Hardesty's History of Calhoun County, West Virginia

OSCAR S. HARSHMAN 

     Oscar S. Harshman was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 
December 15, 1848, a son of George Harshman, who was born in 1812, 
and Elizabeth (Buttermore) Harshman, who is now deceased. 
     During the 1861 war he served thirteen months in Company A, 57th 
Pennsylvania Infantry, and was in battle at Hatches Run, Yellowhouse, 
Petersburg, Weldon R. R. and others. 
     In 1876 he came to Calhoun County, West Virginia, and here he 
was united in marriage, March 27, 1880, with Mary Z., daughter of 
Absalom and Prudence (Arnold) Knotts. She was born in Harrison 
County, Virginia, October 28, 1851, and the one son of their 
marriage, Norval, was born March 22, 1882. The business pursuits of 
Oscar S. Harshman are house carpenter and joiner and farming and his 
address is Minnora, Calhoun County, West Virginia. 

(Linda Fluharty)