Category Archives: Harding

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Posted on July 11, 2011 by genealogysleuth

This is my maternal grandfather’s mother’s line.Eliza S. “Lida” Harding [1869-1942] m. William H. Downing [1863-1903] m. John Rupp [1878-1935]doBenjamin Harding [1836-1915] m. Mary Ellen Clark [1847-1914]so Daniel Harding [1798-1869] m. Elizabeth Wilson [1801-1884]soJohn Bennett Hardin [?-1849] probable but not sufficiently … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 10, 2011 by genealogysleuth

I recently had a lengthy email correspondence with another transplanted Logan County native. We have different backgrounds and no ancestors in common but when we started talking our ancestors, collaterals and their families brushed at so many spots that I … Continue reading →

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William Henry Downing Probate

Posted on July 5, 2011 by genealogysleuth

William Henry Downing’s probate file came from the Logan County Circuit Clerk. Parts of it could be found at IRAD and the whole probate would be in the FamilySearch files.On December 2, 1903, in the typhoid epidemic, William Henry Downing … Continue reading →

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Scanning Update

Posted on June 30, 2010 by genealogysleuth

Ok, Ms. Smarty Pants, are your files perfect someone asked? Nope. And my system is not perfect to begin with, rather it is one that works for me and may work for you. In my defense I have computer files … Continue reading →

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Daniel Harding

Posted on January 18, 2009 by genealogysleuth

Benjamin Harding was born June 7, 1836, in Belmont County, Ohio. He fought in the Civil War in the 106th Illinois, lived in Logan County, moved to Iowa with all but one of his adult children in 1894. He died … Continue reading →

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Lida’s Life

Posted on January 1, 2009 by genealogysleuth

So many people have asked me what happened to young Lida Harding. It seems appropriate to tell it in pictures. Lida married William Henry Downing, a neighbor. Their fathers served together in the 106th out of Logan County, Illinois. His … Continue reading →

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