Mr. Hugh Hardy is the son of John and Elizabeth Hardy; he was born March 9, 1811, in Janiata County, Penn. His early boyhood was passed much like that of farmer boys in general. He attended the district schools in winters, and during the remainder of the year, his time was employed in work on the home farm. Later in life, he engaged his services to neighboring farmers, contributing thus to the support of his father’s family. On the 14th of November, 1837, he was united in marriage with Miss Rosannah Hamaker, and in the spring of 1838, removed to Carroll County, Ind., accompanied by his brothers and sisters and parents. They located near Fisher’s Mill, about three miles east of Camden, where they remained about three months. At the end of that time, the brothers purchased a tract of land in Washington Township, upon which they located and which they cultivated in common, as a common possession, until 1867. In the meantime, by industry and economy, they accumulated some capital, which they wisely invested in land lying adjacent to their own, gradually enlarging the boundaries of their farm, until it embraced upward of 1,500 acres. Upon this estate, their parents continued to reside with them during life. In 1867, the farm was divided, Hugh receiving as his share that portion upon which he now resides, comprising of 375 acres. By the surroundings of his early years, Mr. Hardy became inured to hard work, and formed those habits of industry which have characterized all his later life, and proved the key to his temporal success. By a life of the strictest probity, he has established himself on a high plane in the estimation of all who know him, and is universally recognized as one of the substantial and reliable citizens of this county.
His wife is the daughter of Jacob Hamaker, a native of Cumberland County, Penn. He was a millwright and followed that occupation during life. He was married to Elizabeth Frindley in Dauphin County, Penn., and, after several changes of location, finally settled at Port Royal, Juniata County, where he resided until death. In that county, his daughter was united in marriage with Mr. Hardy. She has proved a loving and faithful companion and a help mate in the truest sense. Their wedded life has been blessed by three children, named, respectively, Ann Eliza, Alfred H. and David H. Ann Eliza married Jacob Beon, and now resides near Burrows, in this county; Alfred enlisted in Company A, of the Forty-sixth Indiana Regiment, and lost his life in defense of the Union, at the battle of Jackson, Miss.; David H. married Miss Angelina Martin, and now resides near Burrows.
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