Harvey, Samuel A.

Born: 1817-XX-XX Reading, Pennsylvania

Died: 1892-09-14 Florida

Samuel A. Harvey was a millwright, farmer, and real estate investor. In 1850 he lived with family in Urbana, Illinois, where he worked as a millwright. As of 1850, he also owned more than 200 acres of public land in Champaign County, Illinois. By 1860, he lived and farmed near Mahomet, Illinois, and owned more than $12,000 in real and personal property. In December 1860 he married Martha Allen, with whom he had at least three children. He relocated to Florida after the Civil War and died at his home in Fort Pierce, Florida.

Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Champaign County, 18 December 1860, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Urbana, Champaign County, IL, 97; Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, Champaign County, 237:29; 237:38; 237:68, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Champaign County, IL, 38; U.S. Census Office, Ninth Census of the United States (1870), Champaign County, IL, 24; Indian River Advocate (Titusville, FL), 23 September 1892, 2:2.