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Genealogy of the Harding 
 
 Family in the Eastern 
 
 Counties of North 
 
 Carolina. 
 
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 COMPILED AND EDITED BV 
 
 Rev. John R. Harding, D. D., 
 
 Rector Trinity Church, 
 Utica, New York. 
 
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Preface. 
 
 THE idea of preparing and publishing a genealogy 
 of the Harding family in the eastern counties of 
 North Carolina, came to me during a visit to the 
 home of my boyhood, Washington and Chocowinity, 
 N. C, in January, 1908. The descendants of Stephen 
 Harding, our first ancestor in North Carolina, are now 
 living in many states of the Union, and I felt it would 
 be a pleasure to collect the facts concerning them for 
 the benefit of present and future generations. I wish 
 to thank all my relatives who have so willingly and 
 promptly answered my questions and enabled me to 
 make the idea a realitv. 
 
 Affectionately yours, 
 
 John Ravenscroft Harding. 
 
 Trinity Rectory, Utica, N. Y., December i, 1908. 
 
Introduction. 
 
 THE eastern cuuiuies of North Carolina were first 
 settled by English families, or b}- those of 
 English descent who, hav^ing first established 
 themselves in the more northern colonies, at length 
 emigrated to Carolina. It has been impossible to dis- 
 cover the full facts concerning the first Harding who 
 settled in Beaufort County, N. C, the ancestor of the 
 many who nc^w bear his name. The family tradition 
 is that he came from Providence, Rhode Island, in the 
 early part of the eighteenth centur}', that he was a ship 
 builder, and that his first residence was on Fork Point, 
 Tar River, near Washington. The cc^mpiler of these 
 records has sought in wiin for the birthplace, parentage 
 or marriage of this man. The only clue, in the absence 
 of family tradition, is found in a genealogical register 
 of the New England Hardings, compiled by the Rev. 
 Abner Morse, A. 1\I., and published in Boston, 1864. 
 While in this volume there is no definite link binding' 
 the North Carolina family to those of New England. 
 
yet the siniilarit}- of Christian names in the two j 
 branches for sexeral generations offers a probabihty 
 that both are of the same original stock. These names 
 are "Stephen," "Israel." ''Nathaniel," "Benjamin" and 
 "Thomas." If any dependence is to be placed on this 
 coincidence, and there is strong reason to do so, then 
 it is probable that our first North Carolina ancestor, 
 Stephen Harding, is a descendant of the Stephen 
 Harding who lived in Providence, Rhode Island, 1669, 
 but who. tradition savs, came orip-inallv from W^ev- 
 mouth Landing, Mass. From Mr. Morse's record it 
 is learned that the Hardings were among the earliest 
 English colonists of Massachusetts. There is no exact 
 date known of their arri\al. but circumstances indicate 
 that they emigrated with Sir Robert Gorges in 1623, 
 and settled at Weymouth Landing, near Braintree, 
 Mass. Here for half a century was their home, from 
 which they afterward moved to different sections of 
 New England. 
 
 rhc name Harding is of Gothic origin, and signifies 
 geous," "daring. 
 
 "bold." "'courageous," "darino-," stout-hearted 
 
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Chapter I. 
 
 Stephen Hardi^jg, the ancestor of the Eastern 
 North Carohna Hardings, had three sons. Israel, Ben- 
 jamin and Stephen. 
 
 Israel Harding, son of Stephen Harding, m. Vnnis 
 Clark of Beaufort County. N. C. He was a farmer 
 and lived at Chocowinity. l^^amil) traditions about 
 liim, as of all the earlier members of the family, are 
 \ery meager. The Revolutionary records of N. C. 
 show that he enlisted April 15, 1781, in the loth Regi- 
 ment, N. C. troops. Sharp's Company, became a ser- 
 geant and served 12 months. He was in General 
 Green's army, and is said to have been in the battles 
 of Cowpens, King's Mountain and Guilford Court- 
 house, but as all these battles occurred before the above 
 recorded enlistment, it is pr()1:)able that there was an 
 enlistment of an earlier date. He had four children, 
 Henry, Nathaniel, Israel and Frederic. He built the 
 
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lioiisc Mil his farm. afK-rw ards Mccupied 1)\ his son 
 Nathaniel, wliich was hiinifd about iHyo. 
 
 IIenkv HAKJjiNci, Soli of 1 sracl and Annis Hartling, 
 was born at Chocowinity and hved there all his life, 
 dying- abont 1S33 or f<S54. lie ni. Mary M. Grist, who 
 <lied about ICS50. He had several children, but raised 
 only two. Benjamin hranklin and Wiley Grist. 
 
 W iLi:^ Grist Hakdinc, the second son of Henry 
 and Mary M. Harding-, emigrated to Tenn. and died 
 there about 1875. C'areful investigation has failed to 
 discover amthini'" further about him or his descendants. 
 
 IsKAKL and h^KKDHkic Harding, the younger sons of 
 Israel and Annis Harding. ne\-er married and died at 
 Ch()Cowinit\ . 
 
 Stki'Uk.x I1ari)IX(;. the third son of the orio-inal 
 Stephen Harding in .\orth Carolina, had two daugh- 
 ters, r. .]]y and 1 )icey. Poll)- never married. Dicey 
 
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married Riley Orrell of Durham's Creek, N. C. Her 
 descendants are living around Blount's Creek, N. C, 
 but it has been impossible to secure their names. 
 
 Benjamin Franklin Harding, the first son of 
 Henry and Marv AI. Hardins;-, was born in Beaufort 
 Co., N. C, and spent his life there. He married Win- 
 nie Nelson, b. Oct. 9, 1827, d. June 4, 1883. 
 
 Children : 
 
 Henry E., b. April 29, 185 1. 
 Mary Margaret, b. Aug. 18, 1852. 
 A\'illiam Augustus, b. April 13, 1854. 
 Emily E., b. April 15, 1855. 
 Allen Grist, b. Sept. 15, 1857. 
 A\'iley G., b. 1859, d. Aug. 20, 1859. 
 Laura, died in infancy. 
 Apsley G., b. May 9, 1854. 
 Sallie Nelson, b. Oct. 1865. 
 
 Henry E. Harding, son of Benjamin Franklin and 
 Winnie Harding, m. Oct. 27, 1879, Harriet E. Hull, 
 daughter of \\'illiam Henry and Annis yon Eberstein. 
 
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They have one child, Guy C, b. Oct. 25, 1880. Henry 
 E. Harchng^ is engaged in the real estate business in 
 Washington, N. C. See page 15. 
 
 ^Tarv ^Margaret Harding, daughter of Benjamin 
 hVanklin and Winnie Harding, ni. Alay 26, 1874 
 James Griffin Hill of Chocowinity, X. C., merchant, 
 1). Jan. 5, 1850, (1. Nov. 7, 1903. 
 
 Children : 
 
 Forrester Severance, b. March 25, 1875, d. Sep. 
 
 5, 1884. 
 Herbert Guion, b. Jan. 21, 1877. d. Jan. 3, 1878. 
 Cora May, b. May 17, 1878. 
 
 James Griffin, b. Nov. 4, 1879, d. May 24, 1880. 
 Henry Bryan, b. Nov. 27, 1880. 
 Fenncr B., b. Dec. 25, 1882. 
 Mattie Harding, b. Sep. 29, 1885. 
 George Franklin, b. June 25, 1887. 
 James Griffin, b. April 20. 1889, d. -Vug. 16, 1889. 
 Mary Margaret, b. April 20, 1889, d. Aug. 16. 
 
 1889. 
 Apsley Flizabelh. b. ^^lay 16, 1890, d. Sep. 29, 
 
 1890. 
 Samuel Xicholson. b. Nov. 26, 1892. 
 
 TO. 
 
William Augustus Harding, son of Benjamin 
 Franklin and Winnie Harding, m. Winnie Barr. They 
 had four children, three boys and one girl. Names and 
 dales not learned. 
 
 Emily E. Harding, daughter of Benjamin Frank- 
 lin and Winnie Harding, m. Feb. 15, 1882, Timothy 
 Edward Cutler of W^ashington, N. C. Children: 
 
 Annie Bertha, b. March 17, 1883, d. July 15, 1884. 
 
 Sallie Estelle, b. Sep. 7, 1885. 
 
 James Edward, b. Nov. 14, 1887. 
 
 Mary Elizabeth, b. April 10, 1892. 
 
 Allen Grist FIarding, son of Benjamin Franklin 
 and Winnie Harding, moved to South Carolina, mar- 
 ried and died there, leaving two children, a boy and 
 o^irl. Other facts not known. 
 
 Apslfa' G. Harding, daughter of Benjamin Frank- 
 lin and W^innie Harding, m. Robert Tripp of Wash- 
 ington, N. C. See page 18. 
 
 Sallie Nelson Harding, daughter of Benjamin 
 Franklin and ^^'innie Harding, m. Feb. 29, 1889, John 
 
 II. 
 
R. Hughes, son of Rev. N. C. Hughes, D. D., Choco- 
 winity, North Carohna. Children : 
 
 Lucretia Seldon, b. Feb. iS, 1890. 
 
 Isaac Wayne, b. August 8, 1892. 
 
 John Blount, b. Oct. 11, 1902, d. Jan. 3, 1906. 
 
 Guy C. Harding, son of Henry E. and Harriet 
 Harding, m. July 19, 1905, Blanche C. Lowery, 
 daughter of Jordan B. and Nannie R. Lowery. He is 
 engaged in real estate witlx his father in Washington, 
 N. C. They have one child : 
 
 Harriet B., b. May 9, 1906. 
 
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Chapter II. 
 
 Nathaniei. Hardinc. son of Israel and Annis 
 Harding, was born 1790 in the old Harding house 
 occupied by his father, which was situated on the rear of 
 the farm now owned by Frederick H. von Eberstein. 
 Israel Harding built a new hotise on the present Eber- 
 stein lot about 1800, and in this house Nathaniel Hard- 
 ing lived from his loth year. This building was burned 
 about 1870, after which the present house was erected. 
 Nathaniel Harding married about 1820-21, Elizabetli 
 .\nn Patrick, and died 1864. He was the first member 
 of the family in North Carolina to become a member 
 of the Episcopal Church, and for many years was an 
 earnest supporter of Trinity Parish. Chocowinity. 
 
 Children : 
 
 Annis, b. June 25, 1822, d. May 16, 1893. 
 Martha, b. Dec. 9, 1825. 
 
 Jar vis Buxton, b. Jan. 6, 1827, d. Aug. 6, 1864. 
 Israel, b. May 29, 1829, d. Jan. 13, 1891. 
 Frederick, b. Feb. 29. 1832, d. Sep. 29. 1892. 
 
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Elizabeth Grist, b. May 20. 1834. 
 
 Henry, b. .May 8, 1837. 
 
 Annie Patrick, 1). Jan. 3, 1839, d. March 25, 1874. 
 
 Juha. b. 184!, (1. unmarried March, 1865. 
 
 Xathaniel. b. Mcirch 6, 1847. 
 
 Annis Harding, daughter of Xathaniel and Eliza- 
 beth Ann Harding, m. April 15, 1852, Baron William 
 Henry von Eberstein, b. Dec. 15, 1821, d. Oct. 25, 
 1890. Baron von Eberstein followed the sea for many 
 years and after his marriage settled at Chocowinity, 
 N. C. He \olunteered in the Washington, N. C, Grays 
 in 1861 and as a military engineer served at Beacon 
 Island and Washington. N. C. On Sep. 5, 1862, he 
 was appointed sergeant major in the 6ist Regiment, 
 N. C. troops. He fought in the battles of Kinston. 
 W iiitehall, Goldsboro, Rail's Mills, Battery Wagner, 
 Battery Gregg, Fort Moultrie, Dewey's Bluff, Cold 
 Harbor. Gain's Mills and Petersburo-. He was 
 wounded bv the 1)urstino- of a shell in the trenches of 
 Petersburg, and. being disabled and over age. was 
 honorably discharged Sep. 1864. He was compli- 
 mented by General Clingman on his skill in mounting 
 heavy guns. He bought the old Nathaniel Harding 
 
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farm, five miles from Washington, N. C, and lived 
 there until his death. Children : 
 
 Harriet Elizabeth, b. July lo. 1853. 
 
 Ernest Albert, b. Oct. 18, 1856, d. May 12, 1857. 
 
 Frederic Harding, b. Dec. 11, 1858. 
 
 Julia Ernestine, b. Feb. 14, 1862. 
 
 Harriet Elizabeth von Eberstein, daughter of 
 William H. and Annis von Eberstein, m. Dec. 27. 
 1871, Benjamin L. Hull of Chocowinity, N. C. Mr. 
 Hull died March 24, 1873. By this marriage there was 
 one son : 
 
 Benjamin L., b. Nov. 2. 1872. 
 
 For her second marriage see page 9. 
 
 Benjamin L. Hull, son of Benjamin L. and Har- 
 riet E. Hull, recci\ed his education in Trinity School, 
 Ch(^co\vinit3'\ N. C and lived with his uncle, Frederick 
 Harding- \on Eberstein, until recent vears. Present 
 address, Greenville, N. C. He m. Dec. 11. 1904, 
 Bertha Welch. They have had one child : 
 
 Frederick Welch, b. Dec. 30, 1906, d. May 4, 
 1908. 
 
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Frederick Harding vox\ Eberstein, son of Wil- 
 liam H. and Annis von Eberstein, m. Sarah Philopena 
 Brown, daughter of W^illiam Zaccheus and Emily 
 Freeman Brown, b. Jan. 21, 1862. Mr. Eberstein was 
 educated in Trinity School, Chocowinity, and lives in 
 the old homestead of his grandfather, Nathaniel 
 Harding. He is engaged in farming and the lumber 
 business. Children : 
 
 Harriet Clianii^ion, 1). Afarch 5. t8(So, d. Oct. 3. 
 
 1884. 
 Emily Brown. I). June 26, 1883, d. July 2^, 1885. 
 Carrie Harchng. b. Jul}- 31, 1885, d. Sep. 6, 1886. 
 Mabel DeVire, b. May 2, 1887. 
 Julia Hyde, b. May 7, 1888. 
 William Henry, b. Jan. 22, 1892. 
 
 JiLiA Ernestine von Eberstein. daughter of Wil- 
 liam H. and Annis von Eberstein, m. April 17, 1883, in 
 1>inity Church. Chocowinity, Harvey Roberts Bright. 
 Residence. Washington, N. C. Children : 
 Annis Williams, b. June 5, 1884. 
 Christopher Roberts, b. Aug. 26, 1885. 
 Frederick Harding, b. Dec. 20, 1888, d. June 18. 
 1 88(). 
 
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Carolina Harding, b. July i6, 1890. 
 
 Albertina von Eberstein, b. Dec. 26, 1893, d. Dec. 
 
 27, 1893. 
 George McDonald, b. Jan. 27, 1895. 
 Julia Harvey, b. Jan. 19, 1900. 
 
 Martha Harding, daughter of Nathaniel and Eliz- 
 abeth Ann Harding, m. May 10, 1848, Benjamin 
 Franklin Tripp, b. Jan. 12, 1816. d. Oct. 12, 1873. 
 Residence, \\'ashington, N. C. Children : 
 
 Joseph, b. Aug. 8, 1849, ^^- -^^'^S- 20, 1852. 
 
 Nathaniel Harding, b. Aug. 15, 1850. 
 
 William Henry, b. Sep. 25, 1853. 
 
 Robert, b. Aug. 22, 1855. 
 
 Sarah, b. July 24, 1857. 
 
 Elizabeth Harding, b. Aug. 29, 1859, d. Jan. 9, 
 
 i860. 
 Frederick Harding, b. Oct. 5, 1865, d. Oct. 13, 
 i86v 
 
 Nathaniel Harding Tripp, son of Benjamin F. 
 and Martha Tripp, m. Nov. 12, 1877, Martha Eliza- 
 beth Wooten of Pitt Co., N. C, b. Nov.. 1842. Mr. 
 Tripp is an undertaker in Kinston, N. C. There are 
 no children. 
 
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William Henry Tripp, son of Benjamin F. and 
 Martha Tripp, m. Dec. 13, 1881, Elizabeth Rachel 
 Mewborn, of Pitt Co., N. C, b. Jnne, 1863. She died 
 Sep. II, 1882, and April 14. 1889, he married Cath- 
 erine E. Bnrney, b. Oct. 28, 1867. He is farming in 
 Beanfort Co., N. C. Children of second marriage: 
 
 Jesse Bryan, b. Jan. 30, 1890. 
 
 Robert Lee, b. Sep. i, 1891. 
 
 Frederick Harding, b. Jnly 3, 1893. 
 
 Rachel Elizabeth, b. Jnne 30, 1895. 
 
 Julia Bnrney, b. Dec. 8, 1902. 
 
 Margaret, b. Xpril 9, 1904, d. Sep. 25, 1905. 
 
 Robert Tripp, son of Benjamin F. and Martha 
 Tripp, m. Jan. 29, 1885, Apsley Grist Harding, daugh- 
 ter of Benjamin F. and Winnifred Harding. Mr. 
 1 ripp is a contractor in \A'ashington, N. C. Children: 
 Martha Harding, b. Nov. 20, 1885. 
 Robert Harding, b. Nov. 21, 1887, d May 26, 
 
 1888. 
 Georgie Bogart, b. Oct. 23, 1900. 
 
 Sarah Tripp, daughter of Benjamin F. and Martha 
 I ripp. has never married, and lives with her mother 
 in Washington, N. C. 
 
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Jarvis Buxton Harding, son of Nathaniel and 
 Elizabeth Ann Harding, m. Feb. ii, 1857, Eunice A. 
 Windley in Washington, N. C. She was b. Feb. 20, 
 1830, d. Nov. 21, 1897. He enhsted in 1863 as ord- 
 nance officer, 3d N. C. Regiment, Grimes' Brigade, 
 and died of typhoid fever in Staunton, Va.. Aug. 6, 
 1864. Children : 
 
 Mary R., b. Nov. 8, 1857, d. Jan. 6, 1865. 
 
 William Thomas, b. Jan. 24, 1859, d. Sep. 14, 
 i860. 
 
 John Frederick, b. March 11. r86i. 
 
 Martha T., b. Nov. J4. 1862, d. Nov. 14. 1862. 
 
 Annie Buxton, b. Oct. 20, 1863. d. Sep. 18, 1868. 
 
 John Frederick Harding, son of James Buxton 
 and Eunice .\. Harding, m. Dec. 16. 1886. in St. 
 Thomas' Church, Bath, N. C. Miriam Y. Bonner. 
 Residence, Belhaven, N. C. Children : 
 
 :Vnnie Frederick, b. Oct. 20. 1887, d. May 7, 1889. 
 
 Jarvis Bonner, b. Aug. 3, 1889. 
 
 Nathaniel, b. Oct. 2, 1891, d. May 8, 1894. 
 
 Fitsue Ellsworth, b. Feb. 7, 1902, d May 22, 1902. 
 
 Eunice Olivia, b. .\ug. 9. 1904. d. June 27. 1903. 
 
 LsRAEL Harding, son of Nathaniel and l^lizabeth 
 
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Ann Harding, m. in 1865, at Chocowinity, X. C, 
 Carolina \^irginia Hnghes, daughter of John F. and 
 Alartha PhilHps Hughes, b. Jan. 17, 1828, d. Nov. 21, 
 1866. Israel Harding was at first a farmer and car- 
 penter, but through his interest in the church work at 
 Trirnity Chapel, N. C, he began to look towards the 
 ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Study- 
 ing pri\-ately under the direction of the Re\'. N^. C. 
 Hughes, he was ordered deacon by Rt. Rev. Thomas 
 Atkinson in St. James' Church, Wilmington, N. C, 
 Dec. 21, 1856, and priest by the same bisho]) in Grace 
 Church. Morganton, N. C, July 12, 1861. During 
 his long ministry he served the parishes and missions 
 at the following places, all in N. C. : 1857-59, Zion 
 Church, Beaufort Co., St. Thomas', Batli, and St. 
 John's, Durham's Creek, St. John's, Pitt Co., St Paul's, 
 above, St. John's, Pitt Co., St. Paul's, Swift Creek, 
 Craven Co., and Pantego, Beaufort Co.: t86i. the 
 same, except St. John's, Pitt Co. ; 1862-65, St. Timo- 
 thy's, Wilson, and St. Paul's, Greenville; 1866-71, 
 Trinity, Beaufort Co.. St. Paul's, Greenville, St. 
 John's, Durham's Creek, St. Paul's, Swift Creek, and 
 the mission at Aurora; 1871-73. St. Paul's. Beaufort, 
 Carteret Co.: 1873-81, Trinity, Beaufort Co.: St. 
 John's, Durham's Creek. St. John's. Pitt Co.. St. 
 
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raul's, Craven Co., and the mission at .Vurora ; 1881. 
 St. Mary's, Kinston, Holy Innocents', Lenijir Co., St. 
 John's, Pitt Co., and after 1888, missions at La- 
 Grange, Snow Hill, Farmville, Trenton and St. 
 lliomas', Craven Co. He built with his hands not only 
 altars and furnishings for some of these churches, but 
 planned and partly built some of the churches. Thus 
 for thirtv-five years he gave his labors incessantly U) 
 the work of the Gospel in Eastern Xorth Carolina. 
 He married as his second wife, 2^Iay, 1875, Mrs. Susan 
 Mary Patrick, widow of his cousin Henry Patrick. 
 There were no children by this second marriage. She 
 was a woman of strong religious faith and character, 
 surx'iving him until Feb., 1908. She spent the last 
 vears of her life in Kinston, N. C. The children of 
 Israel Harding's first marriage are: 
 
 \\\ilter Herbert, b. July 20, 1856. 
 
 Martha Elizabeth, b. Oct. 15. 1857. 
 
 Israel b. June t, 1859, d. Dec. 24. i860. 
 
 John Ravenscroft, h. June 30, i860. 
 
 Fannie, b. about 1862, d. in early childlioorl. 
 
 William, b. about 1863, d. in babyhood. 
 
 Carolina Virginia, b. Nov. 13, 1865. 
 
 \\'alter Herbert H.\ri)ING, son of Israel and 
 Carolina V. Harding, was educated in Trinity School, 
 
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Chocowinity, N. C, and at 17 began a three years' 
 apprenticeship in Laurinburg, N. C, as a raih'oad 
 machinist. Having finished that course he became a 
 raih-oad engineer, and for a number of years has been 
 so engag'ed in N. C, Va., and Alabama. Present resi- 
 dence, Montgomery, Alabama. He m. Dec. 18, 1884, 
 Laura Anna \Miite of Kinston, N. C, b. Aug. 6, 1867. 
 Children : 
 
 Ruby Graham, b. Dec. 5, 1885. 
 Israel Hughes, b. Nov. 13, 1888. 
 Bernice Miller, b. May 26, 1890. 
 Carolina Hines. 1). Jan. 22, 1892, d. March 6, 
 1892. 
 
 Nathaniel, b. May 22, 1894. 
 
 Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 5, 1897, d. April 26. 1900. 
 
 Sallie Green, b. Dec. 2, 1902. 
 
 John Ravenscroft, b. .Vug. i, 1904. 
 
 Katherine, b. Oct. i, 1905. 
 
 Martha Elizabeth EIarding, daughter of Israel 
 and Carolina V. Harding, was educated at Trinity 
 School. Chocowinity, N. C, and St. Mary's School, 
 Raleigh, N. C. She m. April 2y , 1880, Rev. Nicholas 
 Collin Hughes, Jr., son of Rev. N. C. Hughes, D. D., 
 
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Chocowinity, N. C. llcr husband assisted his father 
 in the work of Trinity School, Chocowinity, X. C, and 
 after the death of the Rev. Dr. Hughes, followed him 
 as principal. This position he held until the final close 
 of the school in the summer of 1908. Residence, 
 Chocowinity, N. C, Children : 
 
 Carolina Virginia, b. April 27, 1881. 
 
 Nicholas Collin, b. Jan 29, 1883. 
 
 Israel Harding, b. July 5, 1884. 
 
 Adeline Williams, b. April 17, 1886, d. Oct. 29, 
 
 1888. 
 Baby, b. and d. April 29, 1887. 
 Susan Mary, b. Sep. 20, 1888, d. July 29. 1889. 
 Paul, b. Sep. 12, 1889, d. Jan. 26, 1890. 
 Elizabeth, b. Aug. 29, 1890. 
 Robinson, b. July 18, 189T, d. Oct. 22, 1891. 
 
 John Ravenscroft Harding, son of Israel and 
 Carolina Virginia Plarding, was educated at Trinity 
 School, Chocowinity, N. C, and at the Academy, New- 
 bern, X. C. Was graduated from Union College, 
 Schenectady, X^ Y., 1883, taught in Kinston Academy 
 one year, and was graduated from the General The- 
 ological Seminary, Xew York City, 1887. Ordered 
 deacon in Christ Church, Raleigh, X. C, by Rt. Rev. 
 
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Theodore B. Lyman, LL. D., July 3, 1887, and priest 
 by the same bishop in Trinity Church, Asheville, N. C, 
 May 6, 1888. Assistant minister, Trinity Church, 
 Asheville, N. C, 1887-88; rector St. James' Church 
 and School, Macon, Mo., 1888-89; assistant. Church 
 of the Messiah, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1889-91 ; rector Grace 
 Church, Lyons, N. Y., 1891-94; rector Trinity Church, 
 Utica, N. Y., 1894. Residence, Trinity Rectory, Utica, 
 N. Y. Member Utica Theological Club; Alumni Asso- 
 ciation, L^nion College; Alumni Association, Gen. 
 Theo. Seminary ; Delta Phi Fraternity ; Pres. Standing 
 Committee, Board of Examining Chaplains, Deaf 
 Mute Commission, Diocese of Central New Y(^rk. Re- 
 ceived degree of D. D. from Union College, 1887. 
 M. Oct. 20, 1887, Katherine Rountree, daughter John 
 M. Rountree of Chicago. Mrs. J. R. Harding d. Oct. 
 15, 1908. Children: 
 
 Natalie H., b. Aug. 31, 1888. d. Dec. 25, t888. 
 
 Madeleine Huntington, b. June 28, 189T. 
 
 Katherine Rountree, b. Oct. 7, 1894. 
 
 Carolina Virginia PL\ri)ING, daughter of Israel 
 and Carolina Virginia Harding, was educated in 
 Trinity School. Chocowinity, N. C, and the Academy, 
 Kinston, X. C. ^T. Charles E. Perkins, assistant dis- 
 trict attorney, Phila(lel])hia, Pa.. June 12, 1895. Resi- 
 
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dence, Philadelphia, Pa. Children : 
 
 Mary Edwards Perkins, b. May i6, 1898, d. April 
 
 22, 1899. 
 Infant son, b. and d. Feb. 8, 1900. 
 
 Frederick Harding, son of Nathaniel and Eliza- 
 beth Ann Harding, b. at Chocowinity, N. C. He 
 enlisted in the Confederate army in Beaufort Co., X. 
 C,. May 20, 1861, Swindell's Company. He was sub- 
 sequently made captain of Company K, 3d North Caro- 
 lina Cavalry, and the 42d Regiment. He was assigned 
 to Barringer's Brigade, was in the engagement at 
 Plymouth, N. C, and in active service in the battles 
 around Richmond, Va. He surrendered with General 
 Johnson near Durham, N. C, just after Lee's surren- 
 der at Appomattox. After the war he settled in Piti 
 Co., N. C, and m.arried Aug. 10, 1865, Mary Louisa 
 Noble, daughter of Jesse Noble. She was b. Oct. 9, 
 1842, and d. June 29, 1897. Frederick Harding was a 
 farmer and merchant until his death. Children : 
 
 Jesse Noble, b. Dec. 20, 1867, d. Dec. 26, 1867. 
 
 Annie Buxton, b. July 14, 1869. 
 
 Richard Henry, b. Jan. 14, 1871, d. July 31, 1872. 
 
 Sarah Elizabeth, b. June 16, 1872. 
 
 :^Iary Eliza, b. Aug. 3, 1874. 
 
 Martha Virginia, b. June 17, 1876. 
 
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Walter Frederick, b. May lo, 1878. 
 
 Ernest Lee, b. July 11, 1882, d. Nov. 4, 1887. 
 
 Annie Buxton Harding, daughter of Frederick 
 and Mary L. Harding-, m. Fordyce C. Harding, son of 
 Henry and Sue Harding. See page 30. 
 
 Sarah E., Martha V. and Mary Eliza, daughters 
 of Frederick and Mary L. Harding, are unmarried. 
 
 Walter F. Harding, son of Frederick and Mary 
 Harding, ni. Dec. 27, 1904, Sallie P. Tucker of Pitt 
 Co. Occupation, farmer. Children : 
 
 Natalie Elizabeth, b. Oct. 30, 1905, d. Aug. 18, 
 
 1906. 
 Jessie Tucker, b. June 15, 1907. 
 
 Elizabeth Grist Harding, daughter of Nathaniel 
 and Elizabeth Ann Harding, m. at Chocowinity, N. C, 
 Oct. 31, 1850, Charles A. Curtis, a native of Newton, 
 Connecticut. Mr. Curtis was a teacher at the time of 
 his marriage and continued this work until his death 
 in Mississippi, Sep. i, 1873. Mrs. Curtis lives in 
 Evanston, Illinois. Children : 
 
 Charles H., b. in Connecticut, Nov. 22, 1851. 
 
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Benjamin, 1). in North Carolina, Nov. 23, 1854. 
 Stella E.. ]). in Connecticut, Nov. 10, 1858. 
 Grace, b. in Evanston, Illinois, Nov. 9, 1870. 
 
 Charles H. Curtis, son of Charles A. and Eliza- 
 beth G. Curtis, moved to Florida 24 years ago from 
 Evanston, 111., and for the last 20 years has lived in 
 Blufton, Fla. He is an orange grower, and is also 
 interested in real estate in Jacksonville, Fla. In the 
 latter city he was the originator of the Volusia shell 
 roads, which have since become so popular in Southern 
 cities. During the fall of 1908 he married Mrs. E. C. 
 Rust of Orange City. Fla. 
 
 Benjamin Curtis, son of Charles A. and Elizabeth 
 (j. Curtis, m. Fcl). 15. 1882, Louisa Miller, b. Sep. 16, 
 1862. They live on a farm near Uncoln, Michigan. 
 
 Children : 
 
 Stella Elizabeth. 1). March 23. i88s, d. Julv 6. 
 
 i«»3. 
 Charles A., b. Feb. i. 1885. 
 Luelen, b. March 7, 1887, ^ May 13, 1888. 
 Benjamin, b. Aug. 12, 1889, d. Oct. 12. 1890. 
 Edward Eug^ene, b. lune 2, i8gi. 
 
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Stella E. Curtis, daughter of Charles A. and EHz- 
 abeth G. Curtis, m. in E^'anston, 111., Aug. 22, 1882,. 
 Rev. M. M. Bales. D. D. of Ohio, a minister of the 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. He was graduated from 
 the North Western University, Evanston, III. He re- 
 ceived his A. M. and D. D. decrees from the Northern 
 
 'ti' 
 
 Illinois College. He had charges in the Rock River 
 Conference of Illinois seventeen years, and is now field 
 superintendent of a missionary society in New York- 
 Cit}'. Residence, Evanston, 111. Their onlv child is : 
 
 Grace M. Bales, b. in Illinois. May 25, 1884. She 
 m. June 29, 1908, Leon James, a lawyer of Chicago,. 
 111. Residence, Evanston, Illinois. 
 
 Grace Curtis, daughter of Charles A. and Elizabeth 
 G. Curtis, m. in Evanston. III. Sep. 22, 1890, Rev. S. 
 S. Farley of Galesburg, 111. Mr. Farley graduated 
 from the North Western l^nivcrsity, and has been con- 
 nected with the Minnesota Conference sixteen years. . 
 Residence, Ortonville, Minn. Children : 
 
 Donald, b. March 23, 1894. 
 Malcolm, b. Jan. 31, 1896. 
 Margaret F., b. Aug. 23, 1897. 
 
 2S. 
 
Henry Harding, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth 
 jKnn Harding, was born at Chocowinity, N. C. He 
 served in the Confederate army, and was in the battles 
 of Newbern, Kinston and Goldsboro, and fnr six 
 months was stationed at Battery Wagner, Va. He was 
 made captain of Company B, 6ist Regiment, Sep., 
 1861, and major of this regiment Sep. 2, 1862, Cling- 
 man's Brigade, Hoke's Division, Beauregard's Corps. 
 He was in the battles of Cold Harbor, Petersburg and 
 Bermuda Htindred and was discharged under a sur- 
 geon's certificate, Sep., 1864. After the war he settled 
 at Aurora, Beaufort Co., N. C, and on Feb. 21, 1867, 
 m. Susan Elizabeth Sagg. She was born March 3, 
 J 842. Residence, Greenville, N. C. Children : 
 
 William Frederick, b. Nov. 26, 1867. 
 
 Fordyce Cunninggim, h. Feb. 12, 1869. 
 
 Lilhan Lee, b. Oct. 17, 1870, d. Nov. 16, 1870. 
 
 Franklin Carlyle, b. March 12. 1872, d. Sep. 24, 
 1874. 
 
 Henry Patrick, b. Aug. 14, 1874. 
 
 Mary Elizabeth, b. April 25, 1877. 
 
 Jarvis Benjamin, b. May 8. 1879. 
 
 Susan Lorena, b. Dec. 28, 1881. 
 
 William Frederick Harding, son of Henry and 
 
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Susan Harding, was graduated from the University of 
 North CaroHna, June, 1894, and was admitted to the 
 North Carohna bar Sep., 1896. He is now practicing- 
 law in Charlotte, N. C. M. Laura Lillian Long, Dec. 
 21, 1899. She died Oct. 28, 1904. From this union 
 there is one child : 
 
 William Knowlton, b. Feb. i. 1901. 
 He m. again, Jan. r6, 1907, Nan Tyson Dowd. 
 
 FoRDYCE CuNNiNGGiM Harding, SOU of Henry and 
 Susan Harding, was graduated from the University 
 of North Carolina, June, 1893, took the degree of 
 LL. B. at the same institution, June, 1894, and was 
 admitted to the North Carolina bar, Jan., 1895. He is 
 now practicing law in Greenville, N. C. He m. Nov. 
 15, 1899, Annie Buxton Flarding, daughter of Fred- 
 erick and Mary Harding. There is one child : 
 Mary Louise, b. Feb. 7, 1902. 
 
 Henry Patrick Harding, son of Henry and Susan 
 Harding, was graduated from the University of North 
 Carolina, June, 1898, and became a teacher in the 
 public schools of his State. He was principal of the 
 school in New Bern, N. C, and now holds a similar 
 
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position in Charlotte, N. C. He m., Dec. 23, 1903, 
 Lulie Ives of New Bern, X. C, and has one child : 
 Lucia, b. April 18, 1908. 
 
 Mary Elizabeth Harding, daughter of Henry and 
 Susan Harding-, was graduated from the North Caro- 
 lina Normal College in 1900. and is now teaching in 
 Greenville, X. C. 
 
 Jarvis Benjamin Harding, son of Henry and 
 Susan Harding, was graduated from the Agricultural 
 and Mechanical College of X^orth Carolina in 1900, 
 and is a civil engineer. Residence, Greenville. X. C. 
 
 Susan Lorena Harding, daughter of Henry and 
 Susan Harding, was graduated from the Xorth Caro- 
 lina X^ormal College in 1904. She m.. Oct. 2, 1907, 
 Hanniss Taylor Latham, a lawyer of Washington, 
 X. C, where she now li\'es. 
 
 Annie Patrick Harding, daughter of X'athaniel 
 and Elizabeth Ann Harding, was Ijorn at Chocowinity. 
 N. C. She m., Xov. 23, 1858, Rev. Stephen Chester 
 Roberts of X'ewbern, X\ C. He was born in X^ewbern, 
 
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N. C, Oct. 12, 183 1, ordained priest, Aug. 21, 1859. 
 He served the following parishes : Trinity, Choco- 
 winity, N. C. ; Morganton, N. C. ; Smithfield, Va. ; 
 Columbia, Va. ; St. Luke's, Norfolk, Va. ; Emmanuel. 
 Chestertown, Md. He died in Chestertown, Nov. 15, 
 1899. Children : 
 
 Annie Harding, b. Nov. 18, 1859. 
 
 Susan Sidney, b. May 8, 1862. 
 
 Elizabeth Harding, b. Sep. 12, 1863. 
 
 Mary Jones, b. Jan. 16, 1865. 
 
 Frederick William, b. April 28, 1866, d. Oct. 20, 
 1866. 
 
 John Nathaniel, b. Oct. 24, 1867, d. Sep. 28, 1903. 
 
 William Henry, b. June 9, 1869, d. July 3. 1869. 
 
 Julian Guion. b. Sep. 11. 1870. 
 
 George Herbert, b. Oct. 9, 1873, d. May 11, 1874. 
 
 Annie Harding Roberts, daughter of Stephen E. 
 and Annie P. Rol)erts. m. Oct. 9, 1877, Colin Ferguson 
 Stam, a druggist of Chestertown, Md. Residence, 
 Chestertown, Md. Children : 
 
 Annie Harding, b. Oct. 13, 1878. 
 
 Louise Antoinette, b. Dec. 3, 1879. 
 
 John Rudolf, b. July 4. 1881. 
 
 Lillian Roberts, b. June 18, 1886. 
 
 Donald Ferguson, b. Dec. 19, 1888. 
 
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Colin Ferguson, b. Aug. 2j , 1896. 
 
 Susan Roberts, b. Aug. 27, 1896. 
 Susan Sidney Roberts, daughter of Stephen C. 
 and Annie P. Roberts, is unmarried and hvine in 
 Chestertown, Md. 
 
 Elizabeth Harding Roberts, daughter of Stephen 
 C. and Annie P. Roberts, m. Sep. 14, 1893, Richard 
 Harrison ColHns, an e(htor of Chestertown, Md. 
 Children : 
 
 Jane Harrison, b. June 26, 1894, d. Aug. 10, 1895. 
 
 Stephen Roberts, b. Jan. 13, 1896. 
 
 Richard Harrison, I). May 12, 1897. 
 
 John Harding, b. July 28, 1898. 
 
 William Salisbury, b. June 24, 1904. 
 
 Mary Jones Roberts, daughter of Stephen C. and 
 Annie P. Roberts, m. Feb. 18, 1892, Joseph Sidney 
 .\rchbell, of Chocowinity, N. C. Residence, Salisbury, 
 N. C. Children : 
 
 Sidney Harding, b. Jan. 17, 1896, d. April, 1896. 
 Sidney Harding, b. Sep. 13, 1899. 
 
 John Nathaniel Roberts, son of Stephen C. and 
 Annie P. Roberts, was an electrician and died in Mem- 
 phis, Tenn. M. Jan. 30. 1902, Mary Isabel Beck, of 
 Chestertown, Md. There are no children. 
 
Julian Guion Roberts, son of Stephen C. and 
 Annie P. Roberts, was graduated from the high school, 
 Chestertown, Md., and entered a law office in New 
 York City. He took special courses in the evening 
 schools of that city, and in 1894 was graduated froni 
 the law department of the University of the City of 
 New York, with the degree of LL. B. He was ad- 
 mitted to the ^Maryland bar, 1894, and a few months 
 later to the New York bar. He is now senior member 
 of the law firm, Roberts & Hepburn, 63 Wall St., N. Y. 
 Member of the Masonic order, several State and patri- 
 otic societies, a social and a church club. Residence, 
 Nev\^ York Citv. He has never married. 
 
 Annie Harding Stam, daughter of Colin F. and 
 Annie H. Stam, m. Nov. 14, 1908, Richard S. Hooker, 
 M. D., of Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Nathaniel Harding, son of Nathaniel and Eliza- 
 beth Ann Harding, was born at Chocowinity, N. C. He 
 enlisted in the Confederate army Aug. 20, 1864, and 
 served u.ntil the surrender. He was educated at the 
 Episcopal Academy, Cheshire, Conn., and Trinity 
 College, Hartford, Conn. He was ordered deacon by 
 Rt. Rev. Thomas Atkinson, Bishop of North Carolina, 
 ]u\v 11,. i<^7,^ ^'T^l priest by the same bishop, Dec. 19, 
 
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i875- He was called lo the charge of St. Peter's 
 Church, Washington, N. C, Sep. 15, 1873, ^^'^^^ ^"^^^ 
 spent his entire ministry in that parish, where he is 
 greatly admired and loved. The Diocese of East Caro- 
 lina has honored him with the following offices : 
 Deputy to the General Convention since 1884, Pres. 
 Standing Committee, member Board of Examining 
 Chaplains, Pres. of the Council, and Dean of the Con- 
 ^•()cation of Edenton. St. Peter's Church was built 
 under his administration, and is now one of the best 
 equipped churches in the State, and the parish one of 
 the most vigorous. He is also in charge of St. Thomas' 
 Church. Bath, and Zion Church, Beaufort Co., N. C. 
 For twenty -five years he has held the position of 
 county superintendent of public instruction. Address, 
 St. Peter's Rectory, Washington, N. C. M. Feb. 3, 
 1874, Mary Elizabeth Hughes, daughter of Rev. N. 
 Collin Hughes, D. D., Chncowinity, N. C. Children 
 of this union : 
 
 Collin Hughes, b. Dec. 26, 1874. 
 
 Frederick Harriman, b. Sep., 1876. 
 
 .\deline AVilliams, 'b. Oct. 22, 1877, d. July 6, 
 
 1881. 
 Mary Elizabeth, b. Dec. 4, 1879. 
 Nathaniel, b. Nov. 18, 1881. d. Aug. 2, 1883. 
 
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Martha, b. Nov. 15, 1882, cl. July 31, 1883. 
 William Blount, b. Jan. 24, 1884. 
 Robert Williams, b. Dec. 29, 1886, d. May 29, 
 1887. 
 
 Mary Elizabeth Harding, mother of the above chil- 
 dren, died Jan. 5, 1887, and Oct. i, 1889, Nathaniel 
 Harding married Marina B. Handy, daughter of Ed- 
 mund Hoyt, Washington, N. C. Children of this 
 union : 
 
 Edmund Hoyt, b. July 10, 1890. 
 
 Stephen Barnwell, b. Aug. 8. 1892, d. Aug. 12, 
 
 1892. 
 Marina Brickell, b. Sep. 24, 1896. 
 
 Collin Hughes Harding, son of Nathaniel and 
 Mary Elizabeth Harding, was educated in Trinity 
 School, Chocowinity, N. C, the University of N. C, 
 and the University of Texas. He spent some time in 
 railroad and insurance work and was engaged a year 
 with the United States Geological Survey in Indian 
 Territory. The study of law begun in Washington, 
 N. C, in the office of W. B. Rodman, was later con- 
 tinued in Denison. Texas, and the University of that 
 State. He was admitted to the bar in Austin, Texas, 
 
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May 22, i89<j. and practiced in Denis(jn, Texas, until 
 January, 1904. when he returned to Washington, N. C. 
 He is now a member of the law firm Bragaw & 
 Harding. He m. Sep. 28, 1907, Abbie M. Randolph, 
 da,ughter of Justus \\ and Phoebe W. Randolph of 
 Washington. 
 
 Frederick Harriman Harding, son of Nathaniel 
 and Mary Elizabeth Harding, attended Trinit}- School, 
 Chocowinity, N. C, until June, 1893. ^^ entered the 
 University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.. Aug., 1893, 
 and was graduated with an M. A. degree Aug. 5, 1897. 
 He studied theology one year at Sewanee, and entered 
 the General Theological Seminary, New York City, in 
 the fall of 1898, where he was graduated in May, 1900. 
 He was ordered deacon in St. Peter's Church, Wash- 
 ington, N. C, June 29, 1900, and priest in St. Paul's 
 Church, Edenton, N. C, May 26, 1901. He served 
 St. Paul's Church, Greenville, Trinity. Chocowinity, 
 and St. John's, Pitt Co., N. C, until May i, 1902, 
 when he was called to be curate of Grace Church, Balti- 
 more, Md. From here he accepted the rectorship of 
 Calvary Church, Tarboro, N. C, Sep. 13, 1903. and at 
 present continues to be rector of that parish. Tn 
 Memorial Church. Baltimore, Md., vSep. t6. 1903. he 
 
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m. Anne Estelle Gotten, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
 M. A. Gotten of Baltimore. Ghiklren : 
 
 Lucy Boyle, b. Sept. i, 1908. 
 
 Estelle Gotten, b. Oct. 25, 1904. 
 
 Mary Elizabeth Harding, daughter of Nathaniel 
 and Mary Elizabeth Harding, received her education 
 in Trinity School, Ghocowinity, N. Gi, and afterwards 
 was a teacher in the same school. She m. Aug. 21, 
 1906, Kenneth G. Henry of Nova Scotia. Mr. Henry 
 taught in Trinity School, Ghocowinity, several years, 
 and in 1908 was called to a professorship in the Uni- 
 versity of North Garolina at Ghapel Hill. 
 
 William Blount Harding, son of Nathaniel and 
 Mary Elizabeth Harding, was educated in Trinity 
 School, Ghocowinity, N. G., and is now engaged in 
 the book and stationery business in Washington, N. C. 
 
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Chapter III. 
 
 Benjamin Harding, son of the tirst Stephen, m. 
 Sarah Worseley. He was born in Beaufort Co., N. C. 
 and Hved there all his life. The dates of his birth, mar- 
 riage and death are not known. His children were : 
 
 William Brice, b. about 1812, d. in Bradley Co., 
 
 Arkansas, May 22, 1856. 
 Joseph, b. March 26, 181 3. d. Nov. 4. 1879. 
 Hannah, birth and death not known. 
 Thomas G., b. 181 5, d. 1895. 
 Stephen Fonville, b. July 11, 1821. d. P'el).. 1904. 
 
 William Brice Harding, son of Benjamin and 
 Sarah Harding, married, about 1846, Elizabeth Henry 
 of Hancock Co., Georgia, b. 1827. He moved to Macon 
 Co.. Alabama, about 1848 and engaged in farming and 
 merchandise. In 18 ;6 he moved to Arkansas and 
 settled near Arlamsville, Bradley Co.. as a farmer. His 
 wife died July 13, 1891. Children: 
 
 Maria Louisa, b. April 29. 1848. d. July, 1862. 
 
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William Henry, b. Aug. 28, 1849. 
 
 Stephen Benjamin, b. Dec. 30, 185 1. 
 
 Richard Ewing, b. Nov. 28, 1853. 
 
 Daniel Brice, b. Dec. 8, 1856, d. August, 1857. 
 
 WiLLiAx\i Henry Harding, son of William B. and 
 Elizabeth Harding, m. June, 1869, Leila Morris, 
 daughter of W^illiam and Eleanor Morris of Warren, 
 Arkansas. He lives on a farm near Warren, Arkansas. 
 Children : 
 
 Eula Elizabeth, b. July 22^, 1870. 
 
 Benjamin Henry, b. Oct. 29, 1872. 
 
 Lena Eleanor, b. April 9, 1875. 
 
 W^illiam Alfred, b. Aug. 5, 1877, d. Aug. 13, 1889 
 
 James Jesse, b. March 27, 1880. 
 
 Ella Rena, b. Oct. 13, 1882. 
 
 Hettie May, b. Aug. i, 1885. 
 
 Mary Ever, b. Oct. 18, 1889. 
 
 Annie Bee, b. Aug. 5, 1895. 
 
 Carlton Dudley, b. March 6, 1897. 
 
 His first wife died Jan. 4, 1900, and on May i, 1906, 
 he married Mrs. Katie Simpson. Erom this marriage 
 there is one child : 
 Ann ice J. 
 
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Stephen Benjamin Harding, son of William 
 Brice and Elizabeth Harding, m. Jan. i, 1879, Jose- 
 phine Aurelia, daughter of Thomas B. and Martha St. 
 John. No. children. He is now living in Warren, 
 Arkansas, and engaged in the hardware business with 
 his brother, Richard E. Harding under the firm name 
 of Harding Bros. 
 
 EuLA Elizabeth Harding, daughter of William 
 Henry and Leila Harding, m. April 17, 1887, Thomas 
 C. Berry, son of William and Apiary Berry. Children i 
 
 William Edgar, b. Jan. 20, 1888. 
 Orra Eleanor, b. Dec. 30, 1889. 
 Mary Nina, b. July 17, 1892. 
 Nannie Ruth, b. Feb. 24, 1894. 
 Vera Elizabeth, b. April i, 1896. 
 Roy Harding, b. April 2, 1898. 
 Walter Thomas, b. Oct. 15, 1900. 
 Fred Howard, b. Oct. 13, 1903. 
 Mr. Berrv is a farmer in Bradlev Co.. Arkansas.. 
 
 Benjamin Henry Harding, son of William Henry 
 and Leila Harding, m. Nov. 11, 1893, Rosa Lou Jar- 
 ratt, daughter of N. A. and Betty Jarratt. He is a 
 foreman carpenter near \\^arren, Arkansas. Children: 
 
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Bessie Lee, b. Sep. 24, 1893, ^- April 3, 1904. 
 Hester Everett, b. Jan. 26, 1895. 
 William Alexander, b. Dec. 19, 1897. 
 Vera Annie, b. Sep. 28, 1900. 
 
 Lena Eleanor Harding, daughter of William 
 Henry and Leila Harding, m. Nov. i, 1894, Rev. 
 George Everett Parsons. Children : 
 
 Lena Everett, b. March 1. 1896. 
 W illiani Floy, b. Oct. 2, 1898. 
 Richard Ew ing, b. June 9. 1902. 
 
 Air. Parsons died Alarcli 5, 1903, at Grovetou, 
 Texas, where liis familv n<»\v lives. 
 
 James Jesse, son of William Henr\- Harding, lives 
 in Lndin, l^exas. 
 
 Ella Rena Harding, daughter of William Henry 
 and Leila Harding, m. Dr. A. O. Carruth, son of B. F. 
 and Emma Carruth. Child : 
 
 Elizabeth, b. July 28. 1904. 
 
 Dr. Carruth is a practicing physician in Warren, 
 Arkansas. 
 
 42. 
 
Joseph Harding, son of Benjamin and Sarah 
 Harding, m. Dec. 26, 1834, Elizabeth Brice Butler, h. 
 Jan. 25, 1812, d. May 28, 1883. He was born 
 in Beaufort Co., N. C, and lived there as a farmer all 
 his life. Children : 
 
 Benjamin, b. Oct. 28, 1839, d. Sep. 4. 1874. 
 
 Mary Susan, b. Dec. 22, 1843, d. Nov. 4, 1865. 
 
 William Francis, b. Oct. 23, 1845. d. Nov. 25, 
 
 1865. 
 
 Jesse Bryan, b. March 16. 1848. death not known. 
 John F., b. Oct. 6, 1852. 
 
 John F. Harding, son of Joseph and Elizabeth 
 Harding, m. Sep. 16, 1896, Bettie E. Harding, his 
 cousin, daughter of Stephen Harding. B\ this mar- 
 riage there was one child : 
 
 William Colmribus, b. 1897. d. 1898. 
 
 His first wife died, and June 6, 1898. he married 
 Sarah Frances Clark. They have one child : 
 Mary Susan, b. Aug. 8, 1899. 
 
 John F. Harding is a farmer, living in Beaufort 
 Co.. N. C. 
 
 Thomas G. Harding, son of Benjamin and Sarah 
 Harding, m. 1839, Eleanor Buck. Children : 
 Thomas J., b. 1847. 
 
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Sarah E., b. 1850. 
 Henry H., b. 1854. 
 Lawrence, b. 1859. 
 Thomas G. Harding was born in Beaufort Co., N. C, 
 and hved there all his life. Occupation, farming. 
 
 Thomas J. Harding, son of Thomas G. and Eleanor 
 Harding, m. 1873, Josie Lewis. He is a contractor 
 and lives in Washington, N. C. Children : 
 
 Charles E., b. 1873, d. 1907. 
 
 Cora E., b. 1875. 
 
 Bertha R., b. 1879. 
 
 Ernest O., b. 1893. 
 
 Sarah E. Harding, daughter of Thomas G. and 
 Eleanor Harding, never married. 
 
 Henry H. Harding, son of Thomas G. and Eleanor 
 Harding, m. Josephine Lewis. No children. 
 
 Lawrence B. Harding, son of Thomas G. and 
 Eleanor Harding, m. Winnie Eields. No children. 
 
 Charles E. Harding, son of Thomas J. and Josie 
 Harding, m. IQOO. Sallie Whitehurst. They have one 
 child: 
 
 Charles T., b. 1901. 
 
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Cora E. Harding, daughter of 'lliunias J. and Josie 
 Harding, ni. 1893, George N. Howard. They have 
 four children, to wit: 
 
 Margaret, b. 1895, ^^- ^895. 
 James N., b. 1896. 
 George G., b. 1900. 
 Charles T., b. 1906. 
 
 Bertha R. Harding, daughter of Thomas J. and 
 Josie Harding, m. 1897. Benjamin L. Susman of 
 Washington, N. C. Children : 
 
 S. Mundal, b. 1898. 
 Benjamin Louis, b. 1900. 
 Bertha R., b. 1902. 
 Josie L., b. 1906. 
 David J., b. 1907. 
 
 Stephen Fonville Harding, son of Benjamin and 
 Sarah Harding, m. Margaret Ann Hill, and li\er| near 
 Chocowinity, N. C. Children : 
 
 Stephen Douglas, b. March 14, 1856. 
 Joseph Franklin, b. June 29, 1857. 
 William Frederick, b. May 15, i860, dead, date 
 not known. 
 
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Jefferson Davis, b. Sep. 27, 18O1, dead, date not 
 
 known. 
 Arcena Elizabeth, b. Jan. 12, 1864, dead, date not 
 
 known. 
 Israel Harvey, b. Oct. 30, 1865, dead, date not 
 
 known. 
 Delilah Ann, b. Feb. 6. 1870, dead, date not 
 
 known. 
 
 Stephen Douglas Harding, si>n of Stephen Fon- 
 ville and Margaret Harding, m. Dec. 23, 1885 ; wife's 
 name, Lena Rivers. They live in Chocowinity, N. C. 
 Children : 
 
 Nathaniel Thomas, b. Oct. 28, 1886. 
 
 Benjamin Stiowden, b. Vug. 28, 1890. 
 
 Arthur Iceland, b. Feb. 6, 1892. 
 
 Lacy Walter, b. Nov. ti. 1894. 
 
 Stephen Blake, b. June 9, 1897. 
 
 Joseph Franklin Harding, son of Stephen Fon- 
 ville and Margaret Harding, m. Sep. 15, 1892. Lukey 
 A. Buck. They live on a farm near Chocowinity,. 
 N. C. Children: 
 
 William Joseph, b. March 16. 1894. 
 Mattie Ethel, b. March t6. 1897. 
 
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Anna Amanda, b. Jan. 7, 1899. 
 Joshua Collin, b. June 18, 1901 
 Stephen Jasper, b. Dec. 7. 1903. 
 
INDEX 
 
 A-rchbell, Joseph S 33 
 
 Mary J., nee Roberta.. 33 
 
 Sidney 1 33 
 
 Sidneys 3 3 
 
 Bales, Stella E., nee 
 
 Curtis 2 7, 28 
 
 M. M 28 
 
 James, Grace M., nee 
 
 Bales 28 
 
 James Leon 2 8 
 
 Berry, Eula E., nee 
 
 Harding 4U, 41 
 
 Fred Howard 41 
 
 Mary Nina 41 
 
 Nannie R 41 
 
 Roy H 41 
 
 Thomas C 41 
 
 Vera E .' 41 
 
 Walter T 41 
 
 William E 41 
 
 Bright, Albertina 17 
 
 Annis W IG 
 
 Caroline H 17 
 
 Christopher R 16 
 
 Frederic H 16 
 
 George McDonald ... .17 
 
 Harvey H 16 
 
 Julia E., nee von 
 
 Eberstein 15, 16 
 
 Julia H 17 
 
 Carruth A. 42 
 
 B. F 42 
 
 Elizabeth 4^ 
 
 Ella Rena, nee 
 
 Harding 40, 42 
 
 Emma 42 
 
 Collins, Elizabeth H., 
 
 nee R,oberts . . . .32, 33 
 
 Jane H 33 
 
 John H 33 
 
 Richard H.i 33 
 
 Richard H.^ 33 
 
 Stephen R 33 
 
 William S 33 
 
 Curtis Benjamini zl 
 
 Benjamin- 27 
 
 Charles A.i 2 6 
 
 Charles A.^ 27 
 
 Charles H 'AH, 27 
 
 Edward E 27 
 
 Elizabeth G., nee 
 
 Harding 14, 26 
 
 Louisa, nee Miller 27 
 
 Luelen 27 
 
 Stella E 27, 28 
 
 Cutler, Annie B 11 
 
 Emily E., nee Harding. 11 
 
 James E 11 
 
 Mary E 11 
 
 Sallie E 11 
 
 Timothy E 11 
 
 Farley, Donald 28 
 
 Grace, nee Curtis.. 2 7, 28 
 
 Malcolm 28 
 
 Margaret 28 
 
 S. S 28 
 
 Harding, Adeline W 35 
 
 Abbie, nee Randolph. .. 37 
 
 Allen G 9, 11 
 
 Anna A 4 7 
 
 Anne Estelle 38 
 
 Annice J 40 
 
 Annie B., nee 
 
 Harding 25, 30 
 
 Annie Bee 40 
 
 Annie F ly 
 
 Annis, nee Clarke 7 
 
 Arcena E 4 6 
 
 Arthur 1 46 
 
 Benjamin 1 7 
 
 Benjamin- 4 3 
 
 Benjamin F S, 9 
 
 Benjamin H 40 
 
 Benjamin S 46 
 
 Bernice M 2 2 
 
 Bessie L 4 2 
 
Bettie E., nee Harding.. 43 
 Blanche C., nee Lowery.l2 
 
 Carlton D 40 
 
 Carolina H 22 
 
 Carolina V., nee 
 
 Hughes 2 
 
 Charles E 44 
 
 Charles T 4 4 
 
 Collin H 35, 86 
 
 Daniel B 40 
 
 Delilah Ann 46 
 
 Edmund H 36 
 
 Eleanor, nee Buck 13 
 
 Fannie 21 
 
 Elizabeth Ann, nee 
 
 Patrick 13 
 
 Elizabeth B., nee 
 
 Butler 43 
 
 Elizabeth, nee Henry.. 3 9 
 
 Ernest L 26 
 
 Ernest O 4 4 
 
 Estelle C 38 
 
 Eunice A., nee 
 
 Windley 19 
 
 Eunice 19 
 
 Fitsue E 19 
 
 Fordyce C 29, 30 
 
 Franklin C 2 9 
 
 Fredericki 7 
 
 Frederick-' 13, 25 
 
 Frederick Harri- 
 
 man 3 5, 37 
 
 Guy C 10, 12 
 
 Harriet B 12 
 
 Harriet E., nee von 
 
 Eberstein 9, 15 
 
 Henryi 7, 8 
 
 Henrys 14, 2 9 
 
 Henry E 9 
 
 Henry H 44 
 
 Henry P 29, 30 
 
 Hester E 4 2 
 
 Hettie M 40 
 
 Israeli 7 
 
 Israels 7, 8 
 
 Israels 13. 19 
 
 TsraeH 21 
 
 Israel H 22 
 
 Israel H 42 
 
 James J 40 
 
 Jarvis Buxton 13, lij 
 
 Jarvis Benjamin. .. 29, 31 
 
 Jarvis Bonner 19 
 
 Jefferson Davis 46 
 
 Jesse Bryan 43 
 
 Jesse N 25 
 
 Jessie Tucker 26 
 
 John Frederick 19 
 
 John F 43 
 
 John Ravenscrofti . .21, 23 
 
 John Ravenscroft2 2Z 
 
 Joseph 3 9, 43 
 
 Joseph F 4 5, 46 
 
 Joshua C 47 
 
 Josie, nee Lewis 44 
 
 Josephine, nee Lewis... 44. 
 Josephine A., nee 
 
 St. John 41 
 
 Julia 14 
 
 Katherine Ri 24 
 
 Katherine R2 24 
 
 Katherine 22 
 
 Katie, nee Simpson 40 
 
 Lacy W 46 
 
 Laura 9 
 
 Laura A., nee White. . .22 
 Laura L., nee Long. . . .30 
 
 Lawrence B 44 
 
 Leila M., nee Morris. . .40 
 
 Lena, nee Rivers 4 6 
 
 Lillian L 29 
 
 Lucia 31 
 
 Lucy B 38 
 
 Lukey A., nee Buck. . ..46 
 
 Lulie, nee Ives 31 
 
 Madeline H 24 
 
 Margaret Ann, nee 
 
 Hill 45 
 
 Marina B., nee Hoyt. . .36 
 
 Marina B.2 36 
 
 Maria Louisa 3 9 
 
 Martha 36 
 
 Martha T 19 
 
 Martha V 25 
 
 Marv E., nee 
 
 Hughes 35. 36 
 
Mary Elizabethi . ..35, 38 
 Mary Elizabeth-' ...2d, 31 
 
 Mary Eliza 25 
 
 Mary Eber 40 
 
 Mary L., nee Noble. . . .25 
 
 Mary Louise 3 
 
 Mary M., nee Grist. ... 8 
 
 Mary R 19 
 
 Mary Susan 43 
 
 Mary Susan 4 3 
 
 Mattie E 4 6 
 
 Miriam J., nee Bonner.. 19 
 Nan Tyson, nee Dow(1...30 
 
 Nathaniel! 7 
 
 Nathaniel^ 14, 34 
 
 Nathaniel- 35 
 
 NathanieH 19 
 
 Nathaniel" 22 
 
 Nathaniels 
 
 Nathaniel Thomas ... .46 
 
 Natalie E 2 6 
 
 Natalie H 24 
 
 Polly 8 
 
 Richard E 40 
 
 Richard H 25 
 
 Robert W 3 6 
 
 Rosa Lou, nee Jarratt. .41 
 
 Ruby G 2 2 
 
 Sallie, nee Whitehurst. . 44 
 
 Sallie G 22 
 
 Sallie P., nee Tucker. ..26 
 
 Sarah E.i 25, 26 
 
 Sarah E.2 44 
 
 Sarah F., nee Clarke. . .43 
 Sarah, nee Worseley. . .39 
 
 Stephen 5. 7 
 
 Stephen Barnwell 36 
 
 Stephen Benjamin . .4 0, 41 
 
 Stephen Blake 46 
 
 Stephen D 45 
 
 Stephen F 39. 45 
 
 Stephen .1 47 
 
 Susan E.. nee Sa^.^. . . .29 
 Susan Mary, nee Lane. .21 
 
 Thomas J.^ 43. 44 
 
 Thomas J2 
 
 Vera A 4 2 
 
 Walter F 26 
 
 Walter H 21 
 
 Wiley G.i 8 
 
 Wiley G- 'J 
 
 William 21 
 
 William Alexander. ...42 
 
 William Alfred . .40 
 
 William Augustus. . . 9, 11 
 
 William B 39 
 
 William Blount 36 
 
 William Columbus 4'6 
 
 William Francis 43 
 
 William Fredericki .... 29 
 William Frederick2 . . . , 45 
 
 William H 40 
 
 William J 4 6 
 
 William K 30 
 
 William T 19 
 
 Winnie, nee Barr tl 
 
 Winnie, nee Fields 4 4 
 
 Winnie, nee Nelson. ... 9 
 
 Henry, Kenneth G 38 
 
 Mary Elizabeth, nee 
 
 Harding 35, 38 
 
 Hill, Apseley Elizabeth. .. 10 
 
 Cora May 10 
 
 Fenner B 10 
 
 Forester S 10 
 
 George F 10 
 
 Hannah, nee Harding. ..39 
 
 Henry B 10 
 
 Herbert G 10 
 
 James GrifRni 10 
 
 James Griffin- 10 
 
 James Griffin-^ 10 
 
 Mary Margaret, nee 
 
 Harding 10 
 
 Mattie H 10 
 
 Samuel Nicholson lu 
 
 Hooker, Annie H., nee 
 
 Stam 34 
 
 Richard G 34 
 
 Howard. Charles T 45 
 
 Cora E.. nee 
 
 Harding 44, 45 
 
 George G 45 
 
 George N 45 
 
 James N 45 
 
 Margaret 4.^> 
 
ONGRESS 
 
 Hughes, Adeline W 2'6 
 
 Carolina V 2 3 
 
 Elizabeth 2 3 
 
 Isaac W 12 
 
 Israel Harding 23 
 
 John B 12 
 
 John R 12 
 
 Lucretia S 12 
 
 Martha E., nee 
 
 Harding 21, 2z 
 
 Nicholas C.i 22 
 
 Nicholas C2 23 
 
 Paul 23 
 
 Robinson 23 
 
 Sallie Nelson, nee 
 
 Harding 9, 11 
 
 Susan M 23 
 
 Hull, Benjamini 15 
 
 Benjamin^ 15 
 
 Bertha, nee Welch 15 
 
 Frederick W 15 
 
 Latham, Hanniss T 31 
 
 Susan L., nee 
 
 Harding 2 9, 31 
 
 Orrell, Dicey 8 
 
 Riley 8 
 
 Parsons, George E 42 
 
 Lena E., nee 
 
 Harding 40, 42 
 
 Lena Everett 4 2 
 
 Richard Ewing 4 2 
 
 William Floy 4 2 
 
 Perkins, Carolina V., 
 
 nee Harding 21, 2 4 
 
 Charles E 2 4 
 
 Mary E 25 
 
 Roberts, Annie P., nee 
 
 Harding 14, 31 
 
 Frederick W 32 
 
 George H 3- 
 
 John N 32, 33 
 
 Julian Guion 3 2, 34 
 
 Mary Isabel, nee Beck. .34 
 
 Stephen C 31 
 
 Susan S 32, 33 
 
 William H 3 2 
 
 Stam, Annie H., nee 
 
 Roberts 32 
 
 Colin F.i 32 
 
 Colin F.2 33 
 
 PW« 458 995 
 
 Donald F 32 
 
 John Rudolf 32 
 
 Lillian R 32 
 
 Louise A o2 
 
 Susan R 33 
 
 Susman, Benjamin L.i . ...45 
 
 Benjamin L.2 45 
 
 Bertha R.i, nee 
 
 Harding 4 4, 45 
 
 Bertha R.2 45 
 
 David J 45 
 
 Josie L 45 
 
 S. Mundal 45 
 
 Tripp, Apsley G., nee 
 
 Harding 9, 18 
 
 Benjamin F 17 
 
 Catherine E., nee 
 
 Burney 1!^ 
 
 Elizabeth H 17 
 
 Elizabeth R., nee 
 
 Newborn 18 
 
 Frederick H.i 17 
 
 Frederick H 2 18 
 
 Georgia B 18 
 
 Jesse B 18 
 
 Joseph 17 
 
 Julia B 18 
 
 Margaret 18 
 
 Martha E., nee 
 
 Wooten 17 
 
 Martha H 18 
 
 Nathaniel H 17 
 
 Rachel Elizabeth 18 
 
 Robert 17, 18 
 
 Robert H 18 
 
 Robert Lee 18 
 
 Sarah 17, 18 
 
 William H 17, 18 
 
 Von Eberstein, Annis 
 
 nee Harding . . . .13, 14 
 
 Carrie H 16 
 
 Emily B 16 
 
 Ernest A 15 
 
 Frederick H 15, 16 
 
 Harriet C 16 
 
 Julia H 16 
 
 Mabel De Vire 16 
 
 Sarah P., nee Brown. . .16 
 
 William H.i 14 
 
 William H.2 16