When John J. Hardin was born on 25 November 1820, in Adair, Kentucky, United States, his father, Asa Hardin, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth Taylor, was 26. He married Francis C. Brown on 12 September 1855, in Sangamon, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States for about 30 years. He died on 16 August 1903, at the age of 82.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1828: Sangamon, Illinois, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English: variant of Harding .
Altered form of French Hardouin .
French: from a pet form of any of several ancient Germanic personal names composed of the element hard ‘hard, strong’. This surname is rare in France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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