Brief Life History of James Carlton
When James Carlton Harding was born in 1826, in Harford, Harford Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Stephen Harding, was 54 and his mother, Anna Carney, was 39. He married Clarinda Stevens in 1854, in Kingsley, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States. He lived in Harford Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He died on 25 May 1915, in Lenoxville, Lenox Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 89.
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- James Harding, "United States Census, 1860"
- James Carelton Harding, "Find A Grave Index"
- James C Harding, "United States Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830 · The Oregon Trail
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Harding (Old English Hearding, literally ‘the hard one’ a derivative of Old English heard ‘hard, harsh, strong, firm, brave’). The surname was first taken to Ireland in the 15th century, and more families of the name settled there 200 years later in Tipperary and surrounding counties.
North German and Dutch: patronymic from a short form of any of various ancient Germanic compound personal names beginning with hard ‘hardy, brave, strong’, or a habitational name from a farm named Harding, of the same etymology.
History: Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865–1923), the 29th president of the US, was born on a farm in OH, of English and Scottish stock on his father's side. Early American bearers of this very common name include Joseph Harding who died at Plymouth in 1633. His great-great grandson Seth was a naval officer during the American Revolution.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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