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HARDIN, CHANCY (deceased) ; merchant, banker and man of affairs, Monmouth; was born in Richfield, Otsego County, N. Y., Janu- ary 15, 1815, and died in Monmouth, January 5, 1892. The genealogy of the family is traced back to 1640, when Nathan Hardin came from England and settled on Cape Cod, Mass. Chancy Hardin was a son of Chancy and Anna (Gates) Hardin. The father was born in Middle Haddam, Conn., January 6, 1773, and died in Iowa Falls, Iowa, in 1876. The mother was born at Middle Haddam in 1786 and died at Richfield, N. Y., in 1819. Of their union were born two sons, who attained maturity: Harry G. and Chancy. Mr. Hardin was mar- ried to Sally Martin, his second wife, who was born in Otsego County, N. Y., in 1794 and died in Iowa Falls in 1885. Three daughters were born to them: Mary Ann, wife of Justin Soule; Fidelia, wife of A. E. Arnold, and Arzelia, wife of S. P. Smith. Chancy Hardin received a common-school education and, at the age of
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twenty-one began clerking in a store at Bur- lington Flats, Otsego County, N. Y. In 1840 he decided to come west to better his fortune, and, on July 4th of that year, arrived in Mon- mouth; where he soon afterward was em- ployed in the store of James E. Hogue. In the spring of 1843 he moved to a farm of 640 acres in Tompkins Township, where he de- voted seven and a half years to agriculture and stockraising. In the fall of 1850 he dis- posed of his landed interests, about 640 acres in extent, and removed to Monmouth, where the remainder of his life was spent. In 1853, in company with Gen. A. C. Harding and Judge Ivory Quinby, Mr. Hardin built the railroad from Burlington to Knoxville, known as the Peoria & Oquawka Railroad, and after operat- ing it about six months, sold it to the Chi- cago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company. The partners to this enterprise, knowing the route to be followed by the road, purchased considerable land along the line, laid out the South Addition to the city of Monmouth, and founded the towns of Kirkwood and Biggsville. In 1860 Mr. Hardin and his sons engaged in the hardware trade in Monmouth under the name of C. Hardin & Sons, which they con- tinued for seven years. In 1870 he estab- lished banks at Dodge Center and Kasson, Minn., in 1873, one at Waseca, Minn., and, in 1877, one at Eldora, Iowa. In 1870 he be- came one of the organizers of the Monmouth National Bank, of which he served as Vice- President until the institution was sold to George F. Harding and others in 1874. In January, 1875, he helped organize the Second National Bank of Monmouth, of which he was President until his death. Beside his import- ant home interests Mr. Hardin owned and controlled extensive tracts of farming land in Warren County, in Iowa and in Minnesota. He erected several substantial business blocks and residences in Monmouth. For over half a century he and his wife were consistent mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and from the foundation of Monmouth College he was one of its trustees. He was married in Chicago, August 27, 1840, to Harriet A. Gor- don, a native of Richfield Springs, N. Y., and a daughter of Samuel S. and Rebecca (Lee) Gordon. The family consisted of six children: Arzelia, wife of A. P. Jamison of Waseca, Minn .; Delevan S., of Monmouth; Nina, a niece of Harriet A. Hardin and wife of J.
D. K. Smith, of Eldora, Iowa; Chancy Dewitt; Jennie, wife of L. M. Disney, of Monmouth; and Dewane, who died in infancy. Few men of Monmouth were so active in their efforts toward the development and betterment of the community as Chancy Hardin, and none left, at their death, a more vivid impress upon af- fairs in general. He had a remarkable per- sonality, with strength of individuality and force of character so great that the touch of his hand was instantly recognized wherever it fell. He possessed splendid judgment on busi- ness and financial matters to the time of his last illness, and his counsels were eagerly sought by others. His integrity was never brought into question, and his public spirit was evidenced wherever the opportunity de- manded it. There is no question but a great share of the prosperity of Monmouth is due: to his individual efforts toward its develop- ment.
HARDIN, DELEVAN S .; capitalist, Mon- mouth; was born in Tompkins Township, War- ren County, Ill., February 13, 1844, a son of Chancy and Harriet (Gordon) Hardin. At the age of six years he was brought to Mon- mouth by his parents, attended Monmouth College and the Northwestern University, and, in 1863, entered the business world with his father and brother as their partner in a hard- ware store in Monmouth. In April, 1864, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Regiment Illinois Volunteer In- fantry, witli which he was in active service until the following November, when he re- turned to Monmouth. Here he remained in the hardware trade until the fall of 1870, when he entered the Monmouth National Bank as as- sistant cashier, filling this position until 1873. In that year he removed to Dodge Center, Minn., where, in company with his father and brother, he organized and opened a bank under the firm name of C. Hardin & Sons. This con- cern also conducted banks at Kasson, Minn .; Eldora, Iowa, and Waseca, Minn. In 1882 he returned to Monmouth. Since 1892 he has been a director in the Second National Bank of Monmouth, which was organized in 1870 by his father and his uncle, Harry G. Harding. In 1889 he was interested in organizing the Edison Illuminating Company of Monmouth and continued as Director and Secretary until 1900, when sale was made to W. J. Ferris. In
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1899 he became one of the organizers and in- corporators of the Weir Pottery Company, of which he was Vice-President, and has been President since February, 1902. He is also a director in the Monmouth Pottery Company, and is directly or indirectly connected with various other important enterprises. Mr Hardin was married at Monmouth, November 21, 1866, to Mary E., daughter of Benjamin and Hannah Parsons of Monmouth, who came to America from England about 1856. They are the parents of three children: Everitt C., born in Monmouth, November 2, 1869; Nellie M., born at Dodge Center, Minn., January 12, 1875, wife of R. H. McCoy of Monmouth; and Mary, born in Monmouth, July 1, 1883. The elder son Everitt C., is teller in the Second National Bank, and has filled the office of Supervisor of Monmouth Township for two terms. It is but just to say in connection with this sketch, that probably no other family in Warren County has been so important a factor for more than three score years in the financial development of Monmouth's industries than the Hardin family.
HARDING, GEN. ABNER CLARK (de- ceased), Monmouth, Ill., was born in East Hampton, Conn., February 10, 1807, and died in Monmouth July 19, 1874. In 1815 he re- moved with his parents to Plainfield, Herkimer County, N. Y., was educated in the public schools and the academy at Hamilton, N. Y., and at the age of fifteen began teaching. In 1821 he enlisted as a midshipman in the United States Navy, but was rejected on ac- count of his small stature. Until 1826 he en- gaged in teaching and other vocations, but in the latter year began the study of the law, and was admitted to the bar at Lewisburg, Penn., in 1828. He rapidly rose in his pro- fession. In 1835 he was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention of Pennsylvania. Three years later he removed to Monmouth, Ill., where he resumed the practice of law. He at once became actively interested in poli- tics, and was soon regarded as a leader of the Whig party. In 1847 he was chosen a dele- gate to the State Constitutional Convention of that year, also served as Representative from Warren County in the General Assembly from 1848-50.
In 1851 failing eyesight compelled him to abandon the practice of his profession, and, in
company with Chancy Harding and Judge Ivory Quinby, under the firm name of C. Harding & Co., he in that year engaged in the construc- tion of the Peoria & Oquawka Railroad, con- structing the line from Burlington to Knox- ville. The contractors for the secton of the road between Knoxville being unable to perform their work, Gen. Harding bought out their contract and completed it in 1856. For a short time the road was operated by this com- pany, but subsequently became a part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy System.
Upon the organization of the Eighty-third Ilinois Volunteer Infantry, in 1862, Mr. Hard- ing, who had enlisted as a private, was elected Colonel, and on May 22, 1863, was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General of Volun- teers. He commanded Fort Donelson after its capture by the Union Army, and with a force of but 800 men held it against the attack of a Confederate force of 8,000 under Generals Wheeler, Forrest and Wharton. Gen. Hard- ing was at that time already in line for pro- motion, but his gallant defense of Donelson probably hastened his commission.
In 1864 Gen. Harding was elected, as the nominee of the Republican party, to represent what was then the Fourth District in Con- gress, and was re-elected in 1866, serving four years. While in Congress he secured a char- ter, in his own name, to build the railroad bridge over the Mississippi River at Burling- ton, Iowa, but subsequently disposed of his rights to the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, which constructed the bridge.
January 30, 1839, Gen. Harding married Mrs. Rebecca L. Byers, nee Leibricks, who died in 1833, leaving two children-George F., who became a prominent lawyer and real estate owner in Chicago, and Mary R., wife of George Snyder of Monmouth. In 1835 he married Susan A. Ickes, a native of Perry County, Penn.
Gen. Harding was the architect of his own fortune. The earnings of his early pro- fessional career were invested by him almost exclusively in real estate whose future en- hanced value he foresaw where others failed to see, and his estate was the greatest in War- ren County at the time of his death. His dis- position was of the kindliest, and though a man of dignity and great force of character, he attracted to him a multitude of strong per-
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sonal friends. He was generous, public-spirit- ed and a friend of Monmouth, employing his influence and his means toward the advance- ment of the welfare of the community. He was a staunch friend of the Monmouth College, in which institution he endowed a professorship. He died in Monmouth, July 19, 1874, leaving an estate of about $2,000,000.00, a large part of which was in farming lands in Warren and adjoining counties, and which is still owned by members of the family.
HARDING, HON. FRED E., President of the Second National Bank of Monmouth, was born in Otsego County, N. Y., September 30, 1847, a son of Harry G. and Elvira (Hubbard) Hard- ing. His father, who was born in Richfield, N. Y., was a son of Chancy and Sarah (Gates) Harding, who were natives of Connecticut. Elvira Hubbard, a native of Otsego County, N. Y., was a daughter of Seth Hubbard, and her mother was a member of that family of Carvers which became conspicuous in New England during Colonial days. For further history of the Harding family, see sketch of Harry C. Harding. Mr. Harding was educated at Monmouth College and at Union College, Shenectady, N. Y., studying four years at the first named institution and two years at the latter. In 1874, after having devoted two years to general merchandising, he became identified with the Second National Bank of Monmouth, of which he was elected cashier in 1878. Since 1891 he has served as its President. His con- nection with this institution has enabled him to foster many struggling enterprises until they were placed on a paying basis, and, in a general way, he has come to be known as a helpful friend of the manufacturer and busi- ness man .. From time to time he has been con- nected with various important enterprises in Warren County. He is also a director in and manager of the Antelope Heights Land Com- pany of Tulare County, California. Mr. Hard- ing is a thorough Republican, and, since young manhood, has taken an active interest in poli- tical affairs. In 1894 he was elected to repre- sent the Thirty-fifth District in the Illinois State Senate, serving four years with high credit to himself and to his constituents. He likewise has interested himself in local affairs, putting forth his best efforts to secure the nomination of competent men for office, He has exerted a potential influence in the ad-
vancement of Monmouth from the status of a country village to that of a flourishing inland city; and, if he has been called upon to assume public responsibilities, it has been because his fellow-citizens have believed that he would meet the problems incidental thereto in a man- ner reflecting credit upon himself and the com- munity. His records show that their confi- dence has never been inisplaced. He is a man who is constantly exhibiting a public spirit, and there is no class of people in the commun- ity in which he lives whom he is not always ready to aid judiciously to the extent of his ability. Mr. Harding was married in Mon- mouth September 20, 1870, to Lucy A. Nye, daughter of Elisha and Harriet Nye, who came from Barre, Mass., to Monmouth.
HARDING, HARRY G., deceased, Mon- mouth, Ill., was born in Otsego County, N. Y., August 25, 1811, and died in Monmouth Janu- ary 1, 1891. He was a son of Chancy and Anna (Gates) Harding, descendants of Nathan Hard- ing, who came from England in 1640 and set- tled on Cape Cod, Mass. His father was born in Middle Haddam, Conn., Jan. 8, 1775, and died in Iowa Falls, Iowa, in 1876; his mother was born in Middle Haddam in 1786 and died in Richfield, N. Y., in 1819. They had but two sons, Harry G. and Chancy. Mr. Harding's second wife was Sally Martin, who was born in Otsego County, N. Y., in 1794 and died in Iowa Falls in 1885. Three daughters were born of the second union: Mary Ann, wife of Justin Soule: Fidelia, wife of A. E. Arnold; and Arzelia, wife of S. P. Smith. Harry G. Harding received his education in the common schools of Otsego County and the academy at Hamilton, N. Y. After leaving the latter in- stitution he remained at home until his twenty- seventh year, working on the farm in the summer and teaching school in the winter. In 1844 he was elected to the New York Leg- islature from Otsego County, served as Justice of the Peace for several years, and for about fifteen years was a member of the Board of Education at his New York home. In 1857 he removed to Monmouth, bought a farm ad- joining the town, and laid out a portion of it as Clark's Addition to Monmouth. In 1859, with Gen. A. C. Harding, he purchased a forty-acre tract and laid out Haley's Addition. In January, 1875, with his brother, Chancy Harding and others, he organized the Second
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National Bank of Monmouth, becoming one of its directors. May 17, 1838, Mr. Harding was married, at Exeter, N. Y., to Salinda Brain- ard, a native of Otsego County and a daughter of Nathan Brainard. She died at Exeter, August 15, 1843, leaving two sons: Delevan, who died in infancy, and De Lloyd. November 17, 1844, he married Elvira C. Hubbard, daugh- ter of Seth and Lucy (Swan) Hubbard. Their children were Fred E., president of the Sec- / ond National Bank of Monmouth, and Frank W., cashier of that institution.
Mr. Harding was a man of rare strength of character and business acumen. He was al- ways disposed to lend his aid towards the promotion of those movements calculated to advance the material welfare of the com- munity, and his liberality of heart was fre- quently demonstrated. For two years he served as Mayor of Monmouth, and for fifteen years was a member of the Board of Education. In both these positions he showed himself to be constantly alive to the best interests of his home city.
HARDING, FRANK W .- The entire business life of Frank W. Harding has been spent at Monmouth, Warren County, and no other man of his time has had more intimate knowledge of the material influences which have shaped the development of the city and fostered its prosperity, or afforded to his fellow-citizens of Monmouth a more unwearying example of what may be accomplished by the force of a liberal public spirit constantly active. Frank W. Harding was born in Otsego county, N. Y., March 1, 1849, a son of Harry G. and Elvira (Hubbard) Harding. His father, who was born in the town of Richfield, Otsego County, was a son of Chancy and Sarah (Gates) Harding, natives of Connecticut. Elvira Hubbard, who was also born in Otsego County, was a daugh- ter of Seth Hubbard, whose wife was a member of the family of Carver, long prominent in New England and New York. Mr. Harding was educated at Monmouth College, from which he was graduated in 1869, and early developed marked business ability. His connection with the Second National Bank began in 1870. In 1872 he was elected its cashier and filled the office until he resigned it in 1874. He was again elected to the same position in 1880 and has filled it with greatest ability to the present time. As a banker he has been brought into intimate relatives with leaders in various en-
terprises which have contributed to the up- building of Monmouth, and it has been his pol- icy, so far as has been possible and consistent with good banking methods, to encourage in a financial way the establishment and mainte- nance of worthy industrial enterprises. While he has been without political ambition in a per- sonal way, Mr. Harding has exerted a recog- nized influence in Republican politics in War- ren County. He was married at Monmouth, November 30, 1876, to Nanny L. Davenport, and they have three children: Marie and Myrta (twins), born March 19, 1880, and Lois, born May 21, 1885, and died April 21, 1901.
HARE, D. W .; real estate dealer; Monmouth; has been a resident of that city for more than twenty years, and, as a public-spirited citizen, has been instrumental in the promotion of numerous measures for the public good. He was born in Huntington County, Penn., Nov- ember 22, 1849, a son of David and Margaret ( Kemp) Hare, who were born and married there. His father, who was a farmer, died there in 1883; and his mother died in Kansas in 1888. They had six sons and three daughters, of They had six sons and three daughters, of whom five sons and two daughters are living. William is a farmer in Viola, Kan; D. W. is the subject of this sketch; Calvin is a Baptist minister; J. Watson, who is a farmer at Wich- ita, Kan .; Madison is a minister of a Baptist church in Jersey City, N. J .; Nancy is married and lives near Huntington, Penn .; Lydia is married and lives near Viola, Kan. D. W. Hare was brought up on a farm in Pennsylvania, and received a practical education there. In 1873 he located in Raritan, Henderson County, Ill., and was in business there until 1881, when he came to Monmouth as a clerk in the dry goods store of Draper Babcock. In 1888 he en- tered the firm of Graham & Company, dry goods merchants, and, in 1891, with others, organized the firm of D. W. Hare & Company, which bought the business of Draper Babcock, one of the oldest in its line in Monmouth, having been established by E. C. Babcock, father of Draper Babcock, when Monmouth was a village. Nine years later the interests of D. W. Hare & Com- pany were sold to Hillerby & Falley, and Mr. Hare began handling farm lands in Illinois, Oklahoma and Kansas. Mr. Hare is a member of the Presbyterian church, in which, for six- teen years, he has held the office of elder; is also a Modern Woodman. He married in Phil-
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adelphia, Penn., in 1876, Laura Rhodes, who was born in Huntington County, in that State, a daughter of John and Rosanna Rhodes, who married and died there. Mr. and Mrs. Hare have a daughter, Ethel R.
HAWLEY, GEORGE N .; dealer in musical instruments; Monmouth; is a son of a pioneer physician in the State, was formerly a teacher, served as a soldier in the Civil War, and is active as a Republican and as a member of the Baptist Church. He was born in Union County, Ohio, October 26, 1841, and was reared at Waldron, Kankakee County, Ill., and educated there and at Franklin College, Ind., where he took the degree of A. B. His parents were Dr. Samuel and Elizabeth (McCloud) Hawley, who were born, reared and married in Ohio, and, in 1852, settled where Dr. Hawley prac- ticed his profession thirty-five years and died in 1887. His wife died at Onarga, Ill., in 1896, leaving four children: George N .; Celia, who is the wife of Dr. Turner, a dentist, of New York; Mrs. Victoria McCain, of Onarga; and Foster, of Peoria. After his graduation, George N. Hawley taught school some years at Kankakee and Momence, Ill., and Devil's Bluff, Ark. In 1862 he enlisted at Kankakee, in Company F, Seventy-sixth Regiment Illi- nois Volunteer Infantry, as a private, and was promoted successsively to Third, and First Sergeant, and finally commissioned Second Lieutenant by Governor Oglesby, August 4, 1865. His regiment, which was included in the Army of the West, participated in the siege of Vicksburg, the battle of Jackson's Cross Roads, the siege of and charge on Fort Blakeley, and other important engagements and movements. Mr. Hawley was honorably discharged from the service at Galveston, Tex., in 1865, and re-enlisted in a colored regiment, with the quartermaster's department of which he was connected about four months. He is a member of McClanahan Post, No. 330, Grand Army of the Republic, and was a charter mein- ber of Maple City Camp, No. 94, Modern Wood- men of America. He came to Monmouth in 1884, and was agent for the United States Ex- press Company till 1900. He established his present business in 1888. At Momence, in 1867, he married Jennie Mackrell, who was born near Burlington, Ohio, and was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Mackrell. Mr. Mack- rell died August 15, 1849, in Agency City, Iowa.
Mrs. Mackrell was married in Agency City to James H. Baum, Sept. 1, 1852. She died at LaHarpe, Ill., in 1882, and Mr. Baum died at Nelson, Neb., in 1900. Mrs. Hawley has borne her husband six children: Harry W., Mary R., George M., Bessie, Mabel and Fred. Mary married Mr. Foust, of Warren County.
HIGGINS, J. P .; real estate and insurance agent; Monmouth; is a business man who has been a soldier, was formerly a teacher, and has ably filled the office of County Superintendent of Schools. He was born in Cumberland Coun ty, Fy., August 8, 1830, a son of Durrett and Marv (Graves) Higgins, natives of the Blue- grass State, his mother having been a daughter of John Graves. He came with his parents in 1836 to Tazewell County, Ill., where he spent his childhood and youth. At the age of twenty- one years he entered Lombard University, Galesburg, where, by a two years' course of study, he fitted himself for teaching. After eighteen months' successful experience as a pedagogue, he came to Warren County, where, December 4, 1856, he married Zoa A. Simmons. Settling at Youngstown, Warren County, he taught school in winter and farmol in the farming season, and, for a time, was employed as clerk in a store until August, 1862, when he enlisted in Company A, Eighty-fourth Regi- ment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and was elected Captain. He led his company through much hard service, his regiment taking an ac- tive part in the one hundred days' fight from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and in the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga, Franklin and Nash- ville, and other general and minor engage- ments. The Eighty-fourth was mustered out at Springfield, Ill., Jaunary 8, 1865. In 1871 Captain Higgins returned to Warren County and engaged again in teaching and farming, and was thus employed until November 7, 1881, when he removed to Monmouth, having been appointed County Superintendent of Schools, which office he held until 1882. Captain Hig- gins has always taken a keen and quiet interest in the public affairs of the county, being in politics an independent Republican, and has held many township offices. Before removing to Monmouth he was for eight years Super- visor of Swan Township. At Monmouth he was elected Justice of the Peace in 1893, in which office he served four years and to which he was elected in 1901 for another four years'
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term. In the year last mentioned he was elected supervisor of Monmouth Township which office he now holds. He is doing a sat- isfactory and increasing business in real es- tate and insurance. He was one of the charter members and the first Commander of McClan- ahan Post, No. 330, Grand Army of the Re- public, of Monmouth, in which he is now filling the office of Adjutant.
HOLLIDAY, A. B .; Marshal and Chief of Police; Monmouth, Warren County, Ill .; was received as an entered apprentice, passed the Fellow Craft Degree and raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason in Lodge F. & A. M., of Lucasville, Ohio; joined A. Lincoln Lodge No. 518, Kirkwood, Ill., of which he was Wor- shipful Master, and took the Chapter degrees and was exalted to the august degree of Royal Arch Mason in Warren Chapter No. 30, R. A. M. He was District Deputy Grand Master of the Masonic district composed of the coun- ties of Warren, Henderson and Knox, and now affiliates with the Monmouth Lodge, No. 37, F. & A. M., of which he was Master for two years. He is a member of the Maple City Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. Born in Sciota County, Ohio, February 22, 1854, he is the son of Alexander and Nancy (Mitchell) Holliday, natives of County Antrim, Ireland, who came to Pittsburg, Penn., and removed thence to Sciota County, Ohio, where Alexander Holliday died July 4, 1855, when the subject of this sketch was less than a year and a half old. Mr. and Mrs. Holliday have six other children: Mathew, of Springfield, Mo .; John, Postmaster of Kirkwood; James, of Crescent City, Okla- homa; W. S., Physician and Surgeon, Mon- , mouth; Joseph K., a farmer, near Kirkwood; Daniel E., of Kansas, who enlisted in the army as a drummer boy at the age of thirteen years, and served two years during the rebellion in the Ninety-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer In- fantry, and afterwards three years in the reg- ular army before he became of age. The mother of these children came to Monmouth in 1862, but later returned to Ohio, coming back 10 Monmouth in 1870. She has now attained the advanced age of eighty-four years. A. B. Hol- liday was educated in the public schools of Sci- ota County Ohio, and Monmouth, Illinois, and at the Monmouth Business College. He engaged
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