William Harvey

William Harvey, son of Aaron and Elizabeth (Hall) Harvey, was born in the township of Elmira, one mile north of Osceola village, November 16, 1810. His parents were both natives of England, the father being a grocer and tea dealer of Derby, and the mother one of the Halls named in the history of Elmira township. In October, 1861 William enlisted in Company F, Fifty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry; was wounded at Corinth, October 1,1862, and received honorable discharge. He remained in the South after the war; was in the United States mail service from 1869 to 1876, when he returned to Stark county and established his drug store at Bradford. He married Miss Mary, daughter of Frank W. and Sarah Jane (Harris) Anthony, of Jackson county, Mich., to whom three children were born — Joseph H., Frank A. and William C. She is .a consistent member of the Protestant Episcopal church. Mr. Harvey is a member of the Fifty seventh Regimental Association and Dickerson Post, G-. A. R. (Vide Chapter on Elmira)