So, besides going to school together, it turns out Coach Harbaugh and I are practically brothers. I was working on a branch of my family tree, descendants of Amos Potter and Mary Meeker of 18th century New Jersey, and unfortunately, many of their sons and daughters moved to Ohio.
One descendent, Amos Baldwin Sawyer, the 3rd cousin of my great-great-grandfather married a woman named Laura Harbaugh in 1851. I thought the name was familiar -- she was the g-g-granddaughter of an immigrant from Germany, Johann Yost Harbaugh.
This guy is also the 7th-great grandfather of Jim Harbaugh.
So, Jim Harbaugh is my g-g-grandfather's 3rd cousin's wife's 3rd cousin, 5 x removed. I plan to let him know next Saturday.
Given Jim's ideas on diet, i thought it interesting that the writeup of his 6th great grandfather on find a grave also focuses a lot on what they ate, including of course, milk and buttermilk.
Johann Jacob Harbaugh (1733-1818)
He was tall and stout in person. He had one eye as the result of some malicious men, who fell foul of him at Mooney's Tavern, which it seems was a place of justice, and while he defended himself, one man struck him with a stone. He was a very strict disciplinarian. During winter evenings, he sat at a table and read, but not a whisper came from the family, each in his usual place. While eating, the children stood around the table. The food was plain and simple. They ate soup for breakfast, no meat, and fruits in season. They ate meat at noon. In the evening, soup and potatoes were served, no meat. Mush and milk was used often, and buttermilk was the drink, except on the Sabbath, when they had coffee."
One descendent, Amos Baldwin Sawyer, the 3rd cousin of my great-great-grandfather married a woman named Laura Harbaugh in 1851. I thought the name was familiar -- she was the g-g-granddaughter of an immigrant from Germany, Johann Yost Harbaugh.
This guy is also the 7th-great grandfather of Jim Harbaugh.
So, Jim Harbaugh is my g-g-grandfather's 3rd cousin's wife's 3rd cousin, 5 x removed. I plan to let him know next Saturday.
Given Jim's ideas on diet, i thought it interesting that the writeup of his 6th great grandfather on find a grave also focuses a lot on what they ate, including of course, milk and buttermilk.
Johann Jacob Harbaugh (1733-1818)
He was tall and stout in person. He had one eye as the result of some malicious men, who fell foul of him at Mooney's Tavern, which it seems was a place of justice, and while he defended himself, one man struck him with a stone. He was a very strict disciplinarian. During winter evenings, he sat at a table and read, but not a whisper came from the family, each in his usual place. While eating, the children stood around the table. The food was plain and simple. They ate soup for breakfast, no meat, and fruits in season. They ate meat at noon. In the evening, soup and potatoes were served, no meat. Mush and milk was used often, and buttermilk was the drink, except on the Sabbath, when they had coffee."
