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Personal data Captain John (Captain John) Harden 

• First name Captain John.
• He was born on March 4, 1790 in South Hampton, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania.
• (War of) in the year 1812 in Grave marker.
• He died on October 7, 1865 in Uniopolois, Union Twn.Auglaize Co.Ohio, he was 75 years old.

  Oorzaak: Fairmount Cemetery, Uniopolis, Auglaize Co., Ohio

• He is buried October 1865 in Fairmount Cemetery, Auglaize Co. Ohio.
• A child of Isaac Newton Hardin and Catherine Beal
• This information was last updated on June 9, 2015.

Household of Captain John (Captain John) Harden

(1) He is married to Elizabeth Louise Cook.

They got married in the year 1812 at Knox Co.Ohio, he was 21 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Jesse Appointee RLDS Harden  1814-1882 
2. Mark Harden  1816-1878 
3. Joseph James Harden  1818-1882
4. Nancy Harden  1820-1894 
5. Isaac Hardin  1823-1898 
6. William Hardin  1828-????
7. Mary Ester Hardin  1830-1888 
8. Perry Harden  1832-1890 

(2) He is married to Catherine Niahart.

They got married on February 24, 1835 at Adams Co.Indiana, he was 44 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Noah Harden  1834-1912 
2. Asa Hardin  1837-1892 
3. Lewis Hardin  1840-1900
4. Hugh Hardin  1842-1903
5. Lydia Hardin  1845-1845

(3) He is married to Catherine Critchfield.

They got married on February 5, 1850 at Knox Co.Ohio, he was 59 years old.

(4) He is married to Margaret Suitor.

They got married on September 30, 1809 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co.Pennsylvania, he was 19 years old.

Notes about Captain John (Captain John) Harden

Maternal 4th Gr Grandpa
Source # 1 July 1850 Union Twn., Auglaize Co., Ohio Census # 261 John Hardin 60 Farmer $6,000 born in Pa. Catherine (2nd Wife ) born in Pa. Perry Hardin ( son of his and Louise Cook// Hardin ) 18 farmer born in Ohio Rest of the children born to John and Catherine Niehart Noah Hardin 15 M born in Ohio Asa Hardin 14 M born in Ohio Lewis Hardin 11 M born in Ohio Hugh Hardin 8 M born in Ohio Also found D P Spague 16 F , Sarah Sprague 14 + Amanda 7 F living with the family ====================================================================== ============================ South Hampton , Somerset Co., PennsylvaniaHistory of Auglaize County, "Veterans of the War of 1812" (Compiled in 1979 by the Auglaize County Historical Society). from page 487: "According to the older chronicles, the following is the roster of the veterans of the War of 1812 who made their homes in the county following the opening of the lands to settlement: Isaac Bogart, Reuben Brackney, William Brackney, Joseph Brown, William Craft, John Elliott, James Gibbs, John Hardin, Arron Howell, Bennett W. Langley, Robert Linzee, James Maran, Shadrach Montgomery, Gideon Mott, Elisha Noble, William Richardson, William Ridley, William Ryan, Robert Skinner, Edward Tissue, George Whetstone, Jacob Whiteman and Henry Woolery...". . from page 470: "There were numerous Virginians and Pennsylvanians among the settlers of this township, the trend of settlement here having been from the east instead of from the south as in the western part of the county. Among these Pennsylvanians were John Harden and family, who settled in 1836. Of this family seven sons and one daughter lived to maturity. In a memoir of John Harden written more than forty years ago it is set out that 'Joseph, the third son, was noted as one of the best deer hunters in the country. He was also a famous bee hunter and he and his brothers, Mark and Jesse, supplied the family with meat and honey.'. "The attractive character of the lands here led to rapid settlement after the Indians had gone and by the close of the year 1836 all the lands in the township had been entered save the school section. By 1840 there were four log school houses in the township, church organizations were being effected, and the social and civil development of the township was well under way...It was not until 1876 that the Wapakoneta-Waynesfield gravel road, or pike, was constructed..." . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- History of Auglaize County, "Veterans of the War of 1812" (Compiled in 1979 by the Auglaize County Historical Society). from page 487: "According to the older chronicles, the following is the roster of the veterans of the War of 1812 who made their homes in the county following the opening of the lands to settlement: Isaac Bogart, Reuben Brackney, William Brackney, Joseph Brown, William Craft, John Elliott, James Gibbs, John Hardin, Arron Howell, Bennett W. Langley, Robert Linzee, James Maran, Shadrach Montgomery, Gideon Mott, Elisha Noble, William Richardson, William Ridley, William Ryan, Robert Skinner, Edward Tissue, George Whetstone, Jacob Whiteman and Henry Woolery...". . from page 470: "There were numerous Virginians and Pennsylvanians among the settlers of this township, the trend of settlement here having been from the east instead of from the south as in the western part of the county. Among these Pennsylvanians were John Harden and family, who settled in 1836. Of this family seven sons and one daughter lived to maturity. In a memoir of John Harden written more than forty years ago it is set out that 'Joseph, the third son, was noted as one of the best deer hunters in the country. He was also a famous bee hunter and he and his brothers, Mark and Jesse, supplied the family with meat and honey.'. "The attractive character of the lands here led to rapid settlement after the Indians had gone and by the close of the year 1836 all the lands in the township had been entered save the school section. By 1840 there were four log school houses in the township, church organizations were being effected, and the social and civil development of the township was well under way...It was not until 1876 that the Wapakoneta-Waynesfield gravel road, or pike, was constructed..." . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- The tax duplicate for the year 1848 reveals the following landowners in Union township when Auglaize county was erected in that year: Jesse Ashburn, Warren C. Allen, Whiting Allen, Salathiel Adrain, Jacob Brobst, Isaac Bennette, Samuel Boolman, Richard Bailey, Andrew and John Brentlinger, Augustus and Samuel Beaver, Samuel, Harrison, George and Wesley Bishop, Daniel Brentlinger, Samuel Bitler, Sr., Samuel Bitler, Jr., Elizabeth, Henry, William and Daniel Biller, Levi and Silas Biggs, Daniel, John and Joshua Bailiff, William Bethers, Thomas, Jacob and Isaac Bogart, William Bechdolt, N. R. and James Basil, A. S. Bennett, Reuben Brackney, Joshua Borton, James J. and Samuel Bacome, Allen Besse, Samuel Berry, Joseph Brown, John F. Clark, Moses Collins, Benjamin Cochrane, Abner Copeland, William Carter, Joseph Copeland, Jefferson Castell, William Conner, Nelson Clarkson, Isaac, James M. and William Childs, Peter, Jabez, John and Mathew Cretcher, J. H. Cateman, John Corder, Thomas and William Dudgeon, David Davis, John English, Hugh Elliott, David Edmiston, Jesse Edge, Samuel Focht, James Frazier, Daniel Focht, Adam Focht, Sr., Adam Focht, Jr., Lewis Focht, James Finlow, Isaac Fridley, John Gross, Henry Gerhard, Charles and William Graham, Abraham Gardner, Jesse Golden, Samuel Haggy & Co., Thomas Henry, John Hoffman, Jr., Jesse Hankins, Isaac Hankins, Jesse, John, Mark and Joseph Hardin, George Halter, Hardman Horne, John Harrod, John Hager, Elijah Harrod, John Harper, Jr., Manning Holley, Rachael Harrod, H. W. Hicks, Jacob, Michael, William, James and Levi Harrod, Levi Harrod, Jr., Aaron and Joseph Howell, Joseph Hoover, Thomas Henry, Nancy Hester, Joseph Huffer, James J., John P. and Samuel F. Jacobs, Allen Justice, Nathaniel Kimmey, Stephen and Hannah Kent, Lucy Ann Looney, Charles, Benjamin, Joseph and William Lusk, James Lowrey, William M. Layton, George and Jonathan Looney, Abraham Luhmon, Robert Lisle, Isaac Lemaster, Sanfuel Leigh, Elaner Morris, John McKnight, John McCormick, Joseph A. and Ann Morris, John Morris II, Levi Mix, Neal W. McNeale, Thomas McKee, Daniel, John, George and Daniel Miller, Jr., Ezekiel and Henry Morris, G. T. McLaughlin, Hiram Mussman, Elijah A. Musser, L. G. Moorehead, Thomas Naylor, John Ohler, Moses Porter, Andrew and Lewis Perkins, William Pendry, Andrew Ross, Isaac Rinear, John Rupert, Hugh T. Rinehart, Christopher Rudy, Christopher Richardson, John Rogers, Arnold Smith, Samuel Spees, John Schooler, Felician, John and Jacob Smith, Andrew Spees, Abraham Skillman, George Swisher, John and Mathias Spees, Harper and Jonathan Stiles, William Shaw, Phebe Skater, John M. Shaw, Absalom Tipton, Edward Tissue, George and John Vaughn, Jeremiah White, Joseph Weimert, C. C. Wagner, Henry Woolery, John Watt, John Waite, Josiah Wallner, Joseph B. Walton and John Zaner. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- History of Auglaize County, "Veterans of the War of 1812" (Compiled in 1979 by the Auglaize County Historical Society) from page 487: "According to the older chronicles, the following is the roster of the veterans of the War of 1812 who made their homes in the county following the opening of the lands to settlement: Isaac Bogart, Reuben Brackney, William Brackney, Joseph Brown, William Craft, John Elliott, James Gibbs, John Hardin, Arron Howell, Bennett W. Langley, Robert Linzee, James Maran, Shadrach Montgomery, Gideon Mott, Elisha Noble, William Richardson, William Ridley, William Ryan, Robert Skinner, Edward Tissue, George Whetstone, Jacob Whiteman and Henry Woolery..." from page 470: "There were numerous Virginians and Pennsylvanians among the settlers of this township, the trend of settlement here having been from the east instead of from the south as in the western part of the county. Among these Pennsylvanians were John Harden and family, who settled in 1836. Of this family seven sons and one daughter lived to maturity. In a memoir of John Harden written more than forty years ago it is set out that 'Joseph, the third son, was noted as one of the best deer hunters in the country. He was also a famous bee hunter and he and his brothers, Mark and Jesse, supplied the family with meat and honey.' "The attractive character of the lands here led to rapid settlement after the Indians had gone and by the close of the year 1836 all the lands in the township had been entered save the school section. By 1840 there were four log school houses in the township, church organizations were being effected, and the social and civil development of the township was well under way...It was not until 1876 that the Wapakoneta-Waynesfield gravel road, or pike, was constructed..."

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