Reuben Orson HARDY, Sr.

1795 - 1878  (82 years)

• Name	Reuben Orson HARDY
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	3 Sep 1795	Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	28 Sep 1836	Rushford, Allegany County, New York, USA   [2]
  Death	16 Apr 1878	Elkhorn Grove, Carroll County, Illinois, USA
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  Notes	A Reuben Hardy is listed among "the soldiers to whom patents were issued for land lying in the military bounty land district in the State of Illinois, for services in the late war [War of 1812]; the description of the tract of land granted to each, with the date of the patent; the company and regiment in which they severally served, and by whom each patent was received." He received 150 acres (SW4 S27 T3N R5W). Warrant signed 23 May 1818. His residence at the time the warrant was issued was apparently Concord, New Hampshire. This person may have been the Reuben who served as a private in Davis' First Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers. But this could not be the same person as our Reuben Hardy Sr. because the original bounty papers describe him as being 33 years old at the time of enlistment in 1814, thus being about 14 years older than our Reuben (1795-1878). In the 1820 U.S. Census for Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont, Reuben Hardy is listed as the head of a family that consisted of 2 males under age 10, 1 male age 26-45, 1 female under age 10 and 1 female age 26-45. In the 1830 U.S. Census for Rushford, Allegany County, New York, Reuben Hardy is listed as the head of a family that consisted of 1 male under age 5, 1 male age 5-10, 1 male age 10-15, 1 male age 30-40, 1 female under age 5, 2 females age 5-10, 1 female age 10-15 and 1 female age 30-40. In the 1840 U.S. Census for Machias, Cattaraugus County, New York, Reuben Hardy is listed as the head of a family that consisted of 1 male age 5-10, 1 male age 10-15, 1 male age 15-20, 1 male age 40-50, 2 females age 15-20 and 1 female age 40-50. In the 1850 U.S. Census, Reuben and Abigail Hardy are listed as living in Elkhorn Grove Township, Carroll County, Illinois (M432_99, p. 378), enumeration date 26 Dec. 1850. Household included Valentine O., age 18, farmer, and June (or Jane?) W. Ha???, age 5. Reuben was listed as being born in Michigan, Abigail in Connecticut, Valentine in New Hampshire, and June in New York. It is not obvious that June (or Jane) is a Hardy. In the 1860 U.S. Census, Rheuben Hardy (age 64) is a farmer living in Keeler, Van Buren County, Michigan, with Jane Hardy (age 44), who is listed as a domestic. He owned $700 in real estate. Did Reuben remarry to Jane after Abigail's death in 1857? Is this the same Reuben O. Hardy? See 1875 Minnesota State Census. In the 1870 U.S. Census, Reuben (age 76) is a farmer living in Hamilton Township, Van Buren County, Michigan (M593_706, p. 367), with housekeeper Jane (age 55, born in NY) and Lucinda Patterson (age 74, born in VT). Is this the same Reuben O. Hardy? In 1875 a Minnesota State Census for Independence, Hennepin County, Minnesota, showed Rubun Hardy (age 82, born in Vermont) and Jane Hardy (age 59, born in New York) living with O.R. Hardy (age 59, born in Vermont) and wife Jenett Hardy (age 51, born New York), with children Charley (age 18, born Minnesota), Frank (age 14, born Minnesota), Rubun (age 9, born Minnesota), Wm. Haward (age 5, born Minnesota). This is evidence that this Rubun (age 82) is the same man as Reuben Orsen Hardy who had lived in Illinois (with Abigail) and Michigan (with Jane), and finally moved to Minnesota to live with his son Reuben. The cemetery records of Union Cemetery, Wysox Township, Carroll County, Illinois give his birth date as 1795, but there is no death date. It is not clear that he was actually buried in the Union Cemetery. Did he die in Illinois or Minnesota? [3, 4]
  Person ID	I1097	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2011

  
  

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• Sources

  [S105] Minnesota Census, 1875, Independence, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA (Reliability: 3). [S338] Cavendish Vermont Land Records, Deed from Reuben and Abigail Hardy to Nathaniel Rufsall. (Reliability: 3). Although this document is difficult to read, it appears that Reuben and Abigail Hardy agree to rent Nathaniel Rufsall ninety acres of land in Cavendish, Vermont, for the payment of ten dollars a year. [S104] 1812 Bounty Land Grants Illinois, (URL: http://www.lineages.com/vault/BountyLands.asp?), p. 383 (Reliability: 3). [S156] Aldrich, Lewis Cass, Windsor County, Vermont, (Syracuse, D. Mason & Co., 1891 Volume: Two volumes).