LeGrand Doran Harding

Brief Life History of LeGrand Doran

When LeGrand Doran Harding was born in February 1846, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Alvin Milton Harding, was 29 and his mother, Violette Otis Chase, was 24. He married Ida Estella Dickson on 14 August 1873, in Clackamas, Clackamas, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. He lived in Oregon City, Clackamas, Oregon, United States in 1880 and Whitman, Washington, United States in 1900. He died on 27 June 1901, in Colfax, Whitman, Washington, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Clackamas, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

LeGrand Doran Harding
1846–1901
Ida Estella Dickson
1857–1940
Marriage: 14 August 1873
Lyle L Harding
1879–1917
Alwin Milton Harding
1882–1912
Olaf Wilbur Harding
1886–1941
John Harding
1888–
Doran Bartlett Harding
1888–1950

Sources (16)

  • Lagrand D Harding, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legrand D. Harding, "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965"
  • Lagrand D Harding, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"

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1848 · Fire Destroys the Temple

On October 9, 1848, an arsonists fire claimed everything but the outer walls of the Nauvoo Temple since the structure was made out of limestone and wood. It was meant to discourage the Saints that had fled to never come back.

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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