BIOGRAPHY: F. R. HARNES, Juniata Co., PA
  
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  The Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley, 
  Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, and Perry, 
  Pennsylvania.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897, Volume II, 
  Page 977.
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    F. R. HARNES, druggist, of Port Royal, Juniata county, Pa., was
  born in Germany township, Adams county, Pa., September 6, 1862. He is
  a son of Sylvester and Ellen (Weikert) Harnes, both of German descent.
  Sylvester Harnes was born in Adams county, and was a son of John
  Harnes. Sylvester followed the occupation of a merchant. His first
  wife was Ellen Weikert, and had two children: Kansa; and F. R. Mrs.
  Harnes died in 1860. Mr. Harnes married as his second wife Athalia E.
  Weikert. Their children are: Russel; Morris; Scott; Jordan; Guy;
  Jennie; and Prudence. Mr. Harnes died in Littlestown, Adams county,
  in 1884. Politically, he was a Democrat. He attended the Lutheran
  church.
    F. R. Harnes attended the public schools of Adams county. At the
  age of thirteen years he entered the drug store of Francis Jordan at
  Danville, Montour county, Pa., where he remained thirteen years,
  after which he went to Hazleton, Luzerne county, Pa., where for
  several months he was clerk in a drug store. In 1892 he removed to
  Port Royal, where he succeeded to the business of G. B. Kepler.
    Mr. Harnes married, April 4, 1892, Carrie Reep, a native of
  Carlisle, Cumberland county, Pa. Mr. Harnes is a member of the F. and
  A. M., No. 224, and I. O. O. F., No. 109, of Danville; and of the P.
  O. S. A., of Port Royal. He attends the Methodist Episcopal church.
  In politics, he is a Democrat.