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Charles Melville HARDISTY

Charles Melville HARDISTY

Male 1864 - 1937  (73 years)

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  • Name Charles Melville HARDISTY 
    Born 7 Mar 1864  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900  [3] 
    oil pump engineer 
    Census 1910  Kern Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Muskogee, Muskogee Co, OK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [4] 
    oil producer 
    Census 1930  Holdenville, Hughes Co, OK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 20 Jun 1937  [2] 
    Buried Holdenville, Hughes Co, OK Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I99887  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2015 

    Father Samuel HARDESTY,   b. 10 Mar 1840, Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 1903  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Julia L. LEACH,   b. 19 Mar 1841, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1902, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Family ID F35460  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Annie E. ROBBINS,   b. 2 Sep 1872, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1904, Joy (Cabin Run), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years) 
    Married 1889  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 5/6 1900:
      Charles M. Hardesty, 36, b. Mar 1864 in WVa (father b. Pa, mother b. WVa), occupation engineer (oil pump), owns home free & clear, married 10 yrs; wife Annie, 27, b. Sep 1872 in Tennessee (father b. Missouri (?), mother b. Tennessee), married 10 yrs, no children.

      1910 Census, Kern Co, California:
      Listed as one of many roomers, presumably in a boarding house:
      Charles M. Hardisty, 45, b. WVa (father b. Pa, mother b. WVa), occupation (blank), single.

      1920 Census, Muskogee Co, Oklahoma (Muskogee City), enumerated on Jan 8 1920:
      Charlie M. Hardisty, 54, b. WVa (father b. Pa, mother b. WVa), occupation producer in oil field; wife Nellie G, 34, b. Texas (father b. Indiana, mother b. Arkansas); son Charles M. Jr., 1y 6m, b. Oklahoma.

      1930 Census, Muskogee Co, Oklahoma (City of Holdenville), enumerated on Apr 3 1930:
      Charles M. Hardisty, 68, b. WVa, no occupation, value of home $5000, widowed; uncle Floyd A. Hardisty, 80, b. Va, no occupation, widowed; son Charles M. Hardisty Jr, 11, b. Oklahoma; lodger S. W. Buchannan, 37, b. Iowa, taxi driver, married; lodger Lola Buchannan, 37, b. Georgia.
      (NOTE: Uncle's name should have been entered as Floyd A. Leach.)
    Family ID F35483  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Nellie Gertrude ___,   b. 25 Nov 1896, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1930  (Age 33 years) 
    Children 
     1. Charles M. HARDISTY, Jr.,   b. 1918, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F35484  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Holdenville, Hughes Co, OK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Holdenville, Hughes Co, OK Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
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    Documents
    99887_HARDISTY_CharlesMelville_HistoryOfKernCoCalif_WallaceMMorgan_1914_Page1407.jpg    		99887_HARDISTY_CharlesMelville_HistoryOfKernCoCalif_WallaceMMorgan_1914_Page1407.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S36] History of Kern County, California (1914), Wallace M. Morgan, (https://archive.org/details/historyofkerncou00morg), p. 1407.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S2053] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    4. [S1734] 1920 Census.

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.