HARDEN, Lucy Caroline 1838-1918

HARDEN, ROBINSON, PERINGTON, PURINTON, UPDIKE, CLAUSE, FERCH

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 1/12/2013 at 02:00:09

[Waterloo Evening Courier, Saturday, August 24, 1918]

Mrs. Lucy Harden, age 80, a resident of Black Hawk county for 60 years, died today at the home of a daughter, Mrs. M.C. Perington*, 212 Seventh Street east. Arrangements for the funeral await the arrival of two sons at a distance, but it is believed the service will be Monday afternoon.

Surviving Mrs. Harden are three daughters, Mrs. Perington*, Mrs. Emma Updike, and Mrs. William Clause, Waterloo; two sons, Jesse E. Harden, Nora Springs, and George Harden, Arnold's Park, Ia.

[Waterloo Evening Courier, Monday, August 26, 1918]

Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy Harden will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Walnut Street Baptist Church. Rev. J.B. Smith will officiate. Burial will be in Fairview.

A grandson, George M. Ferch, from the U.S. navy, Great Lakes training station, arrived today to attend the funeral.

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The following research credit: L. Bowman:
*Perington is probably Purinton
Maiden name: Robinson. Middle name Caroline. Birth February 7, 1838. Spouse: Erastus Harden 1825 - 1898.
Children:
Sylvia Harden Potter 1857 - 1896; Jesse Leroy Harden 1859 - 1941, Emma C Harden Updike 1861 - 1958; Isaac M. Harden 1864 - 1880; Elmer E. Harden (1867 - 1908) Mary C. Harden Purinton 1870 - 1939