Capt. S. W. Levingston has owned the oldest saddle in the county, one he used when he first came to this country near sixty years ago, one he rode in the confederate service and one which was manufactured in this county by Josh Harmon five years before the beginning of the civil war. It was quite a new saddle when Sam Levingston rode it to New Orleans in response to the bugle call to arms. He has prized it highly all of these years, but recently conceived the idea of presenting it to Onie Harmon, the grandson of the maker. Of the descendents of Josh Harmon there are now saddle makers: Jesse Harmon now of Lake Charles, but formerly of Orange; Sam Harmon of Orange and Elmer Harmon of Lake Charles. The latter two Harmons are grandsons of Josh Harmon and Jessie Harmon is a son of the original saddle maker and pioneer and soldier and patriot.
The Daily Enterprise, April 27, 1910
Information from Oliver Peasley
Submitted by Elaine Stone
Copyright 2005-2008 Elaine Stone
All rights reserved