Family of Lewis Harden (3) & Harriet A. Harper
8. Isaiah Harden. Born ca 1819 at Maryland.
1850 federal census, Jackson Township Knox Co., Ohio (Roll: M432_700, page, 386) shows the following:
Isaiah G. Harden, 30, b. MD
Cordelia Harden, 31, b. MD
Martha J. Harden, 3, b. OH
Mary C. Harden, 2, b. OH
Elizabeth A. Harden, 1, b. OH
Real Estates is worth $200.
1860 Jackson Township, Knox County, Ohio Census (Roll M653_994, page 29), lists the following:
Isaiah Hardin 42 1817 Maryland
Cordelia Hardin 44 1815 Maryland
Martha J Hardin 12 1847 Ohio
Mary C Hardin 11 1848 Ohio
Elizabeth A Hardin 10 1849 Ohio
Sarah A Hardin 8 1851 Ohio
Georg W Hardin 7 1852 Ohio
In the same 1860 Knox County Ohio Census in Liberty Township (M653_995, Page 324), There is a Nancy Hardin, 90, born in Maryland residing in the Knox County Infirmery as a Pauper. She is blind. Is she related to Isaiah?
1870 Jackson Township, Knox County, Ohio (Roll: M593_1229, page 301) has Isaih Hardin as 52, Cordelia is 56, Martha J. is 23, Mary C. is 22, Elizabeth is 21, Sarah E. is 19, and George W. is 16. Isaih is a farmet with $800 in real estate and $500 in personal property. The children were all born in Ohio and the parents in Maryland. The post office is Bladensburg. George attended school during the past year. The census was taken on 20 June 1870.
The 1880 Jackson Township, Knox County Ohio census (Roll: T9-1038, page 200B, S.D. 5, E. D. 155) has Isaiah Harden as 60, Cordelia is 66, George is 25, Martha is 33 and Sarah is 30. Isaiah and George are farmers and the women all do housework. The children were all born in Ohio. Both of the parents and their mothers were born in Maryland. The birthplace of Isaiah's father is left blank. The census was taken the third and fourth day of June, 1880.
Is he also the Isaiah the who married Susannah Hart 17 Sep 1846 at Ashland, Ohio?
Isaiah married Cordelia [Harden]. Born ca 1818 at Maryland.
Their children include:
9. Martha Cordelia Harden. Born ca 1826.
Was Martha Cordelia possibly the daughter of Lewis Harden?
The 1850 Catherine Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania census (Roll: M432_755, page, 125) shows John Brown as 38, Martha C. as 21, Emma I. as 2 and Matthew as one year old. John is a laborer and everyone in the family was born in Pennsylvania.
On 8 Sep 1845 Martha Cordelia married John Harrison Brown.
1850 federal census, Vermillion Twp., Ashland Co., OH, p. 393.
1880 federal census lists various Browns in Medina Village:
John 365B
Wm C 362D
Samuel, Bernie, and Augustus 359B
Adeline B 356D
Their children include:
10. Joshua Harding. Born on 13 Jun 1834 at Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. Joshua died at Goshen, Elkhart Co., Indiana, on 17 Jan 1910. Buried in Oak RIdge Cemetery.
1860 Lake Township, Ashland County, Ohio census has Joshua is a day laborer, born in Pennsylvania and 26 years old. Mary E. is 24 and was born in Ohio. They have a $50 personal estate.
1870 Green Township, Ashland County, Ohio census - Joshua is 38, Mary E. is 37, Eleanor is nine, Alberta is five and Alicia is three. Joshua was born in Pennsylvania and all of the others in Ohio. He is a day laborer and she keeps house. There is $100 worth of personal property.
Civil War Pension papers indicate Joshua enlisted 20 February 1865 in Wooster, Ohio, and was mustered out 3 October 1865 at Camp Dennison Ohio.
On 2 May 1882, Joshua made his Declaration for Original Invalid Pension in Elkhart County, Indiana. He was 49 years old and a resident of Goshen. He, "enrolled on the 20th day of February, 1865, in Company B of the 186 regiment of Infantry commanded by Cap't. James Drake, and was honorably discharged at Camp Dennison Ohio on the 3rd day of October, 1865; that his personal description is as follows: Age, 49 years; height, 5 feet 5 1/2 inches; complexion, sandy, hair, sandy; eyes, blue. That while a member of the organization aforesaid, in the service and in the line of his duty at Nashville, in the State of Tennessee on or about the 15th day of August, 1865, he contracted the disease of Camp Diarrhoea caused by bad water and marching from Chattanooga, over heating from walking etc, which discease continued several days very badly. Have never been well from it. It occurs every two or three weeks. Can't get anything to help it at all. He was treated at Cumberland Hospital No. 9 for about 6 weeeks - cannot state exact date. Was in the hospital at Louisville several days.
Since leaving the service this applicant has resided at Loudenville, the county of Ashland in the State of Ohio and at Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana." When he could work he was a common laborer. Before the service he was a farm laborer. Joshua cannot read or write.
On 2 May 1898 Joshua completes a form detailing his current marital and family status. He and Mary Elizabeth Hatfield were married in Loudenville, Ashland County, Ohio by Squire Sanburn. Mary Elizabeth Harden died April 16, 1882. Current children living are Ellen E. Harden, born June 7th 1861; Felenia Izora Harden was born August 18th 1864; Alice M. Harden was born March 28, 1868; and, Mary E. Harden was born September 21, 1873.
Adjutant General's Report 28 April 1883 states, "Respectfully returned to the Commissioner of Pensions. Joshua Harden, a Private of Compnay "B, 186 Regiment Ohio volunteers, was enrolled on the 20th day of Feb., 1865, at Wooster, O. 1 Year, and is reported: present to June 30, 1865. (Latest muster and payroll of company on file.) No report of him on Return for August 1865. Muster Out Roll of Co. dated Sept. 18, 1865 by order of Major Matchet. Mustered out at Camp Dennison U. S. Gen. Hospl. Camp Dennison, O., October 3, 1865. Not borne as Hardin. Co. was at Nashville, Tenn. in Aug. 65.
Why taken to hospital. Not stated. No evidence of alleged disability - Aug. 15, 65. Regtl. Hospl. records not on file. M. Bach, Assistant Adjutant General"
Several individuals provide affidavits regarding Joshua's medical inability to work. They are; Thomas Self, Noble Lecount, John H. Bruce, William Hatfield and Isabell Mc Utchan. Uriah F. Swain served with Joshua in the Civil War and supports the claim that the diarrhea began during the war.
On 2 October 1909, Joshua presents a family bible to Geo. R. Harper, a Notary Public, to verify its contents in proving his birth and identity. Harper writes:
" This is to Certify that Joshua Harden of 405 N. 7th St., Goshen, Indiana, late of Co. B. 186 Ohio Vol. Inf. has exhibited to me his family Bible which is a sheep skin bound Bible, very much worn, discolored and broken with all leaves pieces to Chap. VIII Exodus missing. In this Bible I find a sheet of old fashioned letter paper worn and discolored apparently very old with faded ink detached from Bible, however, upon which is written (the) following family record.
Mary Elizabeth Harden September the 20 first A.D. 1873
Ella Clemtine Harden June the 7 1861
Joshua Harden Born June the 13 1834
Mary Elizabeth Harden was born July the 28, 1831
Louis C. Harden was born on Dec. the 5, 1859
Ellen Harden was born june 7, 1861
Filena Isora Harden was born August the 18 1864
William Alman Harden was born August the 26 1866 and died the third of April 1868
Alice May Harden was born on the 28th of March 1868
I further certify that claimant, Joshua Harden, has the following, 'J.H. Harden, 1834,' tatooed on his left forearm."
In a "Declaration for Pension" affidavit on 2 October 1909, Joshua states that he was born Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on 30 June 1834. He also mentions Lancaster County, Pennsylvania as his birthplace in pension records dated 1904.
1900 Pipe Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana census - Joshua Harding is living with his daughter Mary and her husband, John Steel. He was born in June 1834. According to this census, Joshua and both of his parents were born in Virginia.
1910 Elkhart County, Goshen Death Record states that Joshua Harden died 17 January 1910. He was retired, a widower and resided at 405 No. 7th, Goshen. He was 75 years old. He died of organic heart disease, gastritis and general dropsy. The physician was A. S. Hollinsworthof Goshen and the undertaker was E. Culp.
On 28 Feb 1859 Joshua married Mary Elizabeth Hatfield. Born on 28 Jul 1831 at Pennsylvania. Mary Elizabeth died on 16 Apr 1882.
Their children include:
11. Samuel Harrison Harden. Born on 11 Jan 1836 at Hollidaysburg, PA.2 Samuel Harrison died at Newaygo, MI, on 16 Aug 1901. Buried on 18 Aug 1901 in Newaygo Cemetary, Section H, Lot 210, Grave 1.
Marriage License, Volume 2, page 257, Probate Court, Ashland County, Ohio states that Samuel Harden and Sarah Grubaugh were married 14 December 1854, by A. E. Mathes, a minister of the Gospel.
1860 Loudonville village, Ashland County, Ohio Census lists Samuel and Sarah Hardin with three children; Harriet - 6, Davie - 3, and Sarah - 1. Elizabeth Grubaugh, 16, is living with them. Both she and Harriet have attended school within the past year. Both parents and Elizabeth were born in Pennsylvania. The three children were born in Ohio. Sam is a chairmaker with a $150 personal estate.
1880 census, Independence, Richland County, Ohio:
Samuel Harden, head of household, age 45, born in Pennsylvania, cabinet maker, parents both born in Pennsylvania.
Sarah Harden, wife, 45, b. PA, keeping house, both parent b. PA.
David L. Harden, son 21, b. Ohio.
Iris Harden, daughter, 17, b. Ohio, domestic servant.
Samuel Harden, son, 13, b. Ohio, laborer.
Emma Harden, daughter, 10, b. Ohio, at school.
Rosa Harden, daughter, 7, b. Ohio.
Harry Harden, son, 5, b. Ohio.
Sylva Harden, daughter, 3, b. Ohio.
Civil War Military Records of Samuel Harrison Harden -
Military records state Samuel H. Harden, private, Capt. Coe's Sharp Shooters, Ohio Volunteers, Co. H Sixth Independent Co. Sharpshooters, Ohio was 26 years old when he appeared on the Comp0any Muster-in Roll. The roll dated Dec. 30, 1862 mustered him into the service. He joined for duty and enrolled Oct. 5, 1862 at Camp Zanesville for a period of three years. He was paid a bounty of $25. He was present for the company muster roll on Feb. 28, 1863 and 10 April 1863. On April 10, 1863 there is a note that he was, "Detailed as ambulance driver for 1st Battn' ovss." He was present for the March through December 1863 Muster Rolls. However, there is no note indicating he was an ambulance driver in the May/June Muster Roll; all of the others indicate he was.
For the muster rolls of January/February, March/April and July/August, he was present and was detailed as an ambulance driver for the battalion. He was absent for the Sharpshooter's Muster in May/June of 1864 as he was "detailed ambulance driver for battalion; absent at Maj. Gen. Sherman's HdQrs with ambulance."
On 28 February 1865, Samuel H. Harden was furnished with a ticket from Cinncinati, Ohio to Louisville, Kentucky because he was on furlough. The Quartermaster's Office charged him $12.50.
He was present for the May/June Company Muster. There is a note that he is to be charged the "$12.50 for transportation for furlough."
Pension papers for Sarah Harden state, "June 30, 1864 absent detailed ambulance driver for Battalion. Feb. 25, 1865 absent on furlough for 30 days from Jan. 31, 1865."
Ron Strauss indicates that at the end of the War, Samuel Harden marched in the Grand March in Washington D. C. with Sherman's Army.
Ron Strauss, gg grandson of Samuel H. Harden, says that his grandfather, Samuel J. Harden, often described Samuel H.'s homecoming after the war. Samuel J. said that his mother was living in Ashland County, Ohio, with her mother, Elizabeth Black Grubaugh Horn. Sarah was doing the dishes when Samuel H. came up the drive and opened the door. She dropped the plate she was washing and hugged him. She was surprised to find that he had grown a beard.
When asked what the food was like during the war, Samuel H. is reported to have said, "For breakfast we had hardtack, coffee and beans. For lunch we had beans, hardtack and coffee, and for dinner we had coffee, beans and hardtack."
1870 Green Township, Ashland County, Ohio Census lists Samuel and Sarah A. as both being 34 and having been born in Pennsylvania. He is a painter and she is keeping house. Personal estate is worh 600 dollars. David is 13, Ines is seven, Samuel is four and Emma is one. David and Ines were born in Ohio and Samuel and Emma in Indiana. David is listed as being, "at home."
In the 1880 Independence Village, Richland County, Ohio Census both Samuel and Sarah are 45. They and their parents were all born in Pennsylvania. David is 21, Inis is 17, Samuel is 13, Emma is ten, Rosa is seven, Harry is five and Sylvia is three. Samuel is a cabinet maker, Sarah keeps house, David is a painter, Inis is a domestic servant, and Samuel J. is a laborer. Emma is at school. All of the children are listed as having been born in Ohio.
1884 Brooks Township, Newaygo County Census - Last name is spelled "Harding". Children at home are Samuel 16, Emma 14, Rosie 12, Harrold 9 and Sylvia 6. Samuel H. is working as a cabinet maker. Samuel J. is a painter. All of the children older than Harold can read and write, but none have attended school within the past year. Sarah has had nine children. Both of Sarah's parents were born in Pennsylvania. Samuel' s mother was born in Pennsylvania and his father in Vermont. Emma and Samuel J. were born in Indiana while the rest of the children were born in Ohio.
David and Dora are living next door to his parents. So is Inez. Inez is listed as being 23, single, a mother and a dressmaker. She has a two year old son, LeRoy, who was born in Ohio.
Civil War Pension - On 2 October 1890, Samuel applied for benefits as an invalid; application number 914273, certificate number 894022. On 12 September 1901 Sarah A. applied for benefits as his widow; application number 748472, certificate number 530999.
When Samuel enlisted as a private on 5 October 1862 in Janesville, Ohio, with the Sixth Independent Sharpshooters, he was 5'5 3/4" tall, with a light complexion, blue eyes and auburn hair. He was mustered out in Cleveland, Ohio on 19 July 1865.
In 1897, in an affidavit witnessed by A. C. LLoyd and John G. Vanheusen, Samuel declares he is, "Wholly unable to earn support by reason of total deafness of right ear, partial deafness of left, and impaired eyesight."
In 1898 records Samuel states that while serving with the Sixth Independent Sharpshooters in the sping of 1864 near Chatanooga, he contracted catarrh and rhumatism from exposure in the line of duty causing deafness. He was treated at the Battalion Hospital. He also contracted granulated sore eyes in the sping of 1865 at "exchange barracks" in Nashville, Tennessee. He was treated at the Battalion Hospital near Chatanooga.
In the 1898 pension record affidavits, Samuel indicates that following the end of the war he lived in Muskingum County, Ohio; Warsaw, Indiana; and, for 15 years in Michigan. He states he was a mechanic when he enrolled in the service and that now he is totally disabled.
1894 Brooks Township, Newaygo County, Michigan Census - Samuel and Sarah are both 58 and were born in Pennsylvania. His father was born in Virginia and her mother in Pennsylvania. Birthplaces for his mother and her father are unknown. She has had ten children, of whom six are living. Harold H. is 16 and was born in Ohio. Both he and Samuel are common laborers and partially deaf. The surname is spelled "Harding."
Petition - In 1895 Samuel Harden and 16 other Civil War veterans from Newaygo County signed a petition asking for passage of Joint Senate Resolution No. 11. This resolution requested, ". . . making an appropriation for the erection of of a statue of 'Michigan's War Governor,' Austin Blair, upon the Capitol grounds adjacent to the Capitol building in the City of Lansing." In addition to Samuel H. Harden, Peter Race also signed.
22 February 1900, "Local and General News," Newaygo Republican:
"Samuel H. Harden of Newaygo has received an increase in his pension from $6 to $12."
1900 Brooks Township, Newaygo County, Michigan has Samuel, 64 working as a house carpenter. Sarah is also 64 and they have been married 46 years. Both they and Sarah's parents were born in Pennsylvania. Samuel's father was born in Virginia and his mother in Maryland. They rent their home. Harold is 25, was born in Ohio and is a day laborer. Samuel was born in January 1836, Sarah in August 1835, and Harold H. in March of 1875.
Newaygo Republican, August 22, 1901:
ANOTHER OLD SOLDIER GONE
Samuel Harrison Harden was born near Hollidaysburg, Pa., January 11, 1836. At the age of 17, he went to Ohio, and there on Dec 14, 1854 he was married to Sarah A. Grubaugh, who survives him. He died in Newaygo, Aug. 16th, 1901, and was buried Aug. 18th, Samuel Judd Post, G.A.R., having charge of the funeral. The sermon was preached by Rev. Samuel Crawford of Grant. Mr. Harden was loyal to his county, serving in the 6th Independent Company Ohio Vols., Sharpshooters, during the civil war, and bore two honorable discharges. He leaves a family of six grown up children, three sons and three daughtes, and an invalid wife, to mourn the loss of a dearly beloved husband and parent. They were all at his bedside during his last monents, except his daughter, Mrs. Rosa Kincaid, of Melrose, Idaho.
Following Samuel's obituary there is a "Card of Thanks."
To the members of the Samuel Judd Post and to our good neighbors and friends, I wish to say on behalf of my mother, brothers and sisters, we all thank you greatly and feel under obligation for your help and sympathy during the sickness and burial of our lamented father, Samuel H. Harden.
(signed) D. L. Harden
Newaygo County death records indicate Samuel died of catarral consumption on 16 August 1901 in Newaygo. He was a painter, born in Pennsylvania, married, and 65 y 7m 5 days old. His father was Louis Harden and his mother unknown. Book 2, page 181, #3506.
Newaygo Republican, 5 September 1901, "Real Estate Transfers;"
"Samuel H. Harden and wife to Harold H. Harden pt sec 19 Brooks and pt blk 109 Newaygo - $400."
"Samuel H. Harden and wife to David L. Harden pt sec 19 Brooks - $75."
Letter from S. H. Harden to Mr. Samuel J. Harden, Manistee, MI, postmarked 7 Jul 1887, with "From Grandpa Harden" on the back of the envelope. Original in the possession of Ron Strauss (2002).
"Newaygo, Mich., July 7th, 1887
"Harden Zolber & Co, Manistee, Mich.
"Dear Children again I write to let you know that the long looked for box of goods has come & it will cost 75 cents to start them to Manistee & I have not one cent of money nor dave has not one cent & I nor dave can neither one get a cent of money befor Saturday night and maybe not before monday might & no real insurance of it then & now if you have any loose change just put it in a letter & send it by next mail & I will start the goods on the first train. you have no idea though how bad I feel because I cannot send those goods without asking you for the money but it cant be helped but if you have not got the money you will have to let them lay at the depot till I can get the money. well I will say now I have quit the furniture factuory last Wednesday morning & took my tools home & struck a job on my way home I am white wash and paper four small houses for mr Carpenter the undertaker but I will not get my pay from the furniture company till monday night & then I will only get a part & the other part the next pay day unless I deal it all out the store & I had to borrow some money three weeks ago & I promised to pay it this coming pay day & I will not have enough to pay up all round[.] well Saml your letter at hand & noted you say you had a sad part for the fourth[.] well, sutch [sic] is the way of all the world I cant give up the idea that Emma (your sister) is dead but yet it must be so. little Sarah is as pretty as a peach your sister Rosa got her picture taken with little Sarah on her lap & she will send you one but if she can get a chance she will get a photo of the baby and let you have one of them instead[.] well I and harry Worked all day (on the 4th) in the factory in order to finish my job so I could quit & got it completed on the 6th[.] mother says tell Sam that the 4th was a dull day to her too & she remembers the 4th before when you was here & emma an all the rest except Inez & frank and she still mourns the loss of Emm. & her ears hurts her so bad that she can hardly live & there seems to be no relief for your poor mother[.] Well all of you have an equal share in this letter. Dora sister, Ida got here yesterday and not dora is all right Dave & his family are all well Rosa frank & little Sadie are well & Jene [Eugene Kincaid] is well[.] Jene stayed in their camp all day alone on the 4th[.] Jene, Jim & george are taking out shingle bolts 7 miles from here and on the 4th Jene watched the camp while the rest spent the 4th. well I guess I had better not come to manistee till business begins to Boom up again but however I will come any time you send for me[.] write soon this leaves uus all as well as usual hoping it will find you all well. I will close By signing myself your Father, mother Brothers & sisters
"S. H. Harden
"Newaygo Mich"
On 14 Dec 1854 Samuel Harrison married Sarah Ann Grubaugh (29) , daughter of David Grubaugh (ca 1795-ca 1845-46) & Elizabeth Black (6) (12 Feb 1812-20 Jan 1907), at Loudenville, Ashland Co., OH.1 Born on 28 Aug 1835 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.1,8,2 Buried on 15 Jul 1917 in Newaygo Cemetary, Section H, Lot 210, Grave 2. Sarah Ann died at Grand Rapids Twp., Kent Co., MI, on 12 Jul 1917.
Sarah's Civil War Pension Record requesting a pension following Samuel's death in 1901, indicates she has been an invalid for the previous five years. Witnesses were Harold H. Harden and Mrs May Leland.
On 16 October 1901, Elizbeth Black (Elizabeth "Mattie" Grubaugh Lloyd Black Rainier, Sarah's younger sister) provided a deposition supporting Sarah's claim to Samuel's pension. "... I have known Sarah S. Harden and Samuel Harden her late husband for the past fory-nine years. I cannot remember the exact date of their marriage but I was present at said marriage and lived with them afterward. I have known them continuously since that time and know that neither of them was married before that time - (sometime in 1854 I believe) and I further know that they lived together continuously as husband and wife from that time until the death of said Samuel H. Harden which occurred recently and I know that neither of them has been married to any other person since that time. I should have excepted the time Mr. Harden was in the army from the period they lived together. I know that Mrs. Harden has no means of support and owns no property other than the house she lives in and the lot it stands on, altogether worth less than three hundred dollars. I also know that she has been ill and bed ridden for the past four years and is unable to walk or do any kind of labor or contribute in any way to her own supporet. I further swear that I am fifty seven years old."
E. O. Shaw, Justice of the Peace certifys that, "I am well acauainted with Elizabeth Black affiant in this case and know her to be a person of good repute and entitled to credence."
Newaygo Republican, 17 April 1902, "Local and General News":
"Mrs. S. H. Harden of this village has been granted a pension of $8 per month, through the efforts of Hon. R.P. Bishop."
Kent County, MI Death Records: Record 149 book 10 page 164, states that Sarah died of arteriosclerosis on 12 July 1917. She was 82 years, 11 months and 15 days old. She was a housewife, born in Pennsylvania. Her parents were David Grubaugh and Elizabeth Black. Elizabeth was born in Pennsylvania.
LDS Ancestral records indicate she was born in 1836 not 1835.
Their children include:
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