KANSAS PIONEER DEAD
Rev. and Mrs. W.R. Hanson went down to Wathena Saturday on the sad mission of attending the funeral of Mrs. Hanson's father, Benjamin Harding which was held Sunday.
Bert Walker in his "Kansas Men and Matters" in the Topeka Capital gives the following story of Mr. Harding's life in Kansas:
"Benjamin Harding, one of the state makers of the old guard, is dead at his home in Wathena at the age of 87 years. Mr. Harding was one of the earliest settlers of Doniphan county, having settled at Iowa Mission, where he sold goods for Joseph Robidoux, in 1846. Later he removed to St. Joe, but moved back to Kansas in 1852, where he pre-empted a homestead in the present town of Wathena, where he had lived ever since.
For some years he conducted a trading post and a supply depot for Kickapoo Indians. In 1857, he built the concrete house in which he lived until his death. At the time he built it, it was considered the finest house in Kansas. He took a prominent part in the organization of the state of Kansas, being elected to the first free state Legislature of the territory of Kansas, in which he served two years. He was mixed up in the free soil troubles of the state. In 1861 he was elected recorder of deeds of Doniphan county, and held this office four years.
He was captain of a militia company when the war broke out, but the only active service he saw was on the occasion of Price's raid in 1865, when the company was called to Leavenworth to assist in quelling the disturbance. In 1843 he joined the order of Odd Fellows at Easton, PA, and had remained a member of the order ever since.
Mr. Harding came of good stock. His grandfather took a prominent part in the war of the Revolution, and a founder of the colony in Hartford, Connecticut.
Capt. Harding was preceded in death by his parents, Roswell and Mabel Harding; 1 brother, Henry Harding; 3 sisters Nancy Spalding, Ann Brown, and Pernicia Collier.
He leaves his wife Emily Harding of the home; 4 sons, Charlie Harding, Early Harding, Frank Harding, and Ed Harding; and 6 daughters, Emma Harding, Margaret Jordan, Clara Jordan, Mary Florence Harding, Ada Walton, and Nellie Hanson.
Rev. and Mrs. W.R. Hanson went down to Wathena Saturday on the sad mission of attending the funeral of Mrs. Hanson's father, Benjamin Harding which was held Sunday.
Bert Walker in his "Kansas Men and Matters" in the Topeka Capital gives the following story of Mr. Harding's life in Kansas:
"Benjamin Harding, one of the state makers of the old guard, is dead at his home in Wathena at the age of 87 years. Mr. Harding was one of the earliest settlers of Doniphan county, having settled at Iowa Mission, where he sold goods for Joseph Robidoux, in 1846. Later he removed to St. Joe, but moved back to Kansas in 1852, where he pre-empted a homestead in the present town of Wathena, where he had lived ever since.
For some years he conducted a trading post and a supply depot for Kickapoo Indians. In 1857, he built the concrete house in which he lived until his death. At the time he built it, it was considered the finest house in Kansas. He took a prominent part in the organization of the state of Kansas, being elected to the first free state Legislature of the territory of Kansas, in which he served two years. He was mixed up in the free soil troubles of the state. In 1861 he was elected recorder of deeds of Doniphan county, and held this office four years.
He was captain of a militia company when the war broke out, but the only active service he saw was on the occasion of Price's raid in 1865, when the company was called to Leavenworth to assist in quelling the disturbance. In 1843 he joined the order of Odd Fellows at Easton, PA, and had remained a member of the order ever since.
Mr. Harding came of good stock. His grandfather took a prominent part in the war of the Revolution, and a founder of the colony in Hartford, Connecticut.
Capt. Harding was preceded in death by his parents, Roswell and Mabel Harding; 1 brother, Henry Harding; 3 sisters Nancy Spalding, Ann Brown, and Pernicia Collier.
He leaves his wife Emily Harding of the home; 4 sons, Charlie Harding, Early Harding, Frank Harding, and Ed Harding; and 6 daughters, Emma Harding, Margaret Jordan, Clara Jordan, Mary Florence Harding, Ada Walton, and Nellie Hanson.
KANSAS PIONEER DEAD
Rev. and Mrs. W.R. Hanson went down to Wathena Saturday on the sad mission of attending the funeral of Mrs. Hanson's father, Benjamin Harding which was held Sunday.
Bert Walker in his "Kansas Men and Matters" in the Topeka Capital gives the following story of Mr. Harding's life in Kansas:
"Benjamin Harding, one of the state makers of the old guard, is dead at his home in Wathena at the age of 87 years. Mr. Harding was one of the earliest settlers of Doniphan county, having settled at Iowa Mission, where he sold goods for Joseph Robidoux, in 1846. Later he removed to St. Joe, but moved back to Kansas in 1852, where he pre-empted a homestead in the present town of Wathena, where he had lived ever since.
For some years he conducted a trading post and a supply depot for Kickapoo Indians. In 1857, he built the concrete house in which he lived until his death. At the time he built it, it was considered the finest house in Kansas. He took a prominent part in the organization of the state of Kansas, being elected to the first free state Legislature of the territory of Kansas, in which he served two years. He was mixed up in the free soil troubles of the state. In 1861 he was elected recorder of deeds of Doniphan county, and held this office four years.
He was captain of a militia company when the war broke out, but the only active service he saw was on the occasion of Price's raid in 1865, when the company was called to Leavenworth to assist in quelling the disturbance. In 1843 he joined the order of Odd Fellows at Easton, PA, and had remained a member of the order ever since.
Mr. Harding came of good stock. His grandfather took a prominent part in the war of the Revolution, and a founder of the colony in Hartford, Connecticut.
Capt. Harding was preceded in death by his parents, Roswell and Mabel Harding; 1 brother, Henry Harding; 3 sisters Nancy Spalding, Ann Brown, and Pernicia Collier.
He leaves his wife Emily Harding of the home; 4 sons, Charlie Harding, Early Harding, Frank Harding, and Ed Harding; and 6 daughters, Emma Harding, Margaret Jordan, Clara Jordan, Mary Florence Harding, Ada Walton, and Nellie Hanson.
Rev. and Mrs. W.R. Hanson went down to Wathena Saturday on the sad mission of attending the funeral of Mrs. Hanson's father, Benjamin Harding which was held Sunday.
Bert Walker in his "Kansas Men and Matters" in the Topeka Capital gives the following story of Mr. Harding's life in Kansas:
"Benjamin Harding, one of the state makers of the old guard, is dead at his home in Wathena at the age of 87 years. Mr. Harding was one of the earliest settlers of Doniphan county, having settled at Iowa Mission, where he sold goods for Joseph Robidoux, in 1846. Later he removed to St. Joe, but moved back to Kansas in 1852, where he pre-empted a homestead in the present town of Wathena, where he had lived ever since.
For some years he conducted a trading post and a supply depot for Kickapoo Indians. In 1857, he built the concrete house in which he lived until his death. At the time he built it, it was considered the finest house in Kansas. He took a prominent part in the organization of the state of Kansas, being elected to the first free state Legislature of the territory of Kansas, in which he served two years. He was mixed up in the free soil troubles of the state. In 1861 he was elected recorder of deeds of Doniphan county, and held this office four years.
He was captain of a militia company when the war broke out, but the only active service he saw was on the occasion of Price's raid in 1865, when the company was called to Leavenworth to assist in quelling the disturbance. In 1843 he joined the order of Odd Fellows at Easton, PA, and had remained a member of the order ever since.
Mr. Harding came of good stock. His grandfather took a prominent part in the war of the Revolution, and a founder of the colony in Hartford, Connecticut.
Capt. Harding was preceded in death by his parents, Roswell and Mabel Harding; 1 brother, Henry Harding; 3 sisters Nancy Spalding, Ann Brown, and Pernicia Collier.
He leaves his wife Emily Harding of the home; 4 sons, Charlie Harding, Early Harding, Frank Harding, and Ed Harding; and 6 daughters, Emma Harding, Margaret Jordan, Clara Jordan, Mary Florence Harding, Ada Walton, and Nellie Hanson.
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