Earl Harbin

Earl Harbin

Earl W. Harbin was the son of Beulah Wilson and Roy J. Harbin. He was born in Sherman County, Oregon, 27 July 1908 and died in July 1979 in Portland, Oregon. He married Edith Hollenbeck.

Beulah Wilson Harbin was the daughter of George Scott and Martha E. Cress Wilson of Mountain City who went to Sherman County Oregon in 1905 with their large family. George was the 3rd son of Richard L. and Elizabeth Fenner Greer Wilson. Martha Cress was the daughter of Nicholas and Susannah Cress.Roy J. Harbin was born in NC but is listed in the Johnson County TN Census of 1900 in the household of Abe and Martha Harbin, age 17. He is married to Beulah in the Census of 1910 in Sherman County. He died in Nov 1969 in Portland.

Beulah Wilson Harbin was born in Johnson County TN, 25 Apr 1882 and died in Okesable, Washington 1 Apr 1958. She is buried in the Kent Cemetery.

Earl Harbin graduated from Kent High School in 1926 one of 7 boys in the Senior Class.

Beulah was a niece of Jerry and Nora Wilson of Johnson County and a granddaughter of Richard Luck Wilson.

My husband is a grandson of Truly Brook Wilson (a sister of Beulah). I have done a lot of research in Tennessee as well as Oregon on this family.

Information on Earl Harbin and his family was submitted by Pat Goodwin Helyer


This is one of the photographs given to me by Helen Graybeal Price of Johnson City, TN. This picture was among the pictures collected by Jerry and Nora Mae Elliott Wilson. Jerry was a son of Richard Luck Wilson and Elizabeth Fenner. Nora was a daughter of Julius A. and Martha Greer Elliott and the 2nd wife of Jeremiah (Jerry) Wilson of Mountain City.

Submitted by Mary Floy Katzman


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