Jul-28-2018
Husband: George Washington Hardman
Born: Nov-14-1825 1 Died: May- 2-1890 1 Buried: in Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Census: 1880 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: James B. Hardman (1794 - 1874) Mother: Phebe Cunningham (1795 - 1871) Other spouse 2
Wife: Mary Ann Lowther 3,2 Married: Aug-30-1849 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 4
Born: Aug-18-1824 5 Died: May-16-1879 1 Buried: in Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Father: Jesse Coburn Lowther (1790 - 1842) Mother: Phebe Cunningham (1794 - 1871) Notes
F Child 1: Phebe E. Hardman Born: Jan- -1850 6 Census: 1880 in Center District, Calhoun Co, WV Census: 1870 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Thomas Nichilas Cunningham b. ca 1843 d. bef Feb 1891 Also known as: T. N. Cunningham 4 Married: Nov-17-1867 in Ritchie Co, WV 4 Husband: E. C. Holsteen b. ca 1854 Married: Feb-12-1891 in Ritchie Co, WV 7
F Child 2: Rosa Virginia Hardman Also known as: R. Virginia Hardman 8 Born: Nov- 3-1854 in Jackson Co, (W)VA 5,9 (see note 1) Died: Aug-23-1898 1 Buried: in Haught Cemetery, Co Rd 47/7, 2 mi N of Beatrice, Ritchie Co, WV 2,10 Census: 1880 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1874 in Ritchie Co, WV 4 Husband: Thomas Nashville Johnson, Jr. b. Jun-11-1854 d. Apr-13-1932 Married: Mar- 8-1874 in Ritchie Co, WV 9
F Child 3: Marietta Hardman Born: Jul-17-1855 1 Died: Dec-26-1909 1 Buried: in Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Husband: Sylvannus B. Smith b. ca 1854 Married: Sep- 3-1874 in Ritchie Co, WV 4 Husband: William E. Hill b. Sep-25-1861 d. Feb-12-1922 Married: Apr-18-1891 11
F Child 4: Olive Cerena Hardman Also known as: Ollie 2 Born: Nov-22-1857 11,12,4 Died: 1944 12 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Husband: James F. Rexroad b. 1855 d. 1930 Married: Nov-14-1878 in Ritchie Co, WV 4
F Child 5: Emma J. Hardman Born: ca 1858 in Jackson Co, (W)VA 4 Resided: in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 13 Resided: 1879 in Ritchie Co, WV 4 Husband: Asbury Lee b. ca 1850 Married: Oct-23-1879 in Ritchie Co, WV 4
M Child 6: James A. Hardman 6 Born: ca 1861 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 14,9 Resided: in Cantwell, Ritchie Co, WV 15 Census: 1880 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Savana C. Campbell b. ca 1866 Married: Feb- 3-1884 in Ritchie Co, WV 9
F Child 7: Julia Victoria Hardman Also known as: Victoria Hardman 6,13 Born: ca 1862 4 Resided: in Clay Co, WV 13 Census: 1880 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Henry L. Stanley b. ca 1861 Married: Dec-16-1883 in Ritchie Co, WV 4
F Child 8: Lilly M. Hardman Also known as: Lillie M. Hardman 4 Born: 1864 in Ritchie Co, WV 12,4 Died: 1906 12 Buried: in Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Census: 1880 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Francis S. Moyers b. 1861 d. 1948 Married: Dec-25-1884 in Ritchie Co, WV 4
F Child 9: Lydia M. "Maggie" Hardman Born: May-18-1867 in Ritchie Co, WV 1,9 Died: Mar-27-1910 1 Buried: in IOOF (Egypt) Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Resided: in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 13 Census: 1880 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: William L. Collins b. ca 1863 Married: Oct- 9-1884 in Ritchie Co, WV 9
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (3) Marriage record of daughter. (4) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (5) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (6) Penny & O.D. Linder, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GIBSON/2003-10/1067200853, The Gibson and Related Families, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 1991, p. 452. (7) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as E. C. Holsten, 36, b. Craig Co VA, res. Ritchie Co; and Phebe E. Cunningham, widowed, 40, of Ritchie Co. Married Feb 12 1891. (8) Death record of daughter. (9) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (10) Findagrave.com. (11) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, The Descendants of Robert Lowther, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/lowther.htm. (12) Headstone (year only) (13) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 298. (14) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District) (15) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 299. Event Notes Note (1) Although age at death calculates to a birth date of Nov 3 1854, a birth date of Nov 3 1853 has also been reported, which would be more fitting with the birth date of her next younger sibling.Name Index