George Harding

Male, #407, (17 December 1837 - 25 April 1910)
George Harding|b. 17 Dec 1837\nd. 25 Apr 1910|p407.htm|Alpheus Harding|b. 3 May 1809\nd. 18 Dec 1898|p405.htm|Catharine Muzzy Wheeler|b. 26 Jun 1818\nd. 13 Aug 1872|p406.htm|Capt. Oliver Harding|b. 3 Jun 1774\nd. 22 Oct 1843|p403.htm|Elizabeth Browning|b. 6 May 1777\nd. 16 Feb 1845|p123.htm|Capt. Rowland Wheeler J.P.|b. 21 Oct 1785\nd. 13 Nov 1867|p770.htm|Lydia Gates|b. 6 Dec 1789\nd. 4 Feb 1861|p333.htm|
George Harding
     George Harding was born on 17 December 1837 in Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, on his father's farm which was two miles from Coldbrook.1,2,6,3,4,5 He was the son of Alpheus Harding and Catharine Muzzy Wheeler.1,2,3,4,5 He attended the public schools in Barre and graduated from High School there. On 1 June 1859 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, George married Ruth Melinda Delvey, daughter of Joseph Delvey and Mary Wheaton.1,7,2,8,9,5 After their marriage, he worked on his father's farm for a few years. George Harding and Ruth Melinda Delvey moved about 1864 to Brush Valley, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, where he worked in a shop.7,2 George Harding and Ruth Melinda Delvey appeared on the Census of 1880 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts.10 George removed to Orange, and there he lived the rest of his life. During his father's last illness, he and Ruth spent much of their time in Barre. He was a carpenter. George Harding was employed in 1894 in G. H. Lawrence, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts.11 He and Ruth Melinda Delvey lived in 1894 in 44 North Main Street, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts.11 George Harding died on Monday, 25 April 1910 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, at age 72 years, 4 months and 8 days from a paralytic stroke.2,5 He was buried on 29 April 1910 in Riverside Cemetery, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts.12,2 According to his obituary, "He was social, companionable, well-informed and well liked." George's gravestone inscription in Riverside Cemetery, Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, reads:

George Harding
Dec 17, 1837
Apr 25, 1910
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Ruth M.
June 15, 1838
Sept 9, 1923
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Charts
Ancestry of Robert Roy

Children of George Harding and Ruth Melinda Delvey

Citations

  1. Roper, Kenneth L.. The Ropers A Biographical Record from Circa 1300 to 1982. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1982.
  2. The Barre Gazette, Barre, Massachusetts, 29 April 1910.
  3. Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Barre, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1903.
  4. Wheeler, Albert Gallatin Jr.. The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America. Boston: American College of Genealogy, 1914.
  5. Allred, Paul W.. Descendants of Peter Delvee. N.p.: manuscript, 11 November 2002.
  6. Roy, Robert A.. Gravestone Inscriptions at Riverside Cemetery in Barre, Massachusetts. Lexington Park, Maryland: manuscript, 1983.
  7. Unknown newspaper, unknown, 1923.
  8. Thayer, Florine Delvey. Delvey Genealogy. Warwick, Massachusetts: manuscript, 1968.
  9. Muse, Jeanne. Family Group Sheets of the Ancestry of Jeanne Muse. Asheville, North Carolina: Jeanne Muse, 20 August 1995.
  10. United States Census 1880 for Massachusetts.
  11. Athol, Orange Directory for 1894. Unknown: unknown, 1894.
  12. Stone, Margaret, letter. 1980, from Orange, Massachusetts, to Roy, Robert A.. Personal Genealogical Collection; RR1, Box 308, Paw Paw, West Virginia.
  13. Brodeur, Diane, letter. 1981, from Oxford, Massachusetts, to Roy, Robert A.. Personal Genealogical Collection; RR1, Box 308, Paw Paw, West Virginia.
  14. Brodeur, Diane, "Descendants of Ruth Melinda Delvey." Manuscript, Oxford, Massachusetts, 1981.