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Hardin, John – Hardy, Samuel

Hardin, John

soldier, was born Oct. 1, 1753, in Fauquier county, Va. At the beginning of the revolution he joined the continental army as lieutenant in General Daniel Morgan's rifle corps. He died in 1792, on the Ohio river.

Hardin, John J

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 6, 1810, in Frankfort, Ky.

He held the office of prosecuting attorney for his circuit; and was a member of the Illinois legislature from 1836 to 1842. He was a representative in congress from Illinois from 1843 to 1845. He commanded a regiment in the war with Mexico, and was killed at the battle of Buena Vista. He died Feb. 27, 1847, in Buena Vista, Mexico.

Hardin, Martin D

soldier, lawyer, United States senator, was born June 21, 1780, on Monongahela River, Pa. He served for several years in the legislature of Kentucky; and was at one time secretary of state for Kentucky. He served in the northwestern army as a major; and was a senator in congress during the years 1816 and 1817. He died Oct. 8, 1823, in Franklin county, Ky.

Harding, Aaron

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in Greene county, Ky. In 1840 he was elected to the state legislature. In 1861 he was elected a representative from Kentucky to the thirty-seventh congress; and was re-elected to the thirty-eighth and thirtyninth congresses.

Harding, George

lawyer, was born Oct. 26, 1827, in Philadelphia. He was associated with Abraham Lincoln and Edwin M. Stanton in the McCormick reaper case, and introduced a miniature grainfield to illustrate the process of reaping by machinery. His most successful effort was in the Tilghman glycerine case, when his argument induced the supreme court to reverse its first decision on the same patent.

Harding, Stephen S

jurist, was born in Indiana. He removed to Utah; and was appointed from that territory an associate justice of the United States court for the territory of Colorado, residing in Denver City.

Harding, Stephen Selwyn

governor, poet, was born Feb. 24, 1808, in Ontario county, N. Y. In 1862 he was appointed governor of Utah territory.

Hardy, Arthur Sherburne

educator, mathematician, author, was born Aug. 13, 1847, in Andover, Mass. He was professor of mathematics at Dartmouth college in 1878-93, and well known both as novelist and mathematician. He is the author of Elements of Quaternions; New Methods in Surveying; Elements of Analytic Geometry; Elements of Calculus; But Yet a Woman: The Wind of Destiny; Passe Rose; and Joseph Hardy Neesima, a biography.

Hardy, James Ward

educator, clergyman, college president, was born Jan. 19, 1815, in Georgia. He was for several years professor of mathematics in Grange college, Ala., and afterward its president.

He died Aug. 14, 1853, in Alabama.

Hardy, John

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 19, 1835, in Scotland. In 1861 he was a member of the state house of representatives. He was elected a representative from New York to the forty-seventh congress to fill a vacancy; and was re-elected to the fortyeighth congress.

Hardy, Mrs. Lizzie Clark

poet, was born in St. Lawrence county, N. Y.

She is the author of a number of poems, many of which have been set to music.

Hardy, Samuel

congressman, was born about 1758 in Isle of Wight county, Va. He was a delegate to the continental congress from Virginia from 1783 to 1785. He died in October, 1785, in New York city.