Brief Life History of Elias Thomas
When Elias Thomas Harding was born on 29 July 1820, in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Perry Green Harding, was 30 and his mother, Parmelia "Polly" Van Winkle, was 28. He had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters with Harriet Carrie Manzer. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Blakely, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. He died on 25 August 1895, in Peckville, Blakely, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Peckville, Blakely, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- E T Harding in household of Alanson Wright, "United States Census, 1870"
- Elias Thomas Harding, "Find A Grave Index"
- Elias T Harding in the U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
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1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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