, located in Haskell County between Enterprize and Whitefield.
After Lula's death, Andrew lived for a time with his youngest daughter, Amy. Amy's family later moved to California and Andrew lived the remainder of his life with his sister Martha "Mattie" Harmon Looney at Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Andrew died February 21, 1955 and is buried at Mt. Home Cemetery in the same line as his wife's grave. Lula's grave is marked with a headstone. Three of their children are buried in line between Lula and Andrew.
Children of Andrew Harmon and Lula Booth
1. Maudie Harmon, b. 1890, OK
2. Roscoe Harmon, b. 1893, OK
3. Jess Wilson Harmon, b. 1896, OK
4. Bettie Mae Harmon, b. Nov 21, 1898, OK; d. abt 1902, at age 3; bur. Mt. Home Cem.
5. Flora Belle Harmon, b. Feb 14, 1901, OK; d. 1907, at age 6; bur. Mt. Home Cem.
6. Joseph Perry Harmon, b. 1903, OK
7. Dosha Malcum Harmon, b. Feb 14, 1905, OK; d. 1914, at age 9; bur. Mt. Home Cem.
8. Wilburn Harmon, b. 1908, OK
9. Amy Myree Harmon, b. 1911, OK